This agreement (the “Agreement”) tells you how www.backpackinggears.com (the “Website”) cares for your privacy. If you access, browse, use, or download any pages on this website, you agree to be bound by this Agreement each time you use or visit this website. If you do not consent to accept and comply with this Agreement, you should refrain from accessing, browsing, or otherwise making use of this website.
Backpacking Gears retains the right to modify, alter, or update this Agreement at any time, and you agree to be bound by any modifications, alterations, or updates that could be made to this Agreement. You agree to look over this Agreement often and be aware of any changes. Following any such modification, your continued use of this website constitutes your agreement to adhere to and be bound by the terms of this Agreement in its modified version.
Collection of Information
Cookies
For your use of the Website, we may automatically gather information from you using “cookies.” A website can put small files called cookies on your hard drive. A cookie does not disclose the user’s identity; it only discloses the computer or device the user uses to access the Website. We can improve our user experience by using the information that we obtain from cookies, which allow us to track user behavior such as the pages that you visit and the amount of time that you spend in each section of the website.
You can choose whether to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers accept cookies by default, but you can usually change the settings of your browser to turn them off if you’d rather. Some parts of the Website might not work right if you delete your cookies or set your web browser to reject them. You can visit www.allaboutcookies.org, which is run by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, to learn more about cookies and how to turn them off.
Web Beacons
As another way to access cookies and keep track of who visits our website or opens our emails, we may also use web beacons, which are also called “pixel tags.” Web beacons are tiny graphic images with a unique identifier that function similarly to cookies and are used to track our users’ online movements. We may collect information regarding your interactions with our e-mail messages via web beacons, including the date and time of these interactions, the device you use to read our emails, and the links you click on, as well as whether you open or forward a message.
Third-Party Analytics
We rely on third parties to provide analytics services. These groups may use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies or devices to gather details about how you use the Website, such as your location, IP address, web browser, search terms, the pages you view, and how long you stay on each page. This information could be used to look at visitation data, find out how popular certain content is, and learn more about how people use our website, among other things.
Affiliate Links
Backpacking Gears is a part of some affiliate marketing networks, such as Amazon Associates, and trying to get approval from the AvantLink network. This means that if you click on the affiliate links in our articles or use the links on our Support Us page, we may receive a small commission on your purchase. The price remains the same for you, allowing us to continue testing and reviewing as much gear as possible. We take great pride in the independence of our work and have never received financial compensation from manufacturers for reviews. By using the website and clicking on our links, you are giving your consent to the use of cookies from third-party websites for affiliate marketing.
At the bottom of our website, which is managed by a third-party platform, there is a sign-up form for our electronic newsletter. We will only use your email address for our newsletter and other activities related to marketing within our company. We will never sell or distribute your email address to a third party. At any time, you can stop getting emails from us by following the instructions in those emails or by sending an email to privacy@backpackinggears.com.
Sharing of Information
We may share information about you for several reasons, such as:
- We may disclose information to third parties who perform services on our behalf. For example, we give information to developers, vendors, and other businesses that help us run our website and ads.
- We might share information to follow the law or keep ourselves safe.
- We may disclose information to any successor to all or part of our business.
- We may share information for other reasons, as described to you.
Social Plugins
The Website may include social plugins (such as the ShareThis Plugin, which is currently displayed on the right side of the screen), as well as other tools or features. The use of such features allows you to share specific information with your friends or the general public, depending on the settings you set with the third party that provides the feature. For more information on why and how much data is collected when you share something on social media, please look at the privacy policies of the third parties that offer these features.
Comments
A third-party comment platform is available at the bottom of each of our articles on the website. If you choose to participate in commenting and other public activities, you should be aware that any personal information you provide may be read, collected, and used by other users. We are not responsible for the personal information you choose to submit as part of your public activities, and we are not obligated to publish, take down, remove, or edit any of your public activities or submissions. When you leave a comment on a third-party platform, their privacy policy applies to both the action and the information you share.
How We Protect Your Information
We use industry-standard security measures to safeguard this Website and your information. You should take steps to protect yourself online, though, because we can’t promise that using the Website will be completely safe.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
We do not sell any client or consumer data to any third parties as defined under the CCPA.
Children’s Privacy
The website is not meant for children, and we do not knowingly get or store personal information from children under the age of thirteen. We will delete any personal information from our records if we find out that it was collected by mistake from a visitor under the age of thirteen.
Links
Our platforms contain links to third-party websites. If you click on those links, you will be taken to sites that we do not control. This Agreement does not apply to the information and privacy practices of those sites. You should read the privacy policies of other sites you visit carefully, and we are not responsible for such third-party websites.
Non-U.S. Users
This Website is based in the United States and the information we collect is governed by U.S. law. By accessing or using the Website or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the processing, transfer, and storage of information to the U.S., where you may not have the same rights and protections as you do under local law.
Data Subject Requests
If you live in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to access any personal data we have about you and to request that it be corrected, erased, or transferred. You may also have the right to object to certain processing or ask that it be limited. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, you may contact us at privacy@backpackinggears.com. If you have a concern that we are not able to resolve, you have the right to complain to the data privacy authority where you reside. For contact details of your local Data Protection Authority, please see: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.