Privacy policy

What we collect, the cookies advertising uses, and your choices

Who is responsible

ColumbiaSCInsider.com is operated by DixonAppStudio LLC, Elgin, South Carolina. Contact: support@dixonappstudio.com. Last updated October 2026.

What we collect

  • Analytics: Google Analytics 4 records pages viewed, approximate location (city level), device and browser type, and how you arrived. It uses cookies or similar identifiers.
  • Visit log: the site logs each page view (URL, referring site, approximate location derived from your IP address, and browser user-agent) to a private service operated by the publisher. The IP address is used only for the location lookup and is not stored alongside any personal identifier.
  • Forms: if you submit a business or a review, we store what you enter (including your name and email) to process it. We do not sell it or add you to a mailing list.
  • If you email us, we keep the correspondence to answer it.

Advertising (Google AdSense)

This site shows ads served by Google. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google's Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com), or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info. How Google uses data from sites that use its services is explained at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland are shown a consent message, provided through Google's certified consent management platform, before personalised ads or advertising cookies are used.

Referral links (hotels and tours)

Links in the "Visiting Columbia?" boxes go to Stay22, GetYourGuide and Viator with our partner ID so the booking can be credited to us. When you click one, those companies (and the booking sites Stay22 passes you to) may set their own cookies under their own privacy policies. We record only that a referral link was clicked (partner, page section and link) in Google Analytics; we receive no booking or payment details that identify you.

Amazon Associates

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. ColumbiaSCInsider (DixonAppStudio LLC) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Some guides show shopping picks (Gamecocks gear, tailgate, lake and trail gear, South Carolina books) chosen from Amazon's own product data. They are separate from the business listings, which no one pays to appear in. The links are tagged so Amazon can credit the referral and open amazon.com, which has its own privacy policy and may set cookies. Prices come from Amazon with an "as of" time and can change. We record only that an Amazon link was clicked (page and section) in Google Analytics.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, UK GDPR or US state laws such as the CCPA/CPRA), you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for targeted advertising. Email support@dixonappstudio.com. We do not sell personal information for money.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their personal information.