Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 18, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how All State Parks collects, uses, and protects information when you use our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about our data practices.
1. Information We Collect
Information You Provide
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when using our website, such as:
- Contact information if you reach out to us
- Preferences and settings you configure
- Any other information you choose to provide
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- IP address
- Pages visited and time spent on pages
- Referring website addresses
- Device information
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
- To provide, maintain, and improve our website
- To understand how visitors use our website
- To respond to your inquiries and requests
- To analyze trends and user behavior
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
- To comply with legal obligations
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us improve your experience.
The cookies used on this website fall into the following categories:
- Essential cookies — required for the website to function properly
- Analytics cookies — help us understand how visitors use the website
- Advertising cookies — used by Google and its partners to serve and measure ads, as described in the Advertising section below
You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.
4. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services for analytics, hosting, and other functionalities. These services may collect information about your use of our website. Some third-party services we may use include:
- Google Analytics, to understand website traffic and user behavior
- Google AdSense, to display advertising (see the Advertising section below)
- Hosting and infrastructure providers
- Content delivery networks
These third parties have their own privacy policies governing the use of your information.
5. Advertising
This website is supported by advertising. We use Google AdSense to display ads, which allows us to keep our park guides free to access.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Advertising partners may collect information such as your IP address, device identifiers, browser information, and pages viewed in order to select and measure the ads you see.
Your Advertising Choices
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Opting out of personalized advertising does not remove ads — you may still see ads, but they will not be tailored to your interests. For more detail on how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see Google's Privacy & Terms.
6. External Links
Our website contains links to external websites, including official state park websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any website you visit.
7. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.
9. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
- Access to your personal information
- Correction of inaccurate information
- Deletion of your information
- Opt-out of certain data processing activities
- Data portability
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.
10. Data Retention
We retain collected information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
12. California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including the right to know what personal information is collected and the right to request deletion of your information.
California residents also have the right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information. The use of advertising cookies described in the Advertising section may be considered sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising. You may exercise this right using the opt-out links provided in that section, or by enabling a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal in a supported browser, which we honor automatically.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us through the All state parks official channels.