Ramsan Media LLC respects your privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and otherwise process personal information when you visit PacificNorthwestCrossing.com (the “Website”), subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, comment on our content, or otherwise interact with our services.
“Personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be associated with an individual. Its precise definition may vary under applicable privacy laws.
By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Pacific Northwest Crossing.
We may collect information you voluntarily provide when you:
This information may include your name, email address, newsletter preferences, message, and any other information you choose to provide.
Please do not send sensitive personal information through ordinary email, comments, or contact forms.
When you visit or interact with the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect information such as:
This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, web beacons, tags, embedded scripts, local storage, server logs, and similar technologies.
We may receive limited information from third parties involved in operating, securing, supporting, or measuring the Website, including:
The information we receive depends on the third party’s services, policies, and your privacy settings.
Depending on how you interact with the Website, the categories of personal information we may collect include:
We seek to collect only information that is reasonably necessary and proportionate to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We do not intentionally request or collect sensitive personal information through the Website.
We may use personal information to:
We may create aggregated or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify an individual. We may use this information for analytics, reporting, research, content planning, and other lawful business purposes.
Where required by law, we will maintain de-identified information in de-identified form and will not attempt to reidentify it except as permitted by law.
Pacific Northwest Crossing and its service providers may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on a browser or device. They may be used to:
Some cookies are necessary for the Website to function. Others may support analytics, advertising, functionality, or personalization.
You can restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings. Depending on your location and applicable law, you may also receive a cookie or privacy-preference tool that allows you to accept, reject, or manage certain technologies.
Restricting cookies may affect how some Website features operate. Preferences may need to be set separately on each browser and device you use.
Additional information is available in our Cookie Policy.
We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics services to understand how visitors use Pacific Northwest Crossing.
Analytics services may collect information such as:
These providers may use cookies and similar technologies to collect and process information according to their own privacy policies.
Information about how Google uses information from websites that use its services is available at:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Google provides an opt-out browser add-on for Google Analytics at:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Pacific Northwest Crossing may use Google AdSense and other third-party advertising services to display and measure advertisements.
Third-party advertising providers, including Google, may place and read cookies on visitors’ browsers or use web beacons, pixels, IP addresses, advertising identifiers, and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used to:
Google may use advertising cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s prior visits to Pacific Northwest Crossing or other websites. Whether personalized advertising is used may depend on the visitor’s location, consent choices, browser or device settings, and applicable law.
Visitors can manage Google advertising preferences through Google’s My Ad Center:
https://myadcenter.google.com/
Additional information and interest-based advertising choices may be available through:
Opting out of personalized or interest-based advertising does not necessarily prevent advertisements from appearing. You may continue to see contextual or non-personalized advertisements.
Advertising providers maintain their own privacy policies and opt-out procedures. Pacific Northwest Crossing does not control their independent data practices or guarantee the effectiveness of third-party opt-out tools.
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect your email address, subscription preferences, and information about how you interact with newsletter messages.
We and our newsletter provider may use this information to:
Newsletter emails may contain pixels or similar technologies that indicate whether a message was opened or a link was clicked.
You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in a newsletter or by contacting pnwcrossing@ramsanmedia.com.
Unsubscribing from promotional email does not prevent us from sending a response or administrative communication related to a request you initiated.
Pacific Northwest Crossing may participate in affiliate programs involving hotels, tours, attractions, books, travel products, outdoor gear, and other relevant products or services.
When you click an affiliate link, an affiliate network or merchant may use cookies or similar technologies to record the referral and attribute an eligible purchase or booking. Pacific Northwest Crossing may receive a commission from a qualifying transaction.
Affiliate providers process information according to their own privacy policies. Using an affiliate link generally does not increase the price you pay.
Additional information is available in our Affiliate Disclosure.
If comments or other public-submission features are enabled, we may collect information entered in the submission form, along with an IP address and browser information, to help detect spam, prevent misuse, and maintain Website security.
Information submitted publicly may be visible, copied, or used by others. Do not include private or sensitive information in a public comment.
An anonymized value created from an email address may be provided to an avatar service to determine whether the commenter uses that service.
If you submit information about another person, you are responsible for ensuring that you have permission to provide and publish that information where required.
When you contact us, we may retain your message and contact information to:
Email is not always secure. Do not submit financial information, passwords, government identification numbers, medical information, or other sensitive data through ordinary email.
When you interact with Pacific Northwest Crossing through a social-media service, the platform may collect information about your interaction according to its own privacy policy.
