This page highlights my privacy policy and terms of use. Please read these items carefully before using this site.
This privacy policy applies to the following website address, including all articles and webpages contained therein: https://localguidetours.com/.
POLICY OVERVIEW
- Cookies & Privacy
- Contact Forms & Comments
- Embedded Content & Hyperlinks
- Affiliate Links
- Third Party Advertising
- Disclaimer
- Intellectual Property
- Terms & Conditions
COOKIES & PRIVACY POLICY
Our website collects information from visitors, known as cookies, to enhance the overall user experience. The information collected is mainly used for analyzing trends and monitoring behavior around certain topics. Moreover, this information in the aggregate helps us to create content that best serves this travel community.
Hence, cookies allow us to track the usage of this website to provide the best possible content and articles. They are also used to provide anonymous tracking data to Google Analytics.
The following types of information may be collected for such purposes: browser type, IP address, operating system, country, and date/time visitors access our website. If you would prefer to disable cookies in your browser, it’s advisable to consult the “Help” section of your browser. Furthermore, the About Cookies website provides insightful guidance on this topic.
CONTACT FORMS & COMMENTS
During page sessions, users may submit information through this website’s contact forms to subscribe to newsletters and post notifications. The information contained therein will never be shared with third-parties.
Upon subscribing to this website, we may send you free newsletters and emails that promote the use of this site. When you receive such emails, you always have the option to stop receiving communications from us. You can do so by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the email.
At the end of my articles, users have the ability to leave comments. All comments submitted by users who have not been previously approved will be held in moderation. Anything deemed as spam or offensive will not be published on this site. To leave a comment, personal details such as name or email address are not required.
EMBEDDED CONTENT & HYPERLINKS
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites acts in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. Hence, this means that websites may collect data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content if you have an account and are logged into that website.
External links are sometimes used on this site to direct you to further information regarding a particular topic. We accept no responsibility for the content in these links, as they are solely provided as an additional resource. When you choose to access these links, we encourage you to carefully read the privacy statements of each website.
AFFILIATE LINKS
As a travel blogger, I always strive to provide the best tips and recommendations to assist you with your travels. In doing so, I sometimes include affiliate links to other websites that provide certain products or services relating to traveling. I only do this when I genuinely believe a brand’s products or services are useful and in alignment with the interests of this travel community.
Our affiliate partners may use tracking information and cookies to track sales you make as a result of clicking on the links. I may earn commission on the sales of such products or services.
Third Party Advertising
This website uses Mediavine to manage all third-party advertising. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit this website, which may use cookies. Mediavine may collect IP addresses and location to serve personalized ads. Therefore, if you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
DISCLAIMER
As a travel blogger, I sometimes write about places that I have visited through my work. Therefore, I may receive compensation or discounted services for my media coverage of certain destinations and brands. However, any articles or ideas posted on this blog are always my own opinion and aren’t influenced by other parties. I take my job as a travel writer very seriously, and will never recommend things that I don’t enjoy or otherwise find worthy of posting.
Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise noted, all written content on this site is owned by Local Guide Tours and his affiliates or licensors. They are protected by copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws. Furthermore, you may not use this site or the contents therein in a manner that constitutes infringement of applicable rights and laws. Additionally, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, upload, post, translate, distribute, or sell any material from this website without prior permission.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
By using this website, you are doing so at your own free will. Information in these articles could be outdated. Hence, we accept no responsibility for any incorrect or misleading information, and recommend that you research additional sources for up-to-date information. All travel advice on this website comes from personal experiences and preferences. Therefore, it should only be used as a general guide for your adventures.
This website makes no representations or warranties regarding the completeness, accuracy, availability, or suitability of the information contained within it. By using this website, you agree to do so at your own discretion.
By using this website, you agree not to share any sensitive personal information (i.e. via comments or contact forms).
This policy is subject to change. If you have questions regarding any of the information contained on this page, you can email me at [email protected].