Last Updated: October 30, 2025
🤠Welcome to HowTexas.com!
Your privacy is paramount to us. As your global guide to the Lone Star State, we are committed to being completely transparent about how we handle, use, and protect your information when you visit and explore HowTexas.com.
This policy outlines our practices and applies to all visitors and users of our travel guide website.
What Information We Collect (And Why We Need It)
We only collect data that helps us make your Texas travel planning experience better, safer, and more relevant.
1. Information Collected Automatically (Non-Personal)
When you browse our guides, we automatically gather standard technical information, which is primarily used for site optimization and analytics.
- Log Data: This includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type (Chrome, Safari, etc.), the time and date of your visit, the pages you viewed (e.g., our “Austin Guide” vs. “San Antonio Guide”), and the time spent on those pages.
- The Purpose: To understand which Texas topics you are most interested in, diagnose technical issues, and improve our website’s performance and loading speed.
2. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Like most travel sites, we use “cookies” (small data files stored on your device) to enhance your experience. These are not snacks, but helpful tools!
- What They Do: Cookies help us analyze traffic patterns, remember your site preferences, and ensure certain functions (like commenting) work properly.
- Your Control: You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline them if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
3. Personal Information (What You Share with Us)
We only collect personally identifiable information if you actively and voluntarily choose to provide it to us.
- Email Address and Name: If you subscribe to our exclusive Texas travel newsletter or leave a comment on a post.
- The Purpose: To send you the updates you requested, respond directly to your inquiries, or publish your comments. **We never sell your personal information to third parties.**
How Your Information Is Used
We use the collected data exclusively to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve HowTexas.com and our services.
- Personalize your experience by showing you the most relevant Texas content.
- Communicate with you (e.g., respond to questions, send newsletters).
- Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve the travel guides we offer.
Sharing Your Data (Third Parties)
We do not sell, trade, or rent your Personal Information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information (not linked to any personal identification) regarding visitors with our business partners and trusted affiliates for the purposes outlined above.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may use third-party services (such as Google Analytics) to help us analyze how our website is used. These providers have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Affiliate Links and Advertising
As a travel guide, we may include affiliate links and advertisements. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.
Data Security
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information and data stored on our Site.
Your Rights (GDPR & CCPA Compliance)
Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.
- Correction: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- Deletion: The right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact us at:
Email: support@howtexas.com