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Privacy Policy

Roam the Gnome Family Travel Blog – https://www.roamthegnome.com (“Website”) is committed to upholding the following (“Privacy Policy”) required by law.

Privacy Policy for Roam the Gnome

At Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website, accessible from https://www.roamthegnome.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] 

FYI: Content Disclosure

Roam the Gnome™ Family Travel Website may contain:

  • advertisements
  • sponsored content
  • paid insertions or custom ads
  • affiliate links
  • monetisation including a commission or flat fee payment

We may also have received:

  • free products
  • discounts in exchange for endorsing a product or service in a post or video

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

We are a Data Controller of your information.

Roam the Gnome legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:

  • Roam the Gnome needs to perform a contract with you
  • You have given Roam the Gnome permission to do so
  • Processing your personal information is in Roam the Gnome legitimate interests
  • Roam the Gnome needs to comply with the law

Roam the Gnome will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. Our Privacy Policy was generated with the help of GDPR Privacy Policy Generator and the App Privacy Policy Generator.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
  • The right of rectification.
  • The right to object.
  • The right of restriction.
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to withdraw consent

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13.

If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Log Files

Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics.

The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Information on Website Cookies & Web Beacons

Like any other website, Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website uses ‘cookies’.

These cookies are used to store information including:

The Website uses cookies to:

  • store visitors’ preferences
  • record user-specific information on the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited.
  • ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads
  • customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends.

The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics or affiliate partners, as described herein.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies.(alt: disable cookies) 

Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers.

However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Advertising partners on our site may use cookies and web beacons.

However, Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website, which are sent directly to users’ browser.

They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data.

Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. 

For easier access, we hyperlinked to the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website under each section.

Federal Trade Commission Disclosure Rule

Our advertising partners are listed below. 

Mediavine Advertising 

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 cookies. Mediavine may collect IP addresses and location to serve personalized ads.  

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 http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

Click here for details – Part 1 

Please also refer to Mediavine’s privacy policy for more information.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing 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.

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 All About 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. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

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 National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Sponsored Content

Roam the Gnome accepts sponsored content from time to time.

Sponsored content is a type of promotional media that’s paid for by an advertiser, either as a cash payment or as an in-kind payment with products of an equivalent value gifted to the publisher, brand or influencer in exchange for content creation.

Companies and brands seek to align with websites, influencers or brands who targets and engage with a similar core audience. The sponsored content must align with the the brand’s core messaging.

Influencers, brands and publishers discuss, share & publish uplifting content around the products or services the company offers.  

Click here for details – Part 2 

Affiliate Program Participation

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

Every link on this site may be an affiliate link. When you clicking on an affiliate link and purchase a product or service we recommend, we may receive a small commission from the transaction.  There is no extra cost to you when you buy a service or product via our affiliate link.

Please note, these commissions contribute towards the operational costs of this website.

As affiliate marketers, we are bound by law to disclose any relationship we have with advertisers and supporters.

At Roam the Gnome, we only link to products, services, hotels or tours that we can either personally recommend, or that we plan to use in the future.  We abide by worth of mouth marketing standards.

We stand by our commitment to honesty and integrity on Roam the Gnome. Any content featured that has been involved in a monetary exchange will be clearly identified as sponsored, or paid for, content.

Click here for details. 

Amazon Affiliate Disclosure

Roam the Gnome 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, but not limited to, amazon.com, and associated websites. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

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.

Click here for more information

Please also refer to Amazon’s privacy policy for more information.

Third Party Providers

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

Google Analytics

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.

Please refer to Google’s privacy policy for more information.

Active Campaign Newsletters

Active Campaign is used by Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website for delivery of email updates and newsletters. 

On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes.

We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. 

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 you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

Please refer to Active Campaign’s privacy policy for more information.

Guarantee

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website 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.

Terms & Conditions, and Refunds Policy

Click here for the RTG Terms & Conditions policy (including information on refunds)

Disclaimer

Click here for our Disclaimer statement. 

Disclosure as Required by the FTC

I have made a commitment to do my best to comply with the FTC guidelines and regulations concerning product reviews. Therefore, I include the following statement:

  • The intent and purpose of this site is to provide consumers information and additional resources to help them make informed buying decisions.
  • Please be advised that this site may generate commission from third party retailers with the sale of products.

Thank you for your support in helping us to grow Roam the Gnome™ Family Travel Website Directory.

Online Privacy Policy Only

Our Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Roam the Gnome Family Travel Website.

This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website. 

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

About Us

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Contact Us

Please contact us at [email protected] for questions related to this Privacy Policy.

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