Privacy Policy

Privacy policies for ExperienceKetchikan.com


At ExperienceKetchikan.com I am dedicated to protecting your data and privacy. I recognize that your privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information I receive and collect when you use ExperienceKetchikan.com, as well as some of the steps I take to safeguard information. This will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with me. ExperienceKetchikan.com strives to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in all operations. Likewise, I am dedicated to protecting my customers' and online visitors' privacy on this website.

About My Cookies


A cookie is a string of information that ExperienceKetchikan.com stores on your computer, which your browser provides to ExperienceKetchikan.com each time you return to the site. I use cookies to help me identify and track visitors, their use of website, and their website access preferences.

Google Analytics Cookies


ExperienceKetchikan.com uses Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website. Google Analytics collects demographic and interest data, and generates statistical and other information about website use, by means of cookies. These cookies are kept on your computer. We share this information with Google, which will store and use this information on its servers. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

ExperienceKetchikan.com uses information from Google Analytics to track the number of visits to the website, browsers and operating systems. No personally identifiable information is obtained from these cookies. We use the information that Google Analytics generates relating to our website to create reports about the use of the site. These reports allow us to update the site and improve your usage of it.

If you do not wish your data to be collected via Google Analytics, you can install its opt-out browser extension or add-on which is available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/


Advertising Cookies


I use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on my website. These companies and links to their Privacy Policy and/or Cookie Policy along with other disclaimers are:

Adsense EU User Consent Policy
Adsense Privacy Policy
Amazon Privacy And Cookie Policies
Conversant/Commission Junction Privacy Policy
Fareharbor Privacy Policy
Google Ad And Network Policy
Google Cookies
Google EU User Consent Policy
Google Privacy Policies For All Google Services and Google Custom Search
Sitesell Privacy Policy
Viator Privacy Policy

These companies use cookies and web beacons in their ads to ascertain how many times you've seen an advertisement. I share this information with these companies, but do not provide them with any personally identifiable information for cookie or web beacon use, so they cannot personally identify you with that information from my website.

You may opt out of personalized ads for over 125 different ad networks. Click here to do that.

Some third-party advertisements are served by Google. Google's cookie enables it to serve ads to our visitors based on their visits to other sites on the Web. You may opt out of personalized ads by visiting the Google ad opt-out page

This link from Google provides more information about how Google manages data in its ad products.


Affiliate Products and Services


I receive an affiliate commission for some of the products/services sold on ExperienceKetchikan.com. The affiliate services platforms I use are Amazon, Conversant/Commission Junction, Fareharbor, Sitesell, and Viator. By clicking on a product or service link, you consent to that platform's use of cookies, as outlined in the link below.

Amazon privacy policy
Commission Junction privacy policy
Fareharbor privacy policy
Sitesell privacy policy
Viator privacy policy

Refusing Cookies


You can set your browser to accept or refuse all cookies automatically, or notify you when a cookie is being requested. Taking this action should not cause a problem with the continued use of my site. Consult the Help section of your browser for guidance on how to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is requested. If you choose to refuse ExperienceKetchikan.com's cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the site.

Personally Identifiable Information


ExperienceKetchikan.com may collect and use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To run and operate the site. 
  • To display content on the site correctly. 
  • To improve customer service. 
  • To help me respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently. 
  • To personalize your user experience. 
  • To understand how my users as a group use the services and resources provided on the site. 
  • To improve the site. 
  • To improve the products and services. 
  • To run a promotion, contest, survey or other site feature. 
  • To send information to you that you agreed to receive about topics I think will be of interest to you. 
  • To send periodic emails, which may include electronic newsletters and/or autoresponder series of emails. 
  • To respond to your enquiries, questions, and/or other requests.

ExperienceKetchikan.com may collect personally identifiable information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit the site, register on the site, or fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources I make available on the site.

Specifically, if you subscribe to my newsletter, I will ask for your first name and will require your email address. If you complete a form, I will require your name and your email address, and will ask for information relevant to the purpose of the form.

If you submit content to me, I will ask for your name and email address. Photos you include with your submission, or details in your submission, may personally identify you.

If you request to be notified about comments on any content you submit to the site, or request to be notified when others submit content, I will require your first name and your email address.

The custom search box found at the top and bottom of most pages of this web site ("Search Box") is powered by Google Inc. ("Google").

You acknowledge and agree that Google's Privacy Policy shall apply to your use of the Search Box and by using the Search Box you consent to Google using your personal data in accordance with its privacy policy.

This site lets you share content with your friends and followers on various social media platforms. Below are links to the privacy policies of:

Facebook Cookies and Other Storage Technologies Policies
Facebook Data Policy
Facebook Terms And Policies
Google Privacy Policies For All Google Services
Pinterest Cookies Policy
Pinterest Privacy Policies
Reddit Privacy Policies
Tumblr Privacy Policies
Twitter Privacy Policies

ExperienceKetchikan.com also uses Facebook commenting. Facebook stores all of your comments and may show them on your timeline, depending on your Facebook settings.

You can always refuse to supply personally identifiable information and visit our site anonymously. However, it may prevent you from engaging in certain site-related activities.

If I make material changes in the collection of personally identifiable information, I will inform you by placing a notice on our site. I will use personal information received from you for internal purposes only and will not sell it or provide it to third parties.

I also collect each visitor's IP address, which helps me combat spam and fraud. I do not use IP addresses for any other purpose.

ExperienceKetchikan.com contains links to other websites that may be of interest to you. However, once you have used them to leave our site, I do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide while visiting such sites. These sites are not governed by this privacy statement. Always exercise caution by reviewing the privacy statement of the website in question before continuing to use it.


Non-personally Identifiable Information


I may collect non-personally identifiable information about you whenever you interact with the site. Non-personally identifiable information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about your method of connecting to the site, such as the operating system and the Internet service provider you used, and other similar information.

Children's Privacy Protection


This website is directed to adults. It is not directed to children under the age of 16. I operate my site in compliance with current regulations. Anyone under the age of 16 must have a parent or guardian provide consent to use this site. I do not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from anyone under 16 years of age.

Release of Information


If I sell ExperienceKetchikan.com, the information I have obtained from you through your voluntary participation in the site may transfer to the new owner as a part of the sale so that the service provided to you may continue. In that event, you will receive notice through the website of that change in control and practices, and I will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the purchaser honors any opt-out requests you might make.

Data Storage


Personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information collected by this site is stored on the host's servers. That host is SiteSell Inc., located at 1000 Saint-Jean Boulevard, Suite 702, Pointe-Claire, QC H9R 5P1 Canada.

How You Can Correct or Remove Information


I provide this privacy policy as a statement to you of my commitment to protect your personally identifiable information. If you have submitted personally identifiable information through this website and would like to download and review that information, click on this link.

You can also request to edit or delete any of your information from the servers by clicking on this link.


Updates and Effective Date


ExperienceKetchikan.com reserves the right to make changes in this policy. If there is a material change in the cookie and privacy practices, I will indicate on my site that those practices have changed and provide a link to the updated privacy policy. I encourage you to periodically review this policy so that you will know what information is collected and how it is used.

Agreeing to terms


If you do not agree to ExperienceKetchikan.com's privacy policy as posted here on this website, please do not consent to the setting of cookies and the collection and storage of your personally identifiable information.

Your explicit consent indicates acceptance of this privacy policy in its entirety.

Last updated: 09/25/2018



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