Disclosure and Privacy Policy

Copyright Policy

Unless otherwise noted Intrepid Scout is the legal copyright holder of all content (e.g. written and photos) that appear on this Website. If you’d like to share my photos and content please do so only with proper credit and links back to this Website. You have permission to pin my images on Pinterest, or share them on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, other forms of social media, as long as I am given proper credit. Please contact me if you have any questions about sharing my content.

Affiliate Links

Intrepid Scout participates in affiliate programs. These programs provide me a small commission, at no extra cost to you, for purchases you make after clicking on certain links from this site and related social media accounts. You are under no obligation to click on any link or buy any products that are advertised.

Posts that include affiliate links will always be marked with a statement similar to this:

“Affiliate link disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. We receive a small commission if you purchase through a link, but this will not increase the amount you pay. Read more in the Disclosure and Privacy Policy.“

Any links following such a statement may be affiliate links.

Personal Data Safety & GDPR Compliance

The safety of your personal data is taken very seriously. Any personal data that you provide when commenting, signing up for a newsletter, downloading a resource or otherwise will be kept private.

Intrepid Scout uses cookies to track analytics so that I can continue to provide content most relevant to my audience. Specifically, Mailchimp is used to manage my email list and distribute email communication, such as my newsletter. Google Analytics is used for analyzing website data.

You will only receive my newsletter if you choose to subscribe. To unsubscribe at any time, just follow the link in the email or contact me directly. Once you opt out of the mailing list, you are permanently removed. If you provided me your name, it will only be used to personalize the newsletters.

I have never sold or shared any of your personal data provided to me and will not do so in the future.

All of my affiliates are GDPR compliant to the best of my knowledge.

You have the right to:

be informed regarding how the data is collected and used
have access to the data about you
ask me to change or delete the data about you
ask me to stop sending you newsletters

Intrepid Scout conforms to GDPR regulations, so if you wish to have your information (e.g. comments removed, unsubscribe from mailing list) and you’re an EU resident, please contact me.

Privacy Policy (www.intrepidscout.com)

Intrepid Scout, found at https://www.intrepidscout.com (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). I respect your privacy and am committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information I may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.

What information we collect

Information you voluntarily submit to the Website: When you subscribe to my newsletter, submit a contact form, comment on my blog posts, or communicate with me in any way, you are voluntarily giving me information that I collect. This information may include your name, email address, IP address and other demographic information.

Information I collect automatically: When you interact with the Website, I may collect information about your visit. That information may include your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. I may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked. Your information has been anonymized and only is viewed in aggregate.

Cookies: I may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. This may include both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

While every effort is made to maintain the security of your data, should there be a security breach you will be notified within 72 hours.

How Your Information May Be Used

To operate and maintain the Website;
To send you newsletters. Each email promotion will provide an easy opt-out button;
To respond to your comments or inquiries;
To track and measure statistics/advertising on the Website;
To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

I may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize me to share your information. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

Current third-party services in use on this Website include:

Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. I have anonymized the Google Analytics data so can never tie this data to a specific person.

MailChimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. I store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.

Cookies

Intrepid Scout may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website.

The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described earlier.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may permanently deny the setting of cookies. Also, cookies that have previously been accepted may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of the Website may be entirely usable.

Advertising

Display Ads

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, these may use cookies, as noted above.

Retargeting Ads

From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.

Affiliate Program Participation

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for the purpose of commissions.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

IP Address
Operating System type
Operating System version
Device Type
Language of the website
Web browser type
Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Personal Information

If you leave a comment, certain information (such as the name you provide) may be publicly visible, however your email address will not be. I will not contact you using your email provided in the comments as this goes against GDPR regulations. So if you wish to be contacted by Intrepid Scout, please contact me directly.

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

Children’s Information

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact me immediately. I will promptly remove such information from my records

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about this Disclosure and/ or Privacy Policy, please contact me.