Last updated: 6 February 2023.
Privacy Policy for christmasmarkets.io (Christmas Markets), published by Roaming Media Pty Ltd in Australia, ABN 91 145 312 527.
The privacy of visitors to Christmas Markets is important to us. We never sell your personal information to third parties. We are not in the business of selling, renting or trading email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes.
The following privacy policy provides information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, the limited conditions in which we may disclose it and how we keep it secure.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Christmas Markets, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you.
Personally identifiable information we collect may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address, if provided by you.
- First and last name, if provided by you.
- Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using Christmas Markets.
Usage Data may include information such as your device’s IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access Christmas Markets by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device’s unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit Christmas Markets or when you access Christmas Markets by or through a mobile device.
How We Use Your Data
Website Analytics
Like most other websites, we collect and use the data in log files. The information in the log files may include your IP address, your ISP (internet service provider), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Chrome or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site as well as other non-personal data. This data is processed in a way that does not identify anyone. This data is accessed by a third party, Google Analytics. We do this to find out things like the number of visitors to the various parts of our website.
Cookies
Read our Cookie Policy for more information and managing cookie preferences.
Our website uses cookies to collect information. This includes information about browsing and purchasing behaviour, pages viewed and personal preferences when you visit our site and related sites. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as our comment system.
You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or making comments.
Website Plugins
We use WordPress as our content management system along with a number of plugins to help manage the look and feel of our site. This includes social media plugins that provide share buttons to enable visitors to share blog posts to various social media platforms easily. These plugins place cookies and record visitor IP addresses to determine social share counts. This is used purely for the purpose of displaying share counts on blog posts.
Advertising
Display Ads
We use third-party advertisements on Christmas Markets to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers information, including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing Sydney real estate ads to someone in Sydney, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing travel ads to someone who frequents travel sites).
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Retargeted Ads
We may engage in retargeting ad efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, for marketing purposes. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on past visits to websites.
Facebook: Opt-out of Facebook remarketing here.
Google: Opt-out of Google remarketing here.
Affiliate Marketing
Christmas Markets participates in a number of affiliate marketing programs. This is done by adding links within text, images and banners which adds a cookie and tracks purchases on the merchant’s website. We then receive a commission for sales at no extra cost to you. Current affiliate programs in use on this website include but are not limited to Amazon, Booking.com, GetYourGuide and World Nomads. Please see their privacy policies below:
Amazon
Booking
GetYourGuide
World Nomads
See our Affiliate Disclosure for more information.
Amazon Associates Program
Christmas Markets is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. As part of this Amazon Associates program, we post customised links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilises cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
World Nomads
World Nomads provides travel insurance for travellers in over 100 countries. As an affiliate, we receive a fee when you get a quote from World Nomads using my affiliate link. We do not represent World Nomads. This is information only and not a recommendation to buy travel insurance.
Retention of Your Personal Data
Christmas Markets will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the website’s functionality, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the personal data that we have collected about you.
Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of your personal data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links to Other Websites
Christmas Markets may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children
Christmas Markets is not intended for children under the age of 16. Accordingly, we do not intend to collect personal information from anyone we know to be under 16 years of age. We do not intentionally collect, sell, or process the personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.
California Residents
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
To make a request, please contact us at: [email protected].
Requests to Delete
You can request that we delete any personal information about you that we have collected. Upon receiving a verified request to delete personal information, we will do so unless otherwise authorised by law.
To make a request, please contact us at: [email protected].
We are not required to respond to requests to know more than twice in a 12-month period.
GDPR
Under the European Union’s GDPR policy, you are entitled to view, amend, or delete the personal information we hold.
To make a request, please contact us at: [email protected].
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by visiting: https://christmasmarkets.io/contact/