This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our web site. Our Privacy Policy outline is directly attributed to guidelines and the actual template provided by GDPR
Topics:
- What data do we collect?
- How do we collect your data?
- How will we use your data?
- How do we store your data?
- Marketing
- What are your data protection rights?
- What are cookies?
- How do we use cookies?
- What types of cookies do we use?
- How to manage your cookies
- Privacy policies of other web sites
- Changes to our privacy policy
- How to contact us
- How to contact the appropriate authorities
What data do we collect?
HipTraveler, Inc. collects the following data:
- Personal identification information - Name, e-mail address, profile photo, and hometown.
- Preference information - (to help us personalize your experience including itinerary results and automatic itineraries). Your favorites, created itineraries, people you follow, and saves help us to personalize your experience on the site and to easily plan new itineraries.
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide HipTraveler, Inc. with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
- Register online and build your profile.
- Use or view our web site via your browser’s cookies. (More on Cookies later.)
- Via Log Data - When you use HipTraveler, our servers automatically record information about your interaction with our products ("log data"), including information that your browser sends whenever you visit a web site or your mobile app sends when you use it to access HipTraveler. This log data may include your Internet Protocol address, the address of the web page you were visiting before you came to HipTraveler, browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, and how you used HipTraveler.
- Device Information - Device Information. In addition to log data, we may also collect information about the device you're using HipTraveler on, including what type of device it is, what operating system you're using, device settings, unique device identifiers, and crash data. Whether we collect some or all of this information often depends on what type of device you're using and its settings. For example, different types of information are available depending on whether you're using a Mac or a PC, or an iPhone or an Android phone. To learn more about what information your device makes available to us, Please also check the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider.
HipTraveler, Inc. may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:
- Facebook, Twitter, and Google - HipTraveler provides simple login & registration through these services. When you choose to use one of these services, they share back with us the above mentioned personal identification information.
How will we use your data?
HipTraveler, Inc. collects your data so that we can:
- We use the information we collect to provide our products to you and make them better, develop new products, and protect HipTraveler and our users. For example, we may log how often people use two different versions of a product, which can help us understand which version is better.
- We also use the information we collect to offer you customized content -- including helping you discover destinations and itineraries you might like. For example, if you've indicated that you're interested in Adventure Travel, we may suggest Adventure Travel related destinations, itineraries, hotels, tours, sights to see, etc..
- If you have Opted In to receive offers, we will email you with special offers on products and services we think you might like.
- Your data is also used to facilitate our messaging features so that you may message your followers and receive messages from your followers.
- Your data is also used to send you notifications when others favorite your itineraries or begin following you.
- Your Profile name, picture, social profiles (if you’ve added), itineraries, blogs, favorites, followers, your About section (if you’ve completed), and your Places I’ve Been pins are shared publicly on our web site under your Profile page.
- We may engage in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or similar transaction or proceeding that involves the transfer of the information described in this Policy. In this case, your data could be transferred to another party.
How do we store your data?
HipTraveler, Inc. securely stores your data at Amazon Web Services data centers. Here is a link to Amazon’s GDPR compliance information https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/gdpr-center/
HipTraveler, Inc. will keep your data for an indefinite amount of time unless you opt to deactivate your account. Once deactivated, we will delete your data within a one month period
Marketing
HipTraveler, Inc. would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like, as well as those of our partner companies.
Only HipTraveler will receive this information unless we explicitly present you with an Opt In request from another partner.
If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.
You have the right at any time to stop HipTraveler, Inc. from contacting you for marketing purposes.
If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please send an email to privacy@hiptraveler.com
What are your data protection rights?
HipTraveler, Inc. would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access – You have the right to request HipTraveler, Inc. for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that HipTraveler, Inc. correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request HipTraveler, Inc. to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that HipTraveler, Inc. erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that HipTraveler, Inc. restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to HipTraveler, Inc.’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that HipTraveler, Inc. transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: privacy@hiptraveler.com
