Privacy Policy

When you use the site, we may collect:

• Information you submit through forms, such as your email, name, message, report, or update request
• Basic account information if you sign in with Google, such as your name, email address, profile image, and Google account ID
• Saved places and optional profile details you add to your account
• Basic technical information needed to operate, protect, and improve the site, such as browser, device, page, and visit data

We use this information to:

• Respond to messages and update reports
• Send email updates if you sign up for them
• Keep you signed in
• Let you save places to your private account
• Improve guides, navigation, and site reliability
• Protect the site from spam, abuse, and security issues

Signing in with Google does not subscribe you to the newsletter. Newsletter emails require a separate signup.

If you sign in, your saved places are private to your account. We do not publish your saved places, sell them, or use them to automatically add you to email lists.

You can contact us to request deletion of your account and saved places.

If you sign up for email updates, we use your email address to send New England Swimming Holes updates. Emails may include new guides, seasonal picks, site updates, and stewardship notes.

You can unsubscribe at any time.

The site may use cookies or local storage for sign-in, saved places, analytics, security, and simple site preferences, such as whether a signup prompt has already been shown or dismissed.

We do not sell personal information.

We may share information with service providers that help us operate the site, such as hosting, email, analytics, database, authentication, security, and form tools. We may also share information if required by law or needed to protect the site, users, rights, safety, or security.

We keep information only as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described here, unless a longer period is required or allowed by law.

You may contact us to ask about your information, request corrections, unsubscribe from emails, or request deletion when reasonably possible.

This site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

We may update this policy as the site changes. The effective date above shows the current version.

For privacy questions, contact us.