Privacy Policy
Welcome to Loving Linn-Benton. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit lovinglinnbenton.com, subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, comment on our content, shop our merchandise, click affiliate links, interact with advertisements, or otherwise use our website.
For purposes of this policy, “Loving Linn-Benton,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the owners/operators of lovinglinnbenton.com.
By using this website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
Loving Linn-Benton is a local news, events, blog, vlog, review, and lifestyle website focused on Linn County and Benton County, Oregon. We write about local events, area businesses, community life, local products, travel, food, recreation, and related topics from our personal point of view.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
Information You Provide Directly
You may provide information when you:
Subscribe to our newsletter
Fill out a contact form
Submit a comment, review, tip, correction, or story idea
Enter a giveaway, survey, or promotion
Purchase merchandise
Contact us by email or social media
Apply to advertise, sponsor content, or partner with us
This information may include your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, payment-related information, business name, social media handle, message content, and any other information you choose to provide.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
This information helps us understand how visitors use the site, improve our content, troubleshoot technical issues, measure performance, and support advertising and affiliate programs.
Information From Third Parties
We may receive information from third-party services we use, such as:
Squarespace
Email newsletter providers
Analytics providers
Payment processors
Affiliate networks
Advertising networks
Social media platforms
Merchandise fulfillment partners
Event, sponsor, or business partners
The information we receive depends on your settings, the services we use, and your interactions with those services.
3. How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
Operate and maintain the website
Publish and improve local articles, reviews, videos, and event coverage
Respond to questions, tips, corrections, and partnership inquiries
Send newsletters or updates you requested
Process merchandise orders
Display advertising
Track affiliate referrals and commissions
Analyze site traffic and audience engagement
Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and security issues
Comply with legal obligations
Enforce our Terms of Service
Improve the design, usability, and performance of the website
4. Cookies, Analytics, Advertising, and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies. These technologies may be used to:
Keep the website functioning properly
Remember preferences
Measure site traffic and performance
Understand which articles, videos, and pages are most useful
Support embedded content, such as videos or social media posts
Serve or measure advertisements
Track affiliate link activity
We may use Squarespace analytics, Google Analytics, Google AdSense, affiliate tracking tools, embedded video services, social media tools, and other third-party services. These services may collect information about your browser, device, pages visited, interactions, approximate location, and other usage data.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through the cookie banner or cookie preferences tools on our website. Some website features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
5. Advertising
We may display ads on our website. Ads may be provided directly by us or through third-party advertising partners, including services such as Google AdSense or similar networks.
Advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to show ads, measure ad performance, prevent fraud, and personalize or contextualize advertising. We do not control every cookie or tracking technology used by third-party advertisers.
We will not ask visitors to click advertisements or use misleading labels around ads. Advertisements may be labeled as “Advertisement,” “Advertisements,” “Sponsored Links,” or similar language.
6. Affiliate Links and Sponsored Content
Some links on our website may be affiliate links. This means we may earn a commission if you click a link and make a purchase, at no additional cost to you unless otherwise stated.
We may also receive compensation, free products, discounted products, event tickets, meals, lodging, services, or other consideration in connection with reviews, features, videos, social media posts, or articles. When we have a material relationship with a business, brand, event, or product that we mention, we will make a reasonable effort to disclose that relationship clearly.
Our opinions are our own. Compensation does not guarantee a positive review.
For more information, please see our Affiliate Disclosure page.
7. Merchandise Store and Payments
If we sell merchandise through the website, purchases may be processed by Squarespace, Stripe, PayPal, Printful, Printify, or another third-party payment or fulfillment provider.
We do not directly store full payment card numbers on our website. Payment processors and fulfillment partners may collect and process payment, shipping, billing, tax, fraud-prevention, and order-related information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
8. Email Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may use your email address to send updates, articles, event highlights, promotions, announcements, affiliate offers, or sponsored content.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us directly.
9. Comments, Submissions, and Public Content
If comments or community features are enabled, information you submit may be visible to others. Please do not post private, sensitive, or confidential information in public areas of the website.
If you submit a story idea, local tip, correction, photo, quote, comment, or other content to us, you grant us permission to review it, contact you about it, and, where appropriate, use it in connection with Loving Linn-Benton content. We may edit submissions for length, clarity, grammar, safety, accuracy, or style.
10. How We Share Information
We may share information with:
Website hosting and platform providers
Email service providers
Analytics providers
Advertising partners
Affiliate networks
Payment processors
Merchandise fulfillment vendors
Fraud prevention and security providers
Professional advisors
Legal authorities, if required by law
Business partners, sponsors, or advertisers when necessary to provide a requested service or complete a partnership
We do not sell your personal information in the traditional sense of directly exchanging your name or email address for money. However, some privacy laws define “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” broadly, and certain advertising or analytics activities may fall within those definitions.
