This Privacy and Spam Policy (the “Policy”) describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from https://semibudgettravel.com (the “Site”).
By using our site, you consent to our online Privacy & Spam Policy.
Semi-Budget Travel is deeply committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our Site, subscribers to our newsletters, and those providing contact information. We have built up this Policy with the end goal that you should see how we gather, utilize, impart, reveal, and make utilization of individual data. In addition, Semi-Budget Travel is opposed to unauthorized commercial e-mail delivery, otherwise known as spam. Please read the following Policy to understand how your personal information is treated. From time to time, Semi-Budget Travel may offer new information or services that may affect this Policy. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Policy, please send an e-mail to semibudgettravel@gmail.com. Spam abuses can be notified at semibudgettravel@gmail.com.
This site is intended for a United States audience. If you access this site from outside the U.S., you acknowledge, agree, and consent that any information you provide, including any personal information, will be transferred to and processed by a computer server located within the U.S., and subject to U.S. laws and regulations. Further, if you access this site from outside the U.S., you acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local or national laws, rules, or regulations applicable to such use.
We do not intentionally target people in the EU as readers of our blog, e-mail list subscribers, or as customers for our products. However, we are still taking the following steps to protect the privacy of all of our readers and customers. We will continue to do our absolute best to always consider the privacy of our valued readers and customers.
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and California Civil code § 1798.83 provide certain rights to California residents, including the right to request information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for marketing purposes. To request such information, please contact us as described below. Semi-Budget Travel does not sell (as is defined in the CCPA) the personal information we collect, and will not sell it without providing a right to opt out.
We are focused on committing to these standards with a specific end goal to guarantee that the privacy of individual data is secure and maintained.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT & HOW IS IT USED?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Site: We may collect personal information from you, such as your name or e-mail address. For example, you may voluntarily submit personal information to Semi-Budget Travel by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. In addition, upon making certain purchases described herein, we may ask you to create a user profile, which would allow you to create an username and password. We will store the username, but your password will not be visible in our records.
Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. For example, if you use a third-party software through the site, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access Semi-Budget Travel. For example, when you use Semi-Budget Travel, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, the dates/times when you accessed the Site, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we may also collect information about actions you take when using Semi-Budget Travel, such as links clicked, individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. 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 Site.
Log Files: Log files track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
Web Beacons, Tags, and Pixels: Web beacons, tags, and pixels are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
The following list includes examples of specific ways we collect personal information from our Site visitors and the type of information collected:
Electronic Newsletter: To register online for (subscribe to) our electronic newsletters, we request the following required information: (i) e-mail address, and (ii) first name. The provision of an e-mail address is mandatory in order to receive our newsletter. When you provide your e-mail address to us for this purpose, we will add you to our e-mail list, and you will occasionally be sent an e-mail with a broad range of topics, including, but not limited to, travel, family life, and more. You can opt-out at any time by using the unsubscribe link on all of our e-mails.
Online Purchases: When you purchase a product from Semi-Budget Travel, we utilize a third-party online shopping system, which is described more fully below. To process your payment, certain standard required information includes address and credit card information. Transactions are secured via SSL encryption and credit card details will never be e-mailed. Credit information is purged from our systems on a regular basis.
HOW YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE USED
Semi-Budget Travel may use your personal information in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Site;
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the Site, and customize the Site to your account;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each e-mail newsletter will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings by unsubscribing;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative e-mails, confirmation e-mails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure Site performance;
- To process payment for purchases you make through Semi-Budget Travel;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity, potential risk, or fraud;
- To review the effectiveness of our marketing programs and analyze other general demographic trends;
- To notify you of new information or services that may be of interest to you; or,
- To send promotional materials.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
DOES SEMI-BUDGET TRAVEL SHARE MY INFORMATION?
Semi-Budget Travel never has and never will sell our e-mail list.
Semi-Budget Travel will not share, rent, or sell your personally identifiable information with third-parties. We may, however, share your information with third-parties when we are authorized to share such information.
