This Privacy Policy explains what information Colorado Travel Master may collect when you use coloradotravelmaster.com, why that information is collected, and what choices you may have regarding its use.
Colorado Travel Master is an independent travel information website. We publish guides about Summit County, Breckenridge, Keystone, Frisco, Dillon, Silverthorne, Copper Mountain and other Colorado destinations.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this policy.
Information You Provide
You can read the website without creating an account or giving us your name.
We may receive personal information when you:
- Send a message through the contact form
- Email us directly
- Report an error or request a correction
- Submit a business or advertising enquiry
- Subscribe to a newsletter, if that option is offered
This information may include your name, email address, company name, message content and any other details you choose to provide.
Please do not send sensitive personal information through the contact form.
Information Collected Automatically
Some technical information is collected automatically when a page is loaded. This can happen through server logs, analytics tools, advertising services, cookies and similar technologies.
The information may include:
- IP address
- Browser and device type
- Operating system
- Approximate location, such as country, state or city
- Referring page or search engine
- Pages viewed on the website
- Date and time of a visit
- Time spent on a page
- Links or advertisements viewed or clicked
- Cookie identifiers and similar technical identifiers
We generally use this information to understand how the site is used rather than to identify individual visitors by name.
How We Use Information
Information collected through the website may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Respond to messages and correction requests
- Understand which guides are useful to readers
- Find broken pages and technical problems
- Measure traffic and website performance
- Prevent spam, fraud and misuse
- Display and measure advertising
- Improve existing guides and plan new content
- Comply with legal obligations
- Protect the website and its users
We do not intentionally collect more personal information than is reasonably needed for these purposes.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small files stored by a browser. They can help a website remember settings, measure visits, prevent abuse and display advertising.
Colorado Travel Master and its service providers may use:
- Essential cookies needed for security and basic website functions
- Analytics cookies used to measure traffic and page performance
- Advertising cookies used to deliver, limit and measure advertisements
- Preference cookies used to remember privacy or display choices
You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Some website features or advertising controls may not work as intended after cookies are disabled.
Where consent is required, non-essential cookies should not be used until the visitor has made a choice through the website’s consent message or cookie settings.
Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use the website.
Google Analytics may collect information about page views, sessions, approximate location, browser type, device type and interactions with the website. This information is used to produce aggregated reports about website traffic and performance.
Google provides controls that allow website operators to limit data collection, advertising features and data retention. Visitors may also use the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Advertising
Colorado Travel Master may display advertisements supplied by Google AdSense or other advertising partners.
Third-party advertising providers, including Google, may use cookies or similar technologies to:
- Display advertisements
- Measure advertisement views and clicks
- Limit how often an advertisement appears
- Prevent invalid traffic and advertising fraud
- Show advertisements based on previous visits to this or other websites, where permitted
Google and its advertising partners may use advertising cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s activity on this website and elsewhere on the internet.
Visitors can review or change Google advertising preferences through Google My Ad Center.
Where applicable, visitors may also reject personalized advertising or withdraw consent through the privacy controls shown on this website.
Sale, Sharing and Targeted Advertising
Colorado Travel Master does not sell personal information in exchange for money.
However, some state privacy laws use broad definitions of “sale,” “sharing” or “targeted advertising.” Under those definitions, allowing advertising providers to receive cookie identifiers, device information or browsing activity may be treated as a sale, sharing or processing for targeted advertising.
Where required by applicable law, visitors may opt out using:
- The cookie or privacy controls displayed on the website
- A recognized browser-based opt-out signal
- The website’s contact page
We do not knowingly sell sensitive personal information.
Global Privacy Control
Global Privacy Control, or GPC, is a browser signal that can communicate a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information and its use for targeted advertising.
Where applicable law requires us to recognize GPC, and where the signal can be detected by the website or its consent tools, we treat it as an opt-out request for the browser or device sending the signal.
A GPC signal does not normally identify a visitor by name and may need to be enabled separately on each browser or device.
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. There is no single generally accepted technical standard for responding to traditional Do Not Track signals.
Colorado Travel Master does not respond separately to traditional Do Not Track signals unless required by law. Recognized opt-out signals such as Global Privacy Control may be handled differently, as explained above.
Affiliate Links
Some pages may contain affiliate links to booking platforms, accommodation providers, activity operators, retailers or other third-party services.
If you follow an affiliate link, the destination website may receive information showing that your visit came from Colorado Travel Master. It may also use its own cookies or tracking technologies.
When you make a booking or purchase through an affiliate link, Colorado Travel Master may receive a commission. We do not normally receive your complete payment-card details or account password from the third-party provider.
The privacy practices of the destination website are controlled by that website, not by Colorado Travel Master.
When Information May Be Shared
We may share limited information with companies that help operate the website. Depending on the services in use, these may include:
| Type of provider | Why information may be shared |
|---|---|
| Hosting and security providers | To deliver the website, store logs, prevent attacks and maintain availability |
| Analytics providers | To measure traffic and understand website usage |
| Advertising providers | To display, personalize and measure advertisements where permitted |
| Consent-management providers | To record and apply privacy and cookie choices |
| Email and contact-form providers | To deliver and store messages sent to us |
| Professional advisers | To obtain legal, accounting or technical assistance |
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to valid legal process, investigate fraud, protect the website or defend legal rights.