11. Your Choices and Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply, you may have rights to:
Request access to personal information we have about you
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of certain information
Request a copy of certain information
Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale, or sharing activities
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Appeal a privacy-rights decision, where applicable
To make a request, contact us at:
Email: info@lovinglinnbenton.com
We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request. We may deny or limit requests where allowed by law, such as when information is needed for security, legal compliance, recordkeeping, fraud prevention, or completing a transaction.
12. Oregon Privacy Notice
Loving Linn-Benton is based around Oregon community coverage. Oregon privacy law may apply to certain businesses that meet specific legal thresholds. Whether those laws apply to us may depend on our size, traffic, data practices, revenue sources, and other factors.
Even when a specific privacy law does not apply, we aim to handle visitor information responsibly and transparently.
13. Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the website, provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, maintain security, and support legitimate business purposes.
Newsletter records, contact messages, order records, analytics data, affiliate data, and legal records may be retained for different lengths of time depending on the purpose and applicable requirements.
14. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information. However, no website, platform, transmission, or storage system is completely secure. You use the website at your own risk.
15. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content
Our website may link to third-party websites, businesses, social media platforms, event pages, affiliate partners, advertisers, embedded videos, maps, ticketing platforms, or other external services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, policies, security, or accuracy of third-party websites or services. Please review their policies before providing information or making purchases.
16. Children’s Privacy
Our 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. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can take appropriate steps.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.
18. Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact us at:
Loving Linn-Benton
Website: lovinglinnbenton.com
Email: Info@lovinglinnbenton.com
Terms of Service
Welcome to Loving Linn-Benton. These Terms of Service govern your use of lovinglinnbenton.com, including our articles, videos, event listings, reviews, merchandise store, affiliate links, advertisements, newsletters, forms, comments, and related services.
By using this website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.
1. About Loving Linn-Benton
Loving Linn-Benton is a local blog, vlog, news, events, review, lifestyle, and community discovery website focused on Linn County and Benton County, Oregon.
Our content may include personal opinions, event highlights, local business reviews, interviews, guides, commentary, photos, videos, merchandise, sponsored content, advertisements, and affiliate links.
2. Informational and Entertainment Purposes Only
Our content is provided for general informational, entertainment, and community-interest purposes only.
We do our best to provide useful, accurate, and timely information, but we cannot guarantee that every event time, price, menu item, business hour, product detail, location, road condition, venue rule, or third-party link will be accurate or current.
Before attending an event, visiting a business, making a purchase, traveling, relying on a recommendation, or taking action based on our content, please confirm details directly with the official event organizer, business, venue, agency, or other authoritative source.
3. Local Events and Listings
Event listings, calendars, articles, and recommendations may change without notice. Events may be postponed, canceled, sold out, moved, rescheduled, restricted by age, affected by weather, or subject to other conditions.
We are not responsible for losses, inconvenience, injury, disappointment, fees, travel costs, or other issues arising from changed or inaccurate event information.
4. Reviews, Opinions, and Sponsored Content
Our reviews and recommendations reflect personal experiences, opinions, research, and impressions. Your experience may differ.
We may receive compensation, free products, discounted products, meals, tickets, services, lodging, event access, affiliate commissions, advertising revenue, or other consideration from businesses, brands, event organizers, or partners. When we have a material relationship that may affect how readers evaluate the content, we will make a reasonable effort to disclose it.
Compensation does not guarantee positive coverage.
5. Affiliate Links and Advertising
Some links on this website may be affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you unless otherwise stated.
We may also display third-party advertisements. We do not control every advertisement shown by third-party networks and are not responsible for the products, services, claims, websites, or practices of advertisers.
Please see our Affiliate Disclosure and Privacy Policy for more information.
6. Merchandise Store
We may sell merchandise directly or through third-party platforms or fulfillment partners.
Product descriptions, images, prices, availability, shipping times, taxes, and fees may change without notice. We reserve the right to correct errors, cancel orders, limit quantities, update product information, or refuse service where appropriate.
Unless otherwise stated, returns, exchanges, refunds, shipping, taxes, fulfillment, and payment processing may be handled by third-party vendors or platforms according to their own policies.
7. No Professional Advice
Nothing on this website is professional legal, financial, medical, safety, tax, engineering, emergency, or other professional advice.
For emergencies, safety issues, road closures, wildfire information, weather warnings, public health information, legal questions, financial decisions, or other serious matters, consult the appropriate professional, government agency, emergency service, or official source.
8. User Conduct
You agree not to use the website to:
Violate any law or regulation
Harass, threaten, defame, abuse, or impersonate others
Post spam, scams, malware, or deceptive content
Infringe intellectual property rights
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or related systems
Interfere with website security or functionality
Collect information about other users without permission
Submit false, misleading, obscene, hateful, discriminatory, or unlawful content
We may remove comments, submissions, or user content at our discretion.
