Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect and use the personal information you provide to us on trailrambler.com (“Site”)and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Web site and our products and services.

Trail Rambler reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter this Privacy Statement at any time. You agree it is your responsibility to review this agreement on a regular basis to keep apprised of any changes or modifications.

Before you can become a registered user with Trail Rambler, you must read and accept all provisions included in this Privacy Statement and the Site’s Terms and Conditions of Use.

When you visit our Web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web site.

You will provide us information about yourself and your practices when you register to be a member of Trail Rambler. This data collection can include such personally identifiable information as name, location, and email address.

If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses.

Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called “cookies” (see explanation below, “What Are Cookies?”) and Web server logs (“Log Files”) to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site. Personally identifiable information is not stored in these cookies.

Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering and expanding our business activities, providing customer service and making available other products and services to our customers and prospective customers.

If you register on our site you can expect to receive a welcome email to verify you own the email address you specify when registering. You also may receive emails related to posts made on your board or trip invitation emails. It is our policy to NEVER share your email address when providing these services to you.

If you use our blog you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there, name/Web site, can be read, collected, or used by other users in this forum. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in the blog. Violation of our Terms & Conditions of Use Agreement can result in removal of your post or termination of membership.

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies that originate from their sites. We have no access to or control over these cookies. See “Third Party Advertisers.”

As you browse our Web site, the site uses its cookies to differentiate you from other users so your customizations are only available to you. In some cases, we also use cookies to prevent you from seeing unnecessary advertisements or requiring you to log in more than is necessary for security. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server’s log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Web site and which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback in order to constantly improve our Web site and better serve our customers. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not store any personal information that you provided to us in your cookies.

We do not enter into alliances, partnerships or other business arrangements with third parties with regard to sharing your personal information. We will NEVER share your name, email address, or personal information with any third party, unless specifically authorized by you. We NEVER sell or rent our mailing list. Furthermore, only authorized employees may access your information. All employees are required to adhere to our strict privacy policies and any employee who violates the privacy policy is subject to termination and other disciplinary measures, up to being criminally prosecuted for their violation.

As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customer, email, and visitor information is generally one of the transferred business assets in these types of transactions. We may also transfer such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, or any dissolution. You will be notified via email of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

If you choose to use the Invite-A-Friend referral service to tell a friend about information you’ve found on our site, we will ask you for your friend’s email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting them to the site. This email address is stored to add the invitee to the appropriate trip if the invitee registers.

You can update your registration information online on your Profile page.

We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the law or comply with legal process served on us or Affiliated Parties; (b) protect and defend our rights and property, the Site, the users of the Site, and/or our Affiliated Parties; or (c) act under circumstances to protect the safety of users of the Site, us, or third parties.

We may also use personal information in a manner that does not identify you specifically nor allow you to be contacted but does identify certain criteria about our users in general. For example, we may inform third parties about the number of registered users, number of unique visitors, and the pages most frequently browsed.

We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site.

Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Web site to another Web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other Web site, including Web sites which have a link on our Web site, is subject to that Web site’s own rules and policies. Please read over those privacy rules and policies before proceeding.

By using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to our privacy policies or procedures, we will post those changes on our Web site to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.

IF FOR ANY REASON YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR PRIVACY HAS BEEN BREACHED THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SITE, YOU MAY CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY AT accounts [at] trailrambler [dot] com.