Last Updated: May 2024
Gigs ‘n’ Travel Privacy Policy
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting Gigs ‘n’ Travel (“GnT” “Gigs n Travel”, “Gigs and Travel”, “Website” “The Company”, “us”, “we”, or www.gigsntravel.com) you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.
1 Introduction and access
1.1 Gigs ‘n’ Travel is a travel and live music focused blog, which provides you with travel inspiration, tips, ideas, and itineraries; as well as concert and festival reviews, insights, tips, and more. By using the Gigs ‘n’ Travel website (www.gigsntravel.com), the website will collect cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. 1.2 Gigs ‘n’ Travel collects personal data from its visitors, this could include things such as names, email addresses through comments or subscriptions, and IP addresses. 1.3 Gigs ‘n’ Travel can choose to revise this Privacy Policy by updating this page. You should check the Privacy Policy regularly to review and understand the current legally binding notice. 1.4 If you continue to use our Services after Privacy Policy changes go into effect, you consent to the revised policy.
2 What is Personal Data and What do We Collect?
2.1 Personal data is data that can identify you as a living individual. There is general personal data such as name, home address, email address and online identifiers/location data. There is also sensitive personal data which includes information on special categories that must be treated with extra security. This could include things such as race, sexual orientation, trade union memberships, health-related data, and more. 2.2 We collect only the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organisations.
3 Our Commitment to Children’s Privacy
3.1 At Gigs ‘n’ Travel protecting the privacy of the children is important to us. For that reason, we do not collect or maintain information at our sites from those we actually know are under 18, and no part of our site is structured to attract anyone under the age of 18. 3.2 If you are under 18, we request that you do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us. This includes your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use. 3.3 If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under the age of 18 without parental consent, then we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at gigsntravel@gmail.com so we can look into this.
4 Disclosure of Information
4.1 www.gigsntravel.com will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We collect only the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organisations. 4.2 The only third parties we might share your information with are the software that is necessary to make the Website function. This might include WordPress and WordPress plugins that are used on our Site, Google Analytics, our email newsletter software (MailChimp), as well as affiliate partners (for more information on our affiliate partners and how Gigs ‘n’ Travel uses affiliate marketing, please see our Affiliate Disclosure Policy).
5 Information We Collect from You
5.1 When you access the Website, Gigs ‘n’ Travel will learn certain information about you during your business. We might collect personal data from you in a number of ways, which include: 5.1.2 Comments: Your name, contact details, and any information that you choose to provide within your comment. Please understand that by posting a comment on this Website, you consent to the posting of any personal information that you provide. You should be aware that the information you choose to provide in the comments can be seen by others, and Gigs ‘n’ Travel are unable to control how other visitors might use this information. 5.1.3 Newsletter Sign-ups: Your name and email address. 5.1.4 Cookies: www.gigsntravel.com does collect Cookies. Cookies are small text files that often include an anonymous unique identifier. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. To read more about what Cookies we collect, please see both section 7 and our Cookies Policy.
6 How We Use the Information We Collect
6.1 We may use the information collected in the following ways: 6.1.1 To operate and maintain this Website, 6.1.2 To improve your experience on this Website, 6.1.3 To respond to your comments, 6.1.4 To provide you with user support, 6.1.5 Provide and deliver the information, products and services on this Website, 6.1.6 Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support 6.1.7 Communicate with you about posts, services, surveys, offers, promotions, and events offered by Company and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you, 6.1.8 Monitor and analyse trends, usage and activities in connection with our Services, 6.1.9 Personalise and improve the Services and provide advertisements, content or features that match user profiles or interests. 6.2 Data we retain is only done so with your consent (e.g. by signing up to our newsletter), for performance purposes, or under legitimate interest. 6.3 Information you provide us when signing up to our newsletter is stored securely on our database. 6.4 Any information that you choose to share via public comments on the Website is solely at your own discretion, Gigs ‘n’ Travel cannot control who will see those comments and what they might do with the information you provide within them.
7 Cookies
7.1 Gigs ‘n’ Travel does collect Cookies, which you will be prompted to accept or decline upon your first visit to our website, or reoccurring visits if you have cleared your browsing and cookie history, or if you are visiting us from a private browser, or on a new device.7.2 Cookies are small text files that often include an anonymous unique identifier. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. 7.3 For information on the Cookies we collect, please see our Cookies Policy.
8 Your Rights
8.1 Many data privacy laws, including the European GDPR act, VCDPA, CPA, and CCPA, require us to explain what rights consumers have over their data and how to follow through on them. As a visitor of the Website, you have the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, and the right to object. The following applies: 8.1.1a You have the right to choose whether you accept or reject Cookie consent of all non-essential Cookies. When accessing www.gigsntravel.com for the first time, you will be prompted to accept or decline Cookie usage, you can manage these consent options by clicking on the ‘Manage Cookie Consent’ tab which should appear at the bottom right-hand side of your screen. 8.1.1b You might clear your browsing or Cookie history, upon doing this you will be prompted once again to accept or decline Cookies when you visit the Website again. You might also be prompted to do this if you use a private browser or access the website from a different device. 8.1.2 If you have subscribed to our email newsletter, you will likely have provided us with information such as your name and email address. You can choose to unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time or choose to have your data erased completely from our email marketing database. Unless you have signed up specifically for our email newsletter, we will not hold information about you on our database. 8.1.3 You have the right to remove any comments you have made underneath blog posts on the Website, or request for these comments to be removed. If you have any requests regarding this, please contact gigsntravel@gmail.com. 8.1.4 You have the right to request whether we hold any records on you, this is known as a Data Subject Access Request, and we will have to respond within one month (30 days), however, The CCPA/ CPRA allows for a 45-day response time. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) states that this can be extended to a further two months if the request is complex or if we have received multiple requests from an individual, whereas the CPPA/ CPRA allows for an extension of up to an additional 45 days if the request is complex or there are multiple from an individual. 8.2 It is important to note that unless you have subscribed to our email newsletter, we do not hold information on you within a database.
9 Data Retention
9.1 We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
- Data Security
10.1 We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to other third parties who have a business need to know. 10.2 We have procedures to deal with any suspected data security. If we were to experience a data breach, the ICO would be notified within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach.
11 Contact
11.1 If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, you may reach our Data Protection Officer, Lauren at Gigs ‘n’ Travel at: gigsntravel@gmail.com