Privacy Policy

Bel Around The World, found at https://www.belaroundtheworld.com/ (“Site”), is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you (“User”) what personally identifiable information (PII) this Site may collect, when it may be collected and how it may be used.

This statement only applies to this Site and all products and services offered by Bel Around The World through this Site.

By accessing or using the Site in any manner, including, but not limited to, visiting or browsing the Site or contributing content or other materials to the Site, you agree to be bound by these conditions.

Personally Identification Information (PII)

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in US privacy law and the European GDPR law, as well as information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.

This Site may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, register on the site, subscribe to the newsletter, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources made available on the Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address.

Users may, however, visit the Site anonymously. This Site collects personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

Non-Personal Identification Information

The Site may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with the Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to the Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

What Information is Collected

Information Users Voluntarily Submit to the Site

The Site may collect personal information from Users such as the name or email address. For example, Users may voluntarily submit information to the Site by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.

In addition, Users are able to create a user profile, which allows the User to create a username and password. The Site will store the username, but the password will not be visible in our records.

Information the Site Collects from Others:

The Site may receive information about the User from other sources. Users may link their Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to their user profile. If Users choose to link their Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to their user profile, the Site will receive the name, email address and profile picture associated with that account.

Automatically-Collected Information

The Site automatically collects certain information about Users and the device with which Users access the Site. For example, when Users use the Site, the IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages viewed, and the dates/times when Users accessed the Website will be logged. The Site may also collect information about actions Users take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

When is Information Collected

The Site collects information from the User when the user subscribes to a newsletter opt-in, respond to a survey, fill out a form, leave a comment on a post, send us an email or enter information on the Site.

How is Information Used

The information the Site collects from the User when the User registers for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features is used in the following ways:

To personalise the User’s experience and to allow the Site to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which the User is most interested in;
To create the User’s account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Site for your account;
To improve the Site in order to better serve the User;
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature about topics we think will be of interest to the User;
To send the User promotional information, such as newsletters. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email is included;
To send the User administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts. If the User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.;
To respond to the User’s comments or inquiries;
To provide the User with user support;
To track and measure advertising on the Site;
To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity;
To create and target Facebook ads on the Facebook platform;
To operate and maintain the Site.

How Your Information is Protected

The Site adopts appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of the User’s personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on the Site. The Site is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make the User’s visit to the Site as safe as possible.

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users’ personal identification information to others. Generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

Third party service providers may be used to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. The User’s information may be shared with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that the User has given us permission.

Users may find advertising or other content on the Site that links to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from the Site.

In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to the Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

The Site currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks the Site’s usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture the User’s IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.

Mail Chimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store the User’s name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.

Except when required by law, the Site will not sell, distribute, or reveal the User’s email addresses or other personal information without the User’s consent; however, the Site may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Site to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

Publicly Visible Information

If the User creates a user profile on the Site or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. To create a user profile, the User must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation. The User’s email address will never be available publicly. At the User’s option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.

The User may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account.

Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.

Anonymous Data

From time to time, the Site may use anonymous data, which does not identify the User 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.

Advertising

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising

For information regarding data collection by Mediavine ad partners including how to opt out of data collection, please click here.

The Website uses Mediavine to manage all third-party advertising on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website. The cookie may collect information relating to your use of the Website, information about your device such as the device’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at the Website via a link from a third-party site, the URL of the linking page.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site.

The Website may collect IP addresses and location information to serve personalized ads and pass it to Mediavine. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. You may also visit https://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and https://optout.networkadvertising.org/# to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at https://www.aboutads.info/appchoices to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

Mediavine partners with the following data processors:

