Privacy Policy for Journey in Colour
1. Introduction
Welcome to Journey in Colour. Our website address is: https://journeyincolour.com
We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled securely and responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website.
2. Data We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal data:
- Identity Data:
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised 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 is visible to the public in the context of your comment. - Technical Data: IP address, browser type, and device information.
We collect information about visitors who comment on sites that use our Akismet Anti-spam service. The information we collect includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
- Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our website.
When you visit Journey in Colour, certain information is collected automatically to improve your experience. This may include details like your device’s IP address, browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and unique device identifiers
If you access the site using a mobile device, we may also collect additional details, such as your mobile device type, unique ID, IP address, operating system, and browser type.
Your browser also sends information when you visit our website, which helps us understand how people interact with our content and improve functionality. - Newsletter sign up
We collect data through our travel inspiration sign-up form for marketing. When users subscribe to our newsletter, we gather information such as name and email addresses to tailor communication, which is managed by Brevo.
3. Embedded content
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
4. How We Use Your Data
We use your data for the following purposes:
- To provide and improve our services.
- To communicate with you regarding inquiries or updates.
- To comply with legal obligations.
- To analyse website traffic and enhance user experience.
- Marketing
5. How We Use Google Analytics
To understand how visitors interact with Journey in Colour, we use Google Analytics, a tool provided by Google. It collects certain information, including when you visit the site, the websites you viewed before coming here, and your device’s IP address.
Google uses cookies to gather this data, and your web browser automatically sends this information to Google. We use reports generated by Google Analytics to improve the structure and content of our site, making it more enjoyable for visitors.
If you’d like to opt out of Google Analytics tracking, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your web browser. However, opting out won’t prevent us from using other analytics tools to enhance the website experience.
For more details on how Google uses your data, you can review Google’s Privacy Policy and their page on How Google uses data.
You can also manage your cookie preferences in your browser settings, but keep in mind that disabling cookies may affect how certain features of the site work.
6. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your data under the following legal bases:
- Consent: When you provide explicit permission (e.g., subscribing to newsletters).
- Legal Obligation: When required by law.
- Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for business operations.
7. Data Sharing
We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties, except:
- When required by law.
- With service providers assisting in website functionality (e.g., hosting services). Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
- With analytics providers to improve website performance.
8. How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
10. Links to Other Websites
Journey in Colour may include links to other websites, but these sites are not operated or managed by us. If you click on one of these links, you’ll be directed to the third-party website.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any site you visit, as we can’t control or take responsibility for their content, privacy practices, or security measures.
11. Data Security
We implement security measures to protect your data from unauthorised access, alteration, or disclosure. These include, SSL encryption, firewall protection and malware scanning. We also use Akismet Anti-spam protection and Cloudflare turnstile to safeguard our website from automated bots and malicious traffic.
For further details on how these services handle your data, please refer to their respective privacy policies.
12. Managing & Deleting Your Personal Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
- Request assistance: If you’d like help deleting your data, simply reach out and we’ll assist you.
- Corrections & access: You can also contact us to update any personal information you’ve provided.
- Unsubscribe: You may click on the unsubscribe link in marketing campaigns.
Please note that in some cases, we may need to retain certain details due to legal obligations or other valid reasons.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
14. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Please review it regularly for any changes. It was last updated on 5 May 2025.