Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 13, 2026
Around Port Canaveral (“Around Port Canaveral,” “we,” “us” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through AroundPortCanaveral.com, how we use and share it, and the choices available to you.
This policy applies to our website, email communications, forms and other services we control. It does not apply to third-party websites, booking platforms, payment processors, affiliate partners or other services that maintain their own privacy policies.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:
Your name and email address when you join our email list.
Your name, email address and message when you contact us.
Questions and information submitted through an Ask the Locals form.
Information you provide when responding to a survey, quiz, promotion or request for feedback.
Order and transaction information associated with a digital-guide purchase.
Communications you send to us by email, social media, forms or other methods.
Please do not submit sensitive financial, medical, identification, booking-account or other confidential information through our general contact or question forms.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, Squarespace and other service providers may automatically collect information such as:
Your IP address.
Browser, network and device information.
General location derived from your IP address.
The website or page that referred you to us.
Pages you view and links you click.
Searches, scrolling activity and interactions with the website.
Dates, times and duration of visits.
Cookie identifiers and similar technical information.
We use this information to operate the website, understand how visitors use it, improve our content and services, and protect the security of the website.
Squarespace
AroundPortCanaveral.com is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace processes certain visitor information to provide, secure and improve its website-hosting, form, analytics and email services.
Squarespace’s handling of information is governed by its own Privacy Policy, available at:
https://www.squarespace.com/privacy
Email Subscriptions
If you join our email list, we may use your name and email address to send you:
Locally verified recommendations and travel-planning information.
New articles and website updates.
Information about Around Port Canaveral guides and services.
Affiliate recommendations, special offers or sponsored content when applicable.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our marketing emails. Unsubscribing from marketing messages will not prevent us from sending necessary transactional or service-related communications, such as purchase confirmations or responses to your questions.
We do not sell or rent our email list.
Purchases and Payhip
Around Port Canaveral may sell downloadable guides and other digital products through Payhip. When you purchase a product, Payhip and its payment processors may collect information needed to complete the transaction, including your name, email address, billing information, purchase amount and payment details.
Around Port Canaveral may receive information such as your name, email address, products purchased, transaction date and order status so we can deliver your purchase, provide customer service, maintain business records and prevent misuse.
Payments are processed by Payhip’s payment processors. Around Port Canaveral does not receive or store your complete payment-card number.
Payhip’s handling of information is governed by its Privacy and Cookies Policy, available at:
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. AroundPortCanaveral.com and its service providers may use:
Necessary cookies to operate, secure and display the website.
Analytics and performance cookies to understand traffic and how visitors use the website.
Functional cookies to remember preferences and support website features.
Affiliate-tracking technologies to identify when a visitor follows a recommendation and completes a qualifying purchase or booking.
Where required, non-essential cookies will be used only after you make a selection through our cookie banner. You can change your cookie preferences through the website’s cookie settings or your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect how some website features operate.
Affiliate Links
Some links on AroundPortCanaveral.com are affiliate links. When you click one, the affiliate partner or booking provider may use cookies, tracking codes or similar technologies to record the referral and determine whether Around Port Canaveral earns a commission.
The third party may collect information about your device, your interaction with the link and any resulting booking or purchase. That information is handled according to the third party’s own privacy policy. Around Port Canaveral does not control the third party’s data practices.
Embedded Content and Third-Party Features
Our website may include maps, videos, social-media buttons, booking tools, fonts or other content provided by third parties. When you interact with these features, the provider may receive information such as your IP address, browser information and the page you are viewing.
These third-party services operate under their own terms and privacy policies.
How We Use Information
We may use information to:
Operate, maintain and secure AroundPortCanaveral.com.
Provide locally written travel information and recommendations.
Respond to questions and requests.
Manage email subscriptions and communications.
Process and deliver purchases.
Provide customer support.
Analyze website traffic and improve the visitor experience.
Measure the performance of content and affiliate links.
Prevent fraud, abuse and unauthorized copying or distribution.
Maintain accounting, tax and business records.
Comply with legal obligations.
Enforce our Terms of Use and protect our rights.
Ask the Locals Submissions
When you submit a question, we may edit, anonymize and repurpose it for articles, guides, email content, frequently asked questions or social media. We will not publicly identify you by name or publish your contact information without your permission.
We may retain submitted questions so we can respond, organize topics and create helpful content for other Port Canaveral cruisers.
How We Share Information
We may share information with:
Squarespace and other providers that host, maintain, analyze or secure our website.
Email providers that help manage our mailing list and deliver messages.
Payhip and payment providers involved in purchases.
Contractors who assist with website operations, content, customer service or administration and who need the information to perform those services.
Affiliate networks and partners when needed to track a referral or commission.
Professional advisors, such as accountants, attorneys or insurers.
Government authorities or other parties when required by law or reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, property or prevent fraud.
A buyer, successor or other party involved in a potential or completed sale, merger, reorganization or transfer of the Around Port Canaveral business.
We may also share information when you direct us to do so or give us permission.
We do not sell personal information for money.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including:
Maintaining your email subscription until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
Responding to questions and communications.
Delivering products and providing customer support.
Maintaining transaction, accounting and tax records.
Protecting our rights and preventing fraud or misuse.
Meeting legal and contractual obligations.
Information may remain temporarily in secure backups after deletion. We may retain anonymized or aggregated information that no longer identifies you.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical and organizational safeguards appropriate to the information we maintain. However, no website, email system, storage system or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your Choices and Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
Request access to the personal information we maintain about you.
Ask us to correct inaccurate information.
Request deletion of certain information.
Request a copy of your information.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Object to or restrict certain uses of your information.
Opt out of marketing emails.
Opt out of certain cookie-based analytics, targeted advertising or data sharing where applicable.
To make a privacy request, contact us through the Contact page on AroundPortCanaveral.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing the request. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.
You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request where permitted by law. We may require proof of the agent’s authority and verification of your identity.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.
International Visitors
Around Port Canaveral is based in the United States. If you access the website from another country, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. Privacy protections in those countries may differ from those in your location.
Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing, we process information based on consent, fulfillment of a contract, compliance with legal obligations or our legitimate interests in operating, improving and protecting our website and services.
Children’s Privacy
AroundPortCanaveral.com is intended for adults planning travel and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted personal information, please contact us so we can review and delete it when appropriate.
Third-Party Websites
Our website contains links to businesses, booking platforms, attractions, hotels, restaurants, transportation providers and other third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy, security or content practices of third-party websites. Review the applicable privacy policy before providing personal information or completing a transaction.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, services or legal obligations change. The revised policy will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Material changes may also be communicated through the website or by email when appropriate.
Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or to make a privacy request, please use the Contact page on AroundPortCanaveral.com.