Caught In Boston Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 15, 2026

Caught In Boston (“Caught In Boston,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates caughtinboston.com and related websites, digital services, and communications.

We respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about the information we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to you.

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through caughtinboston.com and other online services operated by Caught In Boston that link to this policy.

Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Caught In Boston.

Information You Provide to Us

You may provide personal information when you:

  • Subscribe to an email newsletter or mailing list
  • Create an account or register on the website
  • Submit a contact form
  • Leave a comment
  • Participate in a contest, giveaway, survey, promotion, or other feature
  • Contact us by email or through social media
  • Submit information, photos, tips, events, or other content
  • Purchase a product, service, ticket, or other offering, if available

Depending on the interaction, this information may include your name, email address, username, mailing address, phone number, or other information you choose to provide.

If a transaction requires payment information, payment may be processed through a third-party payment provider. Caught In Boston may not directly receive or store your complete payment card information.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, analytics services, advertising partners, or other technologies.

This information may include:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type
  • Operating system
  • Referring website or page
  • Pages viewed
  • Links clicked
  • Date and time of visits
  • General geographic information derived from an IP address
  • Website activity and interaction data
  • Advertising or device identifiers
  • Cookie and similar technology information

We use this information to operate the website, understand how visitors use it, improve performance and content, prevent fraud or misuse, and measure audience and advertising activity.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Caught In Boston and third parties that provide services through our website may use cookies, pixels, tags, web beacons, local storage, and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used to:

  • Keep the website functioning properly
  • Remember preferences
  • Understand website traffic and visitor behavior
  • Measure the performance of articles, pages, and features
  • Measure advertising effectiveness
  • Deliver or personalize advertising
  • Prevent fraud and improve website security
  • Understand how visitors arrive at and interact with our website

Some cookies are necessary for the website to operate. Others may be used for analytics, advertising, personalization, or similar purposes.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Depending on your location and the technologies used on the website, additional cookie or privacy controls may also be provided.

Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some portions of the website.

Analytics

Caught In Boston may use third-party analytics services, including services such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how visitors use our website.

Analytics providers may collect information such as your IP address, device information, browser information, pages visited, time spent on pages, referring websites, and interactions with the website.

These services may use cookies or similar technologies to collect and process this information.

Where required by applicable law, analytics technologies will be used in accordance with applicable consent requirements.

Visitors may also be able to control certain analytics collection through their browser settings, cookie preferences, or opt-out tools made available by the applicable analytics provider.

Advertising

Caught In Boston may display advertisements provided directly by us or through third-party advertising partners and advertising networks.

Advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to:

  • Deliver advertisements
  • Measure advertising performance
  • Limit how often an advertisement appears
  • Understand interactions with advertisements
  • Provide advertisements based on interests or previous online activity

These companies may collect information about your visits to Caught In Boston and other websites over time.

Caught In Boston does not control the privacy practices of third-party advertising providers. Information collected by those providers is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights regarding the use or sharing of personal information for targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising.

Email Newsletters and Communications

If you subscribe to a Caught In Boston newsletter, alert, promotion, or other email communication, we may use your email address and related information to send you the communications you requested.

Our email service provider may collect information about delivery and interaction with emails, such as whether an email was delivered, opened, or a link was clicked.

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

We may still send administrative or transactional communications when necessary, such as communications regarding an account, purchase, request, or service you have used.

Comments and Public Content

If the website allows comments, reviews, event submissions, reader submissions, or other public contributions, information you choose to post may be visible to other users and the public.

Please use caution when deciding what personal information to make publicly available.

We may collect information associated with a submission, including an IP address and email address, for purposes such as moderation, security, spam prevention, and administration of the website.

Embedded Content and Social Media

Articles and pages on Caught In Boston may include content or features from third-party services, such as videos, maps, social media posts, audio players, advertisements, forms, or other embedded content.

These third-party services may collect information about you when you interact with their content or, in some cases, when a page containing their content loads.

For example, third-party services may use cookies, pixels, or other technologies to recognize your browser or device.

Your interaction with these services is governed by the privacy policies of the applicable third party.

Links to Other Websites

Caught In Boston regularly links to businesses, organizations, government agencies, event websites, social media pages, advertisers, and other third-party websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, accuracy, or content of websites that we do not operate.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information to them.

How We Use Information

We may use information collected through Caught In Boston to:

  • Operate and maintain our website
  • Provide articles, local information, newsletters, and other content
  • Respond to questions, messages, and submissions
  • Manage user accounts or comments
  • Process transactions
  • Administer contests, giveaways, surveys, or promotions
  • Improve our website, content, services, and user experience
  • Understand website traffic and audience interests
  • Measure advertising and marketing performance
  • Deliver relevant advertising and promotions
  • Detect spam, fraud, security threats, and misuse
  • Enforce our terms, policies, and legal rights
  • Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations

We may also use aggregated or de-identified information for research, reporting, analytics, business planning, and other purposes.

How We Share Information

Caught In Boston may share information with service providers and other organizations that perform services on our behalf, such as:

  • Website hosting and technology providers
  • Email and newsletter providers
  • Analytics providers
  • Advertising and marketing providers
  • Payment processors
  • Website security and spam-prevention services
  • Professional advisors and contractors

These providers may have access to information only as necessary to provide their services or as otherwise permitted by applicable law and their agreements with us.

We may also disclose information when we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with applicable law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or governmental request
  • Investigate fraud, security issues, or illegal activity
  • Protect the rights, property, or safety of Caught In Boston, our users, third parties, or the public
  • Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

Caught In Boston does not sell personal information in exchange for money.

However, certain uses of analytics, advertising, cookies, pixels, or similar technologies may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or use for targeted advertising under the privacy laws of certain states, even when no money is exchanged.

Where applicable law provides you with the right to opt out of these activities, you may exercise that right through any privacy or cookie controls made available on the website or by contacting us.

Business Transfers

If Caught In Boston or substantially all of its assets are acquired, merged, reorganized, sold, or transferred, information collected through our website may be included among the transferred assets.

Any successor organization may continue to use information in accordance with this Privacy Policy unless otherwise required by law.

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, operate our website and business, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and maintain appropriate business records.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

Data Security

Caught In Boston uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, electronic transmission, or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by us.

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may give you certain rights regarding your personal information.

These rights may include the ability to:

  • Request access to personal information we maintain about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate personal information
  • Request deletion of certain personal information
  • Obtain information about how personal information is collected, used, or disclosed
  • Opt out of certain forms of targeted advertising, sale, or sharing of personal information
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
  • Appeal certain decisions regarding a privacy request

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to exceptions under applicable law.

To make a privacy-related request, please contact Caught In Boston through the contact information provided on our website.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

Do Not Track and Browser Privacy Signals

Some browsers and devices allow users to send privacy preference signals.

Because standards and legal requirements regarding these signals continue to develop, Caught In Boston will respond to legally recognized browser-based opt-out preference signals where required by applicable law.

You may also manage cookies and other tracking technologies through your browser settings and any privacy controls available on the website.

Children’s Privacy

Caught In Boston is a general-audience website and is not directed to children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 in a manner prohibited by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to Caught In Boston without appropriate parental consent, please contact us so we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.

Visitors Outside the United States

Caught In Boston is based in the United States.

If you access our website from outside the United States, information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

Those countries may have different data protection laws than the country in which you reside.

Where required by applicable law, we will take appropriate measures regarding the collection and processing of personal information from users outside the United States.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Caught In Boston may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, technology, business practices, or legal requirements.

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

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Your continued use of the website following an update to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or a request regarding your personal information, please contact Caught In Boston through the contact information provided on caughtinboston.com.