Social-media buttons, embedded posts, sharing tools, and similar features may allow a platform to recognize you and collect information about your visit, even when you do not actively use the feature.
Review and adjust your privacy and advertising settings directly through the applicable social-media platform.
Our articles may link to or include content from third-party services, including:
Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party service directly. A third party may collect information, place cookies, track interactions, or associate activity with an existing account.
External websites maintain their own privacy policies. Pacific Northwest Crossing is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of websites and services we do not control.
We may disclose personal information to providers that perform services for us or help operate the Website, including providers of:
These providers may process information according to their own policies and contractual responsibilities.
We may also disclose information:
We do not collect financial information or process bookings directly through Pacific Northwest Crossing unless we provide additional notice at the time of collection. Purchases and bookings made through external links are handled by the applicable merchant or provider.
Ramsan Media LLC does not sell personal information for money.
Some state privacy laws define “sale” or “sharing” broadly enough to include certain advertising, analytics, or online-identification activities involving cookies and similar technologies. These activities may also be described as targeted advertising or cross-context behavioral advertising.
Where applicable, visitors may have the right to opt out of these activities. Available options may include Website privacy controls, browser settings, a legally recognized opt-out signal, Google’s advertising controls, industry opt-out tools, or a request submitted to us.
We do not knowingly sell or share personal information belonging to children.
Some browsers and extensions allow visitors to send opt-out preference signals, including Global Privacy Control.
Where required by applicable law and supported by our systems or service providers, we will process recognized opt-out preference signals. Such preferences may apply only to the browser and device from which the signal is sent.
Because there is no uniform industry response to every “Do Not Track” signal, the Website may not respond to all such signals.
More information about Global Privacy Control is available at:
https://globalprivacycontrol.org/
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary and proportionate to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, why it was collected, and the practices of the service provider processing it.
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards intended to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
No website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors provide information electronically at their own risk.
You may unsubscribe from newsletters by selecting the unsubscribe link in an email or contacting pnwcrossing@ramsanmedia.com.
You may manage or delete cookies through your browser settings and any privacy-preference controls provided on the Website.
You may use Google’s Analytics opt-out browser add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
You may manage Google advertising preferences at:
https://myadcenter.google.com/
You may also review industry advertising choices at:
Opting out of interest-based advertising does not prevent all advertisements from appearing.
Depending on where you live and subject to applicable exceptions, you may have the right to:
These rights are not absolute and may be limited by exceptions under applicable law. Not every state privacy law applies to every business or request.
Residents of Oregon and other states with comprehensive privacy laws may have rights involving access, correction, deletion, data portability, targeted advertising, certain sales or sharing of personal information, and certain profiling activities.
Where applicable, Oregon residents may also request a list of the specific third parties to which we have disclosed personal information.
We do not use personal information to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
To submit a privacy request, email pnwcrossing@ramsanmedia.com with “Privacy Request” in the subject line.
Please describe the right you wish to exercise and provide enough information for us to understand and respond to the request.
We may need to verify your identity and residency before completing a request. We may request information reasonably necessary to confirm that the request relates to you.
We may retain a record of your request and our response as permitted or required by law.
If we deny a request and applicable law provides a right to appeal, you may appeal by replying to our response with “Privacy Appeal” in the subject line and explaining the basis of your appeal.
Where permitted by law, an authorized agent may submit a request on your behalf.
We may require documentation showing the agent’s authority and may ask you to verify your identity or confirm directly that you authorized the request.
Visitors located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, and other jurisdictions may have additional rights concerning personal information.
Where required, we process personal information on one or more of the following legal bases:
Where consent is the legal basis, you may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing completed before consent was withdrawn.
Depending on applicable law, international visitors may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to processing, receive portable data, withdraw consent, and submit a complaint to a local supervisory authority.
Information may be processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. Data-protection laws in those countries may differ from those where you live.
Pacific Northwest Crossing is intended for a general audience and is not designed for or directed to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. We also do not knowingly sell or share personal information belonging to consumers under 16 for targeted advertising.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact pnwcrossing@ramsanmedia.com so we can review and, where appropriate, delete it.
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the Website, our business practices, service providers, or legal obligations.
When we make changes, we will revise the effective date at the top of the policy. We may provide additional notice of material changes when appropriate or required by law.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Questions, concerns, complaints, or privacy requests may be directed to:
Ramsan Media LLC
Doing business as Pacific Northwest Crossing
Email: pnwcrossing@ramsanmedia.com
Website: https://pacificnorthwestcrossing.com/
