Last updated: September 7, 2026
Who we are
Shooter Opinions operates https://shooteropinions.com, a website featuring reviews, interviews, and outdoor and shooting-sports content. For privacy questions or requests, contact mikesemanoff@gmail.com.
Information collected when you visit or contact us
Our website and hosting and security services may process your IP address, browser and device information, pages requested, referring website, and the date and time of visits. This information helps deliver the website, diagnose problems, and protect against abuse. If you email us, we receive your email address and the information you choose to include so we can respond.
Website security
We use Wordfence, provided by Defiant, to scan for malicious files and protect the website against unauthorized access and abuse. Security processing may include IP addresses, browser information, requested URLs, login attempts, and suspected attack details. Relevant security information may be shared with Defiant to detect and prevent threats. Wordfence may set security cookies for logged-in users and enabled login-protection features. See Wordfence’s privacy policy and its explanation of security cookies. You can manage cookies in your browser and contact us about personal information in our security records; disabling security cookies may affect account access.
Comments and accounts
When you leave a comment, WordPress collects the information shown in the comment form, your IP address, and browser information to help detect spam. Approved comments and your chosen display name are public; your email address is not displayed as part of the comment. If Gravatar is used, a hash of your email address may be sent to that service to display your profile image. See Automattic’s privacy policy.
For anyone with a website account, WordPress stores profile information and uses cookies for login and preferences. A password-reset email may include the requesting IP address.
Cookies and analytics
Cookies are small files stored by your browser. This site uses WordPress cookies for functions such as login and, if you choose that option, remembering your comment details. Analytics tools, including Google Analytics integrations, may use cookies and similar technologies to measure visits and interactions. Information may include browser and device details, pages viewed, referral sources, and online identifiers. We use analytics to understand readership and improve the site.
Google advertising
This site is configured to use Google AdSense. When advertising is served, Google and other third-party advertising providers may collect information through cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, and similar identifiers to deliver and measure ads and help prevent fraud. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on previous visits to this website and other websites. Google’s advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to personalize ads based on those visits, subject to applicable consent choices.
Learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services and read Google’s privacy policy. You can manage personalized Google advertising through Google Ads Settings. You can also explore participating third-party advertising opt-outs at YourAdChoices. Opting out of personalized advertising does not necessarily remove advertisements.
Your cookie choices
Where a consent message is displayed, use its controls to accept, decline, or manage the purposes and partners shown. You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect website features. Choices may need to be repeated for different browsers or devices, or after clearing cookies.
Embedded videos and external links
Articles may include YouTube videos or other third-party content. Embedded providers may receive information about your visit, use cookies, and record interactions, including linking activity to an account if you are signed in to their service. Their privacy policies govern that processing.
Some links or banners use affiliate services, including AvantLink. If you follow an affiliate link, the network or merchant may use cookies and referral identifiers to attribute a purchase; Shooter Opinions may receive a commission. External websites and merchants operate under their own privacy policies.
Use, sharing, and retention
Information is used to operate and secure the site, respond to messages, manage comments and accounts, understand readership, and support advertising and affiliate attribution. Hosting, email, security, analytics, advertising, and embedded-content providers may process information for these purposes. Information may also be disclosed when required by law or necessary to protect the website and its users. Providers may process information in countries other than your own.
Comments and their metadata may remain in WordPress indefinitely unless removed. Other information is retained according to its purpose, service settings, and applicable administrative, security, or legal requirements. Third-party providers apply their own retention practices.
Privacy requests and updates
Contact us at mikesemanoff@gmail.com to ask about information we hold about you or to request access, correction, or deletion. We may need to verify your identity. Some records may need to be retained for administrative, security, or legal reasons. Depending on where you live, additional privacy rights may apply. For information controlled by Google or another provider, use that provider’s privacy controls or contact process.
We may update this policy as the website or its services change. The date above identifies the latest revision.