Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 4, 2025

1. Introduction

Colorado Nature Watch (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data when you visit our website, subscribe to our services, or interact with our content.

By using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please discontinue use of the site.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and store the following types of information:

Personal Information: Name, email address, subscription preferences, and any other information voluntarily provided through forms, surveys, or contact submissions.
Content Submissions: Information submitted by users in forms such as writing contributions, feedback, or comments.
Form Responses: Details shared through third-party tools like Tally (e.g., survey answers or guest contributor interest forms).

3. Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect:

IP address
Device type and browser information
Operating system
Pages visited and time spent
Referring website addresses
Time and date of access

This data is collected using cookies and tracking tools to analyze user behavior and improve site functionality and performance.

4. Use of Information

We use collected information for the following purposes:

To provide and personalize content and services
To respond to inquiries or comments
To send updates, newsletters, and promotional emails
To manage submissions and user-generated content
To improve our website’s layout, features, and user experience
To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security vulnerabilities

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your information in the following circumstances:

With service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g., Tally.so for forms, email marketing platforms, hosting providers)
If required by law, such as in response to subpoenas or other legal processes
During a business transfer such as a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets

6. Third-Party Services

We rely on trusted third-party platforms to support functionality on our site:

Tally.so: Used for form submissions and data collection
Ghost: Used as our website management and content publishing platform

These services may collect data independently and are governed by their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review those policies if you interact with those features.

7. Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to remember user preferences, measure site usage, and enhance overall experience. You can manage or disable cookies via your browser settings. For more information, refer to our Cookies Policy.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction, using encryption, firewalls, and secure hosting. Despite our efforts, no method of electronic transmission is entirely secure.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

The right to access and receive a copy of your data
The right to correct or update inaccurate information
The right to request deletion of your personal data
The right to opt out of receiving marketing communications or certain types of data processing

10. Data Retention

We retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law. After this period, data is securely deleted or anonymized.

11. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to legal, technical, or business changes. When we do, we will revise the effective date above and notify users as appropriate. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed.