Privacy Policy

Terms And Conditions

All of the content on talesfromthelens.com is created by Tales From The Lens or Guest Writers and should be used for informational purposes only. At the time of writing, and to the best of our knowledge, all information is true. However, businesses close, countries have political and economic problems, bus routes change and prices are affected by inflation and currency exchange rates.

Therefore, we cannot be held responsible if information becomes inaccurate over time. We ask that if you notice any information is incorrect, please leave a comment on the page so we can update it accordingly. Any reliance you place on this information is therefore strictly at your own discretion.

Tales From The Lens will not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information.

Through this website, you are able to click on links and visit other websites which are not under the control of talesfromthelens.com. We only try to share relevant links, however, we cannot be held responsible for the content held on these websites.

Comments

Comments are available on all of our blog posts. Comments are a great way for you and us to interact and we appreciate every comment. We do not tolerate hurtful or abusive language and reserve the right to delete those we feel to be inappropriate. More information on the comments below.

Copyright

All of the content (text, images and videos) on talesfromthelens.com has been created by Tales From The Lens (unless otherwise stated) for the sole use of talesfromthelens.com. Tales From The Lens does not authorize the copying or redistribution of text, images or videos without prior approval.

If we use stock images, a credit will be stated based on Common copy credits.

We also spend a lot of time and effort on illustrating our articles with photographs. It is really not cool to take any of the content without our permission. If you are interested in using any of our photography or republishing our articles, please do get in touch.

Any breaches of this will be taken as a copyright infringement and we will take the appropriate steps to ensure the issue is resolved.

Affiliates

As you read our articles, you may find links to affiliate partners. If you purchase any products or services through these links, we may get paid a small commission. This costs you nothing but helps us support the costs of running this blog.

Tales From The Lens is a participant with Booking.com, Getyourguides.com, Discovercars.com, and Viator.com Affiliate Programs.

Links

On our website and in our posts we do include relevant links to other websites that are not affiliates. We do this to provide you with more information.

It is not our intention to trick or deceive you and any links will be of no extra cost to you. We will only promote products or services that we believe in and genuinely think are the cheapest and best options for you.

We currently don’t accept Sponsored links.

GDPR Compliance

At Tales From The Lens, we have updated our policies in order to comply with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service will take effect on May 25, 2018. It was last updated on July 1st 2023.

You have:

The right to be informed
The right of access
The right to rectification
The right to erasure
The right to restrict processing
The right to data portability
The right to object
Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling.

How Tales From The Lens Uses Your Data

We collect information to improve our site, continue reading below to see what information we collect. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. This policy was last modified on 01/07/2023.

Tales From The Lens will never share personal information with third parties. The information we collect is solely used to analyze the performance of our website, talesfromthelens.com. We do this through cookies. By using our website you agree to us anonymously using your information to improve our website.

If you choose to join our mailing list, you will receive newsletters, which you can opt out of any time you want by following the link in the email or by emailing us. We use Mailchimp and/or Mailiter to automate email outreach and use Google Analytics 4 for analyzing website data. If you gave us your name, it will only be used to personalize the newsletters.

All of our affiliates are GDPR compliant.

What information do we collect?

We collect information which tells us how people use our website.

Information provided Voluntary:

From time to time we collect contact information from our readers. We can only get your contact information if you give it to us through a form on our website such as subscribing to the newsletter, leaving a comment, emailing us, etc.

Information automatically collected:

Whenever Users interact with our Website, we automatically gather non-personal identification information. This information helps us monitor and improve the performance of our website. It includes details about you and the device used to access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we record your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages viewed, and the dates/times of access. We may also collect information regarding your actions on the Website, such as clicked links. It is important to note that your information is anonymized and only viewed in an aggregated manner.

Cookies

talesfromthelens.com uses cookies to enhance your experience and optimize our website for the future. Unfortunately, the cookies we use are not the delicious type. They are small files that allow us to recognize if you have been on our site before and how you use our website. We do not share any of this information with third parties and never will. Your privacy is very important to us.

