PRIVACY POLICY

This site (chiclittletravelers.com) is operated under Chic Little Travelers, Ltd., (“Chic Little Travelers”, “our,” “us,” “me,” “I”, or “we”). This Privacy Policy is to let you know what information we collect when you visit this site (the “website”, “this site”) and/or other services offered via our website (collectively, the “services”), why we collect it, and how it is used.

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping baskets, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.

We collect limited personal information about who you are and where you are, as well as technical data about how you are accessing this site. This personal information can be deleted or edited by you at anytime, except for anonymized information that is impossible for us to delete. We work hard to keep your information private, however, because the Internet can never be completely secure, you give us your info at your own risk. When you put your private information on the Internet, it can be collected and used for others, and we are not responsible for keeping that information private or secure. If we have a security breach, we will email you within 72 hours of identification of a breach.
Chic Little Travelers abides by GDPR regulations, so if you wish to have your information (e.g. comments or email address removed) and you’re an EU resident, please get in touch with us. We are happy to remove your information. We do not resell or share your contact information with third parties. Once you opt out of the mailing list, you are permanently removed.

Here’s how this site collects and uses data:

Mailing list and sending newsletters. We use Mailchimp to collect email addresses through the signup forms on this site, and if you submit your email address on this site, it will be added to our list to send you emails from time to time. We do not sell or share your email addresses or any personal information about you. You may unsubscribe or edit your profile (link in any email, or contact us) anytime.

Form submissions. We use Gravity Forms to collect information from interested users for Article Contributions, Photo Submissions, Internship Applications, Travel Girls Getaways, and Collaboration Inquiries. We do not sell or share your email addresses or any personal information about you. You may request to have your information removed from Gravity Forms database at any time by contacting us.

Cookies. We use cookies to collect limited information about how many times you access this site, the site that you referred you this site, what page you initially landed on, and any UTM codes (source, medium, campaign, term, and content) if they were used in the link you followed to land on this site. This information is only stored when you sign up for our email newsletter after you consent to signup, and stored in Mailchimp. This information is used so we can understand more about why people sign up for the newsletter, and you can review and/or delete this information anytime by contacting us and requesting to review or delete that information.

Downloads. On a few pages, I may offer free downloads of PDFs or products. We only collect email addresses, and they are sent to Mailchimp for the purposes of adding you to my email newsletter.

Affiliate Links. We may use affiliate links to earn a commission if you follow a link and pay for a service as outlined on our Disclosures page. A disclosure appears at the top of pages that contain affiliate links.

Advertising. Cookie data may be shared with to provide relevant advertisements displayed to you while using our website.

Analytics. We use Google analytics to record information about the pages a user has seen, for example the URL of the page, time of day, device used, etc. The information that we collect anonymized and sent to Google Analytics for analysis. Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on visitor interactions on this website. Users may disable cookies or delete any individual cookie. In addition, Google Analytics supports an optional browser add-on that – once installed and enabled – disables measurement by Google Analytics for any site a user visits. Note that this add-on only disables Google Analytics measurement. Google Analytics also collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to provide and protect the security of the service, and to give website owners a sense of which country, state, or city in the world their users come from (also known as “IP geolocation”). See this page for Google Analytics security and usage of data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

The data collected may be shared with:

Service providers and others who help with our business operations and assist in the delivery of our products and services including, but not limited to, application development, site hosting, maintenance, data analysis, infrastructure provision, IT services, customer service, email delivery services, payment processing, marketing, analytics, and enforcement of our Terms of Service Agreement and other agreements;
Other users of the site to identify you to anyone to whom you send messages or make comments through the Services;
Persons or entities with whom you consent to have your Personal Data shared;
Third parties in order to prevent damage to our property (tangible and intangible), for safety reasons, or to collect amounts owed to us;
Merchants and payment processors;
and third parties as we believe necessary or appropriate, in any manner permitted under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence

We use a few services to manage this site and its services:

Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group, LLC.). MailChimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group, LLC. Personal data includes email address, location, and any information captured by this site’s cookies (described above). Place of processing is the US, and here is their Privacy Policy.
Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics (Google Inc.). Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”), and I use it through Google Tag Manager. Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Personal Data collected consists of Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing is the US, here’s their Privacy Policy, and here’s how you can Opt Out from Google Analytics.
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. Third parties have access to your data as noted within this agreement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We will retain your Personal Data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law.

USERS UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE
Our Services are not directed to and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Data, we will take steps to remove such data. If you become aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data without your consent, please contact us at chiclittletravelers@gmail.com.
By using the Services, you are representing to us that you are not under the age of 13.

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect personal data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and risks involved in processing that information.

NOTICE AND CHOICE
i. The types of Personal Data we collect and why we collect it, are described in this Privacy Policy and well as how to remove data from this site.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy is indicated by the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. Please review this Privacy Policy frequently to stay updated on changes that may affect you. Your continued use of this website signifies your continuing consent to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

Twitter (Twitter Inc.). Twitter is a social network, and is used by this site only to embed Tweets. Place of processing is the US, and here is their Privacy Policy.

Facebook (Facebook Inc.). Facebook is a social network, and is used by this site only if you choose to share an article on your Facebook page. Place of processing is the US, and here is their Privacy Policy

Instagram (Instagram Inc.). Instagram is a social network, and is used by this site only if you choose to follow our Instagram account by clicking the images on this page. Place of processing is the US, and here is their Privacy Policy.

Pinterest (Pinterest Inc.). Pinterest is a social network, and is used by this site only if you choose to follow a link to a Pinterest page from this website. Place of processing is the US, and here is their Privacy Policy.

YouTube (Google Inc.). YouTube is a social network, and is used by this site only if you choose to follow a link to a YouTube page from this website. Place of processing is the US, and here is their Privacy Policy.

BlueHost (BlueHost Inc.). BlueHost is a website hosting service. Personal data for hosting this site, and for operation and maintenance purposes this site and BlueHost may collect files that record interactions with this site (system logs) or use for this purpose other personal data such as IP address. Place of processing is the US, and here’s their Privacy Policy.

If you get to this site through another site or click to another site from this site, they might collect your personal info. We are not responsible for those privacy policies.

This policy was last updated on May 14, 2020.