Protecting your private information is our priority. Therefore, this Statement of Privacy applies to The Epicurean Traveler and its website https://www.epicureantravelerblog.com and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to The Epicurean Traveler include https://www.epicureantravelerblog.com. The Epicurean Traveler website is a culinary travel and lifestyle blog, and by using The Epicurean Traveler website, you consent to the data practices prescribed in this statement.
The Epicurean Traveler partners with Ezoic to place ads on the site. Please refer to the Ezoic Privacy Policy for more information about how that affects your personal information.
Collection of Your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, The Epicurean Traveler may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- Name
- Email address
The Epicurean Traveler may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:
- Age
- Gender
- Geographic location
- Device (mobile, tablet, or desktop)
Please keep in mind that if you disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The Epicurean Traveler’s public comment sections, this information may be collected and used by others.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain information to us when you elect to use certain services or products available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account to comment on our Site, (b) entering giveaways and contests sponsored by us or one of our partners, (c) signing up for our newsletter or to receive blog posts by email, (d) filling out our contact form or sending us an email, (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of Your Personal Information
The Epicurean Traveler collects and uses your personal information to operate its website and deliver the services you requested.
The Epicurean Traveler may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The Epicurean Traveler and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
The Epicurean Traveler does not sell, lease, or rent its customer lists to third parties.
The Epicurean Traveler may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (name, email address, phone number) is not transferred to the third party. The Epicurean Traveler may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
The Epicurean Traveler may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or to comply with legal process served on The Epicurean Traveler, (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Epicurean Traveler, and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of users of The Epicurean Traveler or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
The Epicurean Traveler may keep track of the websites or pages our users visit within The Epicurean Traveler, in order to determine what services and articles are most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within The Epicurean Traveler to customers whose behavior indicates they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by The Epicurean Traveler. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring websites. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, to provide general statistics regarding the use of The Epicurean Traveler website.
Use of Cookies
The Epicurean Traveler website may use cookies to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file places on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary uses of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is the tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize The Epicurean Traveler pages, or register with The Epicurean Traveler site or services, a cookie helps The Epicurean Traveler to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing and shipping addresses. When you return to the same website, the information you previously provided will be retrieved, so you can easily use The Epicurean Traveler features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or deny cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not fully experience the interactive features of The Epicurean Traveler website.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy policies of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Children Under 13
The Epicurean Traveler does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you must ask a parent or guardian for permission to use this site.
Email Communications
From time to time, The Epicurean Traveler may contact you via email for the purposes of providing blog posts, newsletters, announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications, you may opt out of these emails by clicking unsubscribe.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to this Statement
The Epicurean Traveler reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat your personal information by sending you a notice to the primary email in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the site and/or services available through this site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
The Epicurean Traveler welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe The Epicurean Traveler has not adhered to this statement, please contact us at:
The Epicurean Traveler, 421 Kingsbury Ave, Dearborn, MI 48128
erin@epicureantravelerblog.com
Effective as of March 21, 2020
