Who we are
Our website address is: https://mpaproject.com.
MPA Project Travels understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online.
Our site only collects and uses information in ways that are consistent with your rights and our obligations under the law. Namely, data is processed:
- When you give specific and express consent for us to do so
- When necessary for the performance of a contract, where you are a party to that contract (for example, if you buy something we will need to collect payment and delivery information in order to deliver that product to you)
- When necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
- When necessary in order to protect the vital interest of the data subject (you) or of another natural person
- When necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us, except where such interest is overridden by your interest or fundamental rights and freedoms.
This Policy applies to our use of any and all data collected by us in accordance with your use of our site.
Please be sure to carefully read this Privacy Policy and ensure that you understand it.
YOU ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE ACCEPTED OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY WHEN YOU FIRST USE OUR SITE. If you do not agree to and accept our privacy policy, then you must stop using our site.
By using our site you certify that you are an adult, at least 18 years of age.
Information we collect and why we collect it
Personal Information Collected on this Website
No personally-identifiable information is collected on this website from persons that browse our website. The only personally-identifiable information collected on this website is gathered in our comment area and on specified sign up forms, where fields are provided so that you can provide your name and email address to leave a comment or receive a download, newsletter or other emails on updates, giveaways, or other offers. We collect this information so that we can respond to the comments or questions that you post.
For additional detail on how we collect and use personally identifiable information, please see the table below.
Anonymous Information Collected on this Website
We record anonymous data. Most of the information that we collect from this website is anonymous information, such as the pages you visit. Other anonymous data we may collect might include the name of your internet service provider, the website that you used to link to our site, other interests you have, basic demographic information, the websites that you visit from our site, and your IP address. The data is used for statistical purposes only, but you, as the individual user, remain anonymous. We use this anonymous information to help improve the content of this site and to compile aggregate statistics about individuals using our site for internal market research purposes.
For additional detail on how we collect and use anonymous information, please see the table below.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or device by our site when you visit certain parts of our site.
When you visit our website, we may assign your computer one or more cookies to facilitate access to our website, personalize your online experience and record information about your visit.
Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our website, such as the web pages you visit, the links or advertisements you click on and other actions you take while on our website.
The cookies do not store any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about you.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies.
If you choose to decline cookies, please note that some of the features and services of our website may not function properly. We also use cookies for purposes such as maintaining continuity during an online session; gathering data about the use of our site; monitoring online promotions; and anti-fraud and information security purposes.
We may allow third-parties, advertising companies and ad networks (“Advertisers”) to display advertisements on our website. Advertisers may use tracking technologies, such as cookies, to collect information about users who view or interact with their advertisements.
Our website does not provide any PII to these Advertisers, but they may collect information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw and/or clicked on the advertisements they delivered, and possibly associate this information with your subsequent visits to the advertised websites. They also may combine this information with personal information they collect directly from you. The collection and use of that personal information is subject to the particular Advertiser’s privacy policy.
Embedded Content from Other Website
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Links to Other Sites
Our website does contain links to affiliate and other websites. Our site does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other such websites. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. The aforementioned Privacy Policy agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our website.
Through affiliate links, identifying information may be carried over to an outside site to show that you visited that site from our site to ensure proper commissions are issued.
MPA Project Travels 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 linking to Amazon.com
Google Analytics 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. For more information, please see Google Analytics Privacy Policy.
Google Search Console is used to monitor and maintain the blog’s presence in Google Search results. By using our blog, you acknowledge that Google may collect certain data about your interactions with our site through Google Search Console. This data includes search queries, site traffic, and user interactions, which help us improve the content and performance of our blog. We use this information solely for analytical purposes and do not share it with third parties. For more details, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy.
We use WordPress.com to publish this blog and allow comments on our site. WordPress requires visitors who want to post a comment to enter a name and email address. By default, WordPress does not share any personal data with anyone. For more information about how WordPress processes data, please see the WordPress.com Privacy Policy.
