Craving Amazing Travel Privacy Notice

This page was updated on 01/01/2021 and overrides any previous policies. 

Data Controller and Owner: Craving Amazing Travel is the data controller and the Owner of the personal data we collect via this website.

Company Location: Utah, U.S.A.

Company Website: https://www.cravingamazingtravel.com

Contact us: https://www.cravingamazingtravel.com/contact

The privacy of our visitors is very important to us here on our website, Craving Amazing Travel. We have created this Privacy Policy for those who are concerned about how their privacy is being protected online here on our website. This notice is to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information that you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when you use our website, products, and services. This notice will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices, and our clients' needs.

Please read this Privacy Policy thoroughly and carefully before using this website.

This website and its content are owned by Craving Amazing Travel ("CAT", Company", "agency", "us", "our" or "we"). The term “you”, “your”, “ yours”, “passenger”, "purchaser", "guest", "client", "addressee" refers to the user, viewer or reader of https://www.cravingamazingtravel.com (“Website”).

What Information Do We Collect?

We collect two kinds of information from users of our website, (PII) Personal Identifiable Information and (Non-PII) Non-Personal Identifiable Information. Once we have collected this information, it becomes the property of Craving Amazing Travel.

1) (PII) which is known as Personal Identifiable Information pertains to US privacy laws and information security as information that can be used online to identify, contact, locate the identify an individual person. We collect Personal Identifiable Information that you may volunteer while using our website and services such as:

  • Personal details (your full legal name, salutation, title, date of birth, place of birth, gender, health details (if applicable), photographs, images, and videos)

  • Contact details (email address, telephone number, address, Province, Country, and emergency contact information)

  • Government-issued documents (Passport, social security number, and driver's license number, alien resident card, visas, and residency permit)

  • Financial details (debit and credit card information, transactional history and purchases, the amount paid for services, banking information, income, and business information)

  • Travel and vacation preference details (hotel booking reservation, flight number, cabin number, special occasion dates, special accommodations, loyalty program, dietary preferences, travel companion(s), and family member(s))

  • Use of websites and applications details (usernames, passwords, security answers, geolocation information, details regarding your interaction with our websites, applications, and emails we send, such as whether you have opened an email that we have sent, which may permit us to recognize you across multiple devices, cookies, and usage data)

We do not sell, rent, share, trade, or transfer your Personal Identifiable Information to anyone without your consent.

How we gather your personal information:

We may gather your personal information when you enter your personal information on our website and social media accounts for:

  • Giveaways;

  • Contests;

  • Promotions;

  • Services;

  • To make a purchase;

  • To enter a survey;

  • Fill out a contact form;

  • To subscribe to our email newsletter;

  • Submit questions.

How we use your personal information:

  • To personalize your experience on our website; 

  • To improve our website;

  • To send periodic emails and newsletters;

  • To operate our website;

  • To maintain our website;

  • To provide customer support;

  • To monitor the usage of our service;

  • To address, prevent and detect any technical issues;

  • To respond to any comments you make;

  • To process your transactions;

  • To deliver information, products, and services requested by you or on your behalf;

  • To send you confirmations and receipts;

  • To resolve problems and disputes;

  • To allow you to participate in our services;

  • To notify you about any security alerts, updates, support, administrative issues, products, services, surveys, special offers, marketing, advertisements, motions, rewards, events, giveaways, contests, interviews, guest posts, questions, news, and general information unless you have opted out of receiving this information. 

2)(Non-PII) which is known as Non-Personally Identifiable Information is that when used on its own cannot be traced to an individual which is the opposite of PII. This information includes your domain, your 'IP' Internet Protocol address, information about your computer/device, cookies on your computer device, or your information usage on our website. We may keep this information for administrative purposes only for instances where we need help diagnosing certain problems that may arise with our web servers where we will need to report this information to our affiliates, advertisers, vendors, publishers, and to third parties that need to perform services on our behalf. We may use your IP address to provide aggregate statistics about our traffic patterns and to see the number of visitors that visit our website. These statistics may be related to third parties but do not include any of your personal identifying information.

CONTROLLING YOUR PRIVACY:

If you have any privacy concerns at all, you can change your web browser settings to disable cookies. Although, it is not recommended to disable cookies for all websites because it may interfere with the use of some websites that you got to. It is wise to disable or enable cookies separately on each website that you visit.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS:

Craving Amazing Travel reserves the right and may choose to disclose your personal data when it is reasonably necessary:

  • To comply with any laws or legal obligations;

  • To protect against legal liability;

  • To respond to any claims that our content violates the rights of any third parties:

  • To prevent, defend, investigate, protect, report, illegal activities, take action on any act of wrongdoing, suspected fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person or property in connection with our website or services;

  • When we use third-party service providers to provide products and services on our behalf. These third-party product and service providers may use your information to carry out the purposes for which we hired them and not for any other reasons;

  • In the event that Craving Amazing Travel goes through a business transaction, such as an acquisition, merger, selling, exchanging, transferring of our assets, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership users' personal data will in most instances, be a part of the assets that are transferred. 