Pubmatic. You may find Pubmatic’s privacy policy through this link. The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Pubmatic and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Statistical information and other non-cookie technologies (such as eTags and web or browser cache) may be used by third parties on this Website. Browser settings that block cookies may have no effect on these technologies, but you may clear your cache to delete such trackers. Data collected from a particular browser or device may be used with another computer or device that is linked to the browser or device on which such data was collected.
Criteo. You may find Criteo’s privacy policy through this link. The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Criteo and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Criteo may collect, access, and use non-identifying data to improve the Criteo Technology and other Criteo products, programs, and/or services. This non-identifying data may include on-site user behavior and user/page content data, URLs, statistics, or internal search queries. The non-identifying data are collected through the ad call and stored with a Criteo cookie for a maximum period of 13 months.
Pulsepoint. You may find Pulsepoint’s privacy policy through this link.
LiveRamp. You may find LiveRamp’s privacy policy through this link. When you use the Website, we share information that we may collect from you, such as your email (in hashed, de-identified form), IP address or information about your browser or operating system, with LiveRamp Inc, and its group companies (‘LiveRamp’). LiveRamp may use a cookie on your browser and match your shared information to their on- and offline marketing databases and those of its advertising partners to create a link between your browser and information in those other databases. This link may be shared by our partners globally for the purpose of enabling interest-based content or advertising throughout your online experience (e.g. cross device, web, email, in-app, etc.) by third parties unaffiliated with our website. These third parties may in turn link further demographic or interest-based information to your browser. To opt out of LiveRamp’s targeted advertising, please go here: https://liveramp.com/opt_out/
RhythmOne. You may view RhythmOne’s privacy policy through this link. RhythmOne uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as mobile device identifiers and digital fingerprinting) to provide its services. RhythmOne may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit the following webpage: https://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
District M. You may find District M’s privacy policy through this link.
YieldMo. You may find YieldMo’s privacy policy through this link. If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Yieldmo or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link.
The Rubicon Project. You may find Rubicon’s privacy policy through this link. If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Rubicon or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page.
Amazon Publisher Services. You may find Amazon Publisher Services’ privacy policy through this link.
AppNexus. You may find the AppNexus privacy policy through this link.
OpenX. You may find OpenX’s privacy policy through this link.
Verizon Media formerly known as Oath. You may find Verizon Media’s privacy policy through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
TripleLift. You may find TripleLift’s privacy policy through this link. To opt out of receiving interest-based advertising (including retargeting) from TripleLift’s services through the use of cookies in your current browser and for more information on what it means to opt-out, please go to www.triplelift.com/consumer-opt-out.
Index Exchange. You may find Index Exchange’s privacy policy through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
Sovrn. You may find Sovrn’s privacy policy through this link.
GumGum. You may find GumGum’s privacy policy through this link. GumGum may (i) use place and use cookies on end users’ browsers or use web beacons to collect information about end users who visit such Publisher Websites and (ii) link such collected end user information to other end user information provided by third parties in order to deliver targeted Advertisements to such end users.
Digital Remedy. You may find Digital Remedy’s privacy policy through this link.
MediaGrid. You may find MediaGrid’s privacy policy through this link. MediaGrid may collect and store information about end-user interactions with this website through cookies, advertising IDS, pixels and server-to-server connections. MediaGrid was receive the following information: the page an End-User has requested and the referring/exit pages; Timestamp information (i.e., the date and time the End-User has visited the page); IP address; mobile device identifier; device model; device operating system; browser type; carrier; gender; age; geolocation (including GPS coordinates); clickstream data; cookie information; first-party identifiers’; and hashed email addresses; demographic and inferred interest information; and post-conversion data (from both online and offline behaviour). Some of this data is gathered from this website and others is gathered from advertisers. MediaGrid uses this data to provide its services. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising or review their privacy policy for more information.
RevContent – You may find RevContent’s privacy policy through this link. RevContent may collect information about your browser or device, including browser type, IP Address, device type, user agent string, and operating system. RevContent also collects information about the websites you visit through their services, such as date and time of access and specific pages accessed and the content and ads you click on. You may opt-out of any personalization track by opting-out of RevContent’s data collection.
Centro, Inc. – You may find Centro’s privacy policy through this link. You may find opt-out information for Centro’s services through the privacy policy link.
33Across, Inc. – You may find 33Across’s privacy policy through this link. To opt-out of personalized advertising, please visit https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.
Conversant. LLC – You may find Conversant’s privacy policy through this link. Conversant uses information that does not directly identify you, such as information about your browser type, time and date of visit, your browsing or transaction activity, the subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over, and a unique identifier (such as a cookie string, or a unique advertising identifier provided by your mobile device) during your visits to this and other websites and apps in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. Conversant may use technologies such as cookies and other tracking technologies to collect this information. To learn more about interest-based advertising, or to opt-out, you can visit www.youronlinechoices.eu or https://www.networkadvertising.org/.

Retargeting Ads

From time to time, the Site may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Site. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Site.

Facebook: Opt-out of Facebook remarketing here

Google: Opt-out of Google remarketing here

Affiliate Program Participation

The Site may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Site. If the User clicks on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on the User’s browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions. If the link is used by the User to purchase a service, product, accommodation, or any other item, we will receive a monetary reward at no extra cost to the purchaser.

However, we do not pass on your data to any other websites, and unless the User physically enter your personal information onto the third party site, the User’s data is not identifiable.

