This Privacy Policy explains how SecuraHaul ("SecuraHaul", "we", "us") handles information on securahaul.com (the "Site"), including its articles, email newsletter and advertising inquiry form.
The short version
- You can read everything on the Site without an account and without giving us any personal information.
- If you subscribe to the newsletter, we keep your email address to send you trucking news, new articles, occasional SecuraHaul updates, and sponsored content. Advertisers never receive your address.
- If you ask about advertising, we use the details you send only to respond to you and discuss a campaign.
- We use privacy-friendly, cookie-free analytics to count visits. We don't use advertising trackers, and we don't sell your information.
- You can unsubscribe or ask us to delete your address at any time.
Information we collect
Information you give us
When you subscribe to the newsletter, we collect your email address, the date you subscribed, and which signup form you used.
When you send an advertising inquiry, we collect your name, work email address, company or brand name, website (if you give one), the budget range you choose, and your message, along with the date you sent it.
If you email us, we receive your email address and anything you include in your message.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, the Site and its hosting provider, Vercel, automatically record technical information when you visit, such as your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you request, the referring page, and the date and time of each request. These logs are used to run, secure, and troubleshoot the Site.
We also use Vercel Web Analytics to understand which articles people read. It records page views along with general information such as the referring site, country, browser, operating system and device type. It doesn't use cookies, and it counts visits without identifying who you are or following you across other websites. We also use Vercel Speed Insights, which measures how quickly pages load and respond in your browser (for example, load time and layout stability) along with general device and connection information, so we can keep the Site fast. We use these numbers only in aggregate.
Cookies and browser storage
The Site doesn't set cookies for readers. It saves a small note in your browser's local storage to remember whether you subscribed to or closed the newsletter popup, so it doesn't keep appearing. That note stays on your device and isn't sent to us. You can clear it at any time in your browser settings.
People who write and manage articles use a sign-in cookie that is strictly necessary for that purpose. Readers never receive it.
We don't use advertising cookies or cross-site tracking, and our analytics work without cookies.
How we use information
- To send the newsletter you asked for: trucking news, new articles, occasional updates about SecuraHaul, and sponsored content from our advertisers.
- To reply to messages you send us.
- To respond to advertising inquiries, including an automatic email confirming we received yours, and to send proposals and arrange campaigns you ask about.
- To operate, maintain, and protect the Site, including preventing spam signups and abuse.
- To comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.
We don't use your information for automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you.
How we share information
We don't sell your personal information, and we don't share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. Advertisers who sponsor our newsletter or other channels don't receive subscribers' email addresses or other personal information. We share information only:
- With service providers that help us run the Site and newsletter, such as our hosting and analytics provider (Vercel), our database provider (MongoDB Atlas), and our email delivery provider (Resend). They may use it only to provide their services to us.
- For legal reasons, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by law or legal process, or is needed to protect the rights, property, or safety of SecuraHaul, our readers, or others.
- In a business transfer, if SecuraHaul is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets. Information may transfer as part of that transaction and remains subject to this policy.
- With your consent or at your direction.
Third-party content and links
Some article images may load from other websites, and the Site links to outside sites, including our profiles on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok. When your browser loads content from or visits those sites, their privacy policies apply, and we aren't responsible for their practices.
How long we keep information
- Newsletter subscribers: until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete your address. After you unsubscribe, we may keep a minimal record so we don't email you again.
- Advertising inquiries: as long as needed to respond and follow up. If we run a campaign together, for the length of that relationship and any record-keeping period the law requires.
- Emails you send us: as long as needed to respond and keep a record of the conversation.
- Server logs: for a limited period set by our hosting provider, unless we need them longer to investigate a security issue.
Your choices and rights
- Unsubscribe using the link in any newsletter email, or by emailing us.
- Access, correct, or delete the information we hold about you by emailing marketing@securahaul.com.
Depending on where you live, including California and other US states with privacy laws, or the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you may have additional rights. These can include the right to know what personal information we've collected, to get a copy of it, to correct or delete it, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent. We won't discriminate against you for exercising these rights. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request, and we'll respond within the time required by law. Where the law allows, you can have an authorized agent make a request for you.
If you're in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we send the newsletter based on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time, and we keep server logs based on our legitimate interest in keeping the Site secure and working. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information, including encrypted connections (HTTPS) and restricted access to our systems. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we can't guarantee absolute security.
Children's privacy
The Site is written for people who work in the trucking industry and isn't directed to children. We don't knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we'll delete it.
International visitors
SecuraHaul is based in the United States. Information described in this policy may be processed and stored in the United States and in other countries where our service providers operate, which may have different data protection laws than where you live.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we'll change the "Last updated" date above. If the changes are significant, we'll also give more prominent notice, such as on the Site or by email to subscribers.
Contact us
Questions or requests about this policy: marketing@securahaul.com.