Welcome to https://theplatypus.org/!
About Platypus
Our digital home is https://theplatypus.org/.
Data Stewardship for Outdoor Enthusiasts
Community Feedback
When adventurers leave reviews or comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the feedback form, along with the user's IP address and browser details to maintain the integrity of our community and prevent spam.
An anonymized string generated from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify usage. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon approval of your feedback, your profile picture may be visible to the public alongside your review of our hydration systems.
Adventure Imagery
If you upload photos of your Platypus gear in the wild, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location details from images, and we want to keep your secret campsites secret.
Digital Trail Markers (Cookies)
Like a well-marked trail, https://theplatypus.org/ uses 'cookies' to guide your experience. These store preferences and track which pages (like our GravityWorks or Big Zip EVO product pages) you have visited. This helps us optimize our content to suit your gear needs.
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. This convenience allows you to join the conversation on future posts without re-entering details. These cookies last for one year.
Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to check browser compatibility. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in to your Platypus account, we set up several cookies to save your login info and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Partners
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., instructional videos, trail maps, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
At https://theplatypus.org/, accessible at https://theplatypus.org/, prioritizing the privacy of our hydration community is paramount. This document details the information Platypus collects and how we utilize it to improve your outdoor experience.
If you have questions about our data practices or need more details regarding our commitment to privacy, please contact our support team.
System Logs
Platypus follows standard procedure by using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected includes IP addresses, browser type, ISP, date and time stamps, referring/exit pages, and possibly click counts. This data is not linked to personally identifiable information. The purpose is to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement on the website, and gather demographic information.
Our Advertising Partners
Some partners may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.
Partner Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Platypus.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on https://theplatypus.org/, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that Platypus has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
Platypus's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.
Protecting Young Explorers
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Platypus does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in https://theplatypus.org/. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.