1. PRIVACY POLICY

The following document governs and details the Privacy Policy of our blog White Collar Wanderer (https://www.whitecollarwanderer.com/) (“blog”, “website”) a personal blog about traveling. This blog respects and protects the readers’ privacy. To provide the services in a professional manner to our readers and users (“users”, “readers”) of our website we collect some personal information in addition to the information that is collected automatically by our website’s addons and plugins. In addition, our website also collects data through by storing cookies on users’ devices which are also done automatically. We respect and protect the privacy of all of our users, and to disclose the data practices we have drafted this privacy statement (“policy”). This explains specifically how we collect, share and protect users’ data, and what measures have been taken in order to be in compliance with different privacy laws. This policy is written for all users and visitors of our website. We request everyone to read this privacy policy statement before using our services. The users of our services will be assumed to be in agreement with our privacy statement after we have published this Privacy Policy on our website. 

2. WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT?

The collection of data is done only for the purpose of communications and we only use the personal information of the reader in order to send e-mails, updates and newsletters. Such information includes the name and e-mail (collected automatically) from the user of our website. Our website will also collect some information through addons, tools, plugins and automated software.

2.1. Users Information Collection.

There will be a collection of information from all of our users including buyers and users when they make an account on our website or if they will use any of our given services. The information that will be provided to us includes but is not limited to: 

  1. Full Name
  2. Email address
  3. Users Third-Party Related Information (such as third-party information) 
  4. Any additional information relating to you that you provide to us directly through our websites or indirectly through our websites or online presence such as ‘cookies’.

2.2. Automatic Information Collection

We also collect information that is collected by general web browsers (such as Chrome, Firefox, and Edge) and web hosting servers for the purpose of rendering normal services. This type of information includes (but is not limited to) website usage by users, referring websites, browser type, language and its preference, and date and time of users’ browsing history.  We may release such information in aggregate form for the purpose of making our services better. Please note that in aggregate form none of the individual users can be identified. Our website may also collect information that is considered personal identifiable information such as IP addresses and other information collected through cookies. We may share this information with third parties or in order to be compliant legally. Some of the information collected automatically (but not limited to) is:

  1. Browser Information
  2. Operating System Information
  3. Mobile Device Information (e.g., device identifier, mobile operating system, etc.)
  4. IP address (stored in anonymized form)
  5. Authorized Permissions Access For Mobile Devices.
  6. Page Accessed
  7. Time of visit (by day, week, and duration)
  8. Whether the visitor is a new or return visitor

3. USE OF COOKIES

For the purpose of our services, our website stores cookies on users’ devices. Cookies is a text file in the .txt extension. This file collects certain information and is stored on the user’s or visitor’s device or personal computer. This information will be provided back to the website if such a user or visitor makes a return visit. Our website uses cookies so it can identify and help to track the users of our website. There are many types of cookies, however, most commonly only two types of cookies are used. Session cookies are temporary cookies that are deleted once the user exits the browser while the permanent cookies remain in the user’s or visitor’s browser until the cookie log files are either deleted by the user or expired on their own. Some cookies enable our website to remember your order through the checkout process even if you want to check out as a guest user. Mainly we use cookies in order to (i) understand how visitors are arriving on our website; (ii) in order to monitor the usage of our website; (iii) remember when a user last visited our website and if the cookie persists continuing that user’s usage from the last time; and (iv)to conduct research and development by gathering user data in aggregated form. Please note that the cookie does not contain any personal identifying information. Users can also change their browser settings to make that the cookies are not being collected by making sure the collection of the cookies is disabled.

Our website stores the following cookies on users’ devices.   
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4. SECURITY OF USER DATA 

We have made sure to implement the highest security measures to ensure that our internal procedures meet our high-security policy standards. This way we make sure to protect and safeguard the integrity and quality of users’ personal data and information. We have also implemented encryption methods and the use of pseudonymization as well as SSL certification to protect users’ data.

