Theculturedbee.com (“Site”) is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit the Site. You can access theculturedbee.com and browse the Site without disclosing any of your personal data. Theculturedbee.com does not collect personal information about individuals, such as names and mailing or email addresses unless it is knowingly provided by the individual and they have agreed to the terms under which theculturedbee.com will use it.
Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the Site. By using the Site or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Site.
Disclosure of Information
Theculturedbee.com will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. I do not automatically log personal data nor do I link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals. I may use IP addresses to compile and provide aggregate statistics about visitors, traffic patterns, and administer the Site. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. I only collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using the Site.
personal Data collected and why It’s collected
When you access theculturedbee.com, the Site collects information about you during your visit. The personal information collected by you is done in the following ways:
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Site the data collected are the comments left by the visitor, your name, email address, the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. Visitor comments are checked through Akismet Anti-Spam, an automated spam detection service. Please note by posting a comment on this Site, you consent to the posting of any Personal Information that you provide. You should be aware that such Personal Information can be read, collected, or used by other visitors to these public areas. We have no control over how these visitors use your Personal Information. Akismet’s privacy policy is available here: https://akismet.com/privacy/.
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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact form and Newsletter opt-in
Contact Form
When visitors send a message through the contact form, your name, submission, and email address will be stored. Any email address received via the contact form will not be used for any future notices, updates, security alerts, support or administrative messages. You will only receive communication as necessary to your questions or comments.
Newletter
When visitors sign up for the newsletter, your name and email address are collected.
I may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain this Site;
- To improve your experience on this Site;
- To respond to your comments;
- To provide you with user support;
- Provide and deliver information;
- Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
- Communicate news and information I think will be of interest to you;
- Monitor and analyze trends
Cookies
Like most websites, when you visit this Site it may store information in your browser in the form of cookies. The information might be about you, your preferences, your device, or used to make the Site function properly. The information does not identify you directly but, can provide you with the best user experience possible. Information gathered through cookies may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at the Site, and your IP address. You can choose not to allow some types of cookies. However, you should know that blocking certain cookies may impact your experience on the Site.
strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the Site to function and cannot be switched off in the systems. They are used to help spam detection as well as in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences. You can adjust your browser settings to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Site may not function properly.
Strictly Necessary Cookies should be enabled at all times so that the Site can save your preferences for cookie settings.
3rd party cookies
Some applications on the Site are served by third-parties. The Site use Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the Site, and the most popular pages. Keeping this cookie enabled helps to improve the Site and the user experience. To view how Google collects and processes your data, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.com. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here, https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
These third parties may use cookies to collect information about you when you use the Site. I do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used.
External Web Sites
Please note that theculturedbee.com contains links to other external websites. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Please be aware that I am not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. I encourage users to read the privacy policies of each web site they visit, as they may collect personally identifying information.
Affiliate Links
Please note this Site contains affiliate links. These links allow tracking of clicks on certain links and if you purchase something using these links, I earn a commission, at no cost to you. These companies are listed below and will be updated as necessary.
Viator.com: https://www.viator.com/support/privacyPolicy
Booking.com: https://www.booking.com/content/privacy.html
Skyscanner.com: https://www.skyscanner.net/trip/privacy
Autoeurope.com: https://www.autoeurope.com/privacy/
WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA
If you have signed up for the newsletter or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data the Site holds about you, including any data you have provided to the Site. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you.
Should you wish to obtain an exported file of any personal data you have shared or to have your information deleted, please email me at melissa@theculturedbee.com and submit a request.
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by theculturedbee.com. If you have any questions or concerns about the Privacy Policy, please contact: melissa@theculturedbee.com.
