Who we are
Our website address is: http://ramblingvegantraveler.com
Who we are
The Rambling Vegan Traveler found at https://www.ramblingvegantraveler.com/(“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
I truly value and respect your privacy and am committed to protecting it. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you of what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. 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.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
- We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for you;
- 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.
- To improve my products and services.
- To run a promotion, contest, survey or other Site feature
Contact forms
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address when you voluntarily submit information to the Website or example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
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.
Analytics
Third-Party use of personal 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.
Mailchimp – 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 mailchimp’s privacy policy for further information.
Jetpack – this service is used to keep the Website secure. It contains state-of-the-art security tools that keep every bit of the website safe. Jetpack Protect allows protects the Website against traditional brute force attacks and distributed brute force attacks that use many servers against your site to help prevent the Website from getting hacked. Constant scanning leverages the same proprietary feed, alerting us quickly in the event the site is compromised.
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, 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.
Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
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.
Affiliate Marketing
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.
Rambling Vegan Traveler 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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We do not send or sell your data to anyone outside of what’s been listed in this privacy policy for this Website.
Your contact information
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at ramblingvegantraveler@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to ramblingvegantraveler@gmail.com.
Amend – You may contact us at ramblingvegantraveler@gmail.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 ramblingvegantraveler@gmail.com
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping 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 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 ramblingvegantraveler@gmail.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Disclaimer
I am not a travel agent, dietitian, nutritionist, doctor or nurse. I’m here to simply share what has worked for me on when it comes to vegan travel and a vegan lifestyle that will hopefully help others in their travel journey and vegan lifestyle. Please consult your doctor fully for any dietary changes or advice. I, Karen Robb, at Rambling Vegan Traveler is not held responsible for any health changes or dietary changes that you choose to make after reading information provided on this Website. It is at your discretion if you choose to make any changes.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
My passion is to provide original content on this Website. All my pages and content are my work and copyrighted. Please email me before using any information on my website. I do not authorize any reprints of my guides, lists, or travel resource information. If you wish to reprint them for something specific, ask first. If you like my website and items on my website and are inspired by them and want to share, I simply ask that you link back to my blog and give me proper credit.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By using this website, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this website. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
You may reach out to me at any time with questions at ramblingvegantraveler@gmail.com