Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy – me
with my suitcase Blog

Me With My Suitcase Blog found at https://mewithmysuitcase.com
(“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT
USED?

Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website:

We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. In addition, you are able to create a user profile, which allows you to create a username and password. We will store the username, but your password will not be visible in our records.

Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information
about you from other sources. 

Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information
about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

• To operate and maintain the Website;

• To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;

• To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;

• To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;

• To respond to your comments or inquiries;

• To provide you with user support;

• To track and measure advertising on the Website;

• To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Website currently uses the following third-party
service provider:

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.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion. 

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

ANONYMOUS DATA

From time to time, we may use anonymous data,
which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other
parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for
marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may
include analytics or information collected from cookies.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION

If you create a user profile on the Website or
leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.  To create a
user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email
address for profile confirmation.  Your email address will never be
available publicly.  At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile
description, and a link to your website. Users may see your username, avatar,
profile description and website information.

COOKIES

Me With My Suitcase uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all
functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

ADVERTISING

Display Ads

We may use third-party advertising companies to
serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use
cookies, as noted above. If you would like more information about this
practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection,
please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. 

Retargeting Ads

From time to time, Me With My Suitcase may
engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as
Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies
use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.

Facebook: Opt-out of Facebook remarketing here

Google: Opt-out of Google remarketing here

Affiliate Program
Participation

Me With My Suitcase Blog may engage in affiliate
marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you
click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser
to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

Newsletters

Me With My Suitcase Blog, you may subscribe to
our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters
sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an
analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these
tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links
within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content
of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be
passed on to third parties.

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email
communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also
notify us at marketing@mewithmysuitcase.com to be removed from our mailing
list.

Access – You may access the personal information
we have about you by submitting a request to marketing@mewithmysuitcase.com

Amend – You may contact us at marketing@mewithmysuitcase.com
to amend or update your personal information.

Forget – In certain situations, you may request
that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request
to marketing@mewithmysuitcase.com

Please note that we may need to retain certain
information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when
required by law.

SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

At no time should you submit sensitive personal
information to the Website. This includes your social security number,
information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious
beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships.
If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this
Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

The Website does not knowingly collect any
personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a
parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable
information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us
immediately at management@mewithmysuitcase.com and we will use our best efforts
to promptly remove such information from our records.

CONTACT INFORMATION

At any time, please contact us at info@mewithmysuitcase.com
for questions related to this Privacy Policy.