BACKPACKFANATIC – PRIVACY POLICY
By: Backpackfanatic Staff | Last Updated: March 25, 2019
Your privacy is very important to us and we take it seriously. This Privacy Policy describes BackpackFanatic’s policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use Backpackfanatic website on desktop and your mobile phone. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources. By accessing, browsing, using and/or downloading the pages on this Website, you agree to accept and comply with this policy for each use and visit to this Website. If you do not agree to accept and comply with these policies, you should not access, browse, or otherwise use this Website.
BackpackFanatic reserves the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update these policies, and you agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations, or updates. You agree to regularly review this policy and to be aware of such revisions. Your use of this Website following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by this policy as changed.
What Personal Data We Collect And Why We Collect It
We may use information about you for various purposes, for example, to operate and improve our website, respond to your comments and questions, send you newsletters and emails, monitor and analyze trends, usage, and other activities in connection with our website.
Comments
When you leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your 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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Cookies
We may automatically collect information from you using ”Cookies”. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. A cookie by itself does not personally identify the user; it merely identifies the computer or device with which the user accesses the Website. Cookies help us track user behavior such as which pages you visit and how long spend in each area of the site, and this data helps us improve our user experience.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies. If you delete your cookies or set your web browser to decline cookies, some features of the Website may not work as designed.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. 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.
Analytics
We use third parties to provide analytics services. These entities may use cookies and other devices or technologies to collect information about your use of the Website including your IP address, location, web browser, search terms, pages viewed, and time spent on pages. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze visitation data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand the usage of our Website.
Affiliate Links
BackpackFanatic is currently a member of one affiliate marketing program. That program is Amazon Associates. This means that when you click on the affiliate links in our articles, we may receive a small commission on your purchase on Amazon. The price is the same to you and this allows us to continue testing and reviewing as much gear as possible. We take great pride in the independence of our work and never receive any financial compensation from manufacturers for reviews. By using the Website and clicking on our links, you consent to the use of third-party cookies for affiliate marketing purposes.
Email & Newsletter Sign Up
We have an electronic newsletter sign-up in our sidebar and at the bottom of selected pages. This service is operated by a third-party platform. We will only use your email address for our newsletter and other internal marketing purposes. We will not sell or distribute your email address to any third party. If you no longer wish to receive emails from BackpackFanatic, you can unsubscribe at any time by sending a request to backpackfanatic@backpackfanatic.com.
Social Plugin
We use social plugins from Avada & Jetpack. The use of social plugins enables the sharing of certain information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the third party that provides the feature.
Who We Share Your Data With
We may share information with third parties who perform services on our behalf. For example, we share information with developers, vendors, or other companies that help us operate our Website or advertisements. We may share information in order to comply with the law or to protect ourselves. We may share information with any successor to all or part of our business. We may share information for other reasons as may be described to you.
How We Protect Your Information
BackpackFanatic uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to BackpackFanatic or guarantee that your information on the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
Additional Information
Children’s Privacy
This website (BackpackFanatic.com) is not directed to children and we do not knowingly collect or store personal information from children under the age of thirteen. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a visitor under the age of thirteen, we will delete the information from our records.
Data Subject Requests
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to access personal data we hold about you if any, and to ask that your personal data be corrected, erased, or transferred. You may also have the right to object to, or request that we restrict, certain processing. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, you may contact backpackfanatic@backpackfanatic.com. If you have a concern that we are not able to resolve, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data privacy authority where you reside. See more information at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection
Contact forms
You can contact us in the following way:
- Email Us Directly: Backpackfanatic@backpackfanatic.com
- Use our Facebook Messenger Plug-In found in our Contact Page
- Use our contact form that can be found on our Feedback Page