Privacy Policy and Full Disclaimer – living ichigo ichie

Welcome to living ichigo ichie! We have a keen interest in sharing our experiences of living ichigo ichie with our readers. That is what sparked us to start a website.

Below is a simple summary of our disclaimer and privacy policy: 

Partnerships: As we go along on this journey, in order to fulfil our penchant for travel and bring more authentic real content for our readers, we will partner with a range of tourism boards, travel companies, accommodations and help them to reach out to our audience through our website or through social media. We will always disclose the collaborations and write about what we genuinely truly loved. 

Affiliates and cookies: We are honestly learning as we go. But this blog uses cookies. We are currently working on learning and building our affiliate revenue – which simply means we share recommendations of products and services that we love. If you purchase them through our link, we earn a little commission at no extra cost to you.

Copyrights: As a content creator and storyteller, the full copyrights to all our work – on this blog and on our social media channels resides with us. If you are keen to buy photos or a piece of writing, contact at discover@livingichigoichie.com. Without explicit permission, it is illegal for you to use any of my content; credit or a backlink doesn’t count.

Full Privacy Policy in compliance with the GDPR:

The Ichigo-Ichie-Life found at https://livingichigoichie.com (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”):

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?

Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name, email address and website. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment or submitting a contact form.

Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile. If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account. 

Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS
To operate and maintain the Website;
To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for a better user experience;
To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
To respond to your comments or inquiries;
To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

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

Google Analytics – this service 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.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. You can choose to leave a comment anonymously too. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may add a profile description, and a link to your website. You may also choose to link your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google Account. If you do so, users may see your username, profile description and website information.

AFFILIATION 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.

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may choose to opt-out at any given time by following the unsubscribe links. You may also choose to notify us at discover@livingichigoichie.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to discover@livingichigoichie.com
Amend – You may contact us at discover@livingichigoichie.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to discover@livingichigoichie.com.

SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes any or all details regarding race, religion, ethnic origin, political opinion, or social security number. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The Website does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13 in its database, please contact us immediately at discover@livingichigoichie.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at discover@livingichigoichie.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.