Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 14, 2026

Shop Morris County (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates shopmorriscounty.com. This policy explains what information we collect when you visit the site or subscribe to our newsletter, how we use it, and the choices you have. We keep this short and plain on purpose.

Information We Collect

Information you give us. If you subscribe to our newsletter, submit an event, contact us, enter a giveaway, vote in Best of Morris County, or inquire about advertising, we collect what you choose to provide. That typically means your email address, and sometimes your name, phone number, business name, or the details of the event or message you are sending.

Information collected automatically. Like most websites, we collect standard technical information when you visit, including your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, the pages you view, and the time and date of your visit. This is collected through cookies and similar technologies.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

How We Use It

• To send our newsletter and other emails you asked to receive
• To respond to your message, event submission, or advertising inquiry
• To run giveaways, contests, and reader voting
• To understand which articles readers find useful so we can publish better coverage
• To keep the site secure and working properly
• To report anonymous, aggregate audience figures to advertisers

We do not sell your personal information. We do not rent or trade our email list, and we do not hand individual subscriber information to advertisers.

Service Providers

We use third party services to run the site and our newsletter, and those providers process some of this information on our behalf. They include our website host and platform (WordPress.com and Jetpack), our email marketing provider (MailerLite), and our website analytics provider (Google Analytics). Each has its own privacy policy governing how it handles data.

We may also share information where we are legally required to, or to protect the rights, safety, and property of Shop Morris County, our readers, or the public.

Cookies and Analytics

We use cookies to remember your preferences, keep the site functioning, and measure traffic. Analytics cookies tell us things like how many people read an article and which town pages are most popular. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, though some parts of the site may not work as well if you do.

Some pages embed third party content such as maps, videos, social media posts, or our digital guide viewer. Those embeds may set their own cookies, governed by the policies of the companies that provide them.

Advertising and Affiliate Links

Shop Morris County is funded by local advertising. Advertising on this site is sold directly to Morris County businesses and organizations, and paid features are labeled on the article. See our Editorial Standards and Ownership page for how we separate paid content from editorial coverage. Where an article contains an affiliate or referral link, we disclose it in that article.

Your Choices

Email. Every newsletter we send has an unsubscribe link at the bottom. Click it and you are off the list, immediately and permanently. You can also email us and we will remove you ourselves.

Access and deletion. You can ask us what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Email info@shopmorriscounty.com and we will handle it. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under laws such as the New Jersey Data Privacy Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act, or the GDPR. We honor these requests regardless of where you live, and we will not treat you differently for making one.

Data Retention and Security

We keep newsletter subscriber information for as long as you remain subscribed, and correspondence for as long as we need it to do business with you. The site is served over an encrypted HTTPS connection. No website can promise perfect security, but we take reasonable steps to protect the information we hold.

Changes to This Policy

If we change this policy we will update the date at the top of this page. Material changes will be noted on the site.

Contact Us

Questions about this policy or about your information:

Shop Morris County
Morris County, New Jersey
Email: info@shopmorriscounty.com
Phone: 973-602-9748