This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) applies to your use of Oh Happy Journey (“Oh Happy Journey,” “OHJ“, “we,” “us,” or “our”) website located at www.ohhappyjourney.com on all platforms (hereinafter referred collectively to as the “Website”) and explains how we collect, use, disclose/share and secure your information when you visit and use our website. This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that we collect and the ways in which we use that personal information. By visiting our website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Who we are
Oh Happy Journey is a personal blog written and edited by Fani Song, located at the website www.ohhappyjourney.com. The goal of this website is to share our personal travel experiences and we may promote products or services from time to time. We do our best to ensure all content on this website is correct. However, we are not liable for any errors, and readers are urged to confirm important information direct with suppliers and other information sources. Oh Happy Journey is not responsible for any loss or damage resulting from any information contained on this website. Oh Happy Journey can amend any content on this website at any time.
Our website address is: https://www.ohhappyjourney.com
What INFORMATION we collect
We collect two types of information from the user. (i) Personal Data which we define as data that could identify the user with the use of personally identifiable information and (ii) Derivative Data which does not identify the user and that which includes non-identifiable information.
- Personal Data. This is information that identifies you or another person. When interacting with the website, we may ask that you provide information about yourself that would allows us identify you such as:
- Name, address, phone number, country, email address, and other basic contact information;
- Your preferences, content, access device information, and payment information;
- Reviews, photographs, videos, and other content; and
- Communications and other messages, including correspondence between Oh Happy Journey and you.
You will have the option to decline to provide Personal Information through the Website. However, depending on the level of activity, some of the information we ask you to provide is mandatory such as under the “contact us” page/tab. If you decline to provide the mandatory information for a particular activity that requires it, we may not be able to provide that service to you and you may be foreclosed from using the website.
This is data that provides information that does not identify you or another person. It includes:
- Data regarding your usage (This relates to how to use our website, without limitation, connection and service-related data submitted to us through the use of the Website. Usage data includes timing of sign on, server communications, network speeds, and upon your consent your location)
- Log Data (Unique Device Numbers, IP Address, type of browser and/or Operating System, times and dates you accessed the website)
- Aggregate information (This is information about a group or subcategory of users which assists us in narrowing and tailoring our website to a targeted group or subgroup of users)
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
a. Personal Information.
We may use your Personal Information to: 1. provide services; 2. resolve disputes, calculate and collect service charges, and troubleshoot problems; 3. verify your identity and the information provided; 4. encourage a safe online experience and enforce our policies; 5. customize the user’s experience, analyze usage of the Website, improve and measure interest in our services, content, and inform you about the Website, services, products, events, workshops, and updates; 6. provide you with information that may affect your use of the Website, the products, and services; 7. advertise our services to you or suggest additional features; 8. provide customer service, and 9. perform certain other business activities.
During the course of our business, we may use your Personal Information to deliver information through emails. Upon receipt of the first email and any subsequent email, you will have the opportunity to opt-out of future communications by clicking on unsubscribe link or by following unsubscribe instructions described within the communication or otherwise notifying us at ohhappyjourney@gmail.com. We may, however, send you messages through email, text message, or other means of communications as part of our services regarding business matters, updates, disputes, and/or customer service issues regarding our services, and you will not be able to opt-out of receiving such messages given our need to communicate within those limited circumstances. We may also use your Personal Information as we determine necessary or appropriate, in any manner permitted under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence to comply with legal process; respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; enforce our terms and conditions; protect our operations; protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of yours, or others; and allow us to pursue available remedies and/or limit the damages that we may sustain.
b. Derivative Data.
We may use your derivative data for any purpose, including, but not limited to, our own internal business purposes to measure use; our users; interest; and market trends among our users; to aid in the use of our website as well as our marketing and advertising efforts.