Mailerlite is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. For more information, please see Mailerlite’s Privacy Policy.
| Service/Tool/ Method to collect data | Data Collected | How it’s Collected | Why it’s Collected | Legal Basis for collection |
| MailerLite | Name, email address, IP address | Form submission | To deliver downloads, newsletters or other emails on updates, giveaways, or other offers. | Consent |
| Contact Forms | Name, email address | Form Submission | To allow the data subject to contact our site with any questions, comments, or other information they would like to submit privately | Consent |
| Comments | Name, email address, website, Ip address, and browser user agent string | Form submission | We collect the data show in the comments form and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection | Consent and Necessity |
| Google Analytics | Posts and pages visited, name of your internet service provider, the website that you used to link to our site, other interests you have, basic demographic information, the websites that you visit from our site, and your IP address | Cookie | For statistical purposes to provide a better user experience | Consent & Necessity |
| Jetpack by WP | Posts and pages visited, name of your internet service provider, the website that you used to link to our site, other interests you have, basic demographic information, the websites that you visit from our site, and your IP address | Cookie | For statistical purposes to provide a better user experience | Consent & Necessity |
| Cookie | Helps prevent cross site request forgery | Necessity | ||
| Track the usage of services | Cookie | Helps prevent cross site request forgery | Necessity |
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
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.
Affiliate Disclaimer
As a member of the Amazon Services LLC Associate affiliate advertising program, we earn an affiliate commission for qualifying purchases if you click on the link and make a qualified purchase. There is no additional cost to you when these purchases are made.
As a member of the Impact.com Affiliate Marketplace, we earn an affiliate commission qualifying purchases if you click on the link and make a qualified purchase with program partners such as Going and Jackery. There is no additional cost to you when these purchases are made.
As a member of Travelpayouts affiliate network, we earn an affiliate commission on qualifying purchases from Travelpayouts program partners such as Booking.com, Discover Cars, Tiquets, Rentalcars.com, Tripadvisor, and Viator. There is no additional cost to you when these purchases are made.
As a member of the GetYourGuide affiliate program, we earn an affiliate commission on qualifying purchases if you book a tour. There is no additional cost to you when purchases are made.
As a member of AvantLink affiliate program, we earn affiliate commission on qualifying purchases if you click on the link and make a qualifies purchase. There is not additional cost to you when these purchases are made.
As a member of Expedia Group affiliate program, we earn affiliate commission on qualifying purchases if you click on the link and make a qualifies purchase. There is not additional cost to you when these purchases are made.
And sometimes I share my Stitch Fix referral link, which offers a $25 discount on your first purchase and us a $25 credit on your first Fix purchase, if you chose to buy. There is no additional cost to you if a purchase is made.
These affiliate links support this blog and keep it running. Thanks for your support.
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 visit our login page, 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.
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).
Subscribing to the blog
If you chose to subscribe to the blog (and we hope you do!), your name and email will be collected so that we can contact you via when we drop a new post. New blog posts drop weekly every Thursday. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the email.
Contact Forms & MailerLite
If you choose to contact us using the website’s contact form, you are consenting to the storage, use, and disclosure of information outlined in this privacy policy.
If you choose to opt-in to our e-newsletter, we may contact you with marketing and promotional materials. You can unsubscribe from our e-newsletter at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the email.
Sassy Social Share
We use the Sassy Social Share plugin to allow users to share content. This plugin does not track any user data. However, depending on third-party services, such as the social media platforms it links to, user data may be tracked. When our website makes requests to these external servers for you to be able to share our web pages using your accounts, these requests make your IP address visible to the platforms, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy.
We embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” our webpages. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” our webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update
We use a Twitter Tweet widget at our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet our webpages using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update
We use Pinterest Save widget at our website to allow you to pin images to Pinterest from our webpages. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
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.
Who we share your data with
We contract with the third parties listed in the table above to supply products, services, and a good user experience on our behalf. These include payment processing, delivery of goods, search engine facilities, advertising, and marketing.
In some cases, these parties may require access to some or all of your data, when that is the case we take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with the law.
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, 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.
Information collected using Google analytics is retained for 26 months.
Information submitted through forms, such as email forms or contact forms are retained until such a time as the data subject chooses to unsubscribe or invokes their right under GDPR to be forgotten.
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.
Similarly, if you have subscribed to our email list you can unsubscribe at any time and make a request to the site administrator to have all personal data obtained via our email marketing service erased.
Resident Rights of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, or Virginia
If you reside in one of the above states, a state based data privacy law gives you the right to ask if we sell or disclose your personal information to third parties.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties for others’ direct marketing. We have not sold your personal information in the past. The law also gives you the right to opt out of such sales. You may do so by submitting a request via our contact information.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We do not sell your data with third-party sites.
How to contact us
Should you have any questions, concerns regarding our site or this privacy policy, or data privacy rights requests you may contact us at info@mpaproject.com
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We may change this privacy policy as we deem necessary from time to time or as required by law. Any changes will be posted on our site and you will have been deemed to have accepted them on your first use of our site following alterations. You should check this page regularly to ensure you are keeping up to date.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this site, you accept our privacy policy.
If you do not agree with this policy, we kindly ask that you please do not use this site.
