Privacy Policy for The Travel Author

On occasion at The Travel Author, I will work with Travel related companies to review their products. I may receive compensation for my involvement in the form of free flights or products, accommodation and tours. I will always give my honest opinion to the readers of The Travel Author in relation to these experiences.

At The Travel Author, accessible from www.thetravelauthor.com, one of my main priorities is the privacy of my visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by The Travel Author and how I use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact me.

This Privacy Policy applies only to my online activities and is valid for visitors to my website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in The Travel Author. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

By using my website, you hereby consent to my Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information I collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point I ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact me directly, I may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send me, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, I may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How I use your information

I use the information I collect in various ways, including to:

Provide, operate, and maintain my website
Improve, personalize, and expand my website
Understand and analyze how you use my website
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
Communicate with you, either directly or through one of my partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
Send you emails
Find and prevent fraud

Log Files

The Travel Author follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, The Travel Author uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies” from Cookie Consent.

Google is one of a third-party vendor on my site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to my site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Agoda affiliate disclosure

At The Travel Author, I am a participating member of the Agoda Affiliate Program.

The Travel Author includes accommodation recommendations in the majority of my destination guides, ultimately trying to help my readers find the perfect place to stay based on my experiences.

If you do click through one of my Agoda links and proceed with an accommodation booking, I will receive a small commission made from that booking and at no extra cost to you whatsoever.

My Advertising Partners

Some of advertisers on my site may use cookies and web beacons. My advertising partners are listed below. Each of my advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of The Travel Author.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on The Travel Author, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that The Travel Author has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

The Travel Author’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, I am advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.

Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.

Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you make a request, I have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact me.

http://g.ezoic.net/privacy/thetravelauthor.com/annualRequestSummary

I would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. I may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that I correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that I complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that I erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that I restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to my processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that I transfer the data that I have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, I have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact me.

Children’s Information

Another part of my priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. I encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

The Travel Author does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on my website, I strongly encourage you to contact me immediately and I will do my best efforts to promptly remove such information from my records.

Images

All images used on this site are either taken by myself, or I own the right to use. I am a member of Canva Pro, and often use images that are available for my use from Canva. These images require no attribution due to the license issued to me when I download them using my account.

I never source images from any other website or social media outlet.

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