Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for ThemeParkChatter.com
Effective Date: April 01, 2025 (Version 04.01.2025)

1. Introduction

Welcome to ThemeParkChatter.com (the “Website”). This Website is dedicated to providing opinion news and commentary about theme parks, including but not limited to Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and others.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, process, and safeguard your information when you visit our Website, https://themeparkchatter.com, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto. Please read this privacy policy carefully.

If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.  

2. Data Controller  

ThemeParkChatter.com is the controller responsible for your personal data collected through this Website. If you have any questions about this policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: contact@themeparkchatter.com

3. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Website includes:  

  • Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address, that you voluntarily give to us when you leave comments, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us via a form. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however, your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Website.  
  • Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Website.  
  • Data From Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form (usually name, email, website URL), and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if using Gravatar) may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.  
  • Data from Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Website to help customize the Website and improve your experience. Please see our “Cookies and Tracking Technologies” section below for more information.  

4. How We Collect Information

  • Directly from You: When you fill out a contact form, subscribe to a newsletter, or leave a comment.
  • Automatically: Through server logs, cookies, and analytics services as you navigate the Website.

5. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Website to:  

  • Operate and maintain the Website.
  • Enable user comments and manage spam detection.
  • Send you newsletters or other updates, if you have opted-in to receive them.
  • Respond to your comments or inquiries.
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Website.
  • Display advertising from third-party networks (see “Third-Party Advertising” below).
  • Prevent fraudulent activities and enhance site security.
  • Comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

6. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your Personal Data because:  

  • We need it to operate the website and respond to you.  
  • You have given us consent to do so (e.g., for newsletters, non-essential cookies).
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights (e.g., for analytics, security, essential cookies).
  • To comply with the law.

7. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work (e.g., website hosting, email delivery, spam detection, analytics providers, ad networks). We will ensure these parties provide at least the same level of privacy protection as set out in this policy.  
  • By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.  
  • Third-Party Advertisers: We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Website. These companies may use information about your visits to the Website and other websites contained in web cookies to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. See “Third-Party Advertising” below.  
  • Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.  
  • Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.  

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information.  

  • What are Cookies: Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Website and your experience, see which areas and features of our Website are popular, and count visits.  
  • Types of Cookies Used: We may use functional cookies (for site operation like remembering login status or comment details), analytics cookies (to understand site usage), and advertising cookies (to serve relevant ads).
  • Managing Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Website. For more information on how to control cookies, check your browser or device’s settings. You can also opt-out of interest-based advertising via tools like the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Webchoices tool (http://optout.aboutads.info/) or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/).  

9. Third-Party Advertising

We may use third-party advertising companies (like Google AdSense) to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please see the DAA and NAI links in the section above.  

10. Analytics

We may use third-party analytics services (like Google Analytics) to help analyze how users use the Website. These services use cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the Website, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Website. We use this information only to improve our Website. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Website, rather than your name or other identifying information. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser or installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.  

11. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us (e.g., using SSL encryption), please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.  

12. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.  

  • Comment data may be retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
  • Analytics data is typically retained according to the provider’s policies (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address will be kept until you unsubscribe.

13. International Data Transfers

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.  

14. Children’s Privacy  

This Website is not intended for children under the age of 13 [Note: Check regulations like GDPR which may set this at 16]. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 [or 16]. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from a child under the specified age without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

15. Your Data Protection Rights

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

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.  
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.  
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.  
  • The right to withdraw consent – If processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.  

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Insert Your Contact Email Address]. We may need to verify your identity before responding to such requests.  

Specific Rights for California Residents (CCPA/CPRA): California residents have specific rights regarding their personal information. These include the right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared or sold, the right to delete personal information, the right to opt-out of sale/sharing, the right to correct inaccurate information, and the right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information. If you are a California resident and wish to exercise these rights, please contact us. [Note: Depending on your ad networks and data practices, you may need a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link/mechanism].  

16. Links to Other Websites

Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.  

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.  

18. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:  

By email: contact@themeparkchatter.com Via the Website: https://themeparkchatter.com/contact/