Disclaimer and Privacy Statement
Disclaimer
All information contained on this website is intended for reference only. Travel Stories (also known as travelstories.us or trvlstry.com) does not guarantee the truth, accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information, and accepts no liability (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for any loss or damage howsoever arising from or in reliance on the content of this website.
Although this website includes links to other third-party websites, Travel Stories has not participated in the development of those other sites and does not exert any editorial or other control over those websites. Access to and use of such other websites is at the user’s own risk. Travel Stories is not responsible for the truth or accuracy or the content of the information contained in those websites. Links to and from this website do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Travel Stories of the third parties or their products/services.
Travel Stories does not warrant the security of any information which may be provided to any third party and is not responsible for any loss or damage suffered as a result of any access to or interaction with any other websites via this website.
This website is provided ‘as is’. Travel Stories expressly excludes any warranty or representation of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties or implied terms of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose or non-infringement. Without prejudice to the foregoing, Travel Stories does not warrant that the operation of the website will be uninterrupted or error free or that the website will be free from any viruses, worms or any other anomalies.
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No user of this website may distribute, modify, transmit, or use the contents of this website in any manner for public or commercial purposes without prior written permission from Travel Stories.
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Privacy Policy Statement
1. Personal Data we collect
We collect personal data relating to you (“Personal Data”) as follows:
Personal Data You Provide: We collect Personal Data if you create an account to use our Services or communicate with us as follows:
Account Information: When you create an account with us, we will collect information associated with your account, including your name, contact information, account credentials, and transaction history, (collectively, “Account Information”).
User Content: We collect Personal Data that you provide in the input to our Services (“Content”), including your prompts and other content you upload, such as files, images, video and audio, depending on the features you use.
Communication Information: If you communicate with us, such as via email or our pages on social media sites, we may collect Personal Data like your name, contact information, and the contents of the messages you send (“Communication Information”).
Other Information You Provide: We collect other information that you may provide to us, such as when you participate in our events or surveys or provide us with information to establish your identity or age (collectively, “Other Information You Provide”).
Personal Data We Receive from Your Use of the Services: When you visit, use, or interact with the Services, we receive the following information about your visit, use, or interactions (“Technical Information”):
Log Data: We collect information that your browser or device automatically sends when you use our Services. Log data includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, and how you interact with our Services.
Usage Data: We collect information about your use of the Services, such as the types of content that you view or engage with, the features you use and the actions you take, as well as your time zone, country, the dates and times of access, user agent and version, type of computer or mobile device, and your computer connection.
Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access the Services, such as the name of the device, operating system, device identifiers, and browser you are using. Information collected may depend on the type of device you use and its settings.
Location Information: We may determine the general area from which your device accesses our Services based on information like its IP address for security reasons and to make your product experience better, for example to protect your account by detecting unusual login activity or to provide more accurate responses. In addition, some of our Services allow you to choose to provide more precise location information from your device, such as location information from your device’s GPS.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to operate and administer our Services, and improve your experience. If you use our Services without creating an account, we may store some of the information described in this policy with cookies, for example to help maintain your preferences across browsing sessions. For details about our use of cookies, please read our Cookie Notice.
Information We Receive from Other Sources: We receive information from our trusted partners, such as security partners, to protect against fraud, abuse, and other security threats to our Services, and from marketing vendors who provide us with information about potential customers of our business services.
2. How we use Personal Data
We may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide, analyse, and maintain our Services, for example to create travel blog based on your responses
To improve and develop our Services and conduct research, for example to develop new product features;
To communicate with you, including to send you information about our Services and events, for example about changes or improvements to the Services;
To prevent fraud, illegal activity, or misuses of our Services, and to protect the security of our systems and Services;
To comply with legal obligations and to protect the rights, privacy, safety, or property of our users, Travel Stories, or third parties.
We may also aggregate or de-identify Personal Data so that it no longer identifies you and use this information for the purposes described above, such as to analyze the way our Services are being used, to improve and add features to them, and to conduct research. We will maintain and use de-identified information in de-identified form and not attempt to reidentify the information, unless required by law.
