Last updated: July 19, 2026
Who we are
Our website address is: https://my4x4experience.com. This site is owned and operated by Brian Cunningham. If you have questions about this policy or your personal data, you can reach us at brian@my4x4experience.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Purchases (Merch and Coffee Store)
This website does not process payments or handle checkout directly. When you click “Buy Now” on the Merch page, you are taken to a secure checkout hosted by Square. When you visit the Coffee Store, you are taken to a separate store hosted by Shopify. In both cases, any payment, shipping, and contact information you provide is collected and processed directly by Square or Shopify, not stored on this website. Please refer to Square’s privacy policy (https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy) and Shopify’s privacy policy (https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy) for details on how they handle your information.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use this website (for example, which articles are popular). See Google’s privacy policy for details on how Google handles this data.
Advertising
This site may display advertisements served by third-party advertising companies, such as Google AdSense. These companies may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to serve advertisements about goods and services that may interest you.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or, for participating companies generally, aboutads.info/choices.
Affiliate Disclosure
My 4×4 Experience is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
This means that if you click a link to a product on Amazon (or another retailer) from this site and go on to make a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. We only link to products we believe add value for our readers, and our opinions and recommendations remain our own.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Comments submitted to this site may be checked through an automated spam-detection service (Akismet).
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on this website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have left comments on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes, or data held by third parties like Square or Shopify for your purchases. To make a request, contact brian@my4x4experience.com.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam-detection service. Purchase-related data is sent to and handled by Square and Shopify as described above.