Disclosures, Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

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Blue Ridge Mountain Life is owned and operated by Blue Ridge Mountain Life, LLC ("Blue Ridge Mountain Life", "we" or "our" or "BRML").

Hi there!  We run our business on the basis of trust, so we want to be fully open with you about how we run our company and earn money.

In summary, income is earned through:

  • Advertising
  • Selling our own products
  • Affiliate commissions
  • Services

Affiliate Disclosure

Blue Ridge Mountain Life uses affiliate links as a source of income.  Affiliate links are special links we have with various partners that provides us with a small commission when you purchase a product.   This link has NO additional cost to you. Using this link just helps support us, and allows us to continue to produce valuable content for you.

Blue Ridge Mountain Life participate in various affiliate programs, including (but not limited to):

Amazon

Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, which is an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn commissions by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites and products.

All of the products for which we receive affiliate commissions are ones that we believe in, and in many cases, either own or have tested ourselves.

Booking.com and Expedia.com

We also participate in Booking.com's and Expedia.com's affiliate programs which provides us a commission when you book reservations.  Again, this provides NO additional cost to you.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Editorial Policies

Our travel may be sponsored by partners, which can include tourism boards, chambers of commerce and other businesses.   

Part of our agreement with our partners is that our opinions remain our own.   The business cannot dictate what we say, and we will always strive to serve you, our readers first.  

This all basically means that we would never offer up a product or service that we wouldn't use ourselves.

Advertising Disclosure

Regarding our Advertising Partnerships, we only work with trusted and reputable advertising networks.

In addition, we will ensure the treatment and design of advertising and sponsored content are clearly separated from our editorial content.

We may reject or remove any sponsored content at any time that contains false, deceptive, potentially misleading, or illegal content; or is inconsistent with or may tend to bring disparagement, harm to reputation, or other damage to the Blue Ridge Mountain Life brand and its websites.

Content Disclaimer

NO RENDERING OF ADVICE. Everything on this website is provided for informational purposes only.

Our content is based on research from various sources, including books, websites, our own experience, and industry experts. We make every reasonable effort to make ensure the information presented in our content is accurate and current; however,  we do not warrant that any of the information is complete, accurate, complete, error-free, reliable, or current. We assume no responsibility whatsoever for any errors or omissions in any content presented on this website or any other platform(s) we place content on, or any links to any other web resources in any of our content.

Everything you try for yourself should be contingent upon your own research and good judgment. We always recommend consulting a professional first.

The materials on our websites are provided “as is.” We make no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaim and negate all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights.

Further, we do not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on our website or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site and others we own.

Hiking and being outdoors are dangerous activities.  We assume no responsibility or liability and provide  NO WARRANTIES, PROMISES, or GUARANTEES that the Activity and areas we discuss on this website are safe for family or myself.  It is solely my responsibility to determine whether I think the areas discussed on this website exposes my family or myself to an unreasonable risk of harm or loss;

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase here on the Blue Ridge Mountain Life - https://blueridgemountainlife.com (the “Site”).

Personal Information We Collect

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

  • “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
  • “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
    “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers) , email address, and phone number.  We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

  • We may collect information from you, such as your first name, last name, and email address when you sign up to receive our emails and downloadable files.
  • We may collect information from you, such as your first and last name, email and mailing addresses, password, and other profile information when you create an account to log in to our platforms (an “Account”). We may also retain information on your behalf, such as files that you store using your Account.
  • We may collect your email address if you choose to provide us with it in an application or in connection with use of one of our products.
  • We may collect information from you, such as your first and last name, email, mailing address, and reservation information, when you submit a reservation for a product.
  • When you order our product(s), we (and/or our third party payment processors) will collect all information necessary to complete the transaction, including your name, credit card information, billing information, and shipping information.
  • If you provide us feedback or contact us via email, we will collect your name and email address, as well as any other content included in the email, in order to send you a reply.
  • When you participate in one of our surveys, we may collect additional profile information.

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

How Do We Use Your Personal Information?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

  • Communicate with you
  • Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud
  • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

Sharing Your Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site--you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Data Retention

When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

Google Adsense

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites.
  • Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)
  • Notify your site visitors of the third-party vendors and ad networks serving ads on your site.
  • Provide links to the appropriate vendor and ad network websites.
  • Inform your users that they may visit those websites to opt out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising (if the vendor or ad network offers this capability). Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of some third-party vendors’ uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

Contact Us

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by mail using the details provided below:

Blue Ridge Mountain Life, LLC

Atten: Legal Dept

P.O. Box 1617

Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States


Last Updated: 5/25/2023

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