PRIVACY POLICY

Travel with CG (“company”, “I”, “we”, “me” or “us”) is owned and curated by Charu Goyal who is dedicated to respect the privacy of your personal information. This privacy policy describes all the information that is collected from you on https://www.travelwithcg.com (hereinafter the “website” or “service”) and how it is used. The term “you” refers to anyone who views, uses, and/or visits the website.

By visiting and using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy policy. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You must not access or use the website if you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Please make sure to read the entire policy before you use or interact with this website.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Our company respects the privacy of children and “child” means an individual under the age of 13. All information and content on this website is intended for individuals over the age of 18. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using this website. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior parental or guardian consent. If you believe that personal information has been collection from someone under the age of 13 without parental or guardian consent, then please contact us to have that information deleted.

WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IT IS USED?

Personal Data

 Personally Identifiable Information (PII), as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. When you access the website, you may provide PII, including but not limited to:

  • First name and last name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Website
  • Avatar image
  • Address

You may also provide your credit card information when you make a purchase on this website.

This information is collected when you register on the site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, contact us, use the search feature on the website, provide comments or any other feedback on blogposts, fill out a form or enter any other information on the website to communicate with us. From time to time, we may also collect information that you submit when you participate in any online surveys that we may post on our website.

Purpose of Processing Your Personal Data

Your personal information is collected for the following purposes:

  • To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested
  • To improve the website to better serve you
  • To allow us to provide better customer service support to you
  • To tailor advertisements to you
  • To efficiently process your requests or transactions
  • To elicit reviews of services or products
  • To provide your offers and promotions
  • To follow up with your through correspondence (email, text or phone).
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchase or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues.

We may also use this information to provide you offers and promotions from our partners and/or our affiliate in exchange for a commission that keeps this website afloat, at no additional cost to you.

Location & Usage Data

 Additionally, like many other websites, this website automatically collects certain information about you through Google Analytics.

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that collects and reports certain information about, including but not limited to, your location, browsing history and information, the pages of our Service that you visit, equipment you used to access the website, traffic patterns, time you spent on the website, and other general patterns related to your use of the website.

This information is used to analyse website statistics related to user behaviour and interests, improve our performance and your use of the website, and to further enhance our products and services offered to you. This data is also shared with other Google services.

You may enable or disable location services when you use our Service at any time, through your device settings.

You can also opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visitors’ activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

COMMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA

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 moderation queue. When you leave a comment, your name, email address, message and website/organization name is not shared with a third party, and may be used to communicate with you.

Please note that our company may modify your comment, should we feel that its appropriate or abusive in any manner. This website also uses Akismet to reduce spam in order to better the overall website experience. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Social media accounts and sharing options are available on this website. Social media sites (Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube, and so forth) can track your personal information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media, please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information. This information is no longer private. We have no control over it and take no responsibility for the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly disclosed personal information by you.

Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to any kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others.

USE OF COOKIES

This website uses cookies to facilitate your experience of the website. Cookies are files with small amounts of data including an anonymous unique identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you are viewing the website. Just like many other websites, we automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information including but not limited to your IP address, geographic location, language preference, date and time of visitors. We use this tracking to help us understand how visitors use our site, what interests them, how they respond to marketing, and other reasons such as whether or not a visitor is using a desktop, tablet or mobile computer.

When you leave a comment on our website, you may opt-in to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is for your own convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details when you leave another comment again. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and log in to this website, 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.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
  • Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
  • Advertising Cookies: Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.

This information is only collected to better serve and understand your user experience on the website. You have the option of turning off cookies on your computer should you wish to do so. If you choose to do that, you may not be able to view all features and content of this website.

THIRD PARTY LINKS AND USE

We may include, offer or advertise third party links, products or services on this website. Once you click on a third-party link and leave this website, you are no longer bound by our privacy policy and terms of service.

Articles on this website 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 had 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Along with Google Analytics, we may use Google Adsense Advertising on the website too. Google is a third party vendor that also uses cookies to serve ads on the website for the purpose of providing a positive user experience. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy policy covers the use of cookies on our website and does not cover the use of cookies by any third-party advertisers. You can opt out of Google by visiting their privacy policy web page: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Please note that we have no control over these third parties and they have their own privacy policies in place. Neither are we responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any questions whatsoever.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

As a general rule, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent with the exception of the following circumstances:

  • We may disclose your information to our trusted third parties that work with us such as our website hosting partners, email marketing service provider, other service providers that assist in the operation of the website, and any other affiliates and subsidiaries we rely upon to provide you products and services offered here.
  • We may disclose your information in order to comply with state or federal regulations related to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal claims related to the website.
  • We may disclose your information to our successor and/or acquiring party in the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution or partial sale in the future. However, your personal information will be transferred to the acquiring party in accordance with this privacy policy. We will make sure to provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
  • Under certain circumstances, our Company may also be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

EMAIL MARKETING

You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials and any other content related to this website. When you send an email, your email message along with email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. This information is kept confidential and we do not share, sell or trade your email information with third parties except as otherwise states in this privacy policy.

