Privacy Policy


  • Information Collected

    • When you visit the tristateoutdoors.com website, in order for us to provide you with the products or services that you have requested, you may be asked to provide us with personally identifiable information. For example, when you ask for wether information, you must enter a ZIP code. If you register for the forum, you must provide your e-mail address. In addition, our web servers track various technical details about your visit, such as your computer's IP address and which pages you visited, however that information does not typically contain any personally identifiable information about you.

  • Use of Information

    • The information we collect is used to provide the products and services that you have requested. It is also used to improve the content of our web site, to notify you of problems with your requests, or to update you about changes to our web site.

  • Information Sharing

    • In order to operate this web site and in order to provide you with the products and services you have requested, we occasionally need to share information with third parties. We may transmit your personal information to service providers who assist us in processing your request, on and offline sweepstakes, and sending you e-mails and newsletters. We have agreements with these service providers that they will protect your privacy in accordance with our standard Privacy Policy statement. Some of those organizations may have their own Privacy Statements that may give you additional protections, so you are encouraged to read those statements when presented to you. We use Google Analytics, to help us gather and analyze information about our visitors (anonymous traffic, and from time to time, individual user activity) on our website. Google Analytics' only role is to help us conduct our website and deliver the most relevant products and services. They are not permitted to use your personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

  • Aggregate Information

    • tristateoutdoors.com may also use data to improve marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically analyze site usage, to improve content and product offerings, and to customize site content, layout, and services. Additionally, this data may be shared with third parties on an aggregated basis.

  • Opting Out

    • tristateoutdoors.com provides site visitors with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving our online communications. If you would like to opt-out of receiving email communications the option is available inside your profile in the forum. Requests to unsubscribe from email are processed immediately, but you could continue to receive emails, which entered the system prior to processing your request, for up to two days.

  • Tell-A-Friend

    • If you elect to use the send this to a friend service to inform a friend about an item on the website, you will be asked for a an acquaintence's name and email address. Tristateoutdoors.com will automatically send this person a one-time e-mail inviting them to either view the item or register. These emails may also contain links promoting other areas of our website.

  • Information Disclosure Required by Law

    • If required by law, we may provide any and all information we have about you to law enforcement or other government agencies, pursuant to a subpoena, warrant, or other order by a court of competent jurisdiction. In all cases, we will require written documentation of the request, proof of the identity of the law enforcement official making the request, and we will take steps to authenticate the validity of the request. Any law enforcement or government agency request submitted with less than a court-issued order will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis according to the need and urgency, as well as the particular law enforcement agency making the request. To be clear, if on this site, you admit to committing a crime and a law enforcement or government agency requests your contact details, we will fulfill the agency's request.

  • Cookies

    • A cookie is a block of text placed in a file on the user's hard drive by a web site you've visited. These types of cookies cannot identify an individual user specifically, such as by name or address, unless the cookie data is attached to personally identifiable information such as online registration. tristateoutdoors.com uses cookies to observe our site visitor's navigation and track page use. This helps us identify ways to improve the website experience. Cookies used for this purpose are not attached to personally identifiable information. tristateoutdoors.com also uses cookies to perform functions that must be tied to a specific visitor, such as keeping track of who is allowed to access some areas. To see the contents of the cookies we are currently storing on your machine click here.

  • Visitor Options

    • If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by email telling us that you do not want to receive email from our website. If you provide us with your e-mail address, you may receive messages about issues regarding the operations of this web site. We may request your telephone number or facsimile (FAX) number, and if you provide it, you may receive telephone or FAX contact from us with information regarding your requests for information. We do not share phone or FAX numbers with third parties for marketing purposes.

  • Security

    • tristateoutdoors.com values your membership and is committed to doing everything possible to make our online processes secure. Once you have completed your registration online, our security procedures do not end. We take appropriate precautions to protect the security and privacy of the information stored on our computer networks. Our systems are also housed in secure facilities, and access to your data by our employees is limited to those in highly specified roles, controlled by password protected systems, and monitored for abuse. If you are still unsure of giving your details over the Internet, we're sorry, but you will not get to experience some facets of the site. If you have any further question regarding your online security, please click here to e-mail us.

  • Children

    • In accordance with federal law, we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under age 13 without the verifiable permission of a parent or guardian. If you are under age 13, you are welcome to browse our web site. However you are not permitted to use any of the features of our site that require the collection of any personally identifiable information. If we determine that we have erroneously collected a child's information, we will immediately undertake the effort to delete that data from our records.

     
  • Notification of Change

    • Tristateoutdoors.com reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Tristateoutdoors.com privacy policy will be kept up-to-date and clearly posted on our web site.