Privacy Policy

Overview

Mountain Outpost (“we,” “our,” or “us”) operates the Mountain Outpost SMS Race Updates program and the mountainoutpost.com website. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website or opt into our SMS messaging service.

Information We Collect

When you opt into the Mountain Outpost SMS Race Updates program, we collect:

• Your mobile phone number
• Your opt-in status and the date/time of opt-in
• Your event preferences (which races or events you follow)
• A record of your consent: the exact consent wording you agreed to, the date and time, the page you signed up from, and the IP address and browser user agent of the device you used
• Your confirmation reply (YES) and any opt-out (STOP), with the date and time

How We Use Your Information

Your phone number and preferences are used solely to send you SMS race updates for Mountain Outpost live broadcast events. This includes race start notifications, live coverage alerts, and finish line updates during events you've opted into.

We do not use your information for marketing purposes unrelated to race updates.

Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, trade, or share your phone number or personal information with third parties for their marketing or promotional purposes. Your information is never shared with third parties outside of what is strictly necessary to deliver SMS messages through our messaging provider.

Data Retention

We retain your phone number and opt-in record for as long as you remain subscribed to the Mountain Outpost SMS Race Updates program. We keep consent and opt-out records after you unsubscribe so we can show what you agreed to and that we honored your opt-out, as carrier and legal requirements expect. You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us at support@mountainoutpost.com.

Your Rights

You may opt out of SMS messages at any time by replying STOP to any message. After opting out, you will receive no further messages. To re-subscribe, text START to the same number.

For questions or to request deletion of your data, contact us at support@mountainoutpost.com.

Website Analytics (Google Analytics)

mountainoutpost.com uses Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-0D8DSX5EHQ), a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to understand how visitors use the site so we can improve our broadcasts and pages. Google Analytics sets cookies (such as _ga and _ga_*) and collects information about your visit, including:

• Pages you view, how long you stay, and the links you click
• The site or link that referred you
• Device, browser, and operating system type, and screen size
• Approximate location (city or region) derived from your IP address

Google Analytics 4 does not log or store full IP addresses. We do not use Google Analytics to identify you personally, we do not combine it with your phone number or SMS subscription, and we use it only to measure how the site is used. The information is processed by Google on our behalf and may be transferred to and stored on servers in the United States and other countries. Learn more in How Google uses information from sites that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy.

You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, by blocking or deleting cookies in your browser settings, or by using a browser or extension that blocks analytics scripts. The site works the same either way.

X (Twitter) Integration

When Mountain Outpost publishes to X, we access limited data from X including account ID, username, and OAuth access tokens. We use this data solely to:

• Authenticate publishing requests
• Display the connected account in our admin interface
• Post content explicitly approved by authorized operators

We do not read your timeline, direct messages, follower lists, or any other X data. We do not share your X credentials with third parties. Tokens are stored encrypted and can be revoked at any time by disconnecting the integration at x.com/settings/connected_apps. Use of X data is governed by X's Privacy Policy.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.