Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy & Terms of Use

Last Updated: August 29, 2026

Welcome to Sunshine Fam Guide. This page explains how Sunshine Fam Guide ("Sunshine Fam Guide," "we," "us," or "our") collects and uses information when you visit our website, as well as the terms that apply when you use our website and content.

This page describes our privacy and cookie practices and the terms that apply to your use of sunshinefamguide.com (the "Website"). By using the Website, you agree to the Terms of Use described below.

1. Privacy Policy Information We Collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

Your name and email address when you subscribe to our email list.
Your name, email address, and other information you provide through a contact form.
Information you voluntarily provide when you communicate with us.

We may also automatically collect certain technical and usage information when you visit the Website. Depending on your cookie preferences and the services enabled on the Website, this may include information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referring website, approximate geographic information, and interactions with the Website.

How We Use Your Information

We may use information collected through the Website to:

Operate, maintain, and improve Sunshine Fam Guide.
Provide content and services you request.
Send newsletters, updates, recommendations, and other communications you have requested.
Respond to questions, inquiries, and business requests.
Understand how visitors find and use the Website.
Analyze Website traffic and performance.
Protect the Website against misuse, fraud, or security threats.
Comply with applicable legal obligations.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those communications.

Wix

Sunshine Fam Guide is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix provides technology and services that allow us to operate the Website, collect email subscriptions and contact form submissions, and understand Website activity.

Information collected through the Website may be stored or processed through Wix's data storage, databases, applications, and related services.

Wix is an independent third-party service provider and maintains its own privacy practices.

Analytics

We may use Wix Analytics and may use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to better understand how visitors find and use the Website.

Depending on the services enabled and your cookie preferences, analytics technologies may collect information such as pages viewed, time spent on the Website, device and browser information, referring websites, interactions with the Website, and general geographic information.

Third-party analytics providers may use cookies and similar technologies and process information according to their own privacy policies.

Email Communications

If you subscribe to our email list, we collect your email address and any other information you voluntarily provide during signup.

We use this information to send Sunshine Fam Guide content, updates, recommendations, and related communications.

You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails.

Contact Forms

When you contact us through a form on the Website, we may collect your name, email address, message, and any other information you choose to provide.

We use this information to respond to your inquiry and communicate with you.

How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information in the ordinary meaning of the word.

We may share or allow access to information as reasonably necessary for service providers that help us operate the Website and our business, such as website hosting, analytics, email, and technology providers.

We may also disclose information when required by law, in response to a valid legal request, when reasonably necessary to protect our rights or the safety of others, or in connection with a sale, merger, restructuring, or other business transaction.

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including providing requested services, maintaining appropriate business records, resolving disputes, and complying with legal obligations.

Children's Privacy

Sunshine Fam Guide publishes content about family travel, activities, and experiences. However, the Website is intended for parents, caregivers, and other adults and is not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us at hello@sunshinefamguide.com so that we can take appropriate action.

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, which may include rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information or to withdraw consent to certain processing.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link in those messages and manage applicable cookie preferences through our cookie consent tools.

To submit a privacy-related request, contact us at hello@sunshinefamguide.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

International Visitors

Sunshine Fam Guide is operated from the United States. If you access the Website from outside the United States, information associated with your use of the Website may be transferred to or processed in the United States or other countries.

Where required by applicable law, personal information will be processed using an appropriate legal basis.

Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect information collected through the Website. However, no website, electronic transmission, or data storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

2. Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that websites place on a visitor's computer, phone, or other device. They can be used to make a website function properly, remember preferences, understand how visitors use a website, and support analytics, marketing, or advertising.

Sunshine Fam Guide uses cookies and similar technologies through Wix and may use cookies through other third-party services integrated with the Website.

Types of Cookies We May Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly and may support features such as security, network management, website functionality, and cookie preferences.

Because these cookies are necessary to provide the Website, they may not always be subject to optional consent.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors find and use the Website, including which pages are visited and how visitors interact with the site.

We may use analytics provided by Wix and may use third-party analytics providers such as Google Analytics.

Functional Cookies

These cookies may remember choices or preferences and help provide enhanced Website functionality.

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

We may use third-party advertising companies, including Google, to serve ads on this Website.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this Website and other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings at google.com/settings/ads. You may also opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.

Affiliate Tracking

Some content on Sunshine Fam Guide contains affiliate links. When you click an affiliate link, a third-party retailer, affiliate network, or other provider may use cookies or similar technologies to identify that your visit or purchase originated from Sunshine Fam Guide.

Those technologies are controlled by the applicable third party and are subject to that third party's privacy and cookie practices.

Cookie Consent and Your Choices

Sunshine Fam Guide uses a cookie consent banner to provide information and choices regarding applicable cookies.

Where consent is required, non-essential cookies are intended to be used in accordance with the preferences selected through our cookie consent tools.

You may also be able to block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect how the Website functions.

3. Affiliate & Sponsored Content Disclosure

Sunshine Fam Guide may earn income through affiliate links, sponsored content, brand partnerships, hosted experiences, complimentary products or services, and other commercial relationships.

