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CoraDexplorer - Privacy Policy

(Recently updated January 2021)

Who am I??!!

I am Cora aka CoraDexplorer – Travel writer/blogger

My website address is: https://www.caribbeansolotraveller.com.

What personal data I collect and why I collect it

CoraDexplorer  Comments Policy

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.

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.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

GDPR Compliance

The protection of your data (meaning the information that may be used for your identification).  This is of utmost importance to us. Therefore, we pay close attention to compliance with the General Data Compliance (GDPR) and consider this site fully compliant.

You the visitor to this website controls the opt in and opt out by:

  • When you subscribe to this website, you do so by opting in and can opt out by unsubscribing at any time. Your data will be stored up until this time or until you request us to delete it.

When you unsubscribe, you will no longer receive emails via Gmail or Mailchimp accounts.

  • When you leave a comment on this site you are opting in to the collection of your data (meaning your IP address, email and name) you have the powers to opt out by not leaving a comment.
  • If you the user of this site has any objections, complaints or has a request for a full deletion of your data. Then, please do so by contacting me via my contact page.

CoraDexplorer  Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file which asks for permission to be placed in the memory or history of your device used to access the site.  When you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze traffic and acts as a somewhat memory of sites you have visited.  It also gathers and recalls information as to your personal preferences.

If you leave a comment on this 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 the login page, I 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

By using our service you agree to the use of our cookies and other forms of tracking to optimize the service.

CoraDexplorer Blog Comments Policy

The owner of this blog reserves the rights to edit or delete any comments submitted to this blog without notice.  The owner of this blog is not responsible or liable for any comments made by others on this blog.

CoraDexplorer Copyright

The contents of this site is covered by copyright and all words and photographs are the copyright of the owner of this blog unless otherwise stated.  The content including all photographs may not be used or reproduced in any way without the owner’s prior permission.

CoraDexplorer Mailing list Subscribers

Any information stored in my mailing list is solely kept for the distribution of this blog’s posts, newsletter etc.  I do not and will not share personal information with third-parties.

The above policies are subject to change at any time, and without notice.

CoraDexplorer Affiliate Disclosure

Some of the links on this blog/website are affiliate links, and if you purchase products or services through these links a commission may or will be paid to the owner of this website.  The amount of commission varies from product to product.  The commission I earned helps in the funding of this blog/website.

As an affiliate. I only recommend products and services that I feel are of high quality and helpful to our readers.  If I don”t love it I don”t recommend it.

How To Contact Me

Should you have any questions or concerns about this disclaimer  or any other matter regarding this  site , please click Contact.

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.

Analytics

We use google analytics on this site for tracking of traffic/data.  Google Analytics conforms to European data protection laws and therefore is GDPR compliant.

Who I share your data with

Your Data is never shared with anyone or any third parties.  Any information stored on the mailing list is solely kept for distribution of this  blogs’s posts, newsletters and other online magazines.  The policies above are subject to change at anytime and without notice.

How long your data is retained

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on this website (if any), I 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.

Sensitive Personal Information

At no time should  anyone submit sensitive personal information to this 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 this Website, it will be subject to  this Privacy Policy.

Children’s Information

This Website does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16.  If a parent or guardian  believes  that the Website has such information of a child  under this age of 16 in its database, please contact me immediately by my email address [email protected] or contact form above, and I will use my best efforts to remove such information from the records.

What rights you have over your data

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 I send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, however, they nor your emails are never sent to any third parties.