Who we are
Our website address is: https://theglobetrottingaccountant.com herein after referred to as (“The Globetrotting Accountant“) or (“Website“) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy“)
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal data and information collected from individuals that visit our Website, under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
We are issuing this Privacy Policy to inform you about what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement applies only to this Website.
For further information, please refer to our Disclaimer.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Information You Voluntarily Submit
We may collect personal information from you that you submit to the Website, such as your name and email address when leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter or submitting contact form.
Automatically-Collected Information
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you accessed the Website. For example, when you use The Globetrotting Accountant, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Website we 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.
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.
Cookies
We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
How Your Information May Be Used
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
- To send you promotional information such as newsletters, provided that you have opted-in by voluntarily subscribing to the newsletter. Each e-mail promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future e-mails;
- To respond to your comments or questions;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
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.
Amazon Affiliate Disclosure
I, Nina Sparks, of The Globetrotting Accountant am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for the Website to earn fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Cookie Policy
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, and customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies are also often used to remember if you already registered to the Website and to remember your user details for future correspondence or form of login. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Disabling Cookies
Users may prevent cookies at any time prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by changing the settings on their internet browser to deny the setting of cookies. Also, already set cookies may be deleted at any time by clearing cookies in your internet browser. However, by disabling the setting of cookies in your internet browser, some functions of our Website may not work as intended.
Newsletters
The Globetrotting Accountant has a newsletter, which collects personal information such as name and e-mail, which must be provided voluntarily. Your email will never be added to a list without your consent. Should you choose to provide your email for my mailing list, please know that your email will never be sold, marketed, or traded to any other business.
Who we share your data with
Anonymous Data
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
How long we retain 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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Sensitive Personal Information
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.
Children’s Information
The Website does not knowingly collect any personal 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 Nina@TheGlobetrottingAccountant.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