Bel Around The World is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

Third Party Links

Occasionally, at our discretion, the Site may include or offer third party products or services. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of the Site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Newsletters

On the Site, the User may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when the User opens an email and which links within the email the User click. Also, this allows the Site to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the User. This behaviour will not be passed on to third parties.

The Site currently uses third party programs to manage newsletter database and delivery. The programs include, but are not limited to, Mailchimp. These companies have their own privacy policies, and should be referred to on their individual websites if the User has any concerns.

Rights Related to Your Personal Information

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us to be removed from our mailing list.

Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to us here.

Amend – You may contact us to amend or update your personal information.

Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to us here.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

Sensitive Personal Information

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Site. This includes:

political, race, religious or philosophical opinions, beliefs, associations or affiliations;
health and sexuality;
racial or ethnic origin;
membership of a trade union, or a professional or trade association; or
criminal records.

If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

Affiliate Disclosure

We may have a financial relationship with some of the merchants we mention.

From time to time, our blog posts and pages may contain affiliate links, which means we may get compensated/earn a commission at no extra cost to you if the affiliate links are utilised to make a purchase.

Our editorial content, including the advice we provide for educational purposes and the opinion we express on products, services and merchants is not influenced in any way by advertisers or affiliate partnerships and the integrity of our content is in no way compromised by such financial relationships.

We only affiliate with products, services, and merchants that we believe will provide value to our readers. We only endorse products, services and merchants that we consider of the highest quality standard.

It remains solely your personal responsibility to conduct your own investigation to determine whether to purchase an affiliate product or service.

You will not rely on any recommendation, reference, or information provided by us and we cannot be held liable or responsible for any damages resulting from your purchase.

The information provided by (“we,” “us,” or “our”) on Bel Around The World (the “Site’) and the resources available for download through Bel Around The World is for educational and general informational purposes only.

All information on the Site is provided in good faith and every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate and complete as possible and free from errors; however, the Site assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or contrary interpretation, and make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, relevance, validity, reliability, availability, timeliness or completeness of any information on the Site.

Under no circumstance shall we be held liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental loss or damage or any damages of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the Site or reliance on any information provided on the Site.

By using the Site, you accept full personal responsibility for any harm or damage you suffer as a result of your actions arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site or its content.

You agree to use judgment and conduct due diligence to verify any information obtained from the Site before taking any action or implementing any suggestions or recommendations set out on the Site.

Disclaimer

Your use of the Site is solely at your own risk and you expressly agree not to rely upon any information contained in the Site.

We reserve the right to make additions, deletions, or modification to the contents on the Site at any time without prior notice.

We do not warrant that the Site is free of viruses or other harmful components.

Any perceived slights of specific persons, peoples, or organizations are unintentional.

Any product, website, and company names mentioned on the Site are the trademarks or copyright properties of their respective owners. We are not associated or affiliated with them in any way.

External links disclaimer

The Site may contain links to external websites that are not provided or maintained by or in any way affiliated with us. The Site does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, relevance, validity, reliability, availability, timeliness or completeness of any information on these external websites.

The information contained on the Site and the resources available for download through the Site is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as, professional advice.

Your use of the Site, including implementation of any suggestions and/or recommendations set out in the Site and/or use of any resources available for download through the Site, does not create a professional-client relationship.

We expressly recommend that you seek advice from a professional. You agree not to rely upon any information contained in the Site or in the resources available for download through the Site as a substitute for professional advice.

Under no circumstance shall be held liable or responsible for any errors or omissions on the Site or for any damage you may suffer in respect to any actions taken or not taken based on any or all of the contents of the Site and/or as a result of failing to seek competent advice from a professional.

Intellectual Property

We hold the copyright of all the images on this website, unless specified otherwise, and all rights are reserved.
The Site and its original content, features and functionality are owned by Bel Around The World. Readers are welcome to share the content via social media and other such channels by linking to content found on the Site. No portion of the Site may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, or otherwise exploited for any purpose without express written consent.

Small excerpts (up to 100 words) may be reproduced provided there is a link to the full article and credit is given to Bel Around The World. You can contact us to make alternative arrangements if you would like to reproduce more than this.

You are permitted to print a single copy of information on this website for personal use.

Terms of Use

We do our best to ensure all content on this website is correct. However, we are not liable for any errors and readers are urged to confirm important information direct with suppliers and other information sources. Bel Around The World is not responsible for any loss or damage resulting from any information contained in this website. Bel Around The World can amend any content in this website at any time.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Bel Around The World has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. Users are encouraged to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect.

You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contact Information

At any time you have questions related to this Privacy Policy, please contact us here.

Last updated: May 6, 2020.