Effective Date: May 10th, 2026
Website: MustangMag.com
1. Overview
MustangMagazine (“MustangMagazine,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) operates MustangMag.com (the “Site”).
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, disclose, and protect information when you visit MustangMag.com, subscribe to our newsletter, interact with our content, click advertisements, or engage with third-party tools used on the Site.
By using MustangMag.com, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Voluntarily Provide
We may collect information you choose to provide, including:
- Name
- Email address
- Contact form submissions
- Newsletter subscription information
- Messages, tips, comments, or media submissions
- Any information you voluntarily send to us
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit MustangMag.com, we or our service providers may automatically collect:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring pages
- Pages viewed
- Time spent on pages
- Click activity
- Approximate location based on IP address
- Advertising identifiers
- Cookie identifiers
- Analytics and performance data
2.3 Cookies, Pixels & Tracking Technologies
MustangMag.com may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, web beacons, software development kits, and similar tracking technologies.
These technologies may be used to:
- Operate the Site
- Remember user preferences
- Analyze traffic and performance
- Measure article engagement
- Deliver advertising
- Retarget visitors with ads
- Measure ad conversions
- Build advertising audiences
- Improve marketing performance
You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but some Site features may not function properly.
3. How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate and maintain MustangMag.com
- Publish and improve editorial content
- Send newsletters and email updates
- Respond to inquiries
- Measure traffic and audience behavior
- Improve Site performance
- Run advertising campaigns
- Deliver personalized or interest-based ads
- Measure ad performance and conversions
- Prevent fraud, abuse, or security issues
- Comply with legal obligations
4. Advertising, Google Ads & Ad Networks
MustangMag.com may use third-party advertising services, including but not limited to:
- Google Ads
- Google AdSense
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Analytics
- Other ad networks or advertising partners
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to MustangMag.com or other websites. Google states that advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to your site and other sites on the internet.
These advertising partners may collect or receive information from MustangMag.com and other websites to provide measurement services and targeted advertisements.
Users may be able to control personalized advertising through their browser settings, device settings, Google ad settings, or other third-party opt-out tools.
5. Meta / Facebook / Instagram Advertising
MustangMag.com may use Meta Business Tools, including the Meta Pixel, Facebook Pixel, Conversions API, custom audiences, retargeting tools, and related advertising features.
These tools may collect or receive information from MustangMag.com and use that information to:
- Measure ad performance
- Track conversions
- Create advertising audiences
- Retarget Site visitors on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Audience Network, or other Meta services
- Improve ad delivery and relevance
Information shared with Meta may include:
- Pages viewed
- Buttons clicked
- Referring URLs
- Browser and device information
- IP address
- Cookie identifiers
- Event data
- Email address or contact information if submitted, which may be hashed before transmission where required
Meta’s own guidance says its Business Tools terms require businesses to clearly disclose how they use cookies and how they share data collected through those tools.
Your use of Facebook, Instagram, or other Meta services is governed by Meta’s own privacy policies and settings.
6. Retargeting & Custom Audiences
We may use advertising tools to show ads to people who have previously visited MustangMag.com or interacted with MustangMagazine content.
This may include retargeting through:
- YouTube
- Display networks
- Other advertising platforms
For example, if you visit an article on MustangMag.com, you may later see an advertisement from MustangMagazine on Facebook, Instagram, Google, YouTube, or other websites.
7. Analytics
We may use analytics providers, including Google Analytics or similar tools, to understand how visitors use the Site.
Analytics tools may collect:
- Pages visited
- Time on site
- Traffic sources
- Device and browser data
- Approximate location
- Click behavior
- Returning visitor data
This information helps us improve content, site performance, user experience, and advertising strategy.
8. Email Newsletter & Marketing Communications
If you subscribe to the MustangMagazine newsletter, you consent to receive recurring email communications from us.
Emails may include:
- Ford enthusiast news
- Ford racing news
- Mustang coverage
- Editorial updates
- Promotional content
- Sponsored messaging
- Advertising partner offers
We may use third-party email service providers to manage and send emails.
These providers may collect information such as:
- Email opens
- Link clicks
- Subscription status
- Device or browser information
- Delivery performance
You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us directly.
We comply with applicable email marketing laws, including the CAN-SPAM Act. FTC guidance says commercial emails should not use false or misleading header information, should not use deceptive subject lines, should identify advertising where required, should include a valid physical postal address, and should provide a clear opt-out method.
9. Sponsored Content, Affiliate Links & Promotions
MustangMag.com may publish sponsored content, affiliate links, paid placements, promotional features, or advertising-supported editorial content.
If you click an affiliate link or sponsored link, we may earn a commission or receive compensation.
Affiliate partners and advertisers may collect information when you click their links or visit their websites.
