Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Lifestyle Voyager

Effective Date: April 15, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Lifestyle Voyager. At Lifestyle Voyager (“we,” “us,” “our”), accessible from lifestyleandvoyager.com, protecting the privacy of our visitors (“you”) is a top priority. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect and record, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.

This policy applies solely to our online activities on lifestylevoyager.com and is valid for visitors concerning the information shared and/or collected here. It does not apply to information collected offline or through channels other than this website.

If you have questions or need more information about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at admin@lifestylevoyager.com.  

2. Consent

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

3. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our services to you.

• Information You Provide Directly:
  • Contacting Us: When you contact us directly (e.g., via email or a contact form), we may collect your name, email address, the content of your message and/or attachments, and any other information you choose to provide.
  • Comments: If you leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and potentially your 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 (if using Gravatar) might be visible to the public in the context of your comment.  
  • Optional: Newsletter Subscription: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will collect your name and email address to send you updates and marketing communications. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in the emails.
• Information Collected Automatically:
  • Log Files: Like most websites, Lifestyle Voyager uses log files. These files automatically log visitors when they access the site. The information collected includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and potentially the number of clicks. This information is used for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking user movement, and gathering demographic information. It is not linked to any personally identifiable information.  
  • Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies (small text files stored on your device) and potentially web beacons to enhance your experience. Cookies store information like your preferences and the pages you visit. This helps us optimize your experience by customizing content based on your browser type and other information. For more details, see Section 5 below.
  • Analytics: We use analytics services (like Google Analytics) to understand how visitors use our website. These services use cookies to collect information such as how often users visit, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming here. We use this data to improve our website. Google Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website.
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website and content.
• Understand and analyze how you use our website.
• Develop new content, features, and functionality (based on aggregated analysis).
• Communicate with you (directly or through partners) for customer service, updates, information relating to the website, and potentially marketing/promotional purposes (like newsletters, if you opt-in).
• Respond to your comments and inquiries.
• Send you emails (e.g., responses, newsletters if subscribed).
• Detect and prevent fraudulent activity and spam.
• Comply with legal obligations.

5. Cookies, Web Beacons, and Tracking Technologies

• Our Cookies: We use cookies for essential website functionality, remembering your preferences, and analytics as described above.
• Third-Party Cookies (Advertising & Affiliates):
  • Advertising: We may partner with third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use cookies (like the Google DoubleClick DART cookie) and web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs.
    • Google is one of our third-party vendors. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads based on your visit to our site and other sites on the internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads  
    • Our advertising partners may include:
      • Google AdSense
    • Each advertising partner has its own Privacy Policy. We advise you to consult their respective policies for more detailed information and opt-out instructions. Lifestyle Voyager has no access to or control over cookies used by third-party advertisers.
  • Affiliate Links: Lifestyle Voyager may participate in affiliate marketing programs. If you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. These programs use cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
• Managing Cookies: You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can usually be found on the browsers’ respective websites. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this website.

6. Third-Party Privacy Policies

This Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites (including analytics providers, social media platforms linked from our site, or affiliate partners). We advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party services for more detailed information about their practices and opt-out options.

7. Data Subject Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the GDPR:

• The right to access – Request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification – Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.  
• The right to erasure – Request deletion of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – Request restriction of processing your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – Object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability – Request transfer of the data we collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

We have one month to respond to requests. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at admin@lifestylevoyager.com.  

8. Consumer Rights (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have rights under the CCPA:

• The right to know – Request disclosure of categories and specific pieces of personal data collected, sources, purpose, and third parties shared with.
• The right to delete – Request deletion of personal data collected from you, subject to exceptions.
• The right to opt-out – Request that a business that sells personal data not sell the consumer’s personal data.
• The right to non-discrimination for exercising CCPA rights.

We have 45 days (extendable once) to respond to requests. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at admin@lifestylevoyager.com.

9. Children’s Information

Protecting children’s privacy online is crucial. We encourage parents and guardians to monitor and guide their children’s online activity.

Lifestyle Voyager does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13 (or 16 in some jurisdictions like the EEA, unless parental consent is provided). If you believe your child has provided this type of information on our website, please contact us immediately at admin@lifestylevoyager.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

10. Data Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, please be aware that no internet transmission or electronic storage method is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.  

11. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (for example, for regulatory requirements). We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Log file data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when used for site security, functionality improvement, or legal obligations.  

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes are effective when they are posted on this page.  

13. Contact Us

For any questions related to this Privacy Policy or to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at:

Email: admin@lifestylevoyager.com

Website: lifestylevoyager.com