Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how pineandbrook.org ("the site") handles information collected during visits. This is a static informational website with no user accounts, no e-commerce functionality, and no backend data collection beyond standard server logs.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit this site, the web server may record standard access log data including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, and the pages accessed. This information is used for technical diagnostics and site maintenance. It is not linked to personally identifiable information and is not shared with third parties for marketing purposes.

Cookies

This site uses a single cookie preference stored in your browser's localStorage to record whether you have accepted or rejected the cookie notice. No tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or third-party analytics cookies are set. If you reject the cookie notice, no preference data beyond that rejection choice is stored.

Contact Form

The contact form on the home page is a frontend-only form. When you submit the form, no data is transmitted to a server. The form provides a visual confirmation for user experience purposes only. No name, email address, phone number, or message content entered into the form is stored, processed, or transmitted anywhere.

Third-Party Links

This site contains links to external websites including Parks Canada, BC Parks, Ontario Parks, and the Bruce Trail Conservancy. These sites operate under their own privacy policies. Pine & Brook has no control over the data practices of linked external sites.

External Images

Images on this site are loaded from Wikimedia Commons (upload.wikimedia.org) via direct URL. When your browser loads these images, a request is made to Wikimedia servers. The Wikimedia Foundation's privacy policy governs any data collected during that request and can be found at foundation.wikimedia.org.

Children's Privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13 years of age and does not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes to this Policy

This policy may be updated periodically. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy can be submitted via the contact form on the home page.