PRIVACY POLICY
GlobalGadding is a travel blog. Our website address is: https://www.globalgadding.com.
This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs the manner in which GlobalGadding.com uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from you on the https://www.globalgadding.com website (“Site”). This statement only applies to this Site.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we collect and how it may be used.
By accessing or using the Site in any manner, including, but not limited to, visiting or browsing the Site or contributing content or other materials to the Site, you agree to be bound by this privacy policy and our terms of use. If you do not agree to this policy and terms and conditions, please do not use the Site.
COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you, such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Children’s Information: The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at angela@globalgadding.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We use your information when answering comments on posts, responding to your message inquiries, sending out emails or our newsletter, for maintaining the Website, to track advertising, and to protect against unauthorized activity.
We will not use or disclose information that could be used to identify an individual member in any circumstances except to respond to your inquires, to protect against unauthorized activity, to ensure the proper functioning of our business and the Website, to communicate promotional offers and special events to you, to allow our trusted third parties, including our advertising partners, to communicate promotional and special offers to you, and where the law requires us to do so
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
SECURING YOUR INFORMATION
Please note that no information transmitted over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. However, we will protect your personal information as best as possible but we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us, or receive from us. The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk.
USE OF COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Website contains content with links to third party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of these websites. We have no liability for the content and information on these third party websites.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
Mailerlite – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mailerlite’s privacy policy for further information.
WordPress – This system stores email addresses, names and IP addresses that are collected when you leave a comment on our Site. This information is only used to respond to your inquiries.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
EXTERNAL LINKS
We often use external links to provide you with additional information. We accept no responsibility for the content of these links and they are provided as an additional tool to help you in your travel planning.
We use Google Gmail, hereinafter Gmail, as our email provider. The information you transmit to us by emailing us directly, submitting a message via our Contact Us page, or leaving a comment on an article is stored within Gmail. This may include your name, email address, message subject, the message/comment itself, IP address, and a URL (if provided when leaving a comment).
If you link to the Website from another website then we will be notified via Gmail. This notification is called a pingback and it includes the referring URL, referring article name, a text excerpt from the referring article (also known as a pingback excerpt), and IP address. This information will be stored in Gmail.
If you purchase an item from our Gumroad storefront then we will be notified via Gmail. And thus your name, username, email address, order number, transaction ID, item(s) purchased, and amount paid may be stored within Gmail.
As a result of any of the actions described herein you may receive an email response from us.
NEWSLETTER
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, 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, we 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.
Any email information submitted for our newsletter will never be passed on to any other parties. You can unsubscribe at any time.
DISCLAIMERS AND DISCLOSURE
AFFILIATE LINKS
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.
In some cases, we will use affiliate links to recommend specific products or activities. When you make a purchase using one of these affiliate links, we get paid a small commission at no extra cost to you. This small source of income helps us keep this website running.
GlobalGadding participates in the Booking.com Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn compensation by advertising and linking to Booking.com. As part of our participation in this program, we post customized links, provided by Booking.com, to track referrals to their website. This program uses cookies to track visits for the purpose of assigning commission to these sales.
GlobalGadding also participates in the GetYourGuide Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn compensation by advertising and linking to GetYourGuide.com. As part of our participation in this program, we post customized links, provided by GetYourGuide.com, to track referrals to their website. This program uses cookies to track visits for the purpose of assigning commission to these sales.
We would never promote or endorse a product or activity that we do not believe in.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
OPT-OUT
You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at angela@globalgadding.com to be removed from our mailing list.
ACCESS
You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to angela@globalgadding.com.
AMEND
You may contact us at angela@globalgadding.com to amend or update your personal information.
FORGET
In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to angela@globalgadding.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
By using the Website you do so at your own free will. You agree to use the information on the Website for information purposes only and at your own risk. In no case will we be liable for any damage or loss due to using the Website.
These terms and conditions govern your use of this website (hereinafter ‘the Website’ or ‘our Site’). By using the Website, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use the Website.
The content of the Website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
LICENSE TO USE THE WEBSITE
GlobalGadding owns the property rights to the Website, and unless otherwise stated, GlobalGadding or its affiliates own the material on the Website, including but not limited to photographs, videos, text, content, and website appearance.
Unless otherwise stated, you must not download any material from the Website. You must not republish (online or otherwise) any material, in whole or in part, from the Website. And you must not download, reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit any material, in whole or in part, on the Website for a commercial purpose.
ACCEPTABLE USE
You must not use the Website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Website, or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
You must not use the Website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software.
NO WARRANTIES
The Website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. We make no representations or warranties in relation to the Website or the information and materials provided on the Website.
We do not warrant that the Website will be constantly available, or available at all, or the information on the Website is complete, true, accurate or non-misleading.
We intend for the information on the Website to only serve as a general overview on matters of interest. The information on the Website is not intended to be comprehensive. We attempt to ensure that the content is current and accurate but we do not guarantee its currency and accuracy. You should carry out your own research and/or seek your own advice before acting or relying on any of the information on the Website.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
Under no circumstances will GlobalGadding in relation to the contents of, or use of, or acting upon or otherwise in connection with, the Website for any direct, indirect, punitive, exemplary, special or consequential damages, injuries, accidents, deaths, or losses; or for any business losses, loss of revenue, loss of income, loss of time, loss of profits or anticipated savings, loss of contracts or business relationships, loss of reputation or goodwill, loss or corruption of information or data, or wasted expenditure.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about these policies, please get in touch with us at angela@globalgadding.com.
Last updated: June 6th 2025