Effective date: September 5, 2026
USA Kayak Fishing Magazine (“USAKFM,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through our website, how we use and share it, and the choices available to you.
Who We Are
USA Kayak Fishing Magazine is a digital publication serving the kayak fishing community. Our website is currently operated at new.usakayakfishingmagazine.com and is intended to transition to USAKFM.com.
You may contact us at:
Email: info@usakayakfishingmagazine.com
Phone: 757-621-8288
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
Information We Collect
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:
- Subscribe to our email newsletter
- Submit tournament information
- Submit a story, photograph, article, product or other content
- Apply to join the USAKFM Field Team
- Contact us about advertising, partnerships or general questions
- Leave a comment
- Create an account or contributor profile
This information may include your name, email address, telephone number, organization, location, social-media information, tournament details, photographs and any other information you choose to provide.
We also collect certain technical information automatically, including your IP address, browser type, device type, referring website, pages visited, approximate location and interactions with the website.
Newsletter and Email Communications
We use Brevo to manage our subscriber list and deliver newsletters and other email communications. When you subscribe, information such as your name, email address and engagement with our emails may be processed by Brevo.
Every promotional email includes an unsubscribe link. You may unsubscribe at any time. We may retain limited information necessary to honor an unsubscribe request and prevent future unwanted messages.
Brevo’s privacy practices are described at https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use the website. Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the website, approximate location, device information and referral sources.
We use this information to measure readership, improve content, evaluate website performance and better serve our audience and advertising partners. Google’s privacy practices are described at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
You may restrict cookies through your browser settings or use Google’s available analytics opt-out tools.
Forms and Tournament Submissions
Information submitted through our contact, contributor, Field Team, advertising and tournament forms is used to review the submission, communicate with the submitter and, when appropriate, publish or promote the submitted information.
Tournament details intended for publication—including tournament name, date, location, organizer, description and website link—may be displayed publicly in our tournament calendar, interactive map, articles or other USAKFM content.
Contact information will not be published unless the submitter provides it for public use or gives permission.
Payments
We do not currently process payments for subscriptions or premium tournament listings through this website. If online payments are introduced, this Privacy Policy will be updated to identify the payment provider and explain how payment-related information is handled.
Comments and Gravatar
When visitors leave comments, we may collect the information entered in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information for spam prevention and website security.
An anonymized version of your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use that service. After a comment is approved, a profile image associated with Gravatar may be visible publicly with the comment. Gravatar is operated by Automattic, whose privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Photographs and Uploaded Media
If you upload photographs or other media, you should remove embedded location information, including EXIF GPS data, unless that information is intentionally being provided. Published files may be downloaded by website visitors.
Content submitted for editorial consideration may be reviewed, edited, published, promoted or retained as part of our editorial records, subject to any separate contributor agreement or permission granted with the submission.
Cookies
The website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Remember visitor preferences
- Support account login and website functionality
- Measure website traffic and performance
- Detect spam, fraud and security threats
- Support embedded content and third-party services
- Measure email and content engagement
You may block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect website functionality.
Embedded Content and External Links
Our articles and pages may include embedded videos, maps, social-media posts, images or other content from third parties such as YouTube, Google and social-media platforms.
Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly. Those services may collect information, place cookies and monitor your interaction according to their own privacy policies.
Our website may contain links to websites that we do not control. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.
How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate, maintain and secure the website
- Deliver newsletters and requested communications
- Review and publish editorial and tournament submissions
- Respond to questions, advertising inquiries and partnership requests
- Analyze readership and website performance
- Improve our articles, magazine, podcast and services
- Prevent spam, fraud and misuse
- Meet legal, administrative and recordkeeping obligations
How We Share Information
We may share information with service providers that help us operate the website and communications, including website hosting, email delivery, analytics, security, spam detection and embedded-content providers.
We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect our legal rights, to investigate fraud or security threats, or as part of a business transfer.
We do not sell visitors’ personal information.
Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including:
- Newsletter information until you unsubscribe or request deletion
- Tournament and editorial submissions for publication, archival and administrative purposes
- Comments and related metadata for moderation and follow-up
- Contact and advertising inquiries while necessary to respond and maintain appropriate business records
- Analytics information according to our Google Analytics retention settings
Some information may be retained longer when required for legal, security or recordkeeping purposes.
Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request access to, correction of or deletion of personal information we maintain about you. You may also withdraw consent to marketing communications at any time.
To submit a privacy request, email info@usakayakfishingmagazine.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Certain information may be retained when required by law or for legitimate security and administrative purposes.
Children’s Privacy
The website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate parental consent. If you believe a child has submitted personal information, contact us so we can review and remove it when appropriate.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical and organizational measures intended to protect information. However, no website, internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, forms, services or legal obligations change. The updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Contact Us
Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
USA Kayak Fishing Magazine
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
info@usakayakfishingmagazine.com
757-621-8288