If the website or its assets are transferred to another operator, relevant information may be included in that transfer, subject to applicable law.
Colorado Privacy Rights
The Colorado Privacy Act gives eligible Colorado residents certain rights when the law applies to the organization processing their personal data.
Depending on the circumstances, these rights may include the right to:
- Confirm whether personal data is being processed
- Access personal data
- Correct inaccurate personal data
- Delete personal data
- Receive certain data in a portable format
- Opt out of the sale of personal data
- Opt out of targeted advertising
- Opt out of certain profiling with legal or similarly significant effects
The Colorado Privacy Act applies only when its legal conditions and processing thresholds are met. Describing these rights in this policy does not mean that every provision of the Act applies to Colorado Travel Master in every situation.
To submit a request, use the contact page and write “Colorado Privacy Request” at the beginning of your message.
Please describe the right you wish to exercise and provide enough information for us to locate any relevant records. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
If a request is denied, you may appeal by replying to the decision or submitting another message marked “Colorado Privacy Appeal.” Explain why you believe the decision should be reconsidered.
We will not discriminate against a visitor for exercising a privacy right provided by law.
Privacy Rights in Other U.S. States
Residents of California and certain other U.S. states may have privacy rights similar to those described above.
Depending on the law and whether it applies to Colorado Travel Master, these rights may include:
- Accessing personal information
- Requesting deletion or correction
- Receiving a portable copy of certain information
- Opting out of targeted advertising
- Opting out of the sale or sharing of personal information
- Limiting certain uses of sensitive personal information
- Appealing the denial of a request
You may submit a request through the contact page. Include your state of residence and write “Privacy Request” at the beginning of the message.
These rights are subject to legal definitions, exceptions and applicability thresholds. We may deny or limit a request where permitted by law, including when we cannot reasonably verify the person making the request.
Notice for California Residents
California residents may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, when that law applies to the business handling their information.
During the preceding 12 months, the categories of information that may have been collected through this website include:
- Identifiers, such as an IP address, email address or cookie identifier
- Internet activity, such as pages viewed and links clicked
- Approximate geolocation derived from an IP address
- Device, browser and operating-system information
- Communications sent through the contact form
- Advertising and affiliate-link interaction data
These categories may be disclosed to hosting, analytics, advertising, security and technical service providers for the purposes described in this policy.
We do not knowingly sell personal information for money. Advertising-related disclosures may nevertheless be considered “selling” or “sharing” under California law.
Colorado Travel Master does not currently offer financial incentives in exchange for personal information.
The CCPA applies only to businesses meeting its legal requirements. This section does not state that Colorado Travel Master meets those requirements in every year.
Authorized Agents
Where state law permits, an authorized agent may submit a privacy request on behalf of a consumer.
We may ask for evidence that the agent has permission to act for the consumer. We may also contact the consumer directly to verify the request unless the agent has legally sufficient authority that makes separate verification unnecessary.
Children and Teenagers
Colorado Travel Master is a general travel information website. It is not designed or directed primarily to children under 13.
We do not knowingly request personal information from children under 13. If we learn that such information has been collected without appropriate permission, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
We also do not knowingly sell the personal data of minors or knowingly use it for targeted advertising without the consent required by applicable law.
A parent or legal guardian who believes that a child has submitted personal information may contact us through the contact page.
Sensitive Personal Information
Colorado Travel Master does not ask visitors to provide government identification numbers, financial account credentials, biometric identifiers, health records, precise geolocation or similar sensitive information.
Please do not include this type of information in a contact message.
Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to correspondence, maintaining security records, resolving disputes and meeting legal obligations.
Retention periods vary by type of information and service provider. Aggregated or de-identified information may be retained for longer because it is not reasonably linked to an individual visitor.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information handled through the website.
No internet transmission, hosting service or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors should avoid sending confidential or sensitive information through ordinary website forms or email.
External Websites
Travel guides may link to resorts, local authorities, hotels, transport providers, booking platforms and other third-party websites.
Colorado Travel Master does not control how those websites collect or use information. Review the privacy policy of the destination website before submitting personal details or making a payment.
International Visitors
The website can be accessed from outside the United States. Information may be processed in the United States or in other countries where hosting, analytics, advertising or technical providers operate.
Visitors from jurisdictions with additional privacy rights may contact us using the method described below.
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website changes, a service provider is added or privacy requirements develop.
The date at the top of the page shows when the policy was last materially revised. Continued use of the website after an update means that the revised policy applies to later use of the site.
Contact and Privacy Requests
Questions about this policy and requests concerning personal information can be submitted through the contact page.
Please include:
- The words “Privacy Request”
- Your state or country of residence
- The right you want to exercise
- The email address or other information connected with your request
Do not send a passport, driver’s licence or other identity document unless we specifically request a suitable verification method.