DISCLOSURE
Please note that Best Traveled Babe has financial relationships with some of the merchants mentioned on this blog. We may be compensated if consumers choose to utilize the links located throughout the content on this site and generate sales for the said merchant. We are compensated for certain paid links and advertisements on this blog. You are not obligated to click on any link or buy any products that are advertised.
Per FTC guidelines, this website may be compensated by companies mentioned through advertising, affiliate programs, or otherwise. Any references to third party products, rates, or websites are subject to change without notice. Please do the appropriate research before participating in any third party offers.
Best Traveled Babe is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Information presented on this site is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not meant to be taken as travel, medical, or financial advice. The views expressed on this website are personal opinions only and should not be construed as advice for your given situation. While all attempts are made to present accurate information, it may not be appropriate for your specific circumstances and information may become outdated over time.
GDPR COMPLIANCE
Best Traveled Babe uses cookies to track analytics to personalize ads. These cookies are shared with our advertising company, Google AdSense. By collecting your private data, we are able to offer a personalized experience. We take data safety very seriously and will only use your data for this experience.
We use Mailchimp to send e-mail notifications. You are free to opt-out of these e-mails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the e-mail or by e-mailing us. We also use Google Analytics for analyzing our website traffic. If you provided your name, it will only be used to personalize our e-mails to you.
We have not, nor will we ever, sell any of your personal data provided to us. We also confirm that all of our affiliates are GDPR compliant.
As a viewer, you have the right to:
- Be informed regarding how data is collected and used
- Have access to the data about you
- Ask us to change the data about you
- Ask us to delete the data about you
- Unsubscribe from our e-mail notifications
Best Traveled Babe abides by GDPR regulations, so if you wish to have your information removed and you are a resident of the EU, please contact us. We will gladly modify or remove your information, comments, and/or e-mail addresses from our lists. We do not retain secondary copies of this information. Once you opt-out of communications, you will be permanently removed.
PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy provides information about the personal information that this website collects and the ways in which this website uses that personal information.
Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Best Traveled Babe may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from August 13, 2020.
What we collect
We collect information from you when you subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, or participate in a contest. You may be asked to enter your name or email address. You may, however, also visit our website anonymously. Some information we may collect include:
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences, and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
The information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
- To personalize your experience
- We may use the information to improve our content, services, and website
- To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided (you will always have an opportunity to unsubscribe)
We do not sell or trade personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising or other uses.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer a better site experience and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf, except to help us conduct and improve our business.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.
This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Advertising
Some of our advertisers occasionally serve you cookies as well. We do not have control over cookies placed by advertisers. We may use advertising service vendors to help present advertisements on the website. These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have shown by browsing on this and other sites you have visited, to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending you duplicate advertisements. In doing so, these vendors may collect nonpersonal data such as your browser type, your operating system, web pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data.
The use of cookies, web beacons or similar technologies by these advertising service vendors is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours, and Service Provider disclaims all liability in connection therewith.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us.
- We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
OPTING OUT
By using our website, you consent to our website privacy policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here. You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking here.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us.