Privacy Policy - Hoponworld

Hoponworld, a travel blog, found at https://hoponworld.com (website), abides by GDPR regulations. This means, we care about data safety and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect on Hoponworld and how it may be used.

In accordance with GDPR regulations you have the right to be informed about how your data is collected and used, have access to data about you, ask us to change/ delete the data about you, and ask us to stop sending you newsletter. If you are an EU resident and you wish to have your comments removed on Hoponworld, please contact us.

Disclaimer

The information you find on Hoponworld is correct at the time of writing and is intended for general information purposes only. While posts are regularly checked and updated, Hoponworld cannot guarantee that all information presented is correct all the time. Therefore, reliance solely on the information found on Hoponworld is at own risk. Accordingly, the site owner cannot be held liable for any changes that negatively affect your travel plans as a result.

Photos

All photos are the property of Hoponworld unless otherwise stated. (The exception is the use of stock images that do not acquire accreditation, and are free to use for personal and commercial purposes. From time to time Hoponworld may choose to use paid stock photos). Therefore, any photo not directly attributed to another source remains the property of Hoponworld and may not be used or reproduced without the express written permission of the site owner.

Content

Written content found on Hoponworld may not be reproduced or used in any other way without prior written permission from Hoponworld.

Comments

Any comments left on Hoponworld will be approved by the site owner first. Comments that are abusive or self-promotional in any way will remain unpublished. Hoponworld reserves the right to delete any comment without prior notice or warning.

Affiliate Program Participation

The adverts posted on Hoponworld are a part of our membership with:

Amazon Services LLC Associates Program
Klook Affiliate Program
Agoda Partners
World Nomads
Get Your Guide
Viator, Inc.

Hoponworld is also a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Hoponworld may be compensated by our affiliates when you choose to utilise the links located throughout the content on this site and generate sales for the said merchant. You are not obliged to click on any link or buy any products advertised. Any references to third party products, rates, or websites are subject to change without notice. Before participating in any third party offer, please do appropriate research.

Please note: All our affiliates are GDPR compliant. All opinions are our own. We pay for our own trips and expenses, unless otherwise stated.

What information data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on Hoponworld 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 Hoponworld, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to Hoponworld can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

When submitting information in a contact form on Hoponworld, the submission is solely used for customer services purposes (to respond to comments or inquiries). Hoponworld does not use the information gathered from contact form submissions for marketing purposes.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on Hoponworld you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on Hoponworld 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Any data gathered on Hoponworld is used only to personalise your website experience and analyse website data. Cookies are used to tailor ads to the reader, as well as track Google analytics. Therefore, Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information in captured by Google Analytics.

Newsletter subscriptions

Subscribing to the Hoponworld newsletter means that you will receive a newsletter as and when it is sent. You can unsubscribe form this service, at any time by either following the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by contacting Hoponworld directly. Once you have opted-out of the newsletter subscription, you will not be re-added to our mailing list and your data will not be stored or sold in any way.

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 Hoponworld (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 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.