Affiliate Links

Some pages and blog posts contain affiliate links. If you click one of these links and make a qualifying purchase or booking, Sunshine Fam Guide may receive a commission or other compensation at no additional cost to you.

Our participation in an affiliate program does not guarantee or endorse the quality, safety, availability, or suitability of a third-party product or service.

We aim to disclose affiliate relationships clearly in content where affiliate links appear.

4. Terms of Use

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Sunshine Fam Guide, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue use of the Website.

Informational Purposes Only

Sunshine Fam Guide provides travel, family activity, outdoor recreation, destination, product, and related information for general informational and entertainment purposes.

Our content reflects our experiences, research, and opinions at the time it was created or updated.

We make reasonable efforts to provide useful and accurate information, but we cannot guarantee that all information is complete, current, or error-free.

Information Changes

Travel and recreation information can change quickly.

Prices, hours, availability, reservations, closures, weather, water conditions, trail conditions, wildlife activity, transportation, parking, admission requirements, age or height requirements, accessibility, safety rules, laws, regulations, and other conditions may change after content is published.

You are responsible for verifying important information directly with the applicable destination, business, park, government agency, service provider, or other authoritative source before relying on it.

Travel, Outdoor and Recreational Activities

Travel, outdoor recreation, water activities, hiking, paddling, swimming, wildlife encounters, and other activities described on Sunshine Fam Guide can involve inherent risks.

Conditions and individual abilities vary. An activity that was appropriate for our family at a particular time may not be appropriate or safe for another person or family.

You are responsible for evaluating current conditions, your own abilities and limitations, your children's needs and abilities, equipment, weather, water conditions, wildlife, applicable rules, and other relevant risks before participating in an activity.

Content on Sunshine Fam Guide should not be treated as professional safety, medical, legal, emergency, or other professional advice.

Always follow applicable laws, posted warnings, official guidance, and instructions from qualified authorities or professionals.

No Guarantees

Our descriptions of destinations, products, services, accommodations, restaurants, attractions, and experiences reflect our experience or information available to us at the relevant time.

Individual experiences may differ.

We do not guarantee the availability, quality, safety, pricing, suitability, performance, or outcome of any destination, product, service, or experience discussed on the Website.

Third-Party Links

Sunshine Fam Guide contains links to websites and services operated by third parties.

We provide these links for convenience, reference, recommendations, or affiliate purposes. We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for their content, availability, security, privacy practices, products, services, policies, or actions.

Your interactions or transactions with third parties are between you and the applicable third party.

Intellectual Property and Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, the original content on Sunshine Fam Guide—including text, articles, guides, photographs, graphics, videos, logos, branding, downloadable materials, and other original content—is owned by or licensed to Sunshine Fam Guide and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You may view and use Website content for your own personal, non-commercial purposes.

You may not, without prior written permission:

Copy or republish our articles, guides, photographs, videos, graphics, or other content in full or in substantial part.
Reproduce our content on another website, publication, social media account, commercial platform, or other service.
Sell, license, distribute, or commercially exploit our content.
Remove copyright, attribution, watermark, or other proprietary notices.
Present our original content as your own.
Use our content to create substantially similar commercial guides, products, databases, or publications.
Systematically scrape, harvest, or extract Website content for republication, resale, or creation of a competing content resource.

Brief quotations for legitimate commentary, criticism, news reporting, or other uses permitted by applicable law may be allowed when accompanied by appropriate attribution. Nothing in these Terms is intended to restrict rights granted by applicable law, including applicable fair-use rights.

For licensing, publication, or commercial-use requests, contact hello@sunshinefamguide.com.

User Communications

If you send us comments, suggestions, questions, feedback, or other communications, you represent that you have the right to provide that material.

Sending us feedback does not create a confidential, fiduciary, professional, or other special relationship between you and Sunshine Fam Guide unless we expressly agree otherwise in writing.

Prohibited Use

You may not use the Website:

For unlawful or fraudulent purposes.
To interfere with the operation or security of the Website.
To attempt unauthorized access to the Website or associated systems.
To distribute malicious software or code.
To impersonate another person or entity.
To infringe our rights or the rights of others.
To systematically scrape or reproduce Website content for unauthorized commercial purposes.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Sunshine Fam Guide and its owners, operators, contributors, and affiliates will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from or relating to your use of, inability to use, or reliance upon the Website or its content.

You are responsible for your decisions regarding travel, purchases, recreation, activities, and use of third-party products or services.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sunshine Fam Guide and its owners and operators from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable costs arising from your unlawful use of the Website, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of another person's rights.

No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision or our right to enforce it later.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect to the extent permitted by law.

Governing Law

These Terms and your use of the Website are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

5. Changes to These Policies and Terms

We may update this Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Affiliate & Sponsored Content Disclosure, and Terms of Use from time to time to reflect changes in our Website, business practices, services, technology, or applicable requirements.

When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

6. Contact Us

If you have questions about these policies or terms, would like to make a privacy-related request, or would like to request permission to use Sunshine Fam Guide content, please contact:

Sunshine Fam Guide
Email: hello@sunshinefamguide.com
Website: sunshinefamguide.com