This is the page where the law tells us we need to put in writing that we are a trustworthy operation that won’t use and abuse your personal data. If you’ve stumbled on our blog or socials, hopefully you believe that already. If not, let us convince you with this not-at-all legally required, painfully boring written assurance of such. Get your popcorn, friends; it’s about to get riveting.
The Everyday Explorist (also: “the blog”, “we”, “our”, “us”, “theeverydayexplorist.com”, “the/our website/site”) is dedicated to protecting your privacy. You can access our website theeverydayexplorist.com with no disclosure of your personal information.
A full disclosure of how we gather, use, and protect your personal information is outlined below. By using this site, you agree that you have read, understand, and will abide by our super interesting Privacy Policy. There are no pop quizzes around here, so by way of using our blog, you attest that you have read and agree to this policy. The Everyday Explorist takes no responsibility for user failure to read these policies. If you are not comfortable with the Privacy Policy, hit the X at the top of your screen and do not continue to access The Everyday Explorist website. (sorry, wah wah).
Information Gathering & Disclosure
When you access our site, you can do so without any disclosure of your personal information. The only time your personal data is collected is when you willingly provide it to us. Specifically, your information may be collected when you:
- Opt-in to an email, newsletter or other contact list or opt-in link. The information gathered is limited to what you provide in the form, typically including name, and email.
- Complete a transaction directly on this site. Information gathered may include your name, and billing and payment information.
- Comment anywhere on this blog. Comments can include personal data such as name, email, location, and any additional information you voluntarily disclose. By posting a comment, you do so knowing it may be read, collected and/or used by others. I have no control over the information you provide so comment at your own risk.
The Everyday Explorist reserves the right to use personal data voluntarily provided by you. This information collected may be used to:
- run, maintain and/or improve this website.
- deliver the information, products, communication and/or services you request.
- process requested transactions and respond with follow-up items such as purchase confirmation and/or receipt of transaction.
- communicate website information such as promotions, updates, news, events, surveys, releases, security alerts, technical notes and/or messages matching your interests.
- to respond to your comments.
- analyze the traffic, patterns, and usage of this website.
The Everyday Explorist is committed to protecting any personal information you provide. This is not a shadow operation to obtain your personal info to sell on the dark web. As such, we will not sell, trade, or rent your personal identifiable information to other parties. We may share limited information with partners who assist us with website operations, (such as web hosting and email marketing services) so long as that information is kept confidential. Additionally, this blog does not automatically log identifying information about people who visit this blog. The Everyday Explorist does utilize IP address information to gather statistics about site traffic, use and patterns, however this does not include any personally identifiable information. No personal identifying information is collected from third party sources.
Protection of Children’s Privacy
The Everyday Explorist Blog does not knowingly target any person under the age of 18. In addition, we do not knowingly seek, collect, or store information from any known person under the age of 18. If you believe we have unknowingly captured the personal data of any person under the age of 18, please contact us at theeverydayexplorist@gmail.com for prompt removal.
If anyone under the age of 18 is reading this page, please do not use, provide, click through, opt in, or use any of the public comment functions to share any personal information. This would include information on your name, location, email address, screenname, address, and social media links. We like kids, but don’t court them and really don’t want to deal with angry parents.
Use of Cookies
Similar to most websites, our website utilizes a standard technology called “cookies.” I really wish this section was about tasty, delicious cookies, but sadly it’s not. The cookies we’re referencing are tiny files that a site stores through your web browser that allows the site to keep and retain certain information about how our site is used. Cookies help us compile site traffic and interaction information to continually improve what we do here. Information collected through cookies may include IP address, pages viewed, dates and time of visits and other information. Cookies are optional. To opt out, just chase down your internet service provider for help.
Third Party Use of Cookies
The Everyday Explorist may use limited third-party services we trust to capture information from cookies on our behalf. Some content such as advertisements on our site are served by third parties. These parties may use cookies and/or other technology to collect information about you when you access our website. Information collected may include personal information and may be used to provide you with targeted content that matches your interests. The Everyday Explorist has no control over how this information is obtained or used. Questions about third party cookie use and/or targeted content should be directed to the responsible party, which is not us.
Data Protection
The protection of your information is important to us. Ok, so we’re not security experts, but we do use reasonable measures to ensure the safety of your data. We limit the personal information we request and utilize regular malware scanning to protect the information provided to us. In addition, we try not to partner with shady third-party operators. The interwebs are complicated however, so this is our disclaimer that we can’t 100% guarantee security against technological hackers, viruses, or other online criminal jackasses.
Third Party Links
The Everyday Explorist site contains links to other websites. This blog is not responsible for the privacy practices of any other site. Users are encouraged to review the privacy statements of any other site you interact with as this privacy policy applies only to theeverydayexplorist.com.
Affiliate Disclaimer
The Everyday Explorist has affiliate partnerships with companies mentioned on our site. As such, if you click on or make a purchase through the links on this site, The Everyday Explorist may earn a commission income at no expense to you. More on this ad nauseum in our Disclosure Policy.
The Everyday Explorist Privacy Policy applies only to our blog and does not cover any third parties we partner with. We assume no liability for the practices of these sites. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy of any site you engage with. If you have a negative experience related to data use and protection or any site we partner with, we welcome you to reach out to us with that feedback and we’ll reconsider future partnerships.
Transactional Information
Your personal information will be collected if you purchase a service or product from us. This may include your name, email address and billing and payment information. Payments on our site are processed by reputable third-party processors such as PayPal. For information on their privacy policies, please contact that vendor directly.
Changes
As laws are annoying, prone to change and seeking to regulate everything, we’ll probably be stuck revising our Privacy Policy at some point. The most recent date of revision will be included at the top of the policy. By accessing our site, you consent to being bound by the most recent version of our Privacy Policy. If that gives you heartburn, you might want to familiarize yourself with the latest version of what you are agreeing to.
Contact
If you have questions or comments regarding the Privacy Policy, we don’t even know what to say. Who reads, much less has questions or thoughts on a Privacy Policy? Nonetheless, we’ll entertain you if you want to contact us at theeverydayexplorist@gmail.com. Or you can email us about cool stuff like travel or paying us to travel instead!
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