Who we are
Here at https://twoworldstreasures.com we value the privacy of our visitors. This privacy page outlines information we collect, why we collect it, how it is used, and what your legal rights are.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email umikobuhl@gmail.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
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.
Email Newsletter Subscription
We collect your name and email address when you signup to receive our newsletter in order to contact you via email after we posted a new travel related article.
You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by clicking the unsubscribe button at the bottom of any newsletter email that you receive from us. You can also edit your information by contacting us directly at umikobuhl@gmail.com, or by updating your preferences via an email received by us.
Contact Forms
We use contact forms to enable you to contact us directly through the website. You can email us if you prefer.
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.
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.
Display Ads
At any given time, we may use a third party marketing agency to serve ads on our website. If this is the case, then this third party agency will have access to certain information from our website such as analytics information and what ads a user clicks. This is done to provide you with information that is of interest to you. Third parties uses cookies to track this information. You will always be notified when there are cookies on this website, and you can disable cookies using your browser at any time.
Affiliate Marketing
This website engages in affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is done by using embedded tracking links. If you click on a link that is labeled ‘affiliate marketing’ next to it, then a cookie will be placed on your browser for a given period of time in order to track any sales for purposes of commissions. The cookie allows the merchant to know what website that sale came from in order to provide payment. This comes at no extra cost to you. You will not be paying a higher price for a product by clicking on an affiliate link. Our site simply gets a small commissions from that sale.
Affiliate program we are a part of:
- Amazon Affiliates – visit the privacy policy page
Privacy of Minors
We will never knowingly keep or collect data of underage minors. We ask that anyone under the age of 16 refrain from leaving sensitive information on our website. If a parent or guardian believes we have such information of a minor, contact us immediately.
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.
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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Akismet
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).