Privacy & Cookie Policy

Effective: 01 September 2016

Destination: Wildlife is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our website. You can access Destination: Wildlife and browse our site without disclosing any of your personal data. We do not collect personal information, such as names and mailing or email addresses, unless it is knowingly provided by the you and you have agreed to the terms under which Destination: Wildlife will use it.

Collected Contact Information

We will not sell, share or rent your personal information with third parties. We will use the information to provide the services to which you subscribed and to respond to inquiries. From time to time, we may contact you about new content, products, services, or events that are relevant to your interests.

We may release your account information when such release is reasonably necessary to comply with the law; enforce the terms of our user agreements; or protect the rights, property, and safety of Destination: Wildlife, the users of this site, or others.

Children’s Privacy

Protecting the privacy of the very young is important to us. For that reason, we do not collect or maintain information from those we know are under 18, and no part of our site is structured to attract anyone under 18. If you believe that we have personal information on someone under 18, please contact us immediately.

Transactional Information

If you purchase products or services from us, we will collect certain information from you, including your name, address, email address, and information about the product or service you are purchasing. Payments are processed by third-party payment processors (e.g., PayPal), so please refer to the applicable processor’s terms and privacy policy for more information about how payment information is processed and stored.

Other Information

You may choose to provide other information directly to us. For example, we may collect information when you fill out a form, participate in contests, sweepstakes or promotions, subscribe to a newsletter, communicate with us via third-party sites and services, request customer support, or otherwise communicate with us.

Routine Information Collection

All Web servers track basic information about their visitors. This information includes, but is not limited to, internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, and track reader’s movement around the site. None of this information can personally identify specific visitors to this site.

We do not automatically log personal data, nor do we link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific visitors. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.

We use this information to improve the performance of the site and to better understand how our readers use the site.  As an example, if a we receive the most visitors between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. weekday afternoons, we would obviously pick another time for site maintenance.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Destination: Wildlife does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.  For example, we might use cookies to determine if you have subscribed to our newsletter, and if you have, we would try not to send you additional requests to sign up.

Controlling Your Privacy

You can change your browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with your use of some sites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis. If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific Web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

External Websites

Please note that Destination: Wildlife contains links to other websites. We cannot control the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage our readers to read the privacy statements of each website that might collect personally identifying information.

Advertising Partners

Our advertising partners may also use cookies, scripts and/or Web beacons to track visitors to our site in order to display advertisements and other useful information. Such tracking is done directly by the third parties through their own servers and is subject to their own privacy policies. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

Our advertising partners include:

  • Amazon Associates
  • CJ Affiliate

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out.

Analytics Partners

We use analytics partners (such as Google Analytics) to help analyze usage and traffic for our website. As an example, we may use analytics partners to analyze and measure, in the aggregate, the number of unique visitors to our services.

Policy Changes

We may change this Privacy & Cookie Policy from time to time. If we do, we will let you know by revising the date at the top of the policy. If we make a change to this policy that, in our sole discretion, is material, we will provide you with additional notice.