Privacy Policy for Palm Coast Adventures

Last Updated: May 30, 2025

Welcome to Palm Coast Adventures! This Privacy Policy describes how Palm Coast Adventures ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses information that we obtain about visitors to our website www.palmcoastadventures.com (the "Website"), and the services available through our Website (collectively, the "Services").

By visiting the Website or using our Services, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website or Services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information in connection with the Services, including:

A. Information You Provide to Us

• Account Information: When you register for an account (e.g., as a user or a business owner), we collect your name, email address, password, and other contact details.
• Business Listing Information: If you create a business listing, we collect information about your business, such as business name, address, phone number, website, description, categories, photos, operating hours, and services offered.
• User-Generated Content: If you post reviews, comments, ratings, or other content, we collect the content you submit.
• Communication Information: When you communicate with us (e.g., customer support inquiries, feedback, survey responses), we collect the content of your communications and any contact information you provide.
• Payment Information: If you subscribe to advertising services or other paid features, our third-party payment processor collects payment information (e.g., credit card number, billing address). We do not directly store your full payment card details.

B. Information We Collect Automatically

When you visit our Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage:

• Log Data: We automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type and settings, the date and time of your visit, the pages you visit, and the time spent on those pages.
• Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
• Usage Information: We collect information about your activity on our Website, including the pages you view, the links you click, searches you conduct, and other actions you take.
• Location Information: We may collect general location information (e.g., IP address based location) to help us serve local content and advertisements. With your consent, we may also collect precise location information from your device.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your Browse activities, preferences, and interactions with our Website. For more details, please see our "Cookies and Tracking Technologies" section below.

C. Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third parties, such as:

• Social Media Platforms: If you interact with us on social media or use social media login features, we may collect information consistent with your privacy settings on those platforms.
• Service Providers: We may receive information from service providers that help us with advertising, analytics, or fraud prevention.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To Provide and Maintain Services: To operate, maintain, and improve our Website and Services, including displaying business listings, facilitating user reviews, and managing user accounts.
• To Personalize Your Experience: To provide you with tailored content, recommendations, and advertisements based on your interests and usage patterns.
• For Communication: To send you administrative messages, updates, security alerts, and support messages, as well as promotional communications that we believe may be of interest to you.
• For Analytics and Research: To understand and analyze how you use our Services, perform research and analysis, and develop new products, services, and features. This includes providing analytics to businesses regarding their listings.
• For Advertising and Marketing: To deliver and measure the effectiveness of advertising (including personalized advertising) for our own Services and for third-party businesses listed on our Website.
• For Security and Fraud Prevention: To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security incidents, and fraudulent or illegal activities.
• To Enforce Our Terms: To enforce our Terms of Service and other policies.
• To Comply with Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests.

3. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

• Publicly Available Information: Information you provide in your business listings (e.g., business name, address, phone number, website, descriptions, photos) and user reviews (e.g., your username, review content) will be publicly visible on the Website.
• Service Providers: We share information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g., payment processing, hosting, data analytics, customer support, marketing, security).
• Advertising Partners: We may share certain information with advertising partners to facilitate and measure advertising campaigns, including targeted advertising.
• Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
• Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with a legal obligation, (b) protect and defend our rights or property, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public, or (d) protect against legal liability.
• With Your Consent: We may share your information with your consent or at your direction.
• Aggregated or Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated or anonymized information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We and our third-party service providers use cookies and similar tracking technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels) to collect information about your Browse activities and preferences. These technologies help us to:

• Remember your preferences and settings.
• Analyze and track usage and trends.
• Deliver relevant advertising.
• Secure our Website.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

For more information about cookies and how to manage them, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures designed to protect the security of your information both online and offline. However, no data transmission over the Internet or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

6. Your Choices and Rights

• Account Information: You may update or correct your account information at any time by logging into your account settings.
• Communications: You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in those emails. Please note that we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.
• Cookies: As described above, you can manage cookies through your browser settings.
• Do Not Track: Some web browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal. There is no universally agreed-upon standard for what companies should do when they detect a DNT signal. We do not currently respond to DNT signals.
• Data Access, Correction, Deletion: Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your personal information. Please contact us using the information below to exercise these rights. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Website or Services after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

9. International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside [Your Country] and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to [Your Country] and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

If you operate in or target users in the EU, you will need to specify your GDPR compliance measures here (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses, Privacy Shield, etc.).

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

[Your Company Name]
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[Your City], [Your State/Province] [Your Zip Code]
[Your Country]
Email: [Your Contact Email]