Texas Hiking Privacy Policy

All information collected at this site will be kept strictly confidential. No personal information will be sold, rented, loaned or otherwise disclosed in any way you have not consented to.

Q. Will I ever receive unsolicited email from Texas Hiking or anyone else due to my registering with Texas Hiking?
A. No. Texas Hiking will not share your name or email address with anyone else. Email newsletters are opt in and are not sent without your permission.

Q. Why does the registration screen ask so many questions?
A. The only required fields to register with Texas Hiking is a user name, password and a valid email address. The email address is never divulged. All other information is strictly voluntary. This information can be viewed by other users who may find a common interest with yours. Texas Hiking may also use the combined aggregate information about the makeup of our members to tailor the products and services that we offer.

Q. Why do you use cookies?
A. Cookies are only used if you register with Texas Hiking and log in. If you do not log in and only browse the site, no cookies are used. After logging in cookies are used so that Texas Hiking can remember who you are so that you do not have to retype in your user name and password when performing some functions that require authentication, such as posting to the forum. These cookies are never used to track actions, are never written to an Texas Hiking database and are never shared with anyone.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please contact us.