Saving Adventures Privacy Policy
Last updated: 07/29/2023

Welcome to Saving Adventures, a travel blog dedicated to helping our readers discover new places and plan their next big adventure on a budget. Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy sets forth the practices for handling and securing your personal information.

This Privacy Policy describes how Saving Adventures (the “Site”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit savingadventures.com (the “Site”) or otherwise communicate with us (collectively, the “Services”). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “you” and “your” means you as the user of the Services, whether you are a website visitor, or another individual whose information we have collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access any of the Services.

Personal Information

We may collect personal information from you, such as your name, email address, and location, when you:

• Subscribe to our newsletter.

• Post comments or questions on our blog.

• Contact us via our online forms.

This means that we do not collect any personal information from you unless voluntarily provide it to us.

In addition to the specific uses set out above, we may use information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

Non-Personal Information

We may also collect non-personal information such as:

• Browser and device information.

• IP address.

• Information about your visit, including the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions taken in connection with Saving Adventures.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide you with our services and respond to your inquiries.

• Send you periodic newsletters if you opt-in.

• Monitor and analyze site usage and trends.

• Improve the functionality and content of our site.

Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers as required to deliver our services to you.

Cookies

Saving Adventures uses cookies to enhance user experience and analyze site usage. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Security

We employ reasonable security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Third-Party Links

Our site may contain links to other websites, products, or services. These third-party sites have their own privacy policies. Therefore, we have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these third-party sites. We encourage our visitors to read the privacy and security policies of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.

Google

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users.

We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.

We have implemented the following:

• Google Display Network Impression Reporting
• Demographics and Interests Reporting

We, along with third-party vendors such as Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

Opting Out

Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add-on.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:

• Users can visit our site anonymously.
• Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.
• Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can be easily found on the page specified above.
• Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page.

How does our site handle do not track signals?
We honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under 13.

Children’s Data

The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us at savingadventurestravel@gmail.com, to request that it be deleted.

As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we “share” or “sell” (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under 13 years of age.

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

To be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

• We will notify the users via in-site notification within 7 business days.

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

GDPR Rights
If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:

• We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: (a) you ask us to delete the information, (b) our decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) the Site decides that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the costs of retaining it.

• You have the right to request access your data that the Site stores and the right to either rectify or erase your personal data.

• You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.

• You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.

• To the extent that you provided consent to the Site’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.

• You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

Should you wish to have your information deleted, please email us here and submit a request.

Your Rights

You may unsubscribe from our newsletters at any time by following the instructions in the email. You may also request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information by contacting us here.

Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to update or change this Privacy Policy at any time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the “Last updated” date, and take any other steps required by applicable law. We encourage you to review it periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through this form.

Website: savingadventures.com