4.1. Users’ Data Protection and Safety Rights

All users are entitled to have access to their personal information and to be informed about the data collection process.

Users have the right to:

  1. object to the collection and further processing of your personal information;
  2. have your personal data updated, rectified, erased or blocked;
  3. receive information about you that you have provided to us;
  4. opt-out of certain uses and disclosures of your personal information; and
  5. have your personal information transmitted to another data controller (data portability). In order for you to exercise your data protection rights, we are obliged to verify your identity.

4.2. Updating And Amendment Of Information

If you want us to update, amend or delete the personal information that we have collected about you, wish to get access to the data being processed about you, or if you have any questions concerning this Privacy Policy, you may contact us by email at hello@whitecollarwanderer.com.  

4.3. Withdrawal Of Consent

All users at any time, withdraw any consent you have given to us, and we will no longer process your personal information unless we can continue the processing based on another purpose. If you wish to withdraw your consent, you can withdraw it through the e-mail or website via the settings menu or by contacting us using the following email: hello@whitecollarwanderer.com.  

5. DATA RETENTION

We retain your personal information collected as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as needed to provide you the Services or if we have a legitimate business reason to do so. When we no longer have an ongoing legitimate business reason to process your personal information, we will delete your data.

6. SHARING OF USERS’ DATA (DATA DISCLOSURE)

We May Share Users’ Information In Following Instances:

  1. When we are required by a court of law or legal authority to do so.
  2. When our business is transferred or sold to a new company or owner and in that transaction, the data stored by us will also be transferred to the new owner.
  3. Depending on the server’s location, we may store and transfer the personal data of the users out of the United States region in order to better provide our services.
  4. We will share the users’ data with our service providers (such as Mailchimp, Akami Bot Manager and Google Analytics), affiliates, marketing partners, business partners, and others who have legal rights to access users’ data. 
  5. With your consent, we also may share aggregated information or otherwise anonymized information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

7. THIRD-PARTY LINKS

We rely on third-party platforms in order to render our services. Please note that all of these services are changeable and we may use other alternatives in case we find new, better, and improved third-party platforms. Apart from sharing some of our data with our third-party platform partners including Google, Mailchimp and Akami, we will not share, lease, or sell any personal user information to a third party (unless specifically required by legal authorities for lawful purposes). 

For the purpose of determining the website tracking we use the services of Google Analytics. . This tool helps us track users’ session activity, bounce rate, time of stay, and general traffic analytics. There might be other third-party links available on our blog. These shall be used as a reference point or for the purpose of giving the credit to the original website. Most of these links will only be there in order to help us provide our services. Please note any links that are on or through our website are there either for marketing purposes or for other services as a requirement for the working of our website. These links may or may not be associated or affiliated with us in any way.

8. CCPA COMPLIANCE

We are fully aware of all of your data protection rights under the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). Our whole Privacy Policy has been drafted in accordance with CCPA. The personal information we collect is the personal identifier of the user. How we protect and share users’ data has also been stated in this policy. Every user is entitled to the following:

  1. The Right To Know – You have the right to know what information is being collected from you by and through our website. You also have the right to request we modify or correct the information being collected from you.
  2. The Right To Delete Information – You have the right to request that your information be deleted from our website and storage.
  3. The Right To Opt- You have the right to opt-out or withdraw your consent from any of our website’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  4. The Right To Data Portability – As with GDPR data portability you also have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you under CCPA.
  5. The Right To Receive Non-Discrimination Services – You have the right to Non-Discrimination under CCPA while you are using our website.

Any user can contact us to let us know about their rights at hello@whitecollarwanderer.com.   

9. OPT-OUT RIGHT FROM E-MAIL LIST

All readers of our blog have the right to opt-out of our e-mail list by removing themselves from our e-mail list. Users can either e-mail us at hello@whitecollarwanderer.com if they wish to stop receiving our e-mails or they can also follow the “unsubscribe link” provided at the end of every email.

