This is a web site operated or affiliated with Echo Software & Hardware, LLC.

We can be reached via e-mail at hiking@hikingplanet.com

Non US Visitors

Our privacy policy is intended to meet the laws and requirements of the United States.  If you are visiting from outside the United States any information you provide will be treated in accordance with the laws of the United States.

What Information is collected?

We maintain log files which contain IP addresses. An IP address is a numeric address that is assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider. We do not link IP addresses to personal information. In general, we only use log files to monitor traffic on our Web sites and to troubleshoot technical problems. In the event of abuse, however, we may block certain IP addresses.

The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web page and not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.

Email Correspondence

We may respond to email sent directly to us or through a online submission form.  This information and emails would only be shared with a third party in connection with a court order, sale of the website(s) to a third party or to defend a legal claim. These emails would only rarely be used for one time correspondence with that user.  These e-mails are kept internally for our own day to day business purposes.

We do not maintain e-mail lists nor market via e-mail.

Log Files

Like most standard Web sites we use log files.  This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.  IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.  

Sharing

Third Party Advertising  

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please click here <http://www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp>   

We do not provide any personal information to a advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad. Downloads or other content interacted with from third party advertisers is subject to the advertiser's privacy policies, not this one. 

We let other companies that show advertisements on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer. Other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to our cookies.

Links to Other Sites

Links to other sites are operated independently and out of our control.  We recommend you not share personal information on other sites unless you view their privacy policy.

Revisions to Privacy Policy

In the future, we may update and revise our privacy policy. We will provide conspicuous notice on our website if we decide to change our privacy policy.  At that time, you will have the opportunity to decide whether or not you would like us to apply the new privacy policy to your personal information or to opt out of the new policy. If you continue to use the site, you will be accepting the new policies. If you decide to opt out of the new policy, you will no longer be able to participate as a user.