Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We currently collect limited information from visitors.

Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide us with information when you:

• Subscribe to the Roads of History newsletter.
• Contact us directly by email or through another communication method.

This information may include your email address and any other information you choose to include in your communication.

You are not required to subscribe to the newsletter or provide personal information to browse the publicly available content on Roads of History.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Roads of History, certain usage and technical information may be collected automatically through Google Analytics, cookies, and similar technologies. This information may include:

• Pages you visit.
• Features or links you interact with.
• The date and time of your visit.
• The amount of time spent on pages.
• The website or source that referred you to Roads of History.
• General geographic information, such as a country, state, or approximate region.
• Browser type and version.
• Device type and operating system.
• Screen size and similar technical information.
• Cookie identifiers or other identifiers used to distinguish visits and sessions.

We use this information in an aggregated or statistical manner to understand how visitors use the website. We do not use Google Analytics to intentionally collect information such as your name, email address, or other information that directly identifies you.

2. How We Use Information

We may use the information we collect to:

• Operate and maintain Roads of History.
• Provide the newsletter to subscribers.
• Understand how visitors find and use the website.
• Measure website traffic and engagement.
• Identify popular destinations, historical eras, road trips, and other content.
• Improve the website's design, navigation, performance, and content.
• Diagnose technical problems.
• Protect the security and integrity of the website.
• Respond to questions or communications.
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our policies.

We will not use your email address to send newsletters unless you voluntarily subscribe or otherwise ask to receive them.

3. Newsletter Communications

When you subscribe to the Roads of History newsletter, we use your email address to send updates, featured destinations, historical content, road-trip ideas, website announcements, or similar communications.

You may unsubscribe at any time by:

• Selecting the unsubscribe link included in a newsletter email.
• Contacting us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below.

After you unsubscribe, we may retain a limited record of your email address on a suppression or unsubscribe list. This helps us honor your request and avoid sending you additional marketing emails.

Unsubscribing from the newsletter does not prevent us from responding to a message you send directly to us.

4. Cookies and Google Analytics

Roads of History uses Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and visitor activity.

Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to distinguish visitors and sessions and to generate reports about how the website is used. Google may process information collected through Google Analytics according to its own privacy policies and terms.

We use Google Analytics for general website measurement and improvement. We do not knowingly send names, email addresses, or other directly identifying information to Google Analytics.

You can control or limit analytics collection by:

• Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies.
• Using browser privacy or tracking-protection features.
• Installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Blocking cookies may affect certain website functionality, although the main Roads of History content should remain available.

For more information, review:

• Google Privacy Policy.
• Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
• Google's information about safeguarding data in Google Analytics.

5. How We Disclose Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

We may disclose information in the following limited circumstances.

Service Providers

We may provide information to companies that help us operate Roads of History, such as:

• Website hosting and infrastructure providers.
• Database and cloud-storage providers.
• Analytics providers, including Google Analytics.
• Newsletter or email-delivery providers.
• Security, monitoring, and technical-support providers.

These providers may access information only as needed to perform services for us and are expected to handle the information appropriately.

Legal and Safety Requirements

We may disclose information when we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, or other legal process.
• Respond to a lawful request from a government authority.
• Protect the rights, property, or safety of Roads of History, our visitors, or others.
• Investigate suspected fraud, abuse, security incidents, or illegal activity.
• Enforce applicable terms and policies.

Business Changes

If Roads of History is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction. Any recipient will remain subject to applicable privacy obligations.

6. Sale and Targeted Advertising

Roads of History does not sell personal information for money.

We also do not currently use personal information collected through the website to create profiles for targeted advertising across unrelated websites or services.

If our advertising or data-sharing practices change materially, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any notices or choices required by applicable law.

7. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Newsletter email addresses may be retained while you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, we may retain a limited record of the request so that we can continue honoring your preference.

Analytics information is retained according to our Google Analytics configuration and Google's applicable retention practices.

We may retain information for a longer period when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with legal obligations.
• Resolve disputes.
• Prevent fraud or abuse.
• Maintain security.
• Enforce agreements or policies.
• Establish or defend legal claims.

When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, anonymize, or aggregate it.

8. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request that we:

• Confirm whether we hold personal information about you.
• Provide access to certain personal information.
• Correct inaccurate personal information.
• Delete certain personal information.
• Restrict or object to certain uses of personal information.
• Provide a portable copy of certain information.
• Withdraw consent when processing is based on consent.
• Opt out of certain types of data sharing or targeted advertising.
• Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request.

You may also:

• Unsubscribe from newsletter emails.
• Block or delete cookies through your browser.
• Use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
• Contact us with questions about our data practices.

To submit a privacy request, contact us using the information provided below. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. We will not discriminate against you for exercising a privacy right.

These rights may be subject to exceptions or limitations under applicable law.

9. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, database, internet transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should use caution when transmitting information online and avoid sending sensitive information through ordinary email.

10. Children's Privacy

Roads of History provides general historical and travel information and is not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Children under 13 should not submit an email address, subscribe to the newsletter, or otherwise provide personal information through the website.

If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us. If we learn that we collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

11. Third-Party Websites and Services

Roads of History may include links to museums, parks, historical sites, tourism organizations, travel services, government websites, or other third-party resources.

We do not control the privacy, security, content, or data practices of third-party websites and services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by those third parties.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party website or service you visit.

12. Visitors Outside the United States

Roads of History is operated from the United States. If you access the website from another country, your information may be processed or stored in the United States or in another country where our service providers operate.

Privacy and data-protection laws in those locations may differ from the laws where you live. Where required, we will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers of personal information.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect:

• Changes to Roads of History.
• New features or services.
• Changes to the information we collect.
• Changes to our service providers.
• Legal, regulatory, or security requirements.

When we update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the Last Updated date at the top of the page. When appropriate, we may provide additional notice of material changes.

Your continued use of Roads of History after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means the updated policy will apply to information collected after that date, to the extent permitted by law.

14. Contact Us

For questions, concerns, or privacy requests relating to this Privacy Policy, contact: