PRIVACY POLICY
This website https://www.winterexpat.com served by Hooked Media Ltd. is governed by the following privacy policy.
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information might be collected and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this website.
What information do we collect and how it is used?
Cookies
My blog and third party services I use to run my blog (like Google Analytics) use cookies. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer (or other devices used for browsing the internet) by most websites so the site can recognize you as a visitor. You can decline the cookies used on this site using your web browser if you wish, but it may affect your experience of this site. You can learn more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org
Affiliate Links
I participate in Amazon Associates Programme. If you follow a link to Amazon from this blog with my referral code in it and then make a purchase, I receive a small percentage for the referral. If you click on an affiliate link from my blog, Amazon may install a cookie to track that your visit came from this site.
I also participate in various affiliate marketing programs. Any link to those sites may earn advertising fees at no cost to you.
Reviews
Occasionally I am sent products or asked to try out a service in return for giving a review. All my reviews are my honest opinion of the item or items in question. I also review things that I have paid for myself, but are just things that I like and think my readers may like too.
Data Collection
What Information Is Collected On This Website
- contact information including name and email address
- preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer offers or orders
What I Do With The Information
- I use the information to improve my products and services.
- I periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which I think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided for newsletter subscriptions.
External Links
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. (External links are clickable text/banners/image links to other websites).
I cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite my best efforts. Users should note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Security
I am committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, I have put in place suitable physical and electronic procedures to safeguard and secure the information collected online.
Copyright
The photographs on this listing are the property of Winter Expat, don’t use them on your blogs and articles.
You are welcome to share my blog posts on social media so long as you link back directly to my blog post (providing the link). No copy & paste of my articles will be allowed under any circumstances.
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.
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.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: 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.
Where we send your data
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.