This privacy notice for Type 1 Travelling (‘Company’, ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’), describes how and why we might collect, store, use and/or share (‘process’) your information when you use our services (‘Services’), such as when you:
- Visit our website at https:www.type1travelling.com
- Sign up to our electronic newsletter
- Leave a comment on one of our posts
Please be assured that at Type 1 Travelling we are committed to making sure that your privacy is protected.
Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].
Who is Type 1 Travelling?
Our website address is https:www.type1travelling.com.
What Personal Information We Collect and Why We Collect It
Automatic Collection of information
Like most website operators, our servers collect non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use the website.
We also collect potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for users leaving comments on our blog posts. We only disclose commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.
Collection of Personal Information
You may use this website without disclosing information that can identify you as a specific individual. However, visitors can choose to use features of the website that require us to gather personally-identifying information. This information can include your name and email address and is only collected if you leave a comment on a blog post, sign up to receive our electronic newsletter or fill out our contact form. In each case, we collect such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Type 1 Travelling. We do not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. Visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.
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. We use cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of our website, and their website access preferences. We may use
Type 1 Travelling visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers can set their browsers to refuse cookies, with the drawback that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of cookies. Cookies can also be deleted at any time.
Cookies may also be used by third party services, such as Google Analytics.
What We Use Collected Information For
The information that we collect both automatically and voluntarily may be used to:
- Operate the website and keep it running smoothly
- Respond to blog post comments or questions
- Send you our newsletter, which you can unsubscribe from at any time
- To protect, investigate and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity
Third Party Use of Information
We may use third parties to provide services for the website, and the use of your information is dependent on their respective privacy policies.
The third-party service providers that we currently use are:
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.
ConvertKit: This service is our newsletter provider and is used to send you our updates. Here is ConvertKit’s Privacy Policy for more information.
Akismet: This service is used to detect and remove spam and malicious comments. Here is Akismet’s Privacy Policy for more information.
Business Transfers
If Type 1 Travelling, or substantially all of its assets were acquired as the result of a merger, purchase or consolidation, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Type 1 Travelling may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
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.
Retention of Information
Comments and their 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 (if any), 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.
Google Analytics will retain Google-signals data for 26 months.
If you have submitted your name and email address to sign up for our newsletter, this information will be retained indefinitely so we can continue to provide you with updates until such time you unsubscribe from our list.
What Rights You Have Over Your Personal Information
You may opt out of receiving future updates by unsubscribing from our newsletter at any time.
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.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using this website, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a child and consent to such child dependant’s use of this website. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records.
Acceptance of Privacy Policy
By accessing and using this website, we understand that you agree with Type 1 Travelling’s Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not use our website.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change our Privacy Policy from time to time, and in our sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Contact
If you require any additional information or have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please email us at [email protected]
Last Updated: 21/04/2023