Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 8, 2023

Who we are

Our website address is: https://thetravelingsomething.com

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

When you accept or reject our cookie policy in the banner, we set up a cookie with your response to avoid asking you for cookie consent on subsequent visits. This cookie contains no personally identifiable information and expires in 1 year.

Cookies are also used for our site analytics.

Cookies are used to track our affiliate commissions when you click certain links on the site. By keeping cookies enabled, you help fund this site.

Analytics

Our site uses Google Analytics to analyze usage over time. By using our site you agree to the use of cookies, identifiers for mobile devices (e.g., Android Advertising Identifier or Advertising Identifier for iOS), or similar technology used to collect data. To learn more about how Google collects and processes data see the site “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services”, located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

Affiliate program participation

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. When you purchase items through links on this site, I may earn an affiliate commission.

Note The Traveling Something has financial relationships with some of the merchants mentioned on this blog. The Traveling Something may be compensated if consumers choose to utilize the links located throughout the content on this site and generate sales for the said merchant. You are not obligated to click on any link or buy any products that are advertised.

The Traveling Something participates in affiliate programs to earn commissions. Affiliate programs work by having tracking links on the site. When you click on such a link, a cookie is embedded in your browser to track sales for commissions. You are under no obligation to click any links or to make any purchases.

Participation in such affiliate programs helps support The Traveling Something.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

What we collect

Your name and website URL
Email address and other contact info only when you voluntarily provide it
Anonymous tracking information for Google Analytics to track website usage
Other information provided voluntarily via forms and contacting us

Email Newsletters

We only use your email to send you a message if you request that we do so via a subscription form. On this site, you will see forms that ask for your first name and email address. If you do choose to enter this information, we will send you emails including updates on new posts, whatever special offer you requested, and other special content Sender.net is our email service. You can read more in their privacy policy. We NEVER share your email with anyone other than our email provider Sender.net. You can unsubscribe from all of our emails at any time.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Some service providers we use can access your data for essential services provided

Sender.net for managing our email lists
Our hosting service Bluehost can see your IP address and maintains site backups
We store site backups in a secure Dropbox account

Other than that, The Traveling Something does not share your data. We never sell your data or share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How we protect your data

Access to your data, contact information, etc. is restricted only to administrators of the site who are required to have strong credentials.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may need to update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes to this policy by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.