Privacy Policy for Gitbirds

Last updated: 06/07/2025

Gitbirds (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our website, www.gitbirds.com (the “Service”).

Gitbirds is a marketplace platform that connects users with birding tour providers (guide companies). This policy applies to all visitors to the site, including individuals browsing listings and guide companies creating listings.

1. What We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

• Information you provide, such as your name and email address when signing up or contacting us
• Information submitted by guide companies when creating listings, including business details, descriptions, and photos
• Technical data, such as your IP address, browser type, and general usage behavior (collected through analytics tools and cookies)

2. What We Don’t Do

• We do not sell your personal information to third parties
• We do not profile users or use automated decision-making
• We do not track individual visitors for advertising or retargeting purposes

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide and maintain the service
• Communicate with you about your account or inquiries
• Promote guide listings on Gitbirds’ social media or blog (see section 5)
• Understand site usage and improve performance
• Comply with applicable legal obligations

4. Cookies and Analytics

We use basic cookies and tools like Google Analytics to understand how people use our website. These cookies do not track you across the web or serve targeted ads.

You can change your browser settings to control or disable cookies if you wish.

5. Promotion of Guide Listings

By submitting content to Gitbirds, guide companies grant us permission to feature their listings, business names, and images on Gitbirds’ public-facing channels like Instagram, newsletters, or blog. We do our best to notify companies before featuring them. If you don’t want your content used this way, you can email us at nate@gitbirds.com to opt out.

6. Sharing Information

We only share information when necessary to run the service. For example, we may share data with:

• Service providers like analytics platforms or cloud hosting services
• Payment processors like Stripe (if we process payments in the future)

We never sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

7. Third-Party Links

Our site includes links to other websites (such as tour company sites and Amazon affiliate links). We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. Please review their terms separately.

8. Data Retention

We retain your information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described here or as required by law. You can request that we delete your data at any time by contacting us.

9. Your Rights

If you are located in the European Union, United Kingdom, or California, you may have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Request correction or deletion
• Object to how your data is used

To make any of these requests, email us at nate@gitbirds.com. We will respond within 30 days.

10. Children’s Privacy

Gitbirds is not intended for children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect data from minors.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy over time. If we make significant changes, we’ll post them on this page and update the date above. Continued use of the site means you accept the revised policy.

12. Contact

If you have questions or concerns about this policy or your data, contact us at:

nate@gitbirds.com