By Land and Sea strongly believes in keeping your personal information confidential and secure. The following privacy policy describes what information we collect and how it is used and shared.
What Information Do We Collect?
Voluntary Information
By Land and Sea collects as little information as possible from users looking to post comments and messages on our website. We will typically collect a name (either real or alias), personal website, and e-mail address.
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.
Cookies / IP Address tracking
By Land and Sea uses cookies to uniquely identify users for the purpose of log files, posting comments, and voting on the site. No personal information is stored in these cookies and is simply a way to identify your computer.
With Whom Information is Shared
None of your information will be shared with third parties. By Land and Sea may use your e-mail address in the future to contact you regarding the site, however, an opt-out will always be provided. Your name and website may be displayed on the site if you post a comment or a message. However, your e-mail address and privacy will always be kept secure.
How 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. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Third-Party Use of Information
By Land and Sea utilizes the following third-party services and each one has their own respective privacy policies to determine the use of your personal information:
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.
Opting Out
If By Land and Sea chooses to send out newsletter updates in the future and we have your email address on file, you may receive a copy of our newsletter. However, at the bottom of every newsletter will be an easy way to opt-out. We hate SPAM as much as you and have no intention of filling up e-mail boxes with unwanted messages.
Third Party Advertising
We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our website. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date and/or the subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information.
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please e-mail us at bylandandsea.me@gmail.com and we would be happy to provide further clarification.
Disclaimer Statement
I, By Land and Sea, only claim the thoughts from my head, which are the opinions of an untrained amateur. I am NOT a travel agent, professional photographer, airline representative or anything else of that sort. Please seek out a professional for any ‘real’ advice.
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By Land and Sea is not responsible for the actions of my advertisers or sponsors. If you, the reader, purchase a product or service based upon a link from my blog, I have no involvement in the satisfaction or delivery of the transaction. Furthermore, I make no warranties, claims, or guarantees about any of the products or services listed on my site. If there are any issues, you the reader must take action with the merchant company, not me.
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Comment Policy
I LOVE hearing from you, and I would love it even more if you left a comment on my posts! I would really like this to be a place where you can discuss, analyze, or just add to the discussions with your thoughts or different points of view. I do check comments before they are posted and I will always post comments from real humans (gotta check for robots), even if they disagree with my thoughts, as long as the comment is respectful. The internet is far too anonymous and it’s easy to get carried away. I’d like this to be a place where we can learn from each other and enjoy different viewpoints, not teach each other down!