Faraway Dispatches found at https://www.farawaydispatches.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
I strongly believe in keeping your personal information confidential. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you which personally identifiable information I collect and how it may be used. This Privacy Policy only applies to this Website.
WHAT INFORMATION DO I COLLECT?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: I 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, or subscribing to a newsletter.
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.
Automatically-Collected Information: I automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, I will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. I may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: I may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. I may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalised experience on the Website. No personal information is stored in these cookies and addresses — it’s simply a way to identify your computer.
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 had 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
I may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- 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 enquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity.
HOW LONG DO I RETAIN YOUR DATA FOR?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
WHERE DO I SEND YOUR DATA?
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
I may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorise me 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.
Mail Chimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. I store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time at the Website’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, I will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, I may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of my business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of my assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganisation proceeding brought by or against me.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, I may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.
You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account.
Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customise Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
ADVERTISING
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. Only products and services I have actually used, and rate high, will be recommended or linked. 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.
Faraway Escapes is a participant in the Booking.com affiliate program, a program that provides a means for us to earn commissions by linking to affiliated sites and products. For more information, please see Booking.com’s Privacy Policy.
This site participates in the Awin affiliate partner program. Our pages may contain advertisements and links to the sites run by Awin through which we can earn referral fees. Awin uses cookies to trace the origin of the orders. As a result, Awin can detect that you clicked the affiliate link on our website. To obtain more information about how Awin uses your data, see the Awin privacy policy.
Faraway Dispatches participates in the TravelPayouts affiliate partner program. Our pages may contain advertisements and links to the sites run by TravelPayouts through which we can earn referral fees. Awin uses cookies to trace the origin of the orders. As a result, TravelPayouts can detect that you clicked the affiliate link on our website. To obtain more information about how TravelPayouts uses your data, see the TravelPayouts privacy policy.
Faraway Dispatches is a supporter of Bookshop.org. They are a fantastic initiative which supports independent bookshops. If you make a purchase from a referral link on this site, or from one of Faraway Dispatches booklists on Bookshop.org, Bookshop.org will uses cookies to trace the order. You can find more information about how Bookshop.org uses your data, in their Privacy Policy.
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 for 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. This behaviour will not be passed on to third parties.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in my emails. You may also notify me at hello@farawaydispatches.com to be removed from my mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information I have about you by submitting a request to hello@farawaydispatches.com.
Amend – You may contact me at hello@farawaydispatches.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that I erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to hello@farawaydispatches.com.
Please note that I may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping 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 me immediately at hello@farawaydispatches.com and I will use my best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact me at hello@farawaydispatches.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.