We do not envisage offering goods or services to individuals living in the European Union as outlined in the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

If you are in the European Union and opt in to receive any of our free products or services and/or purchase any products or services through our website then you will be subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you affirmatively consent to it. Please see Opt Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.

But if you are NOT in the European Union then you will be automatically subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you opt in to receive any of our free products or services and/or purchase any products or services through our website. Please see Opt Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.

OPT OUT

We comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and do not spam or send misleading information. Should you wish to no longer receive communication from us, you have the option of unsubscribing by clicking “unsubscribe” in the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting us at charu@travelwithcg.com.

As for third party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or opt out from their communications.

YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS UNDER GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

Under the GDPR, if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you are entitled to certain rights and information listed below. Our Company aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us at charu@travelwithcg.com.

We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of:

  • You ask us to delete the information by sending a request to charu@travelwithcg.com. Please note that such requests may result in you no longer being able to access paid or free content that was previously provided to you.
  • Our decision to cease using our existing data providers.
  • The Company decides to no longer be in business or continue to offer the services.
  • The data is no longer needed to provide you service, is too costly to maintain further retention, or the Company finds it outdated.

Please note that in certain circumstances, you have the data protection right:

  • To be informed and this policy serves to inform you.
  • To request access to your data that the Company stores and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.
  • To seek restrictions on the processing of your data.
  • To object to the processing of your data.
  • To the portability of your data.
  • In related to automated decision making and profiling. While this website does not profile you, some other websites might and this is your right.

If you have provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

If you feel that a privacy issue has not been resolved after you have contacted us, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the GDPR.

We require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a conflict with us.

For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

SECURITY OF DATA

The security of your personal information is extremely important to us, and we strive to follow generally commercial industry standards to protect your personal information submitted to us voluntarily and automatically. However, as no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, we cannot guarantee absolute security of your information. When you make a credit card purchase or purchase through any other means on the website, you will be directed to a third-party vendor to complete the transaction. Any information you provide during the checkout process is not stored on our website but instead provided to the third-party vendor that completes the purchase transaction.

By using this website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and for any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that we cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through our website without our knowledge and consent.

Other than to our contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, we disclose personal information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of our company, third parties or the public at large.

If you are a registered user of this website and have supplied your email address, we may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with our company.

If you send us communications via email, through our website, or via social media platforms, we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. We take all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of your personal information.

RETENTION OF DATA

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We may retain Usage Date for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except for when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for a longer period of time.

“Do Not Track” Signals Under California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). DNT is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.

You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

LINKING POLICY

Travel with CG welcomes links to this website that are made in accordance with the terms of this linking policy. This linking policy is intended to assist you when linking to this website. By using this website you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this linking policy.

Links to this Website: Links pointing to https://www.travelwithcg.com and all its subdomains should not be misleading. Appropriate link text should always be used when linking to this website.

From time to time we may update the URL structure of our website, and unless we agree in writing otherwise, you are responsible for updating said links. You must not use our logo to link to this website (or otherwise) without our express written permission. You must not frame the content of this website or use any similar technology in relation to the content of this website.

By linking to our website, you agree that, should we request the deletion of a link to https://www.travelwithcg.com that is within your control, you will delete the link promptly.

Links from this Website: This website includes links to other websites owned and operated by third parties. These links are not endorsements or recommendations of any kind. Travel with CG has no control over the contents of third party websites, and Travel with CG accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

If you would like us to remove a link to your website that is included on our website, please contact us using the contact details at the bottom of the page. Note that unless you have a legal right to demand removal, such removal will be at our sole discretion.

We may amend this linking policy at any time by publishing a new version on this website.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

This privacy policy is effective as of May 9, 2019 and will be updated and modified as needed. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to check for future updates to this policy. Any modifications to this privacy policy will be effective upon our publishing of the new terms, and your continued use of our website after the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of our modified privacy policy.

CONTACT

For any other questions, comments and/or concerns regarding the privacy policy, please contact me at charu@travelwithcg.com.