HOW WE SHARE AND/OR DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
a. Personal Data. We may share and/or disclose and you the user hereby consent to our sharing and/or disclosing of your Personal information to:
- Third party service providers and others who contract with our business for purposes of providing and assisting with business operations including, but not limited to, website, blog and/or application development, Website, blog, and/or application hosting, maintenance, data analysis, security, IT services, customer service, email delivery services, payment processing, marketing, analytics, and enforcement of our Terms and Conditions and other agreements
- Third parties in the event of an reorganization, merger, sale, debt financing of assets, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business or assets (including in connection with any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, or similar proceeding);
- A Oh Happy Journey subsidiary, affiliate, or business partner;
- Other users of the site to identify you to anyone to whom you send messages or make comments through the Website;
- Individuals and/or entities with whom you the user give permission or consent to share your Personal Information;
- Third Party Payment processors and Merchants, Affiliates, business partners;
- Third parties as we believe necessary or appropriate, in any manner permitted under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence to: comply with legal process; respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; enforce our Terms and Conditions and other agreements including Website Disclaimer and other agreements; protect our operations; protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you, or others; and allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
We do not sell, rent, or lease users’ personally identifiable information to a third party without your express permission unless required by law.
b. Derivative Data. We retain the right to disclose derivative data for any purpose.
PUBLIC AREAS, FORUMS, COMMENTS & THIRD PARTY CONTENT/POSTINGS
There may be areas on the Website where users can post publically about themselves or about the content including, but not limited to, names, photos, designs, comments, messages, and other content. Please remember this information is not private and is may be accessible by other Website users, third-party users, members of the public, and may appear on other websites and in web searches. As a result, this information could be read, collected, and used by others. We do not control or endorse the information posted by third-party users, nor are we liable for your or third-party posts to the Website, and we disclaim any and all liability resulting from such posts.
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 anonymized 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://ohhappyjourney.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
THIRD PARTY and their sites
With your consent, the Website may access third-party information through application exchanges, links, hashtags, and/or interfaces. We may provide hyperlinks to third-party Websites to aid you in the content we offer. When you click on links of third parties in a Website, you may leave our Website entirely.
This privacy policy does not cover the content, use, or disclosure including the privacy policies of third parties through any websites, applications, blogs, podcasts, products, and/or services that we have no control over or own. By using our website you expressly relieve, and hold harmless Oh Happy Journey from any and all liability arising out of your use or click through to any third party website whether it be linked on our website or not. The providing of any such link does not imply any such affiliation and/or endorsement of the third party website.
Should you use any merchant and/or third-party payment processor for example (Venmo or PayPal), we make no representation as to the manner and way the third-party payment processor collects, maintains, and/or shares your personal information. Accordingly, Oh Happy Journey is not liable and you agree to hold us harmless for all actions on the part of any such third-party payment processor and/or merchant. We recommend that before you use any such third-party merchant and/or payment processor you read their Privacy Policy and agree to their Terms of Use.
We may share your information with third-party services (outlined below) when you authorize us to share your information. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
Third-Party Services that we use and that may place cookies and tracking technology on your computer or device include:
- Google Analytics – providing traffic analytics and demographics
- Monsterinsight – user analytics and traffic analytics
- Convertkit – we use this service for email newsletters
- Amazon – we promote products via affiliate links on this website
- Commission Junction – we promote products via affiliate links on this website
- Booking.com – we promote products via affiliate links on this website
- Instagram – user analytics and advertising tracking
- Facebook – user analytics and advertising tracking
- Twitter – user analytics and advertising trackin
Cookies NOTICE
Like most websites. We use cookies to: (a) store information so that you will not have to re-enter that information during your visit or the next time you visit the Website; (b) monitor the effectiveness of marketing efforts and; and (c) monitor number of visitors and page views. Also, by visiting the Website, we and our partners may use cookies and similar tracking technology, to analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements on the website, and serve targeted advertisements. Third parties we do business with may use cookies or similar tracking technologies in order to advertise to you based upon your browsing activities and interests. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies in the browser settings. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to sign in or use other Website features or services that depend on cookies. If you choose to accept cookies, your browser may allow you to delete cookies that you have accepted at a later date.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
Embedded content from other websites
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.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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 profiles. 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.
What rights you have over your 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.
SECURING YOUR INFORMATION
Please note that no information transmitted over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. However, we will protect your personal information as best as possible but we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us, or receive from us. The transmission and exchange of information are carried out at your own risk.
CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about this Policy you can contact us at ohhappyjourney@gmail.com.