Amy’s Thrifty Travels (amysthriftytravels.com) is governed by this Privacy Policy and all that is outlined in it. We are 100% committed to protecting your privacy! We are GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliant and CPRA (California Privacy Rights Act) compliant.
Our Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand what personal information this site collects, how we use it, how we safeguard the personal information and data you choose to share with us, and how to contact us to destroy your personal information should you decide you want to be forgotten.
By accessing our site (amysthriftytravels.com), you accept our Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions of Use and Relevant Disclaimers, and you consent to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy applies solely to amysthriftytravels.com and does not in any way, shape, or form apply to your use of a third-party website accessed by selecting a link on our site or via our email correspondence. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.
Privacy Policy Personal Information Disclosure
We collect as little information as possible from you and highly value your right to privacy.
Personal Information You May Choose to Provide
Should you choose to subscribe to our newsletter (and other correspondence), comment on our posts, contact us by email (regarding any questions or issues), or take advantage of any products or services we offer, there may be a transfer of personal information. Personal information will be used solely for the purpose which you intended.
Personal information we may request when you subscribe to our newsletter (and other correspondence): your name (or alias) and a valid email.
Personal information we may request on our comment form: your name (or alias), a valid email, and website. All comments will be checked by a spam filtering plugin.
Personal information when you contact us by email: your name (or alias), your email address, and any additional information you choose to provide us with in that email or any personal or professional information you provide us in your automatic email signature.
Personal information when you take advantage of our products or services: your name, address, email address, and phone number.
Automatically Collected Information & No Bake Cookies You Can’t Eat!
In an effort to improve the quality of our website as well as your personal user experience, we track information provided to us by your browser or by our software application when you view or use our site. Such information includes but is not limited to the website you came from (known as the “referring URL”), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to our site, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you.
We track this information using cookies, or small text files which include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to a user’s browser from our servers and are stored on the user’s computer hard drive. Sending a cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when utilizing our site, both on an individual and aggregate basis.
Furthermore, we may use both persistent and session cookies; persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them, while session cookies expire when you close your browser.
You can always go to your browser settings and select your cookie and tracking preferences. You can elect to allow sites to save and read cookie data, you can block third party cookies, you can block websites from saving and reading cookies on your electronic devices, and much more. However, each browser is slightly different so please make sure you know how to set your preferences on each browser you use. It is important to know that our site may not function properly for you if you disable cookies.
Third Party Use of Personal Information
We may choose to share your information with third parties. However, we will only do so if we have your explicit consent!
We use third party services to optimize our site in a variety of different ways. All of the third party services we use are governed by their own individual privacy policies. While we currently use the following third party services that is subject to change at any time, for any reason, and at our discretion.
Google Analytics
This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. See Google’s Privacy Policy here.
WooCommerce
Your personal data will be used to support your experience throughout this website to manage access to your account. Your personal data will also be used to process your orders and support your experience throughout this website.
Inactive accounts will be retained for 6 months at which point they will be erased permanently from our system.
Social Media & Other Websites
Should you click on our social media icons, communicate with us via our social media accounts, or link to us from another website, we may receive information on you including but not limited to your name, email address, and profile picture.
Children’s Privacy Policy
This site is not directed to anyone under the age of 13. This site does not knowingly collect or solicit information from anyone under the age of 13, allow anyone under the age of 13 to sign up for services, or purchase anything whatsoever. In the event we learn that we have gathered personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without the consent of a parent or guardian, we will delete that information as soon as possible. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us at [email protected] immediately.
Sensitive Information
We will NEVER ask you to share your sensitive information including but not limited to your driver’s license number, social security number, passport information, FEIN, TIN, sexual orientation, political affiliation, race, religious affiliation, citizenship status, financial status, medical information, etcetera with us.
How we Protect Your Personal Information
We protect your information from potential security breaches by implementing certain technological security measures including encryption, firewalls, secure socket layer technology, antivirus with ransomware protection, and more. We keep our systems password protected and fully updated. Additionally, we have secure password protected internet connections and use VPN’s while traveling.
However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. By using our site, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions of Use and Relevant Disclaimers at any time. You should periodically check this Privacy Policy page for updates as this Privacy Policy is subject to change without notice.
Opt-Out, Access, Amend, Forget
You can opt-out of email correspondence with us by simply clicking unsubscribe. Should you wish to access the personal information we have on file for you, have us amend the personal information we have on file for you, or wish to be forgotten entirely, please reach out to us by emailing [email protected].
Congratulations if you actually read this until the end! This was boring to write and certainly boring to read. Now that all this boring legal nonsense is out of the way, why don’t we both do something a bit more FUN! Wishing you many blessings and as always, Safe Travels!
