Privacy Policy

Last updated April 26, 2020.

A Couple Days Travel is committed to protecting the privacy of users. Please remember that A Couple Days Travel is a part-time blogging project. Most of the data we collect is done in the background for the purpose of making the website faster or is voluntary on your part. If you are asked at any time to provide personal information, it will be collected and used in accordance with this policy.

When using the A Couple Days Travel website the information below refers to how we collect, use and protect private user information. By using the website you are agreeing to the policy below. If you do not want to agree to these terms, you must discontinue use of the website.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

You can browse and use A Couple Days Travel without disclosing any personal information. A Couple Days Travel does not collect personal information such as names or contact information unless it is voluntarily supplied by you. By volunteering information, you are agreeing to these privacy terms. If you do not willingly provide this information, A Couple Days Travel will not store it.

Comments

When you leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

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

If you choose to provide your information via our contact forms for questions and newsletter, we will collect the information that you provide us and store it securely. We will not sell or trade this information and it will be used solely by A Couple Days Travel. We will only use this information in the way that you authorized when providing it.

Cookies

We do use cookies on our site to better understand how we can make A Couple Days Travel better for you. Most web browsers allow you to allow or deny cookies. We ask that you allow the use of cookies on this website as it allows us to analyze what users like and want improved. We would love for you to help us continue improving our site by using cookies. Cookies give us no personal information about you nor do they allow us to know any information about your computer use outside of this site.

We use third party advertisers and sales to financially support our site. These websites use cookies for targeted advertising. Once you click on these links, you are entering the third party website and agreeing to the third party websites cookie usage. 

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving 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 you 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 also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

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.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to track the number of visitors so that we can better understand how to create quality content and deliver it to you. Some of the information we receive from Google Analytics include the date and time of your site visit and what website you linked to A Couple Days Travel from (ex: Google, Facebook, etc.). We review data from Google Analytics about how you interact with the website such as link clicks and page views.

This information does not include sensitive or personal data. This information may be referred to other third party sources such as Google Search Console, Monster Insights, OptIn Monster and other statistical tool for statistical purposes. A Couple Days Travel may add or remove third party providers at its discretion that receive statistical information only. At this time, no third party providers receive user personal information.

If you have any questions on how this information is used by third party vendors, you must visit their website and review their privacy information.

Information of Children

We do not knowingly collect or store information of anyone under the age of 18. This website is not designed to attract the attention of minors. All users under the age of 18 should have permission of their guardian before using the site.

What we do with your data

We are continuously striving to improve our site and provide you with more quality content. The data that we collect goes primarily to understanding what aspects of the site you like best and what aspects could be improved. We also use your data, if you’ve volunteered it, to contact you regarding questions, comments or additional information. The rest of the data we collect is used to comply with the law and operate and maintain our site.

Who we share your data with

Your personal information is used and maintained solely by A Couple Days Travel. We do not share your data with any third party unless required by law to do so.

Your aggregate statistical data is used and maintained by third party providers and is shared based on their policies.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its 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.

What rights 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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Third Party Links

This website contains links to third party websites. Once you leave A Couple Days Travel website, the privacy policy of the third party is applied and A Couple Days Travel is no longer responsible for your privacy.

Our third party links are intended to help you find related information easily. However, A Couple Days travel does not control the accuracy or reliability of the information provided on third party websites. Therefore, A Couple Days Travel is not responsible for any losses incurred as a result of links on A Couple Days Travel website.

How we protect your data

We have taken every reasonable effort to protect your personal information and we are committed to continuously improving our site to ensure that your data remains safe.

At no time will A Couple Days Travel ask for your sensitive personal information such as your social security number. You should not provide this data.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy or feel your privacy has in any way been infringe upon by this site, please contact us at acoupledaystravel@gmail.com.