Privacy Policy
Effective date: November 3, 2026
This policy explains what information is collected when you visit brazosbendstateparkcamping.shop (the "Site"), operated by the Brazos Bend Camping Field Notes Editorial Team, and the choices you have. The Site is a static information guide: it has no user accounts, comment forms or checkout.
Information we collect
Server logs
Like most websites, our hosting provider automatically records standard log data when you request a page: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring page, pages requested, and the date and time of the request. These logs are used to keep the Site secure and working and are retained only as long as needed for that purpose.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. The Site itself does not set cookies to identify you. Third-party services described below, such as advertising and analytics providers and the embedded Google Map, may set or read cookies or similar technologies.
If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message. We use it only to reply and do not sell it or add you to mailing lists.
Advertising and Google AdSense
We may use Google AdSense to show advertisements. When we do:
- 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, including the DoubleClick cookie, enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices.
- Learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Where required by law, a consent message provided through Google's consent management tools will ask for your choices before personalized ads are shown.
Analytics
We may use a privacy-conscious analytics service to understand which pages are read and how visitors find the Site. Such services typically collect aggregated information like pages viewed, approximate location derived from IP address, device type and referral source. We use this only to improve the guide.
Embedded content
Some pages include an embedded Google Map. Loading it sends a request to Google, which may collect data under Google's own privacy policy. Links to official websites such as TPWD open sites governed by their own policies.
Your US state privacy rights (including California)
Residents of California and other US states with consumer privacy laws may have the right to know what personal information is collected, to request deletion or correction, and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not sell personal information for money. To opt out of personalized advertising, use the Google and aboutads.info links above or your browser's Global Privacy Control setting where supported. To make a request, email us; we will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.
Visitors from the EEA, UK and Switzerland (GDPR)
The Site is written for a US audience, but if you visit from the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland, you have rights under applicable data protection law, including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and data portability, and the right to complain to your local supervisory authority. Our legal bases are legitimate interests (security and server logs) and consent (personalized advertising cookies, collected through a certified consent tool where required).
Children's privacy (COPPA)
The Site is a general-audience travel guide and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the Site changes, for example when advertising is enabled. The effective date at the top will change when we do.
Contact
Questions about privacy: contact@brazosbendstateparkcamping.shop.