Effective Date: December 25th, 2024
At Miles Away Blog, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our website at https://milesawayblog.com.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://milesawayblog.com. We are a travel blog dedicated to sharing insights, stories, and resources about travel destinations, products, and tips.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect:
- The data shown in the comments form.
- The visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
Media
If you upload images to the site:
- Avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
- Visitors to the site may download and extract location data from these images.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device.
- Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter details for subsequent comments. These cookies last one year.
- Login: When you log in, we use cookies to save your login details and screen preferences:
- Login cookies last 2 days.
- Screen options cookies last 1 year.
- Selecting “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for 2 weeks.
- Logging out removes these cookies.
- Editing or Publishing Content: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie with the post ID is saved. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you have visited the external website directly. These websites may:
- Collect data about you.
- Use cookies.
- Embed additional third-party tracking.
- Monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you have an account on the external website.
How We Use Your Data
We may use your data to:
- Provide and maintain our website.
- Improve the user experience and optimize our site’s performance.
- Detect, prevent, and address technical issues or spam.
- Respond to your comments or inquiries.
- Analyze website traffic and trends.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, your data may be shared with:
- Service Providers: To help manage technical operations, spam detection, and analytics.
- Third-Party Tools: Embedded content or affiliate marketing platforms may collect data as described in their respective privacy policies.
- Legal Obligations: If required by law, your data may be disclosed to comply with legal requests.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.
- User account data (if applicable) is retained until the user deletes their account or requests deletion.
Your Rights Over Your Data
You have the following rights regarding your data:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Deletion: Request that we erase your personal data, except for information we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes.
- Correction: Update or correct any inaccuracies in your personal data.
To exercise these rights, contact us at: [email protected].
Data Security
We prioritize your data’s security and use industry-standard measures to protect it. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Third-Party Links and Tools
Our website may include links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for their privacy practices or content. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
Affiliate Links
Our website uses affiliate marketing to recommend products and services. Clicking on affiliate links may allow third parties to track your interaction and attribute commissions to us. No personal data is collected through this process.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. The updated policy will be posted on this page with the revised effective date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://milesawayblog.com
This policy ensures compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other data privacy regulations to the best of our ability as a travel blog.
