Privacy Policy

The Laid Back Traveler

In this privacy policy the term The Laid Back Traveler refers to our website, our blog, our Pinterest page and our Facebook page.At The Laid Back Traveler, we are committed to protecting the online privacy of visitors.  The purpose ofthis Policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather about you when you visit our website, how we may use that information, and how we disclose it to third parties. It should be noted that at this time we do not offer products that require an online purchasing system or credit card information. We only include it in our privacy policy for future consideration. We also don't actively seek or intend to collect your personal information.

However, we do have affiliate partners that have online purchasing systems.These are addressed later in our privacy policy. Also, we include measures to deal with personal information in case our software inadvertently collects such information. The only place where your information may be collected is in your comments on Facebook, Pinterest or The Laid Back Traveler website.

The Laid Back Traveler adheres to and is in compliance with the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles developed in coordination with the European Union’s Directive on Data Protection and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

I. Information That We Collect

Personal Information

At various locations on The Laid Back Traveler, such as in our order forms (and potentially surveys and polls), we may request that you supply us with "personal information," such as your name, email address, mailing and shipping addresses, home or work telephone number, and/or credit card information. You will always know when we are collecting personal information, because we only collect personal information when you voluntarily submit it to us through our online forms and questionnaires. Although you do not have to provide us with any information to visit on The Laid Back Traveler, you may not be able to fully utilize all of the services on The Laid Back Traveler if you choose not to provide certain information. If you do choose to give us personal information through The Laid Back Traveler we will collect and retain that information. 

The Laid Back Traveler is not responsible for your personal information when you go to our affiliate partners. However, The Laid Back Traveler is careful about the affiliate partners we team with to ensure that your personal information is at minimum risk. However, we recommend you review the privacy policies of our

affiliate partners as an extra precaution if you are unfamiliar with the affiliate.

Non-Personal Information

When you use The Laid Back Traveler, we may also collect "non-personal information," which is information that, by itself,cannot be used to identify or contact you, such as demographic information (your age, gender, income, education, profession, zip code, etc.). Non-personal information may also include technical information, such as your IP address, the type of browser you are using, the websites you visit immediately before and immediately after you visit The Laid Back Traveler, and other anonymous data involving your use of The Laid Back Traveler. Non-personal information may also include information that you provide us through your use of The Laid Back Traveler.

Cookies

We use "cookies" to enhance your visits to The Laid Back Traveler. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies do not store personal information about you, unless you knowingly provide it. Cookies can store non-personal information, such as what websites, or pages your browser has accessed. We use cookies to store information and personalize your experience with our websites. For example, cookies allow our websites to recognize your browser as a previous visitor, and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while you were previously browsing our websites.

You do have control over cookies. Most browsers can be set to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. Most browsers can also be set to refuse to accept cookies, although this may affect your Internet experience. You can also erase cookies that are already on your computer. For more information about working with cookies, you should consult your user manual, FAQ, or "help" function of your specific browser and operating system software.

II. How We Use the Information We Collect

Our Services and Websites

We use your personal information to provide you any services that you may request or require, to communicate with you, to allow you to make purchases. We use aggregated non-personal information about our users to understand our website demographics, such as the geographic distribution of our users, the age ranges of our users, or a combination of these or other demographics. We use the non-personal information we collect to analyze how our websites are being used, and to improve the content of our websites, online product offerings, and promotional efforts.

Email Communications

If you send us an email with questions or comments, we may use your personal information to respond to your questions or comments, and we may save your questions or comments for future reference. However, aside from our reply to such an email, it is not our standard practice to send you email unless you request a particular service that involves email communications or in order to provide customer support in connection with those products. There may be times when you will have the opportunity to subscribe to an email list or electronic newsletter that will send information about The Laid Back Traveler to your email address. However, we will provide you with the option to change your preferences and opt-out of receiving those communications.

If you make a purchase through our online ordering service, we may use the information you provide to send you important announcements and updates regarding The Laid Back Traveler. In those instances, we will provide you with the option to change your preferences and opt-out of receiving those communications.

III. Disclosure of Information to Third Parties

Except as specifically set forth in this Policy, we do not share your personal information with any non-affiliated third party without your permission. We may disclose aggregate information, such as demographic information, and our statistical analyses to third parties. This aggregate information does not include your personal information. The Laid Back Traveler may contain links to other websites. We have no control over the privacy practices or the content of any of our business partners, sponsors or other websites to which we provide links from our websites.  You should check the applicable privacy policy of the third-party website when linking to other websites service providers.

We sometimes engage unaffiliated businesses to assist us in providing you certain services. For example, we may hire a shipping company to help us deliver our products or services to you. We may also use third parties to process online transactions and credit card payments In those instances, we may need to share your personal information with them. We require these companies to use your personal information only to provide the particular product or service and do not authorize them to use your personal information for any other reason.

Other Disclosures

We may disclose personal information when we are required or requested to do so by law, court order or other government or law enforcement authority or regulatory agency; to enforce or apply our rights and agreements; or when we believe in good faith that disclosing this information is necessary or advisable, including, for example, to protect the rights, property, or safety of The Laid Back Traveler, our users,or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

IV. Security of the Information We Collect

The security of your personal information is important to us. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to secure your personal information. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet, and there is always some risk in transmitting information  electronically. This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via The Laid Back Traveler, your information is protected both online and off-line. If you have any questions about the security The Laid Back Traveler, you can send an email to patcampo@yahoo.com

V. Accuracy of the Information We Collect

Any questions you may have regarding our Privacy Policy, the accuracy of your personal information or the use of your personal information, or any requests that we correct, update, or remove your information in our databases, should be directed via email to patcampo@yahoo.com After receiving a request to change your information, we will make reasonable efforts to ensure that all of your personal information stored in databases we actively use to operate our website will be updated, corrected, changed or deleted, as appropriate, as soon as reasonably practicable. However, we reserve the right to retain in our archival files any information we remove from or change in our active website databases. We may retain

such information to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our terms of use.

This Policy is effective as of November 24, 2013. We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time, and will post any changes to this Policy as soon

as they go into effect. Please refer back to this Policy on a regular basis.