Who we are
This is Tripping Thru the USA, a road trip blog that provides information about road trips while being humorous and inspiring. The website address is: https://www.trippingthrutheusa.com.
If you have any questions, you may contact the owner of the site at paul@trippingthrutheusa.com
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service.
We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
We use your personal information for providing and improving the service of this blog. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
At times, we may collect certain personally identifiable information such as name and email address for providing and improving the services of the blog. In addition, those desiring to subscribe to the blog of their own volition can provide their name and email address. Mailchimp operates a double opt-in service for subscriptions.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site 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
Currently, we do not have media upload options.
Contact forms
When a contact form is uploaded, it will likely collect name, email address, and your comment so that the owner of the site can execute the service of communication.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site 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.
Cookies also may be collected from affiliate marketing links to process affiliate transaction.
Embedded content from other websites, including affiliate marketing links.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, affiliate links, 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.
Affiliate links may exist on this blog. Vendors may use cookies or other information to process the transaction to compensate the affiliate. Affiliate links are noted in the blog entry.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users’ IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.
Children’s Private Policy
The services of this website are not intended for children. If you believe a child has submitted information, please contact us so we may delete this information promptly.
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 through the Mailchimp subscription to provide and improve services of the blog. 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. Subscribers can request that their data be deleted or unsubscribed through emails sent out or through emailing paul@trippingthrutheusa.com. 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.
Contact Us
The email for the site owner is paul@trippingthrutheusa.com
Third-Party Links
Our service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
The blog may use affiliate links from third parties in the future to provide the opportunity for resources, services or other goods. Data used to process the affiliate transaction may be used so as to see a link between the customer and the clicking of the affiliate link.
Additional information
How we protect your data
Mailchimp stores data collected to provide certain services, most namely, email subscriptions to the blog. Mailchimp utilizes two-factor authentication to access the account where this information is stored.
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Askimet
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).