3. Disclosure of Personal Data
We may disclose your Personal Data in the following circumstances:
Vendors and Service Providers: To assist us in meeting business operations needs and to perform certain services and functions, we may disclose Personal Data to vendors and service providers, including providers of hosting services, customer service vendors, cloud services, content delivery services, support and safety monitoring services, artificial intelligence services, email communication software, web analytics services, payment and transaction processors, and other information technology providers. Pursuant to our instructions, these parties will access, process, or store Personal Data only in the course of performing their duties to us.
Business Transfers: If we are involved in strategic transactions, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, or transition of service to another provider (collectively, a “Transaction”), your Personal Data may be disclosed in the diligence process with counterparties and others assisting with the Transaction and transferred to a successor or affiliate as part of that Transaction along with other assets.
Government Authorities or Other Third Parties: We may share your Personal Data, including information about your interaction with our Services, with government authorities, industry peers, or other third parties in compliance with the law (i) if required to do so to comply with a legal obligation, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, (ii) to protect and defend our rights or property, (iii) if we determine, in our sole discretion, that there is a violation of our terms, policies, or the law; (iv) to detect or prevent fraud or other illegal activity; (v) to protect the safety, security, and integrity of our products, employees, users, or the public, or (vi) to protect against legal liability.
Affiliates: We may disclose Personal Data to our affiliates, meaning an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Travel Stories. Our affiliates may use this Personal Data in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Other Users and Third Parties You Interact or Share Information With: Certain features allow you to interact or share information with other users or third parties. For example, you can share Travel Stories blog with other users via shared links. Information you share with third parties is governed by their own terms and privacy policies, and you should make sure you understand those terms and policies before sharing information with them.
4. Retention
We’ll retain your Personal Data for only as long as we need in order to provide our Services to you, or for other legitimate business purposes such as resolving disputes, safety and security reasons, or complying with our legal obligations. How long we retain Personal Data will depend on a number of factors, such as:
Our purpose for processing the data (such as whether we need to retain the data to provide our Services);
The amount, nature, and sensitivity of the information;
The potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure;
Any legal requirements that we are subject to.
5. Security
We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures designed to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you provide to the Services. In addition, we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Service, or third-party websites. You agree to bear the risk of any delay, loss, diversion, alteration, corruption and non-delivery of any communication sent to or received from or via this Website.
6. Hyperlinks
This Statement only applies to travelstories.us or trvlstry.com. If you click on a hyperlink taking you from this website to another website, Travel Stories shall not be responsible for the privacy and security practices or the content of such website and you should refer to the privacy policy of each website you enter.
7. Children
Our Services are not directed to, or intended for, children under 13. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 13. If you have reason to believe that a child under 13 has provided Personal Data to Travel Stories through the Services, please email us at privacy@travelstories.us. We will investigate any notification and, if appropriate, delete the Personal Data from our systems. Users under 18 must have permission from their parent or guardian to use our Services.
8.Acceptance
Use of this Website will constitute acceptance of your agreement to the terms and conditions outlined above, as such terms may be modified from time to time. In this regard, Travel Stories reserve the rights to amend these terms and conditions from time to time and your continued use of this Website after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of this Website or with any or all the terms of use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this Website.
9. How we use Personal Data
We may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide, analyse, and maintain our Services, for example to create travel blog based on your responses
To improve and develop our Services and conduct research, for example to develop new product features;
To communicate with you, including to send you information about our Services and events, for example about changes or improvements to the Services;
To prevent fraud, illegal activity, or misuses of our Services, and to protect the security of our systems and Services;
To comply with legal obligations and to protect the rights, privacy, safety, or property of our users, Travel Stories, or third parties.
We may also aggregate or de-identify Personal Data so that it no longer identifies you and use this information for the purposes described above, such as to analyze the way our Services are being used, to improve and add features to them, and to conduct research. We will maintain and use de-identified information in de-identified form and not attempt to reidentify the information, unless required by law.
10. Changes to the privacy policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will publish an updated version and effective date on this page, unless another type of notice is required by applicable law.
Please contact us at privacy@travelstories.us if you have any questions or concerns not already addressed in this Privacy Policy.