MustangMagazine is not responsible for the privacy practices, claims, products, services, or transactions of third-party advertisers or affiliate partners.
Sponsored or affiliate relationships will be disclosed where appropriate. FTC endorsement guidance centers on the principle that endorsements must be honest and not misleading, especially when compensation or a material relationship exists.
10. Embedded Content & Social Media
MustangMag.com may include embedded content from third-party platforms, including:
- YouTube videos
- Instagram posts
- Facebook posts
- X/Twitter posts
- TikTok content
- Vimeo videos
- Other social media or media embeds
Embedded content behaves as if you visited the third-party website directly.
These platforms may collect data, use cookies, track your interaction with embedded content, and associate activity with your account if you are logged into their platform.
11. Third-Party Links
MustangMag.com may link to third-party websites, including advertisers, racing organizations, manufacturers, shops, parts companies, event promoters, social media platforms, and affiliate partners.
We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for their:
- Privacy policies
- Data collection practices
- Content
- Products
- Services
- Advertising claims
- Security practices
You should review the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.
12. How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal email information.
We may share information with:
- Website hosting providers
- Analytics providers
- Advertising partners
- Email marketing platforms
- Security and fraud-prevention providers
- Business service providers
- Legal authorities when required by law
- Successors in the event of a business transfer, merger, sale, or restructuring
Advertising and analytics partners may receive certain online identifiers, cookie data, device data, event data, and browsing activity to provide advertising, analytics, measurement, and retargeting services.
13. Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
Some privacy laws define “sale” or “sharing” broadly to include certain types of targeted advertising, retargeting, or cross-context behavioral advertising.
Although MustangMagazine does not sell personal information in the traditional sense, our use of advertising cookies, pixels, analytics tools, retargeting tools, and ad networks may be considered “sharing” or “sale” under certain privacy laws.
Users may request to opt out by contacting us at:
📧 Austin@MustangMag.com
Where available, users may also adjust browser settings, device settings, cookie preferences, or platform-level ad settings.
14. Your Privacy Choices
You may have the ability to:
- Unsubscribe from emails
- Disable cookies through your browser
- Adjust ad personalization settings
- Opt out of certain targeted advertising
- Request access to personal information
- Request correction or deletion
- Request that we do not sell or share certain information, where applicable
To make a privacy request, contact:
📧 Austin@MustangMag.com
15. State Privacy Rights
Depending on your state or location, you may have rights under applicable privacy laws, including the right to:
- Know what personal information is collected
- Know how personal information is used
- Request deletion
- Request correction
- Opt out of sale, sharing, or targeted advertising
- Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, if applicable
- Not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights
To exercise these rights, contact:
📧 Austin@MustangMag.com
16. California Privacy Notice
If you are a California resident, California law may provide additional rights regarding personal information.
Categories of information we may collect include:
- Identifiers, such as name, email address, IP address, and cookie identifiers
- Internet or network activity, such as pages viewed and interactions with the Site
- Geolocation data, limited to approximate location based on IP address
- Commercial information, such as affiliate link interactions or ad engagement
- Inferences, such as general content interests based on Site activity
We may use this information for:
- Site operation
- Analytics
- Advertising
- Retargeting
- Newsletter delivery
- Security
- Legal compliance
We may disclose this information to service providers, advertising partners, analytics providers, and legal authorities where required.
California residents may request access, deletion, correction, or opt-out of sale/sharing by contacting us at:
📧 Austin@MustangMag.com
17. Sensitive Information
MustangMagazine does not intentionally collect sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, government identification numbers, precise geolocation, health data, or biometric data.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the Site.
18. Children’s Privacy
MustangMag.com is not intended for children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
19. Data Retention
We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:
- Providing Site functionality
- Maintaining newsletter subscriptions
- Measuring advertising and analytics
- Resolving disputes
- Complying with legal obligations
- Enforcing our agreements
20. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to protect information.
However, no website, internet transmission, email system, database, or digital storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Use of MustangMag.com is at your own risk.
21. International Users
MustangMagazine is operated from the United States.
If you access MustangMag.com from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.
22. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” signals.
Because there is no uniform industry standard for responding to Do Not Track signals, MustangMag.com may not respond to them.
However, you may control cookies and advertising preferences through browser settings, device settings, and third-party platform settings.
23. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Continued use of MustangMag.com after updates means you accept the revised Privacy Policy.
24. Contact Us
For questions or privacy requests, contact:
MustangMagazine
Website: MustangMag.com
Email: Austin@MustangMag.com
Cookies
MustangMag.com uses cookies, pixels, analytics, and advertising technologies, including Google and Meta tools, to improve the site, measure performance, and deliver relevant ads. By continuing to use this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy.
