Disclaimer and Privacy Policy
Who We Are
Offbeat Escapades, with website address https://offbeatescapades.com/ (“Website” or “Site”) is governed by the following Disclaimer (“Disclaimer”) and Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”).
We respect your privacy and personal information, and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Disclaimer and Privacy Policy is to inform you what information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
Disclaimer
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
All content provided in Offbeat Escapades is for informational purposes only that is based to the best of our knowledge. Please take note that we make no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on this Website. As such, we will not be liable for any errors or absence in this information nor for the availability of this information. We also take no liability for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information.
Should you find anything on this website outdated or inaccurate, please reach out to us at hello@offbeatescapades.com. We will be happy to correct any incorrect or outdated information (we’re only humans too!).
AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER
Some of the links on this website are affiliate links. If you choose to purchase products or services from these links, we may get paid a small commission which varies from each product. Using these links will not cost you. But it does help us to keep providing you with free content for your travels or your van life.
To specify, Offbeat Escapades is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Offbeat Escapades is also a participant of the Affiliate Programs under Travel Payouts.
Please note that as an affiliate, Offbeat Escapades will only ever recommend products and services that we feel are of high quality, useful and helpful to our audience.
BLOG COMMENTS AND CONTACT FORMS
When you leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
In leaving comments, you may also opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. Please note that these cookies will last for one year.
In the same way as with blog comments, when you submit a contact form to this website, we may collect personal information from you such as your name and email address.
COPYRIGHT
The content of this website is covered by copyright and all non-free (free content is retrieved from Unsplash or Pexels) content is our own. As such, any content in this website is forbidden from being transmitted for other personal or commercial use. If you would like to use any of our images or published articles, please get in touch with us at hello@offbeatescapades.com and we’d be happy to work together.
GDPR Compliance
We commit to taking your data safety seriously and we use your private data only to offer a more personalised experience.
- We use Google Analytics for analysing website data.
- We have never sold, we are not selling, and we will not sell any of your personal data provided to us.
- All of our affiliates are GDPR compliant.
You have the right to:
- Be informed regarding how the data is collected and used.
- Have access to the data about you.
- Ask us to change the data about you.
- Ask us to delete the data about you.
Offbeat Escapades abides by GDPR regulations. If you are an E.U. Resident and wish to have any of your information removed, please get in touch with us at hello@offbeatescapades.com. We do not retain secondary copies of your contact information without your permission. Furthermore, we also do not resell or share your contact information with third parties.
Privacy Policy
Offbeat Escapades, which can be found at https://offbeatescapades.com/ (“Website” or “Site”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect, how it may be used and to govern the manner in which Offbeat Escapades collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (“User”) of the website. This document applies to the website and all products and services offered by Offbeat Escapades.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, register on the website, submit a form, place an order, subscribe to the newsletter, respond to a survey, leave a comment email us, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our website.
We do not seek sensitive personal information such as your race, political beliefs, religion, political associations, sexual preference, or genetic information.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Website. We use this information to monitor and improve our website. This includes information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked. Your information has been anonymised and only is viewed aggregately.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalised experience on the Website.
Your information may be used:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To track and measure statistics on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorise us to share your information. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
This Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics: This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. We have anonymised our Google Analytics data and never look at non-aggregated data.
WordPress Hosting through Hostinger: This service is responsible for hosting and operating the website platform Offbeat Escapades uses.
Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Website, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
COOKIES
We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalised experience on the Website.
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customises Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
ACCESS, AMEND OR FORGET YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the right to view, edit or delete the personal data we have collected about you. Furthermore, you have the right to withdraw consent or to object to the processing of your personal data. And you have the right to data portability: this means that you can request that we send you, or another organisation named by you, the personal data that we have about you in a computer file. Requests to view, edit, delete or port your personal data, and withdrawals of consent can be sent to hello@offbeatescapades.com.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you leave a comment, certain information (i.e. your provided name) may be publicly visible, however your email address will not be. We will not contact you using your email as this goes against GDPR regulations, so if you wish to be contacted by Offbeat Escapades, please contact us directly at hello@offbeatescapades.com.
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your sensitive personal identifiable information, identification or documentation numbers, 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 us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately. We will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about our Disclaimer & Privacy Policy, please get in touch with us at hello@offbeatescapades.com.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By using this Website, you signify your acceptance of these terms. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of any changes thereof will be deemed your acceptance of any changes to this Disclaimer & Privacy Policy.
Disclaimer and Privacy Policy Effective: 15 December 2020.