SECURITY:

We use reasonable security measures to protect the data that is in our possession. However, no method of transmission or storage of data information is 100% secure. We will not be responsible for any damage that results from a security breach of data information or for unauthorized access to or use of data information, whether Personal-Identifiable Information (PII) or Non-Personal-Identifiable Information (Non-PII). To the extent we provide your Personal-Identifiable Information (PII) to any third parties, we will request that they use reasonable security measures to protect your personal information.

WE USE COOKIES:

See our Cookie Policy [here] for more information.

CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFERS:

Our website is based in the United States of America (USA) and operates under United States law. We work with users and merchants from all around the world. If you are located outside of the USA, please note that the information you provide to us will be transferred to and processed in the USA and in other countries where the privacy laws may not be the same as the laws where you reside. Additional considerations apply to the use, collection, and disclosure of information from individuals who live in the European Economic Area (EEA).

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), under the General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) and applicable data protection laws you have the right under certain circumstances, to:

  • Be provided with access to your personal data; 

  • Ensure the accuracy of your personal data;

  • Restrict further processing of your personal data;

  • Have us delete or erase your personal data;

  • Request your personal data be transferred to a third party;

  • Or obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguards under which your personal data is transferred to a "third country" or international organization.

  • If you believe that our processing of your personal data infringes data protection laws, according to the EU privacy regulation, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection regulator. However, we hope you will contact us first to try to address your complaint directly.

Please [contact us] if you would prefer to have your personal data information deleted or erased.

CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (CalOPPA):

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law's reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. For more information, click this link: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

ACCORDING TO CalOPPA, WE AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING:

  • Users can visit our site anonymously.

  • Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our homepage or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.

  • Our Privacy Policy link includes the word 'Privacy' and can easily be found on the page specified above.

  • You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page.

  • You can change your personal information by logging into your account.

  • You Can change your personal information by emailing us.

CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE:

We are compliant with the requirements of (COPPA) Children's Online Privacy Protection Act to protect children's privacy and safety online. Our website, products, and services are all geared towards anyone over 13 years of age and do not knowingly collect Personal-Identifiable-Information from children that are under the age of 13 years old.

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old, but we realize that any child under the age of 13 years old may attempt to access our website, products, or services. We encourage that all parents and guardians to monitor their children's use of the internet and talk to them about online safety. If you are a child's parent or guardian who believes that your child is using our website, products, or services, please contact us immediately. We reserve the right to ask a parent or guardian to verify their relationship to the child before we honor such a request to prevent malicious removal of account information. However, as a parent or guardian of such a child, you understand that you are legally liable for any transactions created by the child.

You acknowledge that we do not verify the age of our users nor do we have any liability for verifying a users' age.

IF you are UNDER the age of 13 years old, PLEASE DO NOT use this website or provide any personal information on this website or through any of its features, register any of your personal information on this website, make any purchases through this website, or comment on any features.

If we discover that a child under the age of 13 years old has been using our website, we will delete Personally Identifiable Information within a reasonable time frame.

EMAIL, RSS FEED SUBSCRIBERS, AUTORESPONDERS, NEWSLETTER:

Our email subscribers may receive our latest blog posts, updates, offers, freebies, etc. via weekly emails depending on how busy we are with our 9-5 life or our travels. Subscribers may also receive free Printables, eBooks, and articles, etc.

We promise to not fill your email inbox with unnecessary junk mail or spam.

We use {MailChimp} to manage our newsletter and other email lists. There’s no third-party tracking in the emails that we send through {MailChimp} besides {MailChimp’s} own analytics, which may aggregate how many subscribers open an email from us or click on the web links in the email. {MailChimp’s} privacy policy is available at { http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy.}

We agree that we will not sell, rent, or trade your email address to any unaffiliated third-party without your permission.

Our RSS Feed subscribers receive our email to our latest blog post immediately when the blog post goes live on our website.

We may use email autoresponders to communicate with you via email. In order to protect your privacy, we use a verified opt-in system for such communications and you have the right to opt-out of such communications by using the opt-out links that are contained in each autoresponder message that you receive. If you have any problems opting out, please [contact us]. CAN-SPAM Act: The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, and gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

  • Send information;

  • Respond to inquiries and/or other requests or questions;

  • Process payments for travel services and send information and updates pertaining to travel services;

  • Send you additional information related to your service;

  • Market our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM, we AGREE to the following:

  • Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses;

  • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way;

  • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters;

  • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used;

  • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly;

  • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

OPT-OUT OR UNSUBSCRIBE OPTION:

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe or opt-out from receiving future emails or newsletters from us, you may contact us by following the instructions at the bottom of each email or newsletter, or by emailing us directly and we will remove you from ALL correspondence. 

If you prefer to not have any of your personal information used by our website, we kindly ask that you send us an email to the email that is listed on our website to let us know you would like to opt-out or unsubscribe. Please make sure to let us know your first name, last name, and email address so we can properly opt you out or unsubscribe you.

Please note that once we receive your request, it may take an additional period of time for your opt-out request to become effective.

If you wish to opt-out or unsubscribe from third-party websites, you will need to go to that specific website to opt-out or unsubscribe.

MEDIA:

If you upload any images to our website, make sure you avoid uploading images that have embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Anyone that visits our website can download and extract any location data from images on our website.

THIRD-PARTY DISCLOSURE FOR EXTERNAL WEBSITES AND SERVICES:

Craving Amazing Travel contains embedded content (eg. website links, videos, images, articles, plug-ins, applications, etc.) to and from other external websites of advertisers, our business partners, social media websites, and other third-party websites posted by our users or by the owners of Craving Amazing Travel. Any external third-party embedded content that you click on from our website that takes you to a third-party website will have its own privacy policies in place for its contents and activities and may collect personal Identifying information. We encourage users to read the privacy statements of each third-party website that collects personal identifying information. We provide external website links to you only for convenience purposes, and the inclusion of any web link on our website does not imply endorsement by the third-party's Company, websites or any association with any of its operators. We do not accept any liability or responsibility for third-party linked website's privacy practices and policies. We strongly recommend that you read their privacy policies, disclaimers, and terms and conditions to understand how they may use, share and collect your personal information. We protect the integrity of our website so please send us feedback on any concerns you may have about third-party links that you click on from our website.

EXTERNAL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT WE USE:

Craving Amazing Travel uses social media sharing buttons that help you engage, communicate and share our website content to your various social media platforms. We invite you to socialize and share your experiences with our website by using Social Media tools such as Facebook, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, Twitter, and YouTube. If you choose to use these Social Media tools, please note that you may be sharing certain profile elements, including your comments. We do not have any control over any Social Media tools. This sharing is subject to each social media program’s privacy policy and terms and conditions.

For more information, please see the privacy policies of the social media platforms that we use:

  • Facebook

  • Instagram

  • Pinterest

  • Twitter

  • YouTube

GUESTS:

Our Agency may from time to time, provide our users with information from third-party guests in the form of guest interviews, interviews on another platform or website, testimonials, real-world experiences, and contributors. Our Agency does not control any of the information that is provided by such third-party guests. We are not responsible for investigating the truth of any information that is provided by a third-party guest. We will not and cannot guarantee the veracity of any statements that are made by any third-party guest.

The views and opinions of any third-party guest expressed on our website do not necessarily reflect or state those of our Company or its owners and shall not be used for product endorsement or advertising purposes.

DATA RETENTION:

We only retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary for us to use your information as described above or to satisfy our legal obligations, tax, accounting, and legitimate interests. In some circumstances, we may make your Personal Data anonymous for research purposes and used indefinitely. If your data no longer meet any of the above criteria pursuant to GDPR, we will safely and securely erase your Personal Data once there is no legal obligation or lawful basis to process or store your Personal Data.

PAYMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS:

We will collect information from you that is related to transactions when you purchase services through our website. The Transaction Data that we collect from you may include your first and last name, street address, email address, credit card information, and any other transaction information regarding the product or service that you purchase. All credit card payments are processed by our third-party payment processing service provider, Travel Joy. We will share Transaction Data only for necessary purposes of processing payments or refunds, also for dealing with questions and complaints regarding payments and refunds. Our third-party payment processing service providers have their own processing privacy policies and terms. For more information on their policies, please see https://traveljoy.com/

NOTIFICATIONS OF CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY:

We may make changes and updates to our privacy policy at any time without notice to improve Craving Amazing Travel's information practices and users' privacy protection. When we make changes or updates to this privacy policy, the date at the top of the page will reflect when the change has been made. If there are changes or updates made in the future, the changes will be retroactive. Whenever you use our website or services we encourage you to review our policy to protect your privacy.

YOU AGREE AND CONSENT:

By using our website or services, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions and consent to our privacy policy agreement and are aware of our disclosures whether or not you have read them. If you continue to use our website following any updates or changes that we have made to our terms and conditions and privacy policy, then that shall mean that you are in full agreement and acceptance of any changes that we make and you consent to any revisions that we make. If you do not agree to our terms and conditions and privacy policy, then please do not use any of our sites any further.

CONTACT US:

If you have any questions about our privacy policies or the information practices, please contact us.