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Privacy Policy & Disclosure
I, Stephanie Mayo, here at The World As I See It – travel blog have your best interests at heart and am committed to safeguarding the privacy of my website visitors.
Disclosure
I want to thank you for visiting my site and hope you enjoy reading my blog. But please remember that any practical information given (even though correct at the time of writing) can change, so it’s always best to double check.
All information provided is to help inspire you to travel and get out and explore. I am not providing you with medical, legal or any other professional advice. The use of any information from my blog is only a suggestion and information should always be double checked.
Occasionally I may be offered products or services for free or at a discounted price. I will always give my honest opinion and experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
Occasionally I accept guest posts. The views and opinions expressed in these articles are entirely the author’s own.
Privacy Policy
Policy Last updated: May 16, 2018
I, Stephanie Mayo operate https://ladystravelblog.com. By using the site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
What and when do I collect personal information from the people that visit my website?
I collect personal information when you volunteer your name and/or email for the purposes of following my blog via newsletter or through social media websites. If you respond to a survey, comment on a blog post or otherwise enter information on this site, information is collected.
Data may also be collected for purposes of analytics. Please see below for further information about this type of data.
How do I use your information?
I may use the information collected from you by personalizing your experience, to improve the website in order to better serve you, to administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature and/or to send periodic emails regarding the site or other products and services.
Be aware I will NEVER sell or trade your information, and if at any time you want to unsubscribe from any email communication, you can do so by using the link at the bottom of each email.
I may use your information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information. I will always get your consent first, before doing so.
Protecting your information
The security of your personal information is important to me, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While I strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, I cannot guarantee its absolute security, although I use tools to see it as secure as possible.
In the event of a breach, you will be notified within 72 hours.
Information collected through social media sites are governed by their own set of privacy policies and I encourage you to read those before engaging.
‘Cookies’
Like many site operators, I collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit this site. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your browser, if you allow it. Cookies are used for authentication, status, security, personalization, advertising and analytics. This data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of the site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. In addition, I may use third-party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze this.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent or you can choose to turn off all cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies can have a negative effect on the usability of my website.
This 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.
Jetpack
This service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Jetpack’s privacy policy for further information.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.
Akismet Anti-Spam
To better protect my site, I use Akismet Anti-Spam to filter out spam comments. By May 25, Akismet Anti-Spam will be in compliance with GDPR. Until then it has mentioned that “the only information sent to Akismet when a comment is tested for spam is information that the commenter provided: their name, email address, site URL, and comment (plus other non-personal information like the current time, etc.). This information is not transferred to any non-Akismet servers.” I will be updating this section once I hear more about how Akismet Anti-Spam is compliant. This applies only for my contact forms.
Commenting on Site
In order to comment on any of my blog posts, you are required to include your name (real or alias), email, and website. But your email will not be visible (on site) to the public.
Retaining and deleting data
Personal data shall not be kept longer than is necessary for that purpose. The period of retention is 14 months unless otherwise stated.
You can request a copy of the data I have collected from you by emailing me at theworldasiseeit.travelblog {at} gmail {dot} com. You can also request the deletion of data by contacting me as well.
You have rights under data protection, including the right to access, rectification, erasure, restrict processing, object to processing, data portability and withdraw consent.
Third party/ Affiliate Links
Occasionally I may include or offer third party products or services on this website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. I, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.
I will always disclose, under best blogging practices, affiliate links, posts, and other content.
Contacting me
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact me at theworldasiseeit.travelbog [at] gmail [dot] com.
Copyright – Stephanie Mayo and The World As I See It 2018.
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material (text, graphics, photos, etc) without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Stephanie Mayo and The World As I See It with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
I reserve the right to update or change this Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically.
This document was created using the assistance of a template from SEQ Legal.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
