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FreeTravelGenie.com Privacy Policy

 

Last updated April 2, 2014

 

This privacy policy ("Policy") explains how your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed by FreeTravelGenie.com. Unless we otherwise indicate, this Policy applies to all personal information collected by FreeTravelGenie.com from any source, including information collected through this website and our mobile applications (collectively, "Site").

 

Information Collected. FreeTravelGenie.com only collects personal information you directly provide by email. In particular, I may collect your name, email address, photographs, travel stories and other information that you voluntarily send to Genie@FreeTravelGenie.com. I do not send unsolicited emails but may respond to your email using the email address that you provide. When you visit the Site, some information is automatically collected. For example, FreeTravelGenie.com may collect your computer's operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access times, browser type and language, and referring web site addresses. If you access the Site from a mobile device, FreeTravelGenie.com may also collect information about the type of mobile device you use, your device's unique ID, the type of mobile Internet browsers you use and information about the location of your device . FreeTravelGenie.com may also collect information about your usage of and activity on the Site, and may automatically collect information using "cookies." Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a Web site. Among other things, cookies help me improve the Site and your experience. FreeTravelGenie.com may use cookies to see which areas and features are popular and to count visits to the Site. Many Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies from the Site.

 

Third Party Cookies and Ads. Third parties may also collect information about you through the Site. For example, internet service providers, web site hosting services (including the site that hosts FreeTravelGenie.com), and third party analytics services use cookies and web beacons to help compile statistics about the Site and visitors to the Site. Other third parties may also collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you visit the Site, for example, to display ads to you on third party websites and to deliver third party ads to the Site and others as described below. FreeTravelGenie.com and others may use information collected using third party cookies and web beacons on the Site to deliver advertising displayed to you on third party website, and may use cookie information to know when you return to the Site after visiting these third party websites. FreeTravelGenie.com and others use this and other information about you to try to understand your interests and show you relevant advertising about products and services that may interest you. It may also use third parties to serve ads on our Site. Certain third parties may automatically collect information about your visits to this and other Web sites, your IP address, your ISP, the browser you use to visit the Site. They do this using cookies, clear gifs or other technologies. Information collected may be used, among other things, to deliver advertising targeted to your interests and to better understand the usage and visitation of the Site and the other sites tracked by these third parties. This policy does not apply to, and FreeTravelGenie.com is not responsible for, cookies or clear gifs in third party ads. I encourage you to check the privacy policies of advertisers and/or ad services to learn about their use of cookies and other technology. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

 

Use of personal information. FreeTravelGenie.com uses your personal information, in particular your email address, to respond to any comments and questions you email to me. FreeTravelGenie.com may store and process personal information in the United States.

 

Sharing of personal information. FreeTravelGenie.com may post or publish any travel stories and photos you email to me. FreeTravelGenie.com does not otherwise share your personal information with third parties except as follows: in an aggregated or anonymized form that does not directly identify you; with your consent, including if we notify you on the Site that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information or when you agree to our sharing of your information with other third parties for their own marketing purposes subject to their separate privacy policies; with third party vendors, consultants and other service providers who are working on our behalf and need access to your information to carry out their work for us; to (a) comply with laws or respond to lawful requests and legal process, (b) to protect our rights and property or the rights and property of others including to enforce our agreements, policies and terms of use or (c) in the good faith belief that disclosure is needed to respond to an emergency or protect the personal safety of any person; and in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

 

Security. FreeTravelGenie.com takes reasonable measures to protect your personal information in an effort to prevent loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. 

 

Your choices. You may opt out from allowing FreeTravelGenie.com to collect your geographic location by changing your location preferences on your mobile device. You may also send requests about your contact preferences, changes to your information or questions about our Policy or privacy practices to us at Genie@FreeTravelGenie.com. If you need to contact us by regular mail, please send us an email asking for our mailing address and advising us as to the purpose for which you are requesting it. We will provide our mailing address to you to the extent required by law.

 

Changes to this policy. FreeTravelGenie.com may change this Policy from time to time by posting changes on the Site. Please review when using the Site.