Who Am I/Impressum?
Welcome to Curiosity Saves Travel, owned and managed by Susanna Shankar, based in Vancouver, Canada
Curiosity Saves Travel, found at https://curiositysavestrave.com is governed by the following privacy policy. This Privacy Policy aims to inform you about what personally identifiable information the site may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
Disclosure
Curiosity Saves Tavel respects your personal space and privacy; as someone who doesn’t even like to receive hugs, I understand how frustrating it is to have your personal space and data violated. I will always respect your privacy and strive to be open and honest about the data I do collect and listen to you if you want me to remove your data.
I promise never to buy, sell, or trade your data with anyone. Any data you leave on this site will only be shared with my third-party processors and collectors.
Your data will only be stored for as long as needed and removed upon request.
You can and have the right to browse curiosiotysavestravel.com without providing personal information, such as your name and email.
You should only enter the information you are comfortable using to improve your experience on our site. This site will never collect personal data you from outside sources, such as public records.
By using this site, you agree to the information we collect, how it is shared, and the use of your data by our third parties.
Marketing
This website and certain posts may be monetized. I may be compensated by companies through advertising, paid work, sponsorships, and other means. I strive to ensure 3rd party companies I work with respect your privacy as much as I do; however, you should always check the individual policies of the companies I work with and promote.
I only work with companies I trust, use, value, and align with my mission statement.
I promise to always disclose on the individual pages where sponsorships or paid campaigns have taken place. Please note that by viewing these sponsored pages and posts, you are under no obligation to purchase products or book tours recommended by me to continue using my site. But I think I do a pretty good job weeding through shitty companies, and I hope that if you choose to purchase something I recommend, you will do so using my affiliate link at no additional cost to you, if and only if you like the company and their products.
Monumetric: I monetize through hosting ads provided by Monumetric. Read their T&C.
Affiliates
GetYourGuide: I recommend GetYourGuide for various tours and attractions. You can read their Privacy Policy here.
Viator: I recommend Viator for various tours and attractions. Read their policy.
SiteGround: This is the hosting platform for my website. Read about their T&C.
AvantLink: I suggest products such as Patagonia and REI through an aggregator called Avant. Read their privacy policy.
Mailer Lite: Upon subscribing to my newsletter, you are consenting to allow your information to be stored with Mailer Lite for email campaigns. Read their privacy policy.
Privacy and Data
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Voluntary Information
This site may collect and store the information you voluntarily submit. This may include personal information such as your name or email address while leaving comments, your details while subscribing to my newsletter and marketing campaigns, or contacting me via our contact form. All voluntary information you provide should only be done with your consent and if you are comfortable doing so. I promise never to hide or attempt to collect your data in a sneaky or hidden way.
Automatically Collected Information
Information that may automatically be collected when you land on my site includes your IP address, operating system, browser type when you accessed our site, who referred you, what you do while on the site and how you behave, and the links you clicked. This information is anonymous and only used for aggregated statistical purposes.
Comments
When you leave a comment on a post, your information, such as your name, will be stored and visible to others leaving comments. To prevent spam comments, your IP address and browser user agent may be recorded. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
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.
Contact forms
This site has a contact form. If you use it to contact me, I will be able to respond to your email address provided. I will not store or use this email for any other purpose other than to respond to your message. You will be notified if your email will be added to any list, and you will have the option to choose this for yourself. You can always email me personally instead of using the contact form.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. The login cookies will be removed if you log out of your account.
An additional cookie will be saved in your browser if you edit or publish an article. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
This site uses three types of cookies on this site:
Session cookies, expire as soon as you close your browser.
Permanent cookies, which stay on your browser until you choose to delete them.
3rd Party Cookies, collected by our 3rd parties, may send data to our 3rd parties.
You can alter your cookie settings in your browser. If you disable cookie use, some aspects of our site may not function fully, but it is within your right to do so.
Read additional information about this site’s Cookie use
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 exactly 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.
Analytics
This site collects data and analytics to better understand its users and audiences to provide a better experience. Analytics are anonymously collected and may contain the operating system, the time you accessed this site, how long you stayed, and what pages you viewed. This helps me better curate content that my readers find interesting.
How do I use the data this site collects?
The information you provide us may be used in the following ways:
- To provide me with anonymous analytics of our user base to provide catered content and advertising to our audience.
- To respond to your emails or questions.
- To respond to your comments.
- To track and measure ROI for marketing campaigns and affiliate links.
- To operate and maintain the website.
- To provide you with a seamless user experience based on your browser and operating system.
Who we share your data with
Third-Party Use of Information
Curiosity Saves Travel shares information and uses the following third-party companies:
Google Analytics. This site has authorized Google Analytics to track my traffic and website statistics. They may receive anonymous aggregated information such as your location, how you landed on our site, links clicked, you long you stayed on our site, and other statistics.
SiteGround. SiteGround is my hosting platform. They may receive your IP address, cookie information, and any data they need to ensure our website is visible and running to the public.
WordPress. WordPress is the company we use to create our online website. They may receive analytics data from you, such as your IP address, your name, and email if you comment on our posts and other data.
Social Warfare. Social Warfare is the company I use so you can share your favorite posts and articles. They collect data on what social media platforms you share our posts and the device used, what time it was shared, where it was shared, or how it was shared.
Akismet. Collects information about visitors who comment on my site through my anti-spam service. Information collected typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
Monumetric. Monumetric may collect data to show you relevant ads on my site. To opt out of this, you must deny cookie use on this site.
As of May 25th, 2018, all these third parties meet GDPR requirements. Please note that each of these 3rd parties may also have 3rd party companies they share with. Each company should have a privacy policy detailing more information about how they share your data. It is your responsibility to know and understand each company’s privacy policy and how it relates to you.
How long do we retain your data
I do not keep your information any longer than I have to. Information such as your name on public comments or your name and email in our mailing list may remain as long as Curiosity Saves Travel is online or until you ask to remove it. Much of the data this site collects is sent to be processed by our third-party companies. Please review their privacy policy for more details.
The comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely if you leave a comment. This is so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments 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 profiles. 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.
What rights do you have over your data?
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.
You have the right to
- KNOW: Ask and see what data this site collects on you.
- REMOVE: Ask to have your data removed
- EDIT: Ask me to edit any data I have on you.
- OPT-OUT: Opt out of any emails or newsletters.
- CONTACT: Email me at hello@curiositysaves.com if you are concerned with the data I use and collect on you. Opt-out of emails or newsletters.
- You may enter your email here to know what data this site has for you. You will then receive an email to confirm you would like this data. You will then be able to ask for your data to be removed or edited. [wpgdprc_access_request_form]
Privacy of Minors
Curiosity Saves Travel will never knowingly keep or collect data on underage minors. We ask that anyone under 16 refrain from leaving sensitive information on our website. If a parent or guardian believes we have such information about a minor, contact us immediately.
Sensitive Personal Information
Curiosity Saves Travel will never ask you for sensitive personal information, such as bank details, date of birth, personal ID numbers, race, ethnicity, background information, government information, or other sensitive data that may be used to harm your identity. Never provide this information or any information you are not comfortable sharing with our third parties or us.
Your contact information
If you have any questions about your privacy and the data this site collects, please email hello@curiositysaves.com