Last updated: December 29, 2023

Vermonter.com (“Vermonter,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects the privacy of our users (“user,” “you,” or “your”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website vermonter.com and any related mobile applications (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

Information We Collect:

When you interact with us through the Site, we may collect personal and non-personal information from you. Personal information refers to data that can be used to identify you as an individual, such as your name, email address, postal address, and telephone number. Non-personal information refers to data that cannot be used to identify you, such as demographic information.

We collect information in the following ways:

• Information You Give Us: We collect information you provide to us, for example when you create an account, participate in polls and surveys, sign up for email newsletters, submit inquiries to us, post user generated content, or contact customer support. The information collected may include personal information.
• Automatic Information: We may automatically collect certain information about the devices you use to access our Site. The information collected may include IP addresses, browser type and language, referring and exit pages and URLs, date and time, amount of time spent on particular pages, what sections of the Site you visit, and similar data. We also may collect information about your device or connection type. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the Site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information.
• Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We utilize cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about visitors when they interact with our Site. These technologies collect device-specific information, such as your IP address, cookie information, mobile device ID, and other online identifiers. We use this data to recognize you when you return, customize content for you, target offers and ads based on your interests and behavior, improve our Site and services, monitor Site analytics, track user movements, prevent fraud, and to enhance security. You can control cookies through your browser or device settings. However, blocking or deleting cookies may impact your experience on our Site.
• Third Party Partners: We may partner with third party companies to engage in online tracking, conduct analytics, enable functionality, host our Site, run contests and sweepstakes, understand users’ interests and behavior, personalize your experience, target offers and ads, or contact users. These third parties may access or collect your personal and non-personal information. We do not control these third party technologies or how they operate. You should review their privacy policies and contact them directly if you have questions or concerns.

How We Use Your Information:

We use the information we collect for a variety of business purposes such as:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our Site
• Research and develop new offerings
• Personalize content and experiences
• Communicate with you, provide updates, invoices, technical notices, security alerts
• Process payments and transactions
• Prevent fraudulent activity and enhance the security of our Site
• Respond to user inquiries and fulfill requests
• Send operational communications via email, text messages, postal mail, and phone calls
• Manage contests, sweepstakes, promotions, surveys
• Display targeted offers and ads
• Run analytics and perform statistical research

We process your information when:

• You use or purchase our products or services
• It furthers our legitimate business interests
• You provide consent
• We have a legal obligation

We only retain your information long enough to serve these purposes, or as required by law. We will delete your information once there is no longer a lawful, legitimate, or business purpose for retaining it.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, the following categories of third parties may have access to your information:

Service Providers: We may disclose your information to third party vendors and partners who complete transactions or perform services on our behalf, such as payment processors, customer support, email delivery, auditing, marketing, analytics, quality assurance testing, or data storage vendors.

Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, compelled by government authorities, to enforce our policies or agreements, or to protect our rights and property.

Business Transfers: If we sell, merge, or transfer any part of our business, we may be required to transfer your information.

Protection for Children

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we discover that a child has provided us with personal data, we will promptly delete it in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Security of Your Information

We implement reasonable organizational, administrative, and technical safeguards in order to protect the confidentiality and security of your information. However, no company can guarantee complete security. In the event that we become aware of a security breach, we will notify affected users so they can take appropriate protective steps.

Your Choices and Rights

You may unsubscribe from email communications from us by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of any emails. You may request access, correction, updates, or deletion of your personal information by contacting us.

Modifications to this Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy as needed, such as to reflect changes to business practices. Continued use of our Site after posting changes means you consent to our updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or practices, please contact us:

Vermonter.com
PO Box 90
South Hero, VT 05486

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