last updated: 27/12/2022
Homesick for Everywhere (“homesickforeverywhere.com“, the “website”, “I” or “me”) is committed to protecting your privacy. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you what information may be collected when you use the website and how it is used, how this information is being protected and what rights you have in this regard.
Please read this privacy policy carefully before you start to use the website. By using the website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the privacy policy. If you do not want to agree to the privacy policy, you must not use the website.
Contact details:
Email: nes@homesickforeverywhere.com
Disclaimer
Homesickforeverywhere.com is a personal travel blog. I created this blog mainly as a hobby to amuse myself, but I also aim to inform and inspire the people who visit the website. The articles on this site are carefully written and constructed, but nevertheless it is possible that they may contain incorrect, incomplete or outdated information. Homesick for Everwhere cannot vouch that all information will be accurate and up-to-date at all times and is under no circumstances liable for any damage in any form whatsoever that may result from incorrect information on the website or from a misinterpretation of that information. Homesick for Everywhere cannot be held responsible for decisions made by website users based on the information on this website.
All content on this website (text and photographs) is the property of Homesick for Everywhere, unless otherwise stated, and may only be used with clear and obvious credit back to the website, as well as a link to the original article on the site.
Homesick for Everywhere reserves the right to change or remove (portions of) the content on the website at any time without prior notice. Visitor comments that are deemed offensive or inappropriate (including spam) may also be deleted without further notice or explanation.
What personal data is collected and how is it used?
Homesick for Everywhere does not collect personal information about individuals, such as your name and email address, unless you explicitly and voluntarily submit it to the website, for example when you leave a comment, submit a contact form or subscribe to the newsletter.
Certain information is collected automatically when you access the website, such as your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website and the pages you view. This information is not linked to personally identifiable information.
Comments
When you leave a comment on a blog post on the website, you will be asked to provide your name and email address. If you want, you can also leave your website. Be aware that your name and website, as well as the information you share in your comment, are public and can be read by anyone. We have no control over how other visitors use the information you provided. Your email address will not be made public and may be used to notify you of follow-up comments, if you explicitly agreed to this when you left the comment. Furthermore, your IP address and browser user agent are also collected to help spam detection.
Newsletter
When you subscribe to the newsletter, you are asked to provide a valid email address so that I can notify you when a new article is published to the site.
Contact form or email
The contact form can be used to contact me directly through the website. Alternatively, you can also email me at nes@homesickforeverywhere.com. In both cases, I’ll be able to see your name, email address and the content of your message. This information may be used to answer your message.
Google Analytics
I use Google Analytics to analyse your behavior on this website with the aim to improve the site. Using IP addresses, I can see from which country people are visiting my blog, which pages they view and for how long the average visitor stays. The collected data contains global geographical information. No personal data is stored that can be used to identify an individual. I took the necessary steps to anonymize your IP address by removing the last 3 digits before the IP address is stored.
Sensitive personal data
Homesick for Everywhere does not knowingly collect any personal information from underage minors without the consent of their parents or legal guardian. It is however not possible to check whether or not a visitor is a minor. If you believe we might have collected any information from a minor without parental consent, please contact me at nes@homesickforeverywhere.com, so I can delete that information.
Cookies
This website uses both functional and analytical cookies to enable the proper functioning of the site. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, smartphone or tablet when you visit a website. They make sure that the website functions properly, they may for instance remember your preferences (functional cookies). Homesick for Everywhere also uses cookies that monitor your activities on the website (analytical cookies), for instance through Google Analytics.
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings of your internet browser. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via the settings of your browser. However, it is possible that some functions, on this and other websites, will no longer function properly when cookies are disabled in your browser.
On Homesickforeverywhere.com you will find social media buttons that make it possible to share my blogs on social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. These social media channels also make use of cookies. Homesick for Everywhere does not control how they store these cookies and is not responsible for the privacy guidelines, as well als the use and content, of these websites. Please read the privacy policies of the corresponding social media channels to learn how they handle the collected information.
Data retention
Homesick for Everywhere does not keep your personal information for longer than it is needed for the purpose it was collected for, unless there is a legal obligation.
When you leave a comment on the website, your name, email address and possibly website will be stored for as long as the comment is visible on the site. If you want to remove a comment from the website, mail your request to nes@homesickforeverywhere.com. If you are subscribed to the newsletter, your email address is kept for as long as you are subscribed to the newsletter. You can unsubscribe using the unsubscribe link in every newsletter or by sending an email to nes@homesickforeverywhere.com. Emails with questions will be kept for up to one year.
Sharing of personal information with third parties
Homesick for Everywhere does not sell or rent personal information to third parties and will only disclose your information to comply with any legal obligaton. Additionally, the website may share your information with third-party processors in order to service various aspects of the site.
The website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Bluehost – Homesick for Everywhere is hosted by the American company Bluehost. All data of this website is stored on the company’s servers in the United States (Provo, Utah). Bluehost has multiple European clients and took the necessary steps to be GDPR compliant.
Google Analytics – This website uses Google Analytics to analyse visitor statistics. I signed a data processing agreement with Google for this purpose. The data collected by Google is stored on a server in the United States. For more information I refer you to Google’s privacy policy. Homesick for Everywhere has anonymized the collected IP addresses so that they are not personally identifiable. I do not share any personal information with Google and I haven’t given Google permission to use the collected information for their other services.
Automattic – Homesick for Everywhere shares certain information with Automattic, such as your IP address and browser user agent. This information is used to reduce spam (Akismet) and to track certain statistics about the website (Jetpack). Automattic will store the collected data for approximately 30 days and will only use it for the above mentioned goals. For more information I refer you to Automattic’s privacy notice.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as maps from Google Maps or Instagram-posts. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you 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.
Links to other websites
Some articles on this website may contain links to other websites. Homesick for Everywhere is not responsible for the privacy guidelines of these websites and for the use and content of these sites.
Data protection
Homesick for Everywhere cares about the protection of your personal data and has taken appropriate measures to prevent abuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorized changes. More specifically, I have taken the following measures to protect your personal data:
- SSL certificate. Homesickforeverywhere.com is accessible through a secure internet connection. In the address bar of your internet browser, you can see that the website address begins with https and that there’s a padlock icon to the left of the web address.
- The administration of homesickforeverywhere.com is handled by me personally. No one else has access to the data (with the exception of the above mentioned third parties).
- The systems that contain your data are password protected.
Your rights
You have the right to request access to your personal data, as well as the right to rectify or erase your personal data. To the extent that you provided consent to the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. You also have the right to object to the processing of your data and you have the right to the portability of your data. You can submit a request by sending an email to nes@homesickforeverywhere.com. If you believe that Homesick for Everywhere does not handle your personal information correctly, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority.
Changes
This privacy policy can be modified at any time without prior notification, for example when there’s a change of legislation or an adaptation to the website. We wil alert you to any changes by revising the date at the top of this privacy policy. Please review this page periodically for changes. If you continue to use the website after a privacy policy change goes into effect, you consent to the revised policy.
Questions or remarks?
If you have any questions or remarks after reading this privacy policy, please feel free to contact me at nes@homesickforeverywhere.com.
