🔒 Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 1, 2025 The Edgewater Gazette

At The Edgewater Gazette, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, or interact with our services.

 

📘 Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

  • Personal Information: Name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and other contact details when voluntarily submitted (e.g., newsletter sign-up, contest entries).

  • Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent on site, browser type, IP address, and device information.

  • Cookies & Tracking Technologies: We use cookies to enhance user experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content.

 

🛠 How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Deliver news content and updates

  • Respond to inquiries and provide customer support

  • Improve website functionality and user experience

  • Send newsletters, promotional materials, or alerts (only with your consent)

  • Monitor and analyze usage trends

 

🔄 Sharing Your Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may share data with:

  • Service Providers: Trusted vendors who assist in operating our website or delivering services (e.g., email platforms, analytics tools)

  • Legal Authorities: If required by law or to protect our rights and users

 

🔐 Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

 

👶 Children's Privacy

Our content is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If we learn that we have inadvertently gathered such data, we will delete it promptly.

 

⚙️ Your Choices

You may:

  • Opt out of marketing emails at any time via the “unsubscribe” link

  • Disable cookies through your browser settings

  • Request access, correction, or deletion of your personal data by contacting us

 

🔄 Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.