Privacy Policy

We care about your privacy, and we have clarified how we collect and use information you have provided us through our services.

Who We Are

We are bloggers of travelers. Our aim is to create more travelers and to provide information to learn more about the world.

 

What Information We Collect

We collect information to provide better services to all of our users.

Information You Provide Us

We collect information that you provide us. Examples are:

  • Basic inforation about you
    Name, email address, phone number etc. that you provide us.
  • Content that you create
    For example, comments on post, pictures that you post etc.
  • Communications with us
    You may also provide us information when you respond to surveys, communicate with us about your inquiries etc.

Information We Collect as You Use Our Services

We also collect information about the browsers, and devices you use to access our website. Examples are:

  • Log information
    Examples are your browser type, IP address, unique identifiers, language preference, referring site, the date and time of access, operating system, and mobile network information. We collect log information when you use our services.
  • Activitity information
    Examples are terms you search, views and interactions with our content (which pages you have visited, which links you have clicked etc.).
  • Location information
    We may determine the approximate location of your device from your IP address.
  • Information from cookies
    A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. For more information about our use of cookies including how you can control the use of cookies, please visit cookies page of Jetpack (external link, https://jetpack.com/support/cookies/).

 

Why We Collect Data

We use the information we collect from all our services for the following purposes:

  • Provide and maintain our services
    We use your information to deliver and maintain our services, like processing the terms you search for in order to return results.
  • Further develop our services
    We use your information to understand more about our users and get insights for our new services and for our improvements that are useful for our users.
  • Communicate with you
    We use information we collect, like your email address, to interact with you directly. For example, we may inform you about our new services; if you contact us, we’ll keep a record of your request in order to help solve any issues you might be facing.
  • Measure performance
    We use data for analytics and measurement to understand how our services are used. We use a variety of tools to do this, including Google Analytics and Jetpack.
    Learn more: Google Privacy Policy (external link), Automatic Privacy Policy (external link, this company manages Jetpack)
  • Provide personalized services
    We use the information we collect to customize our services for you, including personalized content, personalized ads, and customized search results.
  • Protect users, us, and public
    We use information to protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of users, us, and public as required or permitted by law, and to enforce legal claims, including investigation of potential violations.

 

When We Share Information

We share information about you in the limited circumstances listed below.

  • Our team members
    We share information among our team members that manage our services to provide best services possible.
  • Third party vendors
    We provide information to other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us. For example we provide information to Google and Jetpack to analyze customer activities. We use Google Adsense to personalize ads.
    Learn more: Google Privacy Policy (external link), Automatic Privacy Policy (external link, this company manages Jetpack)
  • For legal reasons
    We may disclose information about you in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request.
  • Aggregated and De-Identified Information
    We may share information that has been aggregated or reasonably de-identified, so that the information could not reasonably be used to identify you. For instance, we may publish aggregate statistics about the use of our services.
  • With Your Consent
    We may share and disclose information with your consent or at your direction. For example, we may share your contact information and your name when you ask us to make reservation of a restaurant etc.

 

Information Shared Publicly

Information that you choose to make public is disclosed publicly; for example when you leave a comment in the post to make it public, it will be public (of course!).

 

How You Can Control Your Information

  • Limit the information you provide us
    Please keep in mind that if you do not provide information, certain features of our services–for example, if you do not provide us email address, we won’t be able to respond to your questions via emails.
  • Set your browser to reject cookies
    You can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies before using our websites, with the drawback that certain features of may not function properly.
    Learn more: cookies page of Jetpack (external link, https://jetpack.com/support/cookies/)
  • Delete information via pages
    You can delete information you have provided, like deleting comments you have posted.

 

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change our privacy policy from time to time. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page. If we make changes, we will notify you by keeping old version below, and in some cases, we may provide additional notice.

Change Log

Current privacy policy is our first version publicized on 16 May, 2018.