This website address is: https://travelwithtmc.com. Please find attached the Travel with TMc website Privacy Policy and Disclaimers.
AFFILIATES
Travel with TMc is enrolled in the following affiliate programs:
- Toronto Bicycle Tours
- CJ Affiliate including Indigo
These are affiliate advertising programs which allow sites like Travel with TMc to earn advertising fees through the placement of affiliate links on this website. Companies (like CJ) that provide these affiliate opportunities are third parties to the companies they work with. The links affect you in no way, other than knowing that you’re helping to support this site by providing an opportunity to earn a small percentage commission. You will never be charged extra for clicking on the links and there is no obligation to use them.
SPONSORSHIPS & CAMPAIGNS
On occasion, Travel with TMc and Tara McAndrew will partner with businesses and organizations to promote destinations and small businesses for compensation. This can include monetary compensation or complimentary products and services. These relationships will always be disclosed within the article and it will be included in the Sponsored category. Let it be clear that all published thoughts and opinions are that of the author, Tara McAndrew, and Travel with TMc.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA IS COLLECTED AND WHY
Personal information such as your name and email address may be collected if you submit them yourself. This may occur by leaving a comment, subscribing to email updates (or in the future, a newsletter) or by submitting a contact form. Information won’t be collected unless voluntarily submitted by you..
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.
This website does not knowingly collect any personal information from minors 16 years of age or under. If a parent/guardian is under the impression that the website Travel with TMc has personally identifiable information of a minor, please contact us immediately in order to remove it as soon as possible.
COOKIES
If you leave a comment on this 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.
Certain information may be automatically collected about you and the device you’re accessing the website with. Our site may log your IP address, referring site, which pages you’ve viewed along with the dates/times you accessed this website. Actions, such as links clicked, may be collected as well. However, your information has been made anonymous and is only viewed on a cumulative basis like monthly page views, etc.
Cookies can also store data for this website. These files are stored on your browser by this website. Sessions cookies (expire once your browser closes) and persistent cookies (stay in your browser until deleted) may both be used in order to optimize the site’s performance for your benefit and ease of use.
These cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics. If you do not wish cookies to be used by this website, you can opt-out by changing your Internet browser’s settings to select the permanent removal of cookies. If a viewer deactivates cookies, some functions of the site may not be entirely usable.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
WHO YOUR DATA IS SHARED WITH
No one. Data is private and this site respects that.
HOW LONG YOUR DATA IS RETAINED FOR
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.
WHERE YOUR DATA IS SENT
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.