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Privacy Policy


General

  • This policy covers how TravelBlogger.net including its joint venture partners and affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (together called "TravelBlogger.net") treats personal information that it collects and receives in the course of providing goods and services to you relating to TravelBlogger.net. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
  • TravelBlogger.net will always be open and honest about the way in which we manage personal information.

Collection of Information

  • TravelBlogger.net collects personal information when you subscribe for or other otherwise use TravelBlogger.net products or services, when you visit TravelBlogger.net pages or the pages of certain TravelBlogger.net affiliates, and when you enter any promotions which may be offered.
  • When you subscribe we ask for information such as your name, e-mail address, and country of origin. Once you subscribe to TravelBlogger.net's products or services, you are not anonymous to us.
  • TravelBlogger.net will not collect information that you post on your Personal Travel Website other than the information described in this section. In particular, TravelBlogger.net will not collect information about your racial or ethnic origin, political views, membership, details about your health, or any other information considered sensitive.
  • TravelBlogger.net collects information about your transactions with us, including information about your use of financial products and services that we offer.
  • TravelBlogger.net automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP (Internet Protocol) address, TravelBlogger.net cookie information, and the page you request.
  • TravelBlogger.net monitors traffic patterns and site usage both to our site and to Personal Travel Websites to help us develop the design and layout of the TravelBlogger.net System, and to provide our users with information relating to access to their Personal Travel Websites (tm).
  • TravelBlogger.net may share the information which it collects from you with certain of its affiliates, and affiliates related to such affiliates, whose brands are associated from time to time with TravelBlogger.net products and/or services which we provide to you (Affiliates). All Affiliates with whom we share your information are required to conform with the terms of this Privacy Policy in the same manner as does TravelBlogger.net.

Use of Information and Your Privacy

  • TravelBlogger.net uses information for the following general purposes: to fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide information on our products and services or promotional activities.
  • We limit access to personal information about you to persons within or related to TravelBlogger.net who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. All such persons are subject to the same requirements of confidentiality and security as is TravelBlogger.net.
  • At times TravelBlogger.net may partner with another party to provide specific services, including credit card processing, and shipment of goods which you have ordered. When you use these services you will provide your name and other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
  • TravelBlogger.net will not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with, or permit access to cookies by, other people or companies except under the following circumstances:
  • To provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise TravelBlogger.net's legal rights or defend against legal claims;
  • Where we believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of TravelBlogger.net's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law;
  • To transfer information about you if TravelBlogger.net or its assets is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, TravelBlogger.net will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
  • TravelBlogger.net may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related site information to reputable third parties, but these statistics will never include personally identifying information.

Your Ability to Edit Your Account Information and Preferences

  • You can edit your TravelBlogger.net account information at any time;
  • You can opt out of receiving future communications on TravelBlogger.net products or promotional activities or you can unsubscribe by following instructions contained in the messages you receive;
  • We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the TravelBlogger.net service, such as service announcements, product use advice, administrative messages and newsletters, that are considered part of the service furnished to you by TravelBlogger.net, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.

Confidentiality and Security

  • Your TravelBlogger.net account information is password-protected.
  • In certain areas TravelBlogger.net uses industry-standard encryption technology to protect data transmissions.
  • TravelBlogger.net will take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we hold about you is protected from misuse and loss or from unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure. TravelBlogger.net will also take reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify your personal information when we no longer need it.

Surveys and Contests

  • At times TravelBlogger.net may request information from users through surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), demographic information (such as country of abode, age level), and opinions. Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. If consent is sought and granted, TravelBlogger.net may publish names of contest winners and their cities or towns of residence to ensure transparency in the contest process and for promotional purposes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of our products and services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

  • TravelBlogger.net may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your TravelBlogger.net account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, feel free to contact us.


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