Additionally, Semi-Budget Travel may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Site. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policy. Semi-Budget Travel currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Tracking: Semi-Budget Travel uses various marketing tools that help us create a better user experience for people visiting our site. These tools allow us to look at aggregated data such as scrolling patterns, clicks, and allow us to run tests to determine which pages result in the best actions. Occasionally we have sponsored posts and sponsored content on our site. The companies that advertise on our site will often have their own tracking code that we add to each sponsored post. We also have affiliate links on our site. These links allow tracking of clicks on certain links, and if you purchase something using these links, we earn a commission at no cost to you. We use the following third-party service providers for tracking, and we will update this list as necessary:
Google Analytics: Privacy Policy / Opt-out
Google: Privacy Policy
Gravatar: Privacy Policy
Amazon: Privacy Policy
Remarketing: Semi-Budget Travel uses remarketing tracking cookies and conversion pixels from vendors such as Google and Facebook to present special offers to you for our products or services over the Google Content Network and via social networks. This means you may see an ad for one of our products or services as a result of visiting our Site. In addition, Semi-Budget Travel uses custom audiences based on e-mails of subscribers and customers. This allows us to present special offers for our products and services to you via Facebook. However, your personally identifiable information is not used by any remarketing service other than to present you special offers from us. We use the following third-party service providers for remarketing:
Facebook: Opt-out of Facebook remarketing here / Privacy Policy / More Opt-out info here
Google: Opt-out of Google remarketing here / More Opt-out info here
Newsletters: Semi-Budget Travel uses MailerLite as its e-mail service provider. MailerLite collects contact information, distributes our newsletter, and tracks actions you take that assist us in measuring the performance of the Site and newsletters. Our newsletters contain tracking pixels. This pixel is embedded in e-mails and allows us an analysis of the success of our newsletters. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an e-mail and which links within the e-mail you click. This behavior is not passed to third-parties. All data submitted at the time of subscription to our newsletter is stored on MailerLite’s servers. You may access MailerLite’s Privacy Policy here. At any time, you may be removed from our newsletter list by clicking on the unsubscribe button provided in each e-mail.
Surveys: Periodically, we may invite you to complete a voluntary survey. All surveys are completed through Survey Monkey. All survey responses may be submitted anonymously, and only your IP address is stored. You may voluntarily enter your name and e-mail address. All data submitted through Survey Monkey is stored on their servers and is subject to the Survey Monkey Privacy Policy.
Giveaways: From time to time, Semi-Budget Travel will host giveaways, which are hosted through Rafflecopter. If you elect to participate in a giveaway, you will be required to submit personal information to register and login. You may also receive e-mail communications regarding the giveaway. All information submitted for your participation is stored by the software hosting the giveaway. Please consult their individual privacy policies.
Rafflecopter: Privacy Policy
Contact Information and Site Support: We offer multiple ways to contact Semi-Budget Travel, including contact forms and e-mails. If, at any time, you attempt to contact us through a contact form, the information you provide will be stored on the respective servers.
Comments: Semi-Budget Travel uses WordPress to make it easy for you to leave comments on blog posts. When visitors leave comments on the site, 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 e-mail 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: Gravatar Privacy Policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Personal information that you enter for comments will be stored on the WordPress servers, in accordance with the WordPress Privacy Policy.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in Semi-Budget Travel’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, or to otherwise protect our rights, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your e-mail address(es) or other personal information without your consent.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you create an user profile on Semi-Budget Travel or leave a comment on Semi-Budget Travel, certain information may be publicly visible.
COOKIES
Semi-Budget Travel uses cookies to: save your name, e-mail address, and website when you leave a comment; store visitors’ preferences; record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit; ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads; or customize our content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
At any time, you may prevent the setting of cookies by the Site, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of Semi-Budget Travel may be entirely usable.
WHAT IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO THIS POLICY?
We may update this Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. If we change our Policy, we will post those changes on our privacy page at https://semibudgettravel.com/privacy-policy/.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Opt-out: You may opt-out of future e-mail communications by following the unsubscribe links in our e-mails. You may also notify us at semibudgettravel@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access: 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 may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to semibudgettravel@gmail.com.
Amend: You may contact us at semibudgettravel@gmail.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget: In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to semibudgettravel@gmail.com.
Please note that we may be obliged to retain certain information for administrative recordkeeping, legal, or security purposes, or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to Semi-Budget Travel. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Policy.
DATA RETENTION
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on our Site (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). Site administrators can also see and edit that information. When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
Semi-Budget Travel does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian believes that Semi-Budget Travel has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 18 in its database, please contact us immediately at semibudgettravel@gmail.com, and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
SPAM POLICY
Semi-Budget Travel is strongly opposed to spam. We will only send e-mail to users that have explicitly requested to receive an e-mail from Semi-Budget Travel. Examples may include:
- Opt-in subscribers to the Semi-Budget Travel Newsletter
- Users that complete a contact form
- All communication will be related and relevant to what you have requested.
WEB LINKS
Semi-Budget Travel contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Semi-Budget Travel is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy and spam policies of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This Policy applies solely to information collected by Semi-Budget Travel.
DATA PROTECTION
We will protect individual data by security shields against misfortune or burglary and also unapproved access, divulgence, duplicating, use, or alteration.
HOW DO I CONTACT SEMI-BUDGET TRAVEL?
If you have any further questions or comments regarding the Semi-Budget Travel Site or this Policy, you may contact us by e-mail at semibudgettravel@gmail.com.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on our Site.
Changes to This Privacy and Spam Policy
If we decide to change this Policy, we will post those changes on this page and/or update the Policy modification date below.
This Policy was last modified on May 12, 2020.
If there are any questions regarding this Policy, you may contact us at semibudgettravel @ gmail . com [please remove the spaces].
See also: Disclosure Policy, Website Terms & Conditions of Use
STARTS WITH
A GREAT BUDGET!
ALL GREAT SEMI-BUDGET TRAVEL
It's easy! I will show you how with a FREE trip planning tool.
