For the Love of Wanderlust found at https://www.fortheloveofwanderlust.com (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
For the Love of Wanderlust respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
What Information Do We Collect & How is it Used?
INFORMATION YOU VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT TO THE WEBSITE
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address when you voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, or subscribing to For the Love of Wanderlust.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM OTHERS
We may receive information about you from other sources, for instance if you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin and/or Google accounts in the website field when commenting. The Website utilizes social media commenting systems, so if you choose to comment on a Website post which has been shared on social media, your comment may appear on the blog post as well.
AUTOMATICALLY-COLLECTED INFORMATION
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
COOKIES
We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
How Your Information May Be Used
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
⋙ To operate and maintain the Website;
⋙ To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
⋙ To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
⋙ To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
⋙ To respond to your comments or inquiries;
⋙ To provide you with user support;
⋙ To track and measure advertising on the Website;
⋙ To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Third-Party Use of Information
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
WORDPRESS
WordPress also tracks actions such as referrers to our site and what country you’ve viewed For the Love of Wanderlust from. Additionally, when you leave a comment, you email is stored in my WordPress comment bank, but is never shared or shown on my website.
Anonymous Data
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Publicly Visible Information
If you leave a comment on the Website, certain information like your name may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.
Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
Cookies
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
Advertising
DISPLAY ADS
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
RETARGETING ADS
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
AFFILIATE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
For the Love of Wanderlust 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 links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Other Affiliate Programs For the Love of Wanderlust is a participant in include: Booking.com, Cabin Zero and World Nomads.
Rights Related to Your Personal Information
OPT-OUT
You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails updates. You may also notify us at fortheloveofwanderlust@aol.com to be removed from For the Love of Wanderlust’s mailing list.
ACCESS
You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to fortheloveofwanderlust@aol.com
AMEND
You may contact us at fortheloveofwanderlust@aol.com to amend or update your personal information.
FORGET
In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to fortheloveofwanderlust@aol.com
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Sensitive Personal Information
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes, but is not limited to, your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Children’s Information
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at fortheloveofwanderlust@aol.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Contact Information
At any time, please contact us at fortheloveofwanderlust@aol.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: June 8, 2018.
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