Ultimately, we want you to have the best experience on our blog. Cookies allow us to track which blog posts are popular and which are not. This helps us create better information for you and others. We do not use cookies to follow you with creepy stalking ads. We don’t want to and don’t have the marketing budget to do so.

As users of the internet ourselves, we regularly delete cookies and we recommend you do too by accessing your browser’s settings.

What do we do with the information we collect?

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, in particular for the following reasons:

Operate & maintain the website;
We may use the information to improve our services;
To send you newsletters after you subscribed or links to content you chose to download such as packing lists, itineraries,etc.
To respond to your comments or inquiries;
To track and measure statistics/advertising on the Website;

We promise to only collect the personal data we actually need and periodically review the data we hold and delete anything we don’t need.

Third-Party Use Of Personal Information

Your explicit authorization allows us to share your information with third parties. Furthermore, the Website employs third-party service providers to handle different aspects of its operations. The personal information used by each of these service providers is subject to their individual privacy policies.

At present, the following third-party service providers are utilized by this Website:

Website Analytics

Google Analytics 4

Google Analytics 4 tracks website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the website. The information collected by Google Analytics 4 is used to generate reports and provide us with insights about website traffic, user demographics, and user behavior. This information is utilized to improve our blog content and user experience.

We only use aggregated and anonymized data for analytical purposes, including benchmarking, trend analysis, and performance measurement. This data does not identify individuals and is used solely for statistical analysis and enhancing our blog.

You can find their privacy policy here – https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Jetpack

Jetpack is a tool created by Automattic Inc. We use Jetpack to monitor site visits and to optimise images. Their privacy policy can be found here – https://automattic.com/privacy/

Emails

Any information stored on our mailing list is solely kept for the distribution of Tales From The Lens posts and newsletters. We do not share personal information with third parties.

We have MailChimp and MailerLite installed on our website. We use these tools to send Newsletter you subscribed to and content you chose to download. Any marketing emails sent will be using the MailChimp or MailerLite platforms, the only exception to this will be replying to emails sent to us through our contact page. You can find MailChimp’s privacy policy here – https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/ and MailerLite privacy policy here: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy

Managing Your Email Preferences

You have full control over email communications sent to you by Tales From The Lens. If you wish for us to review, amend or delete any information we use for contacting you via MailChimp or MailerLite you can do so here.

Comment Section

For the comment sections on our blog posts, we use a tool called wpDiscuz developed by gVectors – their privacy policy can be found here – https://gvectors.com/privacy-policy/. If you wish, you can delete any comments you have made at any time. If you would like us to delete any comments you have made, please contact us here.

Due to the new legislation brought in with GDPR, we have added a check button to ensure that you are aware that your name will appear beside your comments. For this, we use the tool WP GDPR Compliance.

Contact Forms

We use a contact form to allow you to contact us. Feel free to send us any feedback by viewing the page here. Any information we receive through our contact form is strictly confidential unless otherwise stated. If you would like for us to review, amend or delete any correspondence made through our contact page, please contact us here. We use the tool Forminator to create contact forms and their privacy policy can be found here – https://wpmudev.com/docs/privacy/our-plugins/.

Website Security

HTTPS

We have installed an SSL certificate for our website to ensure that all of our web pages are compliant with HTTPS protocols. We have done this through our server provider Bluehost.

All In One WordPress Security

We use a tool called All In One WordPress Security to ensure our website stays safe, healthy and free from spam, hackers and malicious content. The tool is created by Tips and Tricks HQ and their privacy policy can be found here – https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/privacy-policy.

Akismet

Askimet is another tool created by Automattic Inc. We use Akismet to monitor and control spam comments ensuring you have a safer place to comment, free from dodgy links. Automattic’s privacy policy can be found here – https://automattic.com/privacy/

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

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 here.

Advertising

talesfromthelens.com uses Grow by Mediavine to manage all third-party advertising on the Website. Grow by Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies.

Grow by Mediavine may collect certain information about your browsing activities in order to provide targeted advertisements. Please review Grow’s privacy policy to understand how they handle your information: https://www.mediavine.com/legal-and-privacy-center/

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us by visiting our contact page

Last updated: July 24th 2024