Privacy Policy

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy explains how Lake Wylie Living (the "Website," "we," "us") handles information when you visit livinglakewylie.com. It applies only to this Website and not to any third-party site, business, or service referenced or linked here, each of which maintains its own independent policies.

This Website is a reading publication. It does not host contact forms, newsletter signups, lead capture, appointment booking, user accounts, payment processing, or any other mechanism that solicits personal information from visitors. We do not knowingly collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, mailing addresses, or payment details.

2. Information Collected Automatically

Like nearly all websites, technical information may be collected automatically by our hosting infrastructure and analytics provider, including:

• IP address (typically truncated or anonymized by the analytics provider);
• Browser type, version, language, and operating system;
• Device type, screen dimensions, and general capability data;
• Pages viewed, time on page, scroll and click events, and navigation paths;
• Referring URL, search terms used within the site, and campaign parameters;
• Approximate, city- or region-level geographic location derived from IP;
• Date and time stamps and request logs used for security and abuse prevention.

3. Information Stored in Your Browser

Your cookie-consent choice and any items you save to Favorites are stored in your browser's local storage on your own device. This data is not transmitted to us, is not associated with an identity, and can be erased at any time by clearing your browser's site data.

4. How Information Is Used

Automatically collected information may be used for site optimization, aggregate audience measurement, search-engine performance analysis, content planning, user-experience improvement, fraud and abuse prevention, security monitoring, and compliance with legal obligations. We do not use this information to build individual marketing profiles, and we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

5. Legal Bases (EEA/UK Visitors)

Where the UK GDPR or EU GDPR applies, we rely on: (a) your consent for analytics cookies, which you may withdraw at any time; and (b) our legitimate interests in operating, securing, and improving the Website for strictly necessary processing. Where required, consent is collected through our banner using Google Consent Mode v2, with all storage categories denied by default until you accept.

6. Service Providers & Disclosure

We use third-party infrastructure and analytics providers, including our hosting and content-delivery platform and Google Analytics 4. These providers process data under their own terms and privacy policies. We may disclose information where required by law, valid legal process, subpoena, or governmental request, or where necessary to protect our rights, safety, property, or to investigate suspected fraud or abuse. In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset transfer, information may transfer as part of that transaction.

7. International Transfers

The Website is operated in the United States and served from a global content-delivery network. If you access the Website from outside the United States, information may be processed in the United States or other jurisdictions whose data-protection laws differ from those of your country. By using the Website you acknowledge this transfer.

8. Retention

Aggregated analytics data is retained according to the retention window configured with our analytics provider. Server and security logs are retained for a limited period consistent with operational need. Your consent choice and favorites remain on your device until you clear them.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to processing of personal information, to data portability, to withdraw consent, and to opt out of sale or sharing (we do not sell or share). Because we do not collect identifiers that would allow us to locate an individual visitor record, we generally cannot associate a request with specific data. You can nonetheless exercise practical control at any time by declining or resetting cookie consent on our Cookie Policy page, clearing your browser data, using Google's analytics opt-out add-on, or enabling Global Privacy Control. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any privacy right.

10. Children's Privacy

The Website is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children under 13 (or under 16 where applicable). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided information, it should be cleared from the device; we maintain no account records to delete.

11. Security & No Guarantee

We take commercially reasonable measures to operate the Website securely, including HTTPS transport encryption. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure. We do not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, error-free, or free of viruses or harmful components, and we disclaim liability for unauthorized access, interception, or misuse of data to the maximum extent permitted by law.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may revise this policy at any time without individual notice. The "last updated" date above reflects the current version. Continued use of the Website after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

See also our Terms of Use, Cookie Policy, and Full Disclaimer.