Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

WorldOfTravelswithKids.com (referred to as “Website or Site”) is governed by the following Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

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.

By accessing or using the Site, WorldOfTravelswithKids.com,  in any manner, including, but not limited to, visiting or browsing the Site or contributing content or other materials to the Site, you agree to be bound by this privacy policy and these terms of use. If you do not agree to this policy and terms and conditions, please do not use our Site.

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, we may ask you to create a user profile, which would allow 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. For example, if you use a third-party software through the site, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment.

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 We Use Collected Information

  • To operate and maintain the Site;
  • To respond to your comments or enquiries;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Site;
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity against the Site;
  • To send periodic emails to users who have opted in for our newsletter. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings.

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 providers:

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.

Website performance – the Website uses tools to improve performance that may capture your personal information, such as Askimet (an anti-spam plugin used during commenting).

Any personal information obtained by these companies is not shared with any third parties.

Affiliate Networks – the Website participates in affiliate marketing, which is described more fully below. When you make a purchase using an affiliate link, the third-party from which you make the purchase may transfer information regarding the sale back to us. This will depend on the individual company’s privacy policies. Currently, we host affiliate links from the following providers:

Amazon Associate Program Read their privacy notice.

Agoda  Read their privacy notice.

Booking.com Read their privacy policy.

Hotels Combined.com Read their privacy policy.

Get Your Guide Read their privacy policy. 

Viator Read their privacy policy.

World Nomads Read their privacy policy.

Backup Data – the Website also creates back up data which stores all information housed on the Website at a particular time, which can be used to restore the Website in the event of a technological issues.

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.

Sharing Collected Data

Personal information. Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.

Anonymous data. We may use anonymous data such as generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information. Such data does not identify you personally. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include the demographic location of our readers, number of views to a specific page on our Site, etc.

Publicly visible information. If you leave a comment on the Site, your name and Gravatar (if you have one associated with your email address) may be publicly visible.

Affiliate Program Participation

The website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Site. 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.

Among others, we are participant of Amazon Affiliate programme. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

The Site has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.  You represent and warrant that you have read and agree to be bound by all applicable Terms of Use and policies for any third-party website that relates to your use of the Website. World of Travels with Kids assumes no control or liability over the content of any third-party sites. You expressly hold harmless World of Travels with Kids from any and all liability related to your use of a third-party website.

Prior to engaging in any events or commercial transactions with any third parties discovered through or linked on the Website, you must complete any necessary investigation or due diligence. If there is a dispute for any events or commercial transactions with a third party discovered through or linked on the Website, you expressly hold World of Travels with Kids harmless from any and all liability in any dispute.

Newsletters

On the Site, you may subscribe to our newsletter A little bit of sunshine Newsletter Signup

These are your 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 worldoftravelswithkids@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list.

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

Amend – You may contact us at worldoftravelswithkids@gmail.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 worldoftravelswithkids@gmail.com

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping 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 worldoftravelswithkids@gmail.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Disclosure

From time to time, the Site may post sponsored content from an advertiser. This means that an advertiser, which may be a brand, agency, or influencer network, will contract with World of Travels with Kids to create content featuring certain messages or product placement. Pursuant to the FTC’s requirements, all such advertisements on the Website are clearly and conspicuously disclosed.

Even though compensation (e.g., cash, free product, or services) is received for in exchange for this sponsored content placement,  we will always give our honest opinion, findings, believes, or experiences in such content. All views expressed on the Site are those of the content creator. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

General Disclaimer

World of Travels with Kids has made every effort to ensure that all information on the Website has been tested for accuracy. World of Travels with Kids makes no guarantees regarding the results that you will see from using the information provided on the Website.

Travel Content Disclaimer

The Website may discuss topics related to travel, including discussion of modes of transportation, lodging and activities. The travel information provided on the Website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. The Website makes no representations or warranties in relation to the travel information on the Website.  Your experience with the same providers mentioned may differ from that depicted on the Website.

Your Responsibility

The Website was developed strictly for informational purposes. You understand and agree that you are fully responsible for your use of the information provided on the Website. World of Travels with Kids makes no representations, warranties or guarantees. You understand that results may vary from person to person. World of Travels with Kids assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions that may appear in the Website.

Use of the Website

Unless otherwise stated, World of Travels with Kids owns the intellectual property and rights to all content and material on the Website. Subject to the license below, all intellectual property rights are reserved.

You may view, download (for caching purposes only), and print pages for your personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these Terms of Use.

The following uses are not permitted:

  • Republication of content from the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for republication;
  • Sale, rental or sub-license of any content from the Website;
  • Reproduction or duplication of any content on the Website for commercial purposes;
  • Modification of any content on this website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for modification;
  • Redistribution of content of the Website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for redistribution. Users are permitted to share content on social media channels, as long as a link to the Website is included.
  • From time to time, the Website will utilize various plugins or widgets to allow sharing of content via social media channels, email or other methods. Use of these plugins or widgets does not constitute any waiver of World of Travels with Kids’s intellectual property rights. Such use is a limited license to republish the content on the approved social media channels, with full credit to World of Travels with Kids.

You must not use the Website in a way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impair the availability of access to the Website. You must not deconstruct, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Website, except to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law. You must not use the Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material that consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit and/or other harmful code or malicious software.

You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities, including, but not limited to scraping, data mining, data extraction or data harvesting on or in relation to the Website without our express written permission.

You must not use the Website to transmit or send any unsolicited commercial communications.

You must not use the Website for any third-party marketing without our express written permission.

Copyright

Unless otherwise noted, the design, content and all components of the Website are copyrights owned by World of Travels with Kids or third parties and are protected by Australian and international copyright laws and should not be reused or republished without express written permission.

Grant of Rights

You grant World of Travels with Kids a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute any content you contribute to the Website. This includes, but is not limited to, text, images, audio material, comments, video material and audio-visual material. This license extends to all known and future media. You also grant Walking On Travels the right to sub-license these rights and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.

which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels that allow 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 Site to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behaviour will not be passed on to third parties.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at: worldoftravelswithkids@gmail.com

This document was last updated on August 10, 2022

 

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Hi! We are a multicultural family from Peru, Nicaragua & Australia. We believe adventures can be global – and local – and are one part of our sustainable lifestyle, and raising children who are global eco-citizens.