Privacy Policy for outsidefive.com
Effective Date: 2/11/2025
Introduction
At outsidefive.com (“we”, “us”, or “our”), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website www.outsidefive.com (the “Site”). By using our Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Information We Collect
Newsletter Signup:
When you sign up for our newsletter, we collect only your email address. This information is used solely to send you our newsletter and relevant updates.
Contact Form:
If you choose to contact us through our website, we collect your name, email address, and the message you provide. This information is used only to respond to your inquiry and improve our service.
Google Analytics:
We use Google Analytics to understand how our visitors interact with the Site. Google Analytics collects data such as pages visited, time spent on the site, and other usage statistics. This data is anonymous and is used to help us improve the content and functionality of our Site. For more details on how Google uses data, please visit Google’s Privacy & Terms.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
How We Use Your Information
To send you our newsletter and important updates about our blog.
To respond to inquiries submitted through our contact form.
To analyze website traffic and usage trends through Google Analytics, which helps us enhance the user experience.
To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.
Disclosure of Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties except:
– When required by law or to protect our rights, users, or others.
– We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and sending communications (such as analytics providers and our email newsletter service, MailerLite).
– Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our Site uses cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us understand your preferences and how you use our Site. Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings; however, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our Site.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. While we strive to secure your personal data, no website or internet transmission is completely secure.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, correct, update, or delete your personal information. To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we protect your information.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us via our contact page.