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Hey, thanks for using SoCal Hiker! This policy explains the what, how and why of the information we collect when you visit SoCal Hiker or any of the Social Adventures websites. We take your privacy very seriously, and this Privacy Policy explains what information we collect from you via the Website and how we use and disclose that information.

WHO WE ARE

We are Social Adventures LLC, a State of Nevada limited liability company. We offer services on a number of websites including:

This Privacy Policy applies to these specific websites, as well as any other sites or applications owned or operated by us.

1.  WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?

When you visit our Website (or any of our Social Adventures websites), we may collect and process the following information which may include your personal information.

Type of information

Purpose of the processing and legal basis for the processing

Who is this information shared with?

2.  OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES

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3.  OUR WEBSITE PURCHASING PLATFORMS

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4.  OUR APPROACH TO MARKETING

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Purpose of the processing and legal basis for the processing

Who is this information shared with?

5.  ADVERTISING

Advertising.

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy

6.  OUR APPROACH TO OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT

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7.  DATA SHARING WITH OTHER PARTIES

In addition to the processing that we undertake ourselves, we also use third party processors to collect, export, store and otherwise process our data, include personal data, on our behalf.  The processors that we engage include (without limitation):

8.  COOKIES AND ANALYTICS

Our Website uses cookies and other mechanisms to collect log and analytical information, to help analyse how visitors use the site, to personalize content, support our security function and to compile statistical reports on Website activity.

By using this Site, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with AdThrive, Google, and our other third party partners. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained.

For European Economic Area Residents

If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing.  If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us or AdThrive related to advertising on the Site, you can contact AdThrive at [email protected]. If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which of those partners track your behavior using cookies, click the ad preferences icon. (Available in the EU.)

To find out more about the use of cookies generally, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

Our Website also uses website analytics, including Google Analytics, to evaluate and improve our Website, personalize your experience and to offer the best, most accessible service possible to all of our customers.

To find out more about Google Analytics and to learn how to opt out, please visit:

When you visit our Website, these analytics service providers may collect the following data, which will almost always be anonymized and aggregated before reporting back to us:

We process this information to understand how visitors use our Website and to compile statistical reports regarding that activity (for example, your IP address is used to approximate the country from which you access our Website, and we aggregate this information together so we know that, for example, whether most of the visitors to our Website come from the EU or from elsewhere).

This processing is crucial to the running of our online business and we therefore undertake such monitoring in the pursuit of our legitimate interests in improving our Website to provide a better service and source of information to visitors.

This information is not used to develop a personal profile of you.

9.  YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THE PERSONAL DATA THAT WE PROCESS

You have the following rights over the way we process personal data relating to you.  We aim to comply without undue delay, and within one month at the latest:

To make a request in relation to any of the aforementioned rights, please contact us at Social Adventures LLC, Attn. Privacy Support, 63169 NE Hadley Place, Bend, OR 97701 USA.

If you are unhappy with the way that we are processing your personal data, please let us know.  The best way to bring this to our attention is by contact us at Social Adventures LLC, Attn. Privacy Support, 63169 NE Hadley Place, Bend, OR 97701 USA.

10.  CHILDREN

We do not knowingly use the Website to solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13 or sell any of our products or services to children.

If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information or may be receiving communications from us or has been otherwise interacting with us via our Website (or Real World group websites) without consent of a parent or guardian, we ask that this be brought to our immediate attention.  We will make it our priority to address this situation and delete information relating to a child as soon as practicable.  In such an event, please contact us at Social Adventures LLC, Attn. Privacy Support, 63169 NE Hadley Place, Bend, OR 97701 USA.

11.  SECURITY

We will take commercially reasonable, appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk that could be encountered via the use of our Website and services, taking into account the likelihood and severity those risks might pose to the rights and freedoms of our Website visitors.

In particular, we will take precautions to protect against the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration, and unauthorised disclosure of or access to the personal information transmitted, stored or otherwise processed by us. Please be aware that, while we make the security of our Website and your personal information a high priority and devote considerable time and resources to maintain robust IT security, no security system can prevent all security breaches. When you choose to share your personal information with us, you accept the aforesaid and provide your information at your own risk.

12.  RETENTION

In accordance with data protection laws and good commercial practice, we do not retain data in a form that permits identification of the person(s) to whom it relates for any longer than is necessary. Once the purpose for which information has been collected has been fulfilled, we will either permanently delete your personal information or remove all identifiers within it so that it is no longer personal data.  We may use such anonymised data for research and/or business analysis purposes.

Where you have provided us with personal information in order to set up an account with us, we will retain those details for as long as your account remains active.

Where you have signed up to our mailing list, we will retain your details for as long as you remain on that list. If you unsubscribe, we will remove your details from the list.

Where we obtain your personal data in relation to the use or purchase of our services or products, including VAT or invoicing information, we are obligated by law to keep this for a minimum of 6 years.

If you would like us to stop using your personal information or restrict its use, please contact us at Social Adventures LLC, Attn. Privacy Support, 63169 NE Hadley Place, Bend, OR 97701 USA.

13.  INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Our servers are located in the United States and the information that we collect directly from you will be stored in these servers. We may also transfer your personal data to our third party service providers, many of whom may be located outside of the European Union, operate from multiple locations including non-EU based operations or engage sub-processors located outside the EU.

There are agreements in place to ensure that any international transfers of personal data to our affiliates or third party service providers have appropriate safeguards that meet the requirements of EU data protection laws.

Such appropriate safeguards may include standard data protection clauses adopted by a data protection regulator and approved by the European Commission, such as the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Alternatively, where personal data is transferred to the US, many of those US third party service providers are certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield framework approved by the European Commission.

14.  CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any changes to our privacy policy by posting the new privacy policy on our Website. You are advised to consult this privacy policy webpage regularly for any changes.

15.  CONTACT

If you have questions or comments, or if you want to update, delete or change an Personal Information we hold, or you have a concern about the way in which we have handled any privacy matter, please contact us by postal mail at Social Adventures LLC, Attn. Privacy Support, 63169 NE Hadley Place, Bend, OR 97701 USA.

Updated May 24, 2018