10. CONTACT

Any questions, remarks, queries, and feedback regarding any of the above-mentioned terms of our Privacy Policy can be directed at hello@whitecollarwanderer.com.

Terms and Conditions

1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”, “Terms of Service”) govern all use of our blogging and services providing website and platform (collectively called “website”). These terms will apply to any content on this website and the services available through this website. All the terms on and through our website such as “we”, “us”, “our”, and “us” refer to the content and services available on or through our website (https://www.whitecollarwanderer.com/). The information is available on this website to you (“user”, “reader”) through these Terms and conditioned on your acceptance of the terms, the policies, and everything else posted on our website. By using our services, reading any articles on our website, or purchasing any product through any of the affiliate links provided on our website, you have engaged in our service and you confirm to be bound by the terms and rules stated herein. These Terms (including our Disclaimer) should be read together with our Privacy Policy and together these documents create an agreement between you and our website and by using any service of our website you a user, client and customer of the website are considered to be in consent of our agreement. You should not use our website or its services if you are not consenting to any part of our services.

2. REQUIREMENTS

  1. You must be at least 13 years old or above to use any of our services.
  2. You must agree to let us collect the data you are willingly going to provide us.
  3. You must not be otherwise barred or restricted by any law from signing the legal documents and/or agreements.
  4. You are responsible for your own actions regardless of how the content on our website has been written.  

3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Apart from the third parties images, links and stock images, all content on the White Collar Wanderer’s website including intellectual property such as the graphics, images, source code, logos, texts, words, designs, videos, layout, materials and information related to the website, data, databases, and all other information and intellectual property accessible on or through our website is the property (through IP laws or licenses) of the owner of this website and are protected by international copyright and intellectual property laws. All the third-party services and links available through our website are only for the purpose of providing our services and such services, listings and links are protected under the laws of the third-party services partners.

4. DATA COLLECTION THROUGH PRIVACY POLICY

We have drafted a Privacy Policy declaring the process through which users’ information is collected. Please make sure to review our Privacy Policy in detail in order to know about the ways that we use and implement in order to collect your data.

5. PROHIBITION ON USERS/BUYERS/CUSTOMERS OF OUR WEBSITE IN RELATION TO USING OUR SERVICES  

We expect that users of this website will obey all rules and terms. Through our website, we are authorized to restrict, revoke or ban users’ access to this website if users aren’t obeying any rules.

Users are prohibited to do the following:

  1. Engage in illegal activity using our website.
  2. Users are prohibited to duplicate, copy, reproduce and/or reselling any portion of our website unless otherwise permitted by the owners of this website.
  3. You are prohibited from transmitting or sending any material that breaches any applicable law or any of our website’s terms or conditions.  
  4. Conduct any sort of data mining with or without the aid of any additional software or via any other practice.
  5. Submit texts, messages or any type of content that is considered as fraudulent, fictitious, misleading or false.

6. AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE

The owner of White Collar Wanderer believes in transparency and believes that our blog readers should be aware with regards to all the rules, terms and policies related to data collection and content of this website. So, keeping that our priority we are hereby disclosing that this website may contain certain links to other websites from which we might earn some kind of affiliate commission when any person clicks that link, follows it to another website, and spends his/her money to make a purchase on that website. It is further stated that our website, the owner, affiliates, CEO, team, staff, or other associates will not be held liable for any kind of damages, loss of money that may result from any type of purchase that has been made through the affiliated links on this website.

