Terms and Conditions & Privacy Policy

By using the website https://www.charisfar.com, a travel blog, you agree to the following terms and conditions and privacy policy.

Terms and Conditions

The content of this blog is covered by copyright, and all words and most photographs are the copyright of Charelle Kooy unless otherwise stated. If you would like to use any of my photos or republish posts, please contact me via the contact form on my website. You may not, except with my permission, distribute, re-post, or commercially exploit the content of this blog, including both written content and media.

Privacy Policy

About Char Is Far

Char Is Far (https://www.charisfar.com) is a travel blog owned by Charelle Kooy.

What personal data I collect and why I collect it

The website collects personal data from users and site visitors, such as name, e-mail address and personal account preferences.

I may use the information and data described above to:

Operate and maintain the site.
Send you a newsletter, promotional information or other updates about our website. In the emails, you can manage your personal data or opt-out of future mailings.
Respond to your comments or questions.
Request feedback from you.
Compile anonymous statistical data for my own use or for a third party’s use.
Prevent unauthorized or illegal activity on our website.

The data which is collected on this site is explained in more detail below.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site I 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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

I collect information about visitors who comment on my site with the Akismet anti-spam service. The information I collect includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, e-mail address, and the comment itself).

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

If you use the contact form on the website, I keep contact form submissions for one year for the sole reason of customer service purposes. I do not use the information submitted through the contact form for any other purposes, such as marketing.

Cookies

When you visit my site for the first time, I inform you that Char Is Far uses cookies. The acceptance of this message is stored for one year.

If you leave a comment on my site you may 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. These cookies will last for one year.

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

This service tracks website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the website. I may partner with third-party analytic companies, including Google Analytics. The analytic companies may also use cookies or other tracking technologies to analyze visitors’ use of our website. I do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, in order to access my site, you must consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party analytics companies. You should review their Privacy Policy and contact them directly if you have questions.

On the website, you may subscribe to my newsletter and blog updates, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, I may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

Affiliate Marketing

The website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions (at no extra cost to you). If an article contains affiliate links, it is stated clearly in the article.

How long I retain your data

I keep personal data as long as it is needed to conduct my legitimate travel blog purposes, to comply with my legal obligations, or until you ask me to delete your data.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

What rights you have over your data

You can request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.