Privacy policy

Effective November 11, 2026.

MNTRIP (minnesotatrip.com) publishes trip-planning guides for Minnesota. You can read every page without an account, and there are no sign-ups, comments or forms. This policy explains the small amount of data that is collected when you visit, who collects it, and how to turn it off.

What is collected

Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 and Ahrefs Web Analytics to see which guides people read and how they found them. These services record the pages you view, the page that referred you, your browser and device type, your screen size and your approximate location (city or region, worked out from your IP address). Google Analytics sets cookies (named _ga and _ga_*) to tell visits apart. We do not use this data to identify you or for advertising.

Google Analytics keeps this data for the retention period set in our account, no longer than 14 months. See Google's privacy policy and Ahrefs' privacy policy.

Hosting

The site is hosted by Vercel. Like any web server, it receives your IP address and browser details with each request and keeps short-lived logs to run and secure the site. See Vercel's privacy policy.

Photos

Photos load directly from Wikimedia Commons, so Wikimedia receives your IP address and the page you are on when an image loads. See the Wikimedia privacy policy.

Park finder location search

When you type a city or address into the park finder, that text is sent to OpenStreetMap's Nominatim search service to turn it into map coordinates. See the OpenStreetMap Foundation privacy policy. If you choose "Use my current location," your browser asks your permission first, and the location stays in your browser: it is used to sort the list and is never sent to us or anyone else.

Maps

Interactive maps load map tiles from OpenFreeMap, which receives your IP address and the area of the map you are viewing. OpenFreeMap doesn't use cookies. See OpenFreeMap's privacy page.

What we don't do

• We don't sell personal data or share it for targeted advertising.
• We don't run ads or use advertising or retargeting pixels.
• We don't collect names, email addresses or payment details.

Turning analytics off

If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, analytics never loads for you. You can also turn it off for this browser here:

Blocking cookies in your browser, or Google's Analytics opt-out add-on, also works.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, privacy laws (including Minnesota's Consumer Data Privacy Act and California's CCPA) may give you the right to know what personal data is held about you, and to correct or delete it, or to opt out of its sale or use for targeted advertising. We don't sell data or do targeted advertising, and we hold no account data. The analytics data described above is held by Google and Ahrefs. To make a request, email hello@minnesotatrip.comand we'll respond within 45 days.

Children

The site is meant for adults planning trips and isn't directed at children under 13.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. Questions: hello@minnesotatrip.com.