Privacy Policy
Last Updated: April 2026
Introduction
Rockhounding Finder ("we," "us," "our," or "Company") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website rockhoundingfinder.com.
Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the site includes:
- Personally Identifiable Information: Name, email address, and other details you provide through contact forms.
- Automatic Information: Log data, IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on our site.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies to enhance your experience and serve relevant advertisements.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
- Improve our website and services
- Display personalized content and advertisements
- Monitor and analyze trends and usage
- Comply with legal obligations
Cookies and Advertising
We work with third-party advertising partners, including Google, who may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings or the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page.
Third-Party Disclosure
We may share information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business. This includes Google AdSense for advertising purposes. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA) Compliance
Effective April 1, 2026, Rockhounding Finder complies with the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA). As a resident of Maryland, you have the following rights:
- Right to Access: You have the right to access your personal data that we collect and maintain.
- Right to Correct: You have the right to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Delete: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt-Out of Sales and Targeted Advertising: You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal data and targeted advertising. This website does not sell personal data.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request a copy of your personal data in a portable format.
Global Privacy Control (GPC): This website honors the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal as a universal opt-out mechanism for targeted advertising and analytics processing. When GPC is enabled in your browser or browser extension, we will treat this as a valid request to opt-out of these services.
Response Timeframe: We will respond to consumer rights requests within 45 days of receiving a complete request.
Data Not Sold: Rockhounding Finder does not sell personal data to third parties.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@rockhoundingfinder.com
Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no transmission over the internet is completely secure.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: contact@rockhoundingfinder.com