9. Comments, Tips, Photos, and User Submissions
If you submit comments, photos, videos, tips, corrections, business recommendations, story ideas, event information, testimonials, or other content, you represent that you have the right to submit it.
You grant Loving Linn-Benton a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, edit, publish, display, distribute, and promote your submission in connection with the website, social media, newsletters, videos, marketing, and related projects.
We may edit submissions for length, clarity, grammar, safety, accuracy, formatting, and style. We are not required to publish or respond to submissions.
Do not submit confidential, private, sensitive, or proprietary information unless you are comfortable with us reviewing and potentially using it.
10. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, the website design, text, graphics, logos, photos, videos, articles, page layouts, branding, and other content are owned by Loving Linn-Benton or used with permission.
You may share links to our content for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, sell, scrape, modify, distribute, or exploit our content without written permission, except as allowed by law.
11. Third-Party Content and Links
The website may include links, embeds, maps, videos, advertisements, affiliate links, social media posts, payment tools, ticketing pages, or other third-party content.
We are not responsible for third-party websites, services, content, privacy practices, products, claims, policies, or transactions. Your interactions with third parties are between you and those third parties.
12. Accuracy and Availability
We may update, remove, revise, or discontinue any part of the website at any time without notice.
We do not guarantee that the website will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, current, or available at all times.
13. Disclaimer of Warranties
The website and all content are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, including warranties of accuracy, reliability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, availability, and security.
14. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Loving Linn-Benton and its owners, contributors, contractors, partners, affiliates, and service providers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages arising from your use of the website.
This includes damages related to event changes, business experiences, travel decisions, purchases, advertisements, affiliate links, third-party websites, user submissions, errors, omissions, downtime, security issues, or reliance on website content.
15. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Loving Linn-Benton, its owners, contributors, contractors, partners, affiliates, and service providers from claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from your use of the website, your violation of these Terms, your submissions, or your violation of any law or third-party rights.
16. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
17. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Oregon, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising from these Terms or your use of the website will be handled in the state or federal courts located in Oregon, unless applicable law requires otherwise.
18. Contact Us
Questions about these Terms may be sent to:
Loving Linn-Benton
Website: lovinglinnbenton.com
Email: info@lovinglinnbenton.com
Affiliate Disclosure
Loving Linn-Benton is a local blog, vlog, review, events, and community discovery website. We write about Linn County and Benton County, Oregon, including local events, small businesses, restaurants, shops, recreation, travel, products, services, and community life.
Some of the links on this website are affiliate links. This means that if you click a link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission, referral fee, or other compensation at no additional cost to you unless otherwise stated.
Amazon Associate Disclosure
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Other Affiliate Programs
We may participate in affiliate programs with retailers, ticketing platforms, travel services, merchandise companies, local businesses, software providers, event organizers, advertising networks, and other partners.
Affiliate links may appear in blog posts, gift guides, gear recommendations, local shopping guides, event articles, newsletters, social media posts, videos, descriptions, or resource pages.
Sponsored Content and Comped Experiences
Sometimes we may receive compensation, free or discounted products, meals, services, event tickets, lodging, access, merchandise, or other consideration from a brand, business, sponsor, or event organizer.
When that happens, we will make a reasonable effort to disclose the relationship clearly in or near the relevant content.
Possible disclosures may include language such as:
“This post contains affiliate links.”
“This article is sponsored by [Sponsor Name].”
“We received complimentary tickets to attend this event.”
“Our meal was provided by [Business Name], but our opinions are our own.”
“Advertisement.”
“Sponsored Links.”
“Paid partnership.”
“Gifted product.”
Our Editorial Approach
Affiliate income, advertising, or sponsorships help support Loving Linn-Benton, but they do not guarantee a positive review or recommendation.
We aim to share honest opinions, personal experiences, useful local information, and clearly labeled sponsored or affiliate content. Our perspective is personal, subjective, and based on our experience, research, and available information at the time of publication.
You should always use your own judgment before purchasing a product, attending an event, hiring a business, visiting a venue, or relying on a recommendation.
Prices, Availability, and Third-Party Terms
Product prices, availability, shipping times, event details, business hours, menus, discounts, and third-party terms may change without notice.
We are not responsible for third-party websites, products, services, claims, pricing, fulfillment, refunds, privacy practices, or customer service. Please review the terms and policies of any third-party site before making a purchase or providing personal information.
Local Business Relationships
Because Loving Linn-Benton covers local businesses and community events, we may personally know business owners, employees, organizers, artists, vendors, or community members we write about.
If a relationship is material to how a reader might evaluate our coverage, we will make a reasonable effort to disclose it.
Questions
If you have questions about our affiliate relationships, sponsored content, reviews, or advertising, contact us at:
Loving Linn-Benton
Website: lovinglinnbenton.com
Email: info@lovinglinnbenton.com
