Privacy Policy/TOS

Privacy Policy

(“Traveling the Vortex, “we”) is committed to transparency in our efforts to provide the upmost protection of privacy. We reserve the right to change, update, add or remove provisions from this policy at any time, and any such update will go into effect immediately. It is your responsibility as a user to review this privacy policy. Use of this site and its various services is indication you agree to all of these terms. Security measures are in place to protect any information you provide to TTV, including passwords and encryption.

What Info We Collect and our Third Party Usage

Automatically our servers record IP addresses and domains for computers visiting. Our third parties that may be implemented with the site may also gather anonymous internet traffic data in coordination with these such companies, such as Google AdWords. This information is not personally identifiable. Use of Facebook commenting system is subject to Facebook’s terms and conditions and privacy policy. We may use cookies to improve experience, however they do not require any use of personally identifiable information.

We never will knowlingly save information from individuals under the age of 13. We will never disclose personal information of any user unless required so by a legal process or under extreme circumstances to protect the safety of public and/or users of this site or to defend the property of TTV.

All content posted on TTV is protected by all applicable laws. No warranty is implied for any service provided.

This page was last changed on November 24, 2021, last checked on October 2, 2022 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://travelingthevortex.com (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

We do not sell or share personal information to third parties for monetary consideration; however, we may disclose certain personal information to third parties under circumstances that might be deemed a “sale” or ”Sharing” for residents of California (DNSMPI and CPRA). We respect and understand that you may want to be sure that your personal information is not being sold or shared. You may request that we exclude your personal information from such arrangements, or direct us to limit the use and disclosure of possible sensitive personal information, by entering your name and email address below. You may need to provide additional identifying information before we can process your request.

2. Cookies

When you visit our website it can be necessary to store and/or read certain data from your device by using technologies such as cookies.

2.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.

2.2 Statistics cookies

We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website.

2.3 Marketing/Tracking cookies

Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

2.4 Social media

On our website, we have included content from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest. This content is embedded with code derived from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.

Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest are located in the United States.

3. Placed cookies

Most of these technologies have a function, a purpose, and an expiration period.

A function is a particular task a technology has. So a function can be to "store certain data."
Purpose is "the Why" behind the function. Maybe the data is stored because it is needed for statistics.
The expiration period shows the length of the period the used technology can “store or read certain data."

4. Browser and Device based Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. You do have the right to opt-out and to object against the further use of non-functional cookies.

4.1 Manage your opt-out preferences

5. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.

6. Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

you may submit a request for access to the data we process about you;
you may object to the processing;
you may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you;
you may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant, or to ask to restrict the processing of the data.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.

For more information about your rights with respect to personal data, please refer to our privacy Statement