Last updated: August 15, 2026
Mountain Field Guide respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit Mountain Field Guide, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.
By using this website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
About Mountain Field Guide
Mountain Field Guide is an independent informational website about mountains, mountain ranges, hiking, climbing, outdoor recreation, wildlife, geography, and related topics.
Our website is Mountain Field Guide.
Information We May Collect
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us as well as certain information that is collected automatically when you visit the website.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide information when you:
- Contact us through our contact form
- Leave a comment, if comments are enabled
- Communicate with us by email or another method
- Submit other information through the website
This information may include your name, email address, website address, message, or other information you choose to provide.
We use this information primarily to respond to inquiries, communicate with visitors, moderate website activity, prevent spam, and operate the website.
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit Mountain Field Guide, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website or by third-party services used on the website.
This information may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages viewed
- Approximate geographic location
- Date and time of visits
- Interactions with pages, advertisements, or links
- Cookie and similar technology identifiers
This information may be used for website operation, security, analytics, advertising, fraud prevention, and improving the website.
Cookies
Mountain Field Guide and third-party services used on the website may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on your device that can help websites remember preferences, measure website usage, deliver advertisements, and provide other functionality.
Cookies used on or through Mountain Field Guide may include:
- Essential website cookies
- Preference cookies
- Analytics or performance cookies
- Advertising cookies
- Affiliate tracking cookies
- Security and spam-prevention cookies
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Depending on your location, you may also be presented with a cookie or privacy consent tool that allows you to manage certain categories of cookies.
Blocking some cookies may affect the way portions of the website function.
Google Advertising
Mountain Field Guide may use Google advertising services, including Google AdSense.
Google and other third-party advertising vendors may use cookies or similar technologies to display advertisements on this website.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to Mountain Field Guide or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its advertising partners to serve advertisements based on visitors’ visits to this website and/or other websites on the Internet.
Visitors may be able to control personalized advertising through Google’s Ads Settings and other privacy controls provided by Google.
Depending on your location and consent choices, you may receive personalized, non-personalized, or limited advertisements.
Mountain Field Guide does not control the cookies, data collection practices, or privacy practices of third-party advertising providers.
Affiliate Links
Mountain Field Guide participates in affiliate marketing programs. Some links on this website may be affiliate links.
If you click an affiliate link and purchase a product or service, Mountain Field Guide may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
Third-party merchants and affiliate networks may use cookies or other tracking technologies to determine whether a purchase or other qualifying action originated from Mountain Field Guide.
Amazon Associates
Mountain Field Guide participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for websites to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon products and services.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
When you click an Amazon affiliate link, Amazon may collect information or use cookies and similar technologies in accordance with its own privacy policies.
Contact Forms
When you contact Mountain Field Guide through a contact form, we may collect information such as your name, email address, website address, and the contents of your message.
This information is used to respond to your request and for legitimate administrative, security, or recordkeeping purposes.
Contact form submissions may also be processed by third-party website, hosting, spam-prevention, or security services.
Comments
If comments are enabled and you leave a comment, we may collect the information entered into the comment form as well as your IP address and browser information to assist with spam detection and website security.
An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use that service. If your comment is approved and you use Gravatar, your profile image may appear publicly alongside your comment.
Comments and associated metadata may be retained in order to maintain discussion history, recognize approved commenters, prevent spam, and administer the website.
Embedded Content
Articles on Mountain Field Guide may contain embedded content from other websites, such as videos, maps, social media posts, images, widgets, or other interactive content.
Embedded content generally behaves as though you visited the third-party website directly.
Those websites may collect information about you, use cookies, employ additional tracking technologies, or monitor your interaction with the embedded content.
Their collection and use of information is governed by their own privacy policies rather than this Privacy Policy.
Links to Other Websites
Mountain Field Guide contains links to third-party websites for informational, reference, affiliate, or other purposes.
We are not responsible for the content, security, privacy practices, or data collection practices of third-party websites.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of websites they visit.
How We Use Information
Information collected through Mountain Field Guide may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Respond to questions and messages
- Improve website content and functionality
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Detect spam, fraud, abuse, and security threats
- Display and measure advertising
- Track affiliate referrals
- Comply with legal obligations
- Protect the rights, safety, and security of the website and its visitors
How Information May Be Shared
We may share information with service providers when reasonably necessary to operate Mountain Field Guide.
These may include companies providing services such as:
- Website hosting
- Content delivery
- Website security
- Spam prevention
- Analytics
- Advertising
- Affiliate tracking
- Website maintenance
We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect our legal rights, prevent fraud or abuse, investigate security issues, or protect others.
We do not directly sell visitors’ personal information for money.
However, certain advertising technologies may be considered the “sale,” “sharing,” or use of personal information for targeted advertising under some privacy laws. Where applicable, visitors may have the right to opt out of such practices.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including website operation, recordkeeping, security, dispute resolution, and legal compliance.
Different types of information may be retained for different periods.
Comments and associated metadata may be retained indefinitely unless deletion is requested or otherwise appropriate.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, privacy laws may give you certain rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we maintain about you
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information
- Request deletion of certain personal information
- Request information about how your personal information is used
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Object to or restrict certain uses of personal information
- Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale, or sharing activities
- Receive a copy of certain personal information
- Lodge a complaint with an appropriate privacy or data-protection authority
These rights vary depending on your jurisdiction and may be subject to legal exceptions.
To submit a privacy-related request, please contact Mountain Field Guide through our Contact page.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland
Visitors located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or other jurisdictions with similar privacy protections may have additional rights regarding their personal information.
Where required, we seek consent before using certain non-essential cookies or technologies for personalized advertising or other purposes requiring consent.
You may be able to change or withdraw your consent through the privacy or consent controls presented on the website.
United States Privacy Rights
Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable state privacy laws.
Depending on the law and whether it applies to Mountain Field Guide, these rights may include access, deletion, correction, data portability, and the ability to opt out of certain targeted advertising, sales, or sharing of personal information.
You may contact us through our Contact page if you wish to make a privacy-related request.
Children’s Privacy
Mountain Field Guide is intended for a general audience and is not directed specifically toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to Mountain Field Guide, please contact us so that we can review the information and take appropriate action.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information associated with the website.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
International Visitors
Mountain Field Guide is accessible worldwide.
If you access the website from outside the country in which our website services or providers operate, information may be transferred to, processed in, or stored in other countries.
Privacy and data-protection laws may differ between countries.
Do Not Track
Some browsers provide a “Do Not Track” signal.
Because there is not a universally accepted standard governing how websites should respond to all Do Not Track signals, Mountain Field Guide may not respond to these signals in every circumstance.
Where legally required privacy preference mechanisms are supported by our advertising or consent systems, those mechanisms may be honored separately.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our website, technology, advertising partners, business practices, or legal requirements.
When changes are made, the “Last updated” date at the top of this page will be revised.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or privacy practices at Mountain Field Guide, please contact us through the Contact page on Mountain Field Guide.
Website: Mountain Field Guide
Domain: mountainfieldguide.com
