Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide

• Comments, reviews, photos, park updates, and corrections you submit
• Contact or claim-form submissions
• Newsletter subscriptions or other communications you request

B. Information Collected Automatically

• IP address and other online identifiers
• Browser, device, and operating-system information
• Pages viewed, links used, referring pages, and time on site
• Approximate location derived from an IP address
• Cookie, consent, and advertising-choice information

2. How We Use Information

• Operate, secure, and improve our directory, listings, maps, and guides
• Respond to inquiries, corrections, and listing claims
• Measure website performance and understand how content is used
• Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and technical problems
• Support and measure advertising when advertising is enabled
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms

3. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and service providers may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, local storage, IP addresses, and other identifiers to keep the site working, remember choices, measure traffic, prevent abuse, and support advertising. Your browser settings may let you remove or block cookies, but doing so can affect site features.

4. Google Analytics and Google Advertising

We use Google tools for site measurement and may use Google AdSense to support this Website. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use advertising cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this Website and other websites. Those cookies allow Google and its partners to personalize advertising across participating sites. As a result of analytics or ad serving, third parties, including Google, may place and read cookies on your browser or use web beacons, IP addresses, and other identifiers to collect information. Depending on your region and choices, this information may be used to deliver, personalize, limit, and measure advertising; detect fraud and abuse; and report on performance.

Learn how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. You can also review or manage Google advertising choices in My Ad Center and, where available, use YourAdChoices.

5. Consent and Privacy Choices

Before Google advertising is enabled, we will configure an applicable consent and privacy-choice mechanism. Before serving personalized Google ads to visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we will use a Google-certified consent management platform integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework to obtain the required choices. Visitors covered by applicable U.S. state privacy laws must receive the choices configured for their region. A consent message does not replace this policy, and a choice can affect whether personalized, non-personalized, or limited ads are available.

6. Other Service Providers

We may use hosting, security, analytics, email, form, mapping, and advertising providers. They may process information for us under their own terms and privacy notices. We will identify additional advertising vendors through the applicable consent message or this policy before enabling them when disclosure is required.

7. User-Generated Content

Reviews, comments, photos, or submissions may be publicly displayed. Please do not submit sensitive personal information. We may retain moderation and security records needed to prevent abuse and maintain site integrity.

8. Data Retention and Security

We retain information only as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described here, including legal, security, and recordkeeping needs. We use reasonable measures such as HTTPS and managed hosting controls, but no system can guarantee complete security.

9. Children’s Privacy

This Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child provided personal information, contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, or to opt out of certain processing. To submit a request, email nearmedogpark@gmail.com. We may need to verify your request and may retain information where permitted or required by law.

11. External Links

We link to park departments, maps, facility operators, and other websites. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this one.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our services or legal obligations change. The effective date above identifies the current version.