Privacy Policies can be pretty heavy to get through, so I’ll summerise the main points first here, and go into the legalese a bit further on. You’re welcome!
GDPR
I take data safety very seriously. I will only use your data to improve your user experience on this website.
AFFILIATES DISCLOSURE
My website contains affiliate links to products and services that I know and love. If you decide to purchase using an affiliate link on my website, I get a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you.
I will only ever recommend you products I have purchased personally or products I’ve done a ton of research on and plan on purchasing.
I also recommend accommodation, tours and activities and many other travel services throughout my blog and the same goes here. I will always disclose this near the top of the web page, and I won’t recommend you purchase anything that I wouldn’t recommend to my mum.
I am a professional travel blogger. I don’t tend to accept freebies these days (except, you know, if Apple wanted to gift me a new desktop I’d totally be down with that) but if a business gifts me anything, I will always disclose this.
If I am paid by a business to write a review or provide social media coverage about their business, I will always disclose this.
I only work with businesses that are in line with my morals and values. I want to have incredible travel experiences, but I care about people, animals and the environment. I wil never promote a business, service or product that isn’t ethical.
I will never promote animal or wildlife tourism unless I have done my research and these businesses are enhancing the lives of animals.
If I am unsatisfied with a business or service, I do NOT recommend them. Even if they pay me a gazillion dollars, I won’t bullshit you.
To summerise: I’ll always be honest with you, recommend products and services I use and love, and only work with eco-concious busineses that echo my ethos.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising
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.