Privacy Policy

Hello! I'm Dee Young, owner of Cape Days: Your Go To Cape Cod Guide at capedays.com (also referred to at times, below, as my "Website" or "Site").

One of the things I hold dear is my privacy. I expect the same is true for you. So I want you to assure you that the privacy of the information you share with me is as important to me as it is to you.

In this Privacy Policy, I'll tell you about the types of personal information received and collected when you use my Website, as well as some of the steps taken to safeguard information. This will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with me.

About Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that's stored on your computer, which your browser provides to my Website each time you return to the Site. Cookies are used to help identify and track visitors, their use of my Website, and their website access preferences.

Google Analytics Cookies

I use Google Analytics to analyze the use of my 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. I share this information with Google, which will store and use this information on its servers. Google's privacy policy is available here: Google Privacy Policy 

I also use information from Google Analytics to track the number of visits to my Website, browsers and operating systems. No personally identifiable information is obtained from these cookies. I use the information that Google Analytics generates relating to my Website to create reports about the use of the site. These reports allow me to update my Website and improve your usage of it.

If you do not want your data to be collected via Google Analytics, you can install its opt-out browser extension or add-on: Opt-Out 

Advertising Cookies

I use third-party advertising companies (Google Adsense, Google Custom Search) to serve ads on my Website. 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 can view the list of Google's Ad Technology Providers here.

You may opt out of personalized ads for over 125 different ad networks by clicking here. 

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 advertising privacy policy.

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

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Affiliate Products and Services

I receive an affiliate commission for some of the products/services sold on my site.

The affiliate services platforms I use include: Amazon, ShareASale, Commission Junction, TripAdvisor, Priceline, HomeAway, VRBO, Viator, and HotelsCombined.  

By clicking on a product or service link on my site, you consent to that platform's use of cookies, as outlined in the links below: 

Amazon privacy policy

ShareASale privacy policy

Commission Junction privacy policy

Trip Advisor privacy policy

Priceline privacy policy

VRBO privacy policy

Viator privacy policy

HotelsCombined privacy policy

Google Maps

CapeDays.com uses the Google Maps service to show the location of places mentioned on the site. To use Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. That information is generally transmitted to a Google server and stored there. 

Further information about Google Maps handling of user data can be found here.


Social Media

CapeDays.com lets you share content with your friends and followers on various social media platforms. (Below are links to their privacy policies.) 

When you click on links to social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest, your browser connects directly with that site and sends information such as your IP address, the date and time of your visit, and information about how you use the social media website.

If you want to prevent those social media platforms from collecting your data, please review their individual privacy policies by using the following links:

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

Pinterest

To effectively prevent Facebook from collecting your data, log out of your Facebook account while using this website.

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 CapeDays.com's cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of my website.

Personally Identifiable Information

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

    To run and operate the website. 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 site's users, as a group, use the services and resources provided on the site. To improve the site. To improve the products and services offered on the site. 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 inquiries, questions, and/or other requests.

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

If you submit a question, a comment, a request for information, or make any other submission to me via a form on my Website, I'll need your name and your email address and will ask for other information relevant to your submission, so I can respond to you.

CapeDays.com also collects each visitor's IP address, which helps to combat spam and fraud. IP addresses are not used for any other purpose.

I will use personal information received from you for internal purposes only. Once the information is reviewed and has served its purpose, it'll be discarded or stored in my files. I will never sell your personal information, nor will I provide it to any third parties without your knowledge and consent.

If I make material changes in the collection of personally identifiable information, I will inform you by placing a notice on my Website.

CapeDays.com contains links to other websites that may be of interest to you. However, once you have used them to leave our site, we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we 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.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), enacted in 2018, creates new consumer rights relating to the access to, deletion of, and sharing of personal information that is collected by businesses.

CapeDays.com has not sold any personal information in the previous 12 months.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

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

Children's Privacy Protection

CapeDays.com 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 provide parental 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

In the unlikely event that CapeDays.com is ever sold, the information 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 our 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 my website and would like to download and review that information, click here.

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

Updates and Effective Date

CapeDays.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 the 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 my website collects and how it is used.

Agreeing to Terms

If you do not agree to CapeDays.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: May 11, 2022