Who we are
Our website address is: https://thetraveltale.com.
We do not collect, store or use any personally identifiable information related to your browsing of our website.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s 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.
Cookies
This website uses the default cookies used by WordPress for session and comments. The session cookies track a user’s session and the comment cookies may remember a commenter’s details.
If you leave a comment on our website 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 visit our website page, 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.
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.
It is your responsibility to take all necessary steps to independently verify and ascertain that any information you choose to rely on, access through or take action based upon this website is accurate, we are not responsible for your use of the information obtained from or accessed through this website. Any views expressed on this website are solely the personal views of the authors.
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.
What rights you have over your data
If you 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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Disclosure
This website may contain links to specific product or service websites. When you click on and/or make a purchase through a product or service link placed on our website, we may receive a small commission or other form of compensation at no additional cost to you.
We reserve the right to change, amend or modify this Privacy and Data Use Policy at any time. The effective date of the latest version is provided at the top of this page. It is your responsibility to check for updates. Continued use of the website after the Privacy Policy is amended will constitute your acceptance and agreement to continue to be bound by the Privacy Policy as of the last updated date.