Effective Date
Effective Date: July 16, 2026
Last Updated: July 16, 2026
This Privacy Policy applies to LIParks.com, LongIslandParks.com, and related pages, features, directories, maps, accounts, and community services operated by Long Island Parks LLC.
Information You Provide
Depending on the features you use, you may provide:
- Account details such as your name, email address, username, password, and sign-in information.
- Profile details such as a display name, profile image, biography, hometown, and favorite activities.
- Community content such as check-ins, reviews, ratings, photos, saved places, group requests, comments, corrections, and other contributions.
- Communications you choose to send by email, through a form, or in connection with support, advertising, press, or partnership inquiries.
Passwords are intended to be stored as password hashes rather than in readable form. Please do not include sensitive personal information in public profiles, reviews, photos, or other public submissions.
Information Collected Automatically
When you use the website, LI Parks and its hosting or technical providers may automatically receive technical information such as your IP address, browser and device type, requested pages, timestamps, referring page, and diagnostic or security events.
The website uses an essential session cookie to support sign-in, security controls, and interactive features. It also uses local or session browser storage for limited interface state, such as display preferences and rotating home-page imagery. See the Cookie Notice for more information.
Location and Map Information
LI Parks displays maps, park coordinates, trails, and directions. If you use a nearby-search feature or choose to share a location, your browser or device may ask for permission before providing location information.
Check-ins and other location-related contributions may identify a park or place you visited and may be visible on your public profile. LI Parks does not currently use the website to collect continuous or background device location.
How Information Is Used
LI Parks may use information to:
- Provide, operate, maintain, secure, and troubleshoot the website.
- Create and manage accounts, profiles, saved places, community activity, groups, and achievements.
- Publish and moderate reviews, ratings, photos, check-ins, corrections, and other submissions.
- Respond to messages, requests, reports, and account questions.
- Understand general site usage, improve content, and develop new features.
- Detect abuse, fraud, spam, security incidents, and violations of the Terms of Use.
- Comply with legal obligations and protect LI Parks, its users, park operators, and the public.
Public Information and Community Content
Profile names, usernames, profile images, biographies, hometowns, achievements, reviews, ratings, check-ins, photos, group membership, and similar community activity may be public when a feature presents them as public. Public information may be viewed, copied, indexed, or shared by others.
Account credentials, private saved-place lists, and nonpublic account information are not intended to be displayed publicly unless you choose to publish them or a feature clearly states otherwise.
How Information May Be Shared
LI Parks may disclose information in the following circumstances:
- Service providers: hosting, database, security, content delivery, mapping, email, analytics, advertising, and other vendors may process information to provide services to LI Parks.
- Public features: information you submit to a public profile, review, photo gallery, check-in, group, or other public area may be visible to anyone.
- Legal and safety reasons: information may be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, enforce policies, investigate misuse, or protect rights, safety, and security.
- Business changes: information may be transferred as part of a merger, financing, reorganization, sale, or transfer of all or part of the business, subject to applicable law.
- With your direction: information may be shared when you ask or authorize LI Parks to do so.
LI Parks does not currently sell personal information for money. If advertising or analytics practices materially change, this policy and any required privacy choices will be updated.
Third-Party Services
The website loads or links to services operated by others, including content delivery networks, Lucide, Font Awesome, Leaflet, OpenStreetMap, Unsplash, Google Maps, and social media platforms. These providers may receive technical information such as your IP address and browser details when their resources load or when you follow a link.
Third-party services control their own information practices. Review their privacy notices before submitting information or using their services.
Data Retention
LI Parks retains information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the website, maintain accounts and public contributions, respond to requests, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and protect the service.
Retention periods vary by the type of information and the reason it is held. Some information may remain in backups, logs, security records, moderation records, or de-identified and aggregated records after an account or item is removed.
Your Choices and Requests
You may be able to review or update profile information through your account. You may also request access, correction, deletion, or another action concerning your personal information by emailing info@liparks.com.
Privacy rights differ by location and may be subject to legal exceptions. LI Parks may need to verify your identity before completing a request. You can also control cookies and browser storage through your browser settings, although blocking essential storage may affect sign-in or interactive features.
Children's Privacy
LI Parks is a general-audience service and is not directed to children under 13. Children under 13 may not create an account or submit personal information through community features.
If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information, contact info@liparks.com so the information can be reviewed and, where appropriate, deleted.
Security
LI Parks uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information. No internet transmission, website, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for notifying LI Parks if you suspect unauthorized access to your account.
International Visitors
LI Parks is operated in the United States. If you access the website from another country, your information may be processed in the United States or other locations where service providers operate, subject to applicable law.
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated as the website, service providers, or legal requirements change. The Last Updated date will identify the most recent revision. Material changes may also be communicated through the website or by another appropriate method.
Contact
Questions or privacy requests may be sent to Long Island Parks LLC at info@liparks.com.
Website: LIParks.com / LongIslandParks.com