Privacy Policy
Introduction
This privacy policy explains how Birding the Sound collects and uses information when you interact with our website, communications, or events. This policy was published September 12th, 2026.
Information We Collect
We collect:
Information that you submit through forms on the website
Direct communications with Birding the Sound, for example over email or using the contact form
Website analytics and usage data
How We Use Your Information
We will use the information we collect for:
Scheduling tours, answering questions, sending reminder emails about scheduled tours
Receiving feedback and organizing future tours
Understanding how people use our website
We may also use information we collect for other purposes that aren’t specifically listed here
Information Sharing
Your information may be shared with:
Websites we necessarily do business with, such as payment and credit card processing websites
Squarespace Analytics
This website collects personal information to power our site analytics, including:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
Clicks
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
We provide this information to Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
Cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.
These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
Visitor Data
When you buy something on this website, we collect personal information from you to fulfill the order. We may collect information like your:
Billing and shipping address
Details relating to your purchase (for example, your shirt size)
Email address
Name
Phone number
We provide this information to Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.
Our payment processor, Square, will also collect payment information from you. You can read their privacy policy at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy-no-account
As you go through checkout, this site may auto-complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.
Form Submissions
When you submit information to this website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us and help us manage our relationship with you.
Taxes
When you make a purchase from us on this website, we use Squarespace as our commerce platform. Squarespace makes use of Square, a third-party service provider, to power automated tax calculations. We may collect information like your:
Billing and shipping address
Details relating to your purchase (for example, Product Tax Codes for the items purchased)
Name
Square may also receive personal information and process it in accordance with their privacy policies.
Website Visitors
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information when you visit this website, including:
Information about your browser, network and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Web pages you view while on this website
Your IP address
Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. You can read more about how Squarespace uses your data (site usage information of end users) for its own purposes in their Privacy
Policy.
Scheduling
When you schedule an appointment by booking on this website, we collect personal information from you to complete the booking via Acuity Scheduling. We may collect information like your:
Name
Email address
Phone number
Details relating to your appointment (for example, who referred you)
Files you uploaded
We provide this information to Squarespace, our online scheduling service provider, so that they can provide online booking services to us.
Payments
When you make a purchase from us on this website, we use Squarespace Payments as our payment solution. Squarespace Payments is a fully integrated, native payment solution provided to us by our online store service provider Squarespace. Squarespace Payments makes use of the following third party service providers which will also receive your personal information and process it in accordance with their privacy policies:
Square - payment processing services. You can read Square’s privacy policy at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy-no-account
Emails
We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We provide your contact information to Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf and help us manage our relationship with you.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy and will post changes on our website