Legal - Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 12, 2025
1. Introduction
The Real Bigfoot, operated by Forest Outfitters ("we", "our", or "us"), is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website therealbigfoot.com and make purchases from us.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site or make purchases.
2. Information We Collect
Personal Information
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Create an account or make a purchase
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Contact us with questions or comments
- Participate in surveys or promotions
This information may include your name, email address, phone number, shipping and billing addresses, payment information, and any other information you choose to provide.
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage patterns, including:
- IP address and browser type
- Operating system and device information
- Pages visited and time spent on our site
- Referring website and search terms used
- Cookies and similar tracking technologies
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- Processing and fulfilling your orders
- Communicating with you about your purchases
- Providing customer service and support
- Sending you marketing communications (with your consent)
- Improving our website and services
- Preventing fraud and ensuring security
- Complying with legal obligations
4. Information Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties except in the following circumstances:
Service Providers
We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving you. These parties are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential and use it only for the purposes we specify.
Legal Requirements
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
Business Transfers
In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and understand where our visitors are coming from. You can control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
We may also use third-party analytics services like Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our site. These services may use cookies and other tracking technologies.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
We use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption for all payment transactions and store your payment information with our secure payment processor partners, not on our servers.
7. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- The right to access and receive a copy of your personal information
- The right to rectify or update your personal information
- The right to delete your personal information
- The right to restrict or object to our processing of your personal information
- The right to data portability
- The right to withdraw consent (where processing is based on consent)
To exercise these rights, please contact us. You can also unsubscribe from our marketing emails by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email we send you.
8. Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.
9. International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. We ensure that such transfers are conducted in accordance with applicable data protection laws and that appropriate safeguards are in place.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us: