At Journeys and Jaunts, we believe very strongly in keeping your personal information confidential and secure. The following privacy policy describes what information we collect and how it is used and shared.

Journeys and Jaunts, found at https://www.journeysandjaunts.com (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.

GDPR Compliance:

  • We promise that we take data safety seriously and we use your private data only to offer a personalized experience.
  • We use cookies to track analytics as well to personalize ads.
  • We have never sold, we are not selling, and we will not sell any of your personal data provided to us.
  • All of our affiliates are GDPR compliant.
  • You have the right to:
    – be informed regarding how the 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
    – ask us to stop sending your newsletters

What Information Do We Collect?

Information Voluntarily Submitted to the Website by Readers: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address if you submit them personally. You may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment or subscribing to a newsletter. This is the only way we collect information. We do not search for these details. It is done voluntarily by you, our readers. You do not need to submit any voluntary information in order to use/read the website.

Cookies: Cookies are used on the website, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website. You are notified of the use of cookies as soon as you arrive on the site.

How Your Information May Be Used

  • In website operation and maintenance.
  • To send you newsletters. Each email promotion will provide an easy opt-out button.
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries.
  • To track and measure statistics/advertising on the Website.
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

Journeys and Jaunts currently uses the following third-party service providers:

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. We have anonymized our Google Analytics data and never look at non-aggregated data.

Information Regarding Children

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately. We will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Disclosure

Occasionally, we partner up with travel companies, brands, tourism boards, and other organizations to bring information and stories of our travel experiences to you. Sometimes, we receive complimentary products or sponsored hotel stays, tours, meals, etc. in exchange for our work with these brands. The nature of such a relationship will always be disclosed in the relevant blog or social media post.

Whether sponsored or not, Journeys and Jaunts will always share our own, unbiased opinions on the blog, writing truthfully and ethically about our experiences. We only endorse or support products or brands that we have personally used or experienced, and opt to work only with those brands or organizations that we feel would be beneficial to our readers.