Who we are
Our website address is: https://thesterlingtraveler.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
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 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.
Contact forms
IP Address is collected, for the purposes of spam detection, but is deleted after the message is read.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site 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.
Our third-party affiliates/advertisers may also use cookies to track purchases, and activity. Privacy policies of those advertisers apply to those cookies. Cookie duration is 30-45 days.
Google uses cookies to help serve the ads it displays on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a Google partner’s website, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
This site uses Google Analytics to track number of users, pages visited, and duration. All data (including IP address) is anonymized. For more information about data with Google Analytics, click here.
Who we share your data with
With the exception of the sections above, some personal information is transmitted to PayPal for checkout purposes. That information may include credit card information, but that is neither stored nor viewed by us. To view PayPal’s full privacy policy, click here – note that not everything in the policy is applicable for this site.
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 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 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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
To contact us, please visit our contact page.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We treat your data as if it is our own personal data and protect it using industry standards.
What data breach procedures we have in place
Within 48 hours of knowing about a data breach, we will notify, via social media, about a data breach. For users that have opted-in to our newsletter, we will explain the extent and impact of the breach.
What third parties we receive data from
This site uses Google Adsense ads which may be targeted to you based on your browsing behavior.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
When users opt-in to our newsletter, an email asking them to verify their opt-in and a follow-up email will be automatically sent.