Privacy Policy
This Privacy policy was edited on 16-07-2019 and is adhering to GDPR compliance.
Sylvia Bisanz is the sole owner and operators of https://travellingcontessa.com (from here on referred to as Travelling Contessa). I am committed to protecting your privacy when you visit my Web site.
You can access Travelling Contessa and browse through the site without disclosing any of your personal data. I do not collect personal information about individuals, such as names and mailing or e-mail addresses, unless it is knowingly provided by the individual and he or she has agreed to the terms under which Travelling Contessa will use it.
If you do not enter your information into any forms, I cannot and will not store any of your personal data.
I aspire to comply to the fullest extent possible with applicable data protection regulations, in particular the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) and e-Privacy Directive, where applicable.
However, if you choose to fill out a form, such as when commenting on my website, reaching out to me via a contact form or anything else that requires you to physically write in your information, I collect the data you surrender and store it securely.
Disclosure Of Data
Legal Requirements
My site may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
– To comply with a legal obligation
– To protect and defend the rights or property of My site
– To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
– To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
– To protect against legal liability
Security Of Data
The security of your data is important to me, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While I strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, I cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Service Providers
I might employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate my Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on my behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist me in analyzing how my Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on my behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Transfer Of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside Austria and choose to provide information to me, please note that I transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Austria and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
My site will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal.
Disclosure of Information
https://travellingcontessa.com will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.
I do not automatically log personal, identifiable data nor do I link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals.
However, I do automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the website.
For example, when you use the Website, your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website will automatically be logged.
Also, information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked may be collected.
I might use IP addresses to compile and provide aggregate statistics about our visitors, traffic patterns, and administer the site. This statistical information may also be related to third parties, including but not limited to Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Console.
IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. I collect only the personal data that you may volunteer while using my website. I do not collect information about my visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.
If you do not want to have your information used in this way, please send an e-mail message containing your name and email address to [email protected].
Travelling Contessa may release account information when such release is reasonably necessary to comply with the law; enforce the terms of any of my user agreements; or protect the rights, property, and safety of Travelling Contessa, the users of its site, or others.
Third Party Disclosure
I do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless I provide you with advance notice.
This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist me in operating my website, conducting my business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
I might also release your information when I believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce my site policies, or protect mine or others’ rights, property, or safety.
Third Party Links
Occasionally, at my discretion, I may include or offer third party products or services on my website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies.
I therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, I seek to protect the integrity of my site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Affiliate Disclaimer
There are a number of links to external websites on travellingcontessa.com. Used by the reader will be at his/her own risk as these external links often use cookies and special referral codes to track the site where a user has come from.
When is your information collected?
I only collect information from you when you fill out a form, leave a comment on a post, send me an email or enter information on my site.
I also have a Facebook pixel installed on my site that can collect any public information you have on your profile, and this can be used to target ads on the Facebook platform.
Facebook securely controls this data though, and I do not have any access to your Facebook profile, whether public or private, and cannot personally contact you on that platform.
How Do I Use Your Information?
I may use the information I collect from you when you surf the website or use certain other site features in the following ways:
- To notify you about changes to my Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of my Service when you choose to do so
- To provide customer care and support
- To provide analysis or valuable information so that I can improve the Service
- To monitor the usage of the Service
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
Analytics
I might use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of my website such as Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of my website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=enand https://policies.google.com/privacy?
Links to other, external websites
My website contains links to other sites that are not operated by me. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. I strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Tracking & Cookies Data
I use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on my website and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Children’s Privacy
My service does not address anyone under the age of 18. I do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided me with Personal Data, please contact me. If I become aware that I have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, I take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Anonymous Data
From time to time, I might use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Publicly Visible Information
If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.
You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google Account.
Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
Advertising
Display Ads – I might use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Retargeting Ads – From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Rights Related To Your Personal Information
Opt-Out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in my emails. You may also notify me at [email protected] to be removed from my mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information I have about you by submitting a request to [email protected].
Amend – You may contact me at [email protected] to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that I erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to [email protected].
Please note that I may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Sensitive Personal Information
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to me, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
I might update this Privacy Policy from time to time. I will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Travelling Contessa contact:
Sylvia Bisanz
Margaretenstrasse 70
A-1050 Vienna
Austria
Email: [email protected]