Last updated on September 2nd, 2024
Privacy Policy + User Agreement
Effective as of April 2019 | Reviewed by legal counsel | Last Updated: September 2024
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from journeywoman.com (the “Site”).
Personal Information We Collect
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
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- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioural metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we connect through third-party systems including Shopify and Stripe, which ensures that your sensitive information is delivered directly to the payment processer. Shopify and Stripe collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.” Our Site does not store any customer payment information (i.e. credit card number and security code).
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
How Do We Use Your Personal Information?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
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- Communicate with you;
- Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
- When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
How Do We Use Your Personal Information?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
Sharing Your Personal Information
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Do Not Track
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
Your Rights
All visitors of our website have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact form on our Contact page.
Data Retention
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
Changes
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or
User Agreement
JourneyWoman operates as a free service for its readers. By accessing and/or using JourneyWoman.com, you approve and accept the following terms and conditions:
- All materials contained in this site (including, but not limited to, directories, guides, news articles, captions, bylines, opinions, reviews, text, photographs, images, illustrations, trademarks, service marks, program codes and the like) are protected by copyright. You must abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in this site.
- You may view and download material from this site for your personal, non-commercial home use only. If you wish to reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, modify, distribute or publicly perform or display material from this site, you must first obtain written permission from JourneyWoman or you may contact the Editor at [email protected]. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been reproduced on JourneyWoman.com without authorization in a manner that may constitute copyright infringement, you may notify us either by mail or email as stated below.
- You acknowledge and agree that JourneyWoman is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any guest writer or contributor.
- JourneyWoman is available “as is.” If you rely on this site and any materials available through this site, you do so solely at your own risk. Therefore, you should expect that:
a. The service is not guaranteed to be uninterrupted or error-free.
b. There may be delays, omissions and inaccuracies in the information or other materials available through this site. JourneyWoman reserves the right to correct any errors or omissions in this site.
c. JourneyWoman is not responsible for third-party products or services that may be linked to this site, nor for any products or services that may be advertised by third parties on this site.
d. JourneyWoman does not make any warranties, express or implied, with respect to this site or any information or goods that are available or advertised or sold through this site.
e. JourneyWoman does not guarantee or warrant that this site does not contain viruses or worms. It is not liable for any damages caused by such viruses or worms.
5. Under no circumstances shall JourneyWoman or any of its shareholders, employees or authorized agents be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, materials from this site. We are also not liable for any travel to a destination mentioned on this site or with a company you may choose to hire as a result of reading an article on this site. Any claim against JourneyWoman shall be limited to the amount you paid, if any, for use of this site.
6. JourneyWoman may modify, suspend, discontinue or restrict the use of any portion of this site at any time and without notice or liability.
7. JourneyWoman reserves the right to change the terms of this agreement or to modify any features of this site at any time. By continuing to use JourneyWoman after the posting of notices regarding such changes, you agree to be bound by such changes.
8. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario. Any dispute shall be resolved exclusively in the proper courts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Contact Us
For more information about our privacy practices and user agreement, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us using the details provided below:
Contact information:
CEO and Editor: Carolyn Ray
Telephone: 437.688.TRVL
E-mail: [email protected]
Our snail mail address is:
Journeywoman Enterprises Inc.
20 Gothic Avenue, Suite 602
Toronto, Canada
M5E 1T9