7. DISCLAIMER 

The content, facts and information contained on our website are for general guidance and educational purposes for the viewers and must not be taken as a substitute for professional or commercial advice. The owner of White Collar Wanderer has narrated her traveling and personal experiences in the articles on the website. The narration has been done in good faith and is believed to be reliable according to the owner’s best knowledge. However, the owner can not guarantee the validity and accuracy of the information, facts and content thus disclaim herself from any legal liabilities whatsoever

8. RISK DISCLAIMER

You agree that you are using your own judgment in using the information provided on and through our website especially before purchasing any product available through our website. By using our website (whole or in portion) you affirm that you will be using our website’s content, articles, suggestions, available links, and services at your own risk. It shall be your own personal responsibility to discern the risks of using our website’s articles, suggestions, link descriptions, content, links, and services. Our website will be not held accountable for the personal actions or choices that you make before, during, or after any of the services related to our website. The mentioning of any product, suggestion, or recommendation should be taken at the personal risk of the user who is going to use our products without any liability on our part. You accept full liability and consequences for your use, or non-use, of any suggestion, recommendation, or treatment information provided through our website or by us through any means whatsoever. Your reliance and acceptance of any information will be upon you and you hereby absolve us of any damage or liability that may have been incurred due to your use or non-use of the information provided through our website.

9. INACCURACIES AND MISTAKES DISCLAIMER

The information on our website and content therein, e-mails, featured articles, reviews, services, and documents have been made available and published after thorough research, however, this information may inadvertently contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. We are not responsible for the views, opinions, or accuracy of facts referenced in our website, blog, written articles, reviews and services. The general nature of research is that it is always changing and improving; therefore, we cannot predict the future and cannot be held liable for the inaccuracy that may happen in the future due to some advanced research. Every country, state and dominion has a different set of rules and regulations and these rules and regulations have different effects on each individual, entity, or company, therefore, we can only describe our experiences as travelers and cannot be held liable for the experiences of others. As a result, it is recommended that you should do your own research before committing to any plan.  

10. THIRD-PARTY LINKS

References or links in our website, content, articles and services to any other individual’s, business, or entity’s information, opinions, advice, package, plan, services or products do not constitute our formal endorsement unless we have expressly stated that. We are merely sharing information as per our commitment to our affiliate program participation. We are not responsible for the website content, blogs, e-mails, videos, social media, programs, products, and/or services of any off-site web pages, companies or persons linked or referenced in our website, videos, and services.  We also do not make any representations or warranties about any other website or material that any user or visitor of our website may access through the links or other references on this website. The presence of links to the other website, links, or materials does not imply that we endorse or accept responsibility for the content or use of such sites or materials.

11. WAIVER  OF LIABILITY

The users, readers, and visitors of our website hereby waive, release, and forever discharges any and all claims for direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, contractual, compensatory, tort-based, punitive, or any other damages of any sort arising from any cause or basis whatsoever including but not limited to personal injury, death, or property damage which the buyer or buyer’s heirs, next of kin, executors, assigns, parents, personal representatives, or estate may have or which may hereafter accrue as a result of participation in any activity related to our website.  

12. RELEASE OF CLAIMS

The readers and users of our website shall indemnify, defend, hold harmless, protect and defend the owner, team and staff members, contractor, affiliate, or anyone associated with the White Collar Wanderer from and against any and all liabilities, claims, damages, losses, demands, lawsuits, costs, and expenses, including attorney fees, arising out of or resulting from any cause of action for any reason whatsoever including but not limited to the negligence or misconduct in connection with participation in any activity related to installation, removal or usage of our website. If any such legal claim, demand, or lawsuit arises or be asserted in any way whatsoever related thereto, whether arising under the laws of the United States, any other country, or under any theory of law or equity, the readers and users will indemnify, hold harmless and defend the owner, affiliate or anyone associated with our website from any and all costs, expenses, or liability including but not limited to the cost of any settlement or judgment made or rendered against the owner, affiliate or anyone associated with our website.

SECTION 13 – CHANGES

These terms, rules, and conditions, can be changed at any time or we may at our sole discretion modify or replace any statement of these terms. If you continue to use or access this website and its services after the changes, updates or modifications then it shall be considered your consent to those changes, updates or modifications. Therefore, make sure to check our documents periodically for the updates and changes herein.

SECTION 14 – CONTACT

If you have any questions or comments, make sure to contact us through the following e-mail: hello@whitecollarwanderer.com.