This Privacy Policy sets out how Turtle Trip (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us” or “our”) uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website, https://www.turtletrip.com/ (hereinafter referred to as “website”).
What Information Do We Collect?
We may collect, store, and use the following kinds of personal information:
- Information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views, and website navigation paths).
- Information that you provide to us when registering with our website (including your email address).
- Any other information that you choose to send to us.
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. If you upload images to the website, be aware that uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) is possible. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
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.
We also use Google Analytics and similar analytics programs to collect non-personal data for the purpose of understanding our user base better.
Cookies
Our website uses 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.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Your Rights
As a user, 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. To make such a request, please contact us at james@turtletrip.com.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
International Data Transfers
Turtle Trip is operated from the UK. While we do not intentionally transfer data internationally, our website may be hosted in other countries, and various analytics tracking software such as Google Analytics are hosted in the US.
Contact Information
For any privacy-related inquiries, users can contact us via our website’s contact form or email us directly at james@turtletrip.com.
Changes to this Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.