Privacy Policy
Passports and Pursuits (“the Blog”, “we”, “us”, “I”) is dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you on Passportsandpursuits.com (“website”) and how this information is used. The term “you” refers to anyone who visits, uses, and/or views the website.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IT IS USED
When you visit and access the website, you may provide personally identifiable information including but not limited to your first and last name, email address, mailing address, phone number, avatar image, and credit card information if you make a purchase on the website. Although we do not currently offer the purchasing of items on the website, this may change in the future.
This information is collected when you subscribe, complete a ‘contact us’ form, leave a comment on an article or any other page on the website, or engage on the website to communicate with us. We may collect, store, and transfer personal information about you and use it in the following ways:
– To operate and maintain Passports and Pursuits;
– To send you administrative emails;
– To send you information about Passports and Pursuits through newsletters. Please note that each newsletter will provide an opportunity for you to unsubscribe/opt-out of future mailings;
– To respond to comments or inquiries;
– To provide us with anonymized analytics of our user base to help us better cater to our content and any advertising;
Additionally, like many other websites, we collect certain information about you through Google Analytics. Google Analytics will track data about users that visit our website by storing cookies on your computers. Google will collect and provide us with information about your location, browsing history, pages visited, and other patterns related to your use of the website. We use this information to analyze user behavior and interests to better tailor our content to our audience and enhance your overall experience while you use our website.
Use of Cookies
The website may use cookies to enable your use of the website. Cookies are small files of data that are placed on your computer when you visit our site that collects information from visitors. This includes but is not limited to IP address, geographic location, operating system, date, and time of visits.
This information is used for analyzing trends and monitoring user behavior while you are on our site. If you would prefer to disable cookies in your browser, you may do so through your privacy settings on your browser.
Contact Forms
While on our site, you may choose to submit information through the website’s contact form to subscribe to our newsletter or to request information/general inquiries. The information provided will not be shared with third-parties.
Upon receiving your subscription, we may send you a free newsletter via email that promotes our content and use of the site. When this email is received, you will always have the opportunity to opt-out from receiving future communications. We will honor this opt-out request within 10 business days from the initial receipt in compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act. This opt-out can be found in the footer of our newsletter or email under “unsubscribe”.
Email Marketing
You have the option of opting in or subscribing to our email list to receive administrative emails, newsletters, updates, messages, and any other related content. We do not share, sell, or trade your email information with third parties and the collection of this information is solely used for the purposes listed above.
At any point, you may unsubscribe/opt-out from receiving future communications/ If you wish to no longer receive email messages from us, you can choose to opt-out by clicking the “unsubscribe” message in the bottom of the email. You may also contact us directly. We comply with the CAN-SPAM Act and will ensure that you are removed from receiving any future mailing within 10 business days from the initial receipt.
Comments
At the end of our articles and throughout the site, users have the opportunity to leave comments. All comments will be reviewed by Passports and Pursuits prior to being published on our website. Any comments that we deem to be spam or contain offensive content or language will not be published. To leave a comment, we require a first name and an email address.
Hyperlinks
Articles and blog posts throughout our site may include hyperlinks. We incorporate hyperlinks so that we can provide you resources for additional information on a particular topic. If you choose to click on any of this embedded content, you may be directed to a web page outside of passportsandpursuits.com. We accept no responsibility for the content and information included on these web pages that we hyperlink – they are provided as additional resources. We recommend and encourage you to carefully read the privacy statements and terms of use of the web pages that you are directed to.
Affiliate Links
We have no affiliate links at this time.
Third-Party Advertising
We have no Third-Party Advertising at this time.
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA?
We will not keep your information for longer than required to run our operation. If you provide your information through comments or by subscribing, we will keep your information until you request to be removed.
If at any point you want to access your personal information to view, update, amend, or delete, please email us at contact@passportsandpursuits.com.
Last date this policy was reviewed: May 31, 2020.
