Privacy Policy

Who we are

Traveling Brenda understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online. 

Our site only collects and uses information in ways that are consistent with your rights and our obligations under the law. Namely, data is processed:

  • When you give specific and express consent for us to do so
  • When necessary for the performance of a contract, where you are a party to that contract (for example, if you buy something we will need to collect payment and delivery information to deliver that product to you)
  • When necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
  • When necessary to protect the vital interest of the data subject (you) or of another natural person
  • When necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by us, except where such interest is overridden by your interest or fundamental rights and freedoms. 

This Policy applies to our use of any data collected by us in accordance with your use of our site. 

Please be sure to carefully read this Privacy Policy and ensure that you understand it

YOU ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE ACCEPTED OUR PRIVACY POLICY WHEN YOU FIRST USE OUR SITE. If you do not agree to and accept our privacy policy, then you must stop using our site. 

By using our site, you certify that you are an adult, at least 18 years of age.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

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://automatic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

We use the Contact Form to manage contact form submissions. The information is sent as email messages that only a select few are allowed to access. The information is also stored in the database on our hosting server for backup and later reference purposes.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or device by our site when you visit certain parts of our site.

When you visit our website, we may assign your computer one or more cookies to facilitate access to our website, personalize your online experience, and record information about your visit. 

Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our website, such as the web pages you visit, the links or advertisements you click on, and other actions you take while on our website. 

The cookies do not store any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about you. 

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies. 

If you choose to decline cookies, please note that some of the features and services of our website may not function properly.  We also use cookies for purposes such as maintaining continuity during an online session, gathering data about the use of our site, monitoring online promotions, and anti-fraud and information security purposes.

We may allow third parties, advertising companies, and ad networks (“Advertisers”) to display advertisements on our website. Advertisers may use tracking technologies, such as cookies, to collect information about users who view or interact with their advertisements. 

Our website does not provide any PII to these Advertisers, but they may collect information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw and/or clicked on the advertisements they delivered, and possibly associate this information with your subsequent visits to the advertised websites. They also may combine this information with personal information they collect directly from you. The collection and use of that personal information is subject to the particular Advertiser’s privacy policy. 

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 same way as if the visitor had 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.

Analytics

We store user input data sent through the contact forms on this website, along with meta information about the submissions, including the time stamp, the origin IP address, and the user agent (browser). Also, third party services may collect information about website visitors. We currently use Google Analytics. You can read more about Google’s Privacy Policy here.

We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral 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.

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 who register on our website, 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.

Information collected using Google Analytics is retained for 26 months.

Information submitted through forms, such as email forms or contact forms, is retained until such time as the data subject chooses to unsubscribe or invokes their right under GDPR to be forgotten. 

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.

Resident Rights of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, or Virginia

If you reside in one of the above states, a state-based data privacy law gives you the right to ask if we sell or disclose your personal information to third parties. 

We do not sell your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing. We have not sold your personal information in the past. The law also gives you the right to opt out of such sales. You may do so by submitting a request via our contact information below.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Changes to our privacy policy

We may change this privacy policy as we deem necessary from time to time or as required by law. Any changes will be posted on our site, and you will be deemed to have accepted them on your first use of our site following the alterations. You should check this page regularly to ensure you are keeping up to date. 


If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Terms and Conditions

By using TravelingBrenda.com, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED BELOW. 

Terms

By accessing this website, you are agreeing to be bound by these website Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws, and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.

Use License

Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on Traveling Brenda’s website for personal, non-commercial, transitory viewing only. 

This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license, you may not:

  • use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
  • attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on Traveling Brenda’s website;
  • remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
  • transfer the materials to another person.

This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions, and may be terminated by Traveling Brenda at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession, whether in electronic or printed format.

To access or use the Site, you must be 18 years of age or older and have the requisite power and authority to enter into these Terms and Conditions. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using the Site. 

Information provided on the Site and in the Service related to membership sites and other information is subject to change. Traveling Brenda makes no representation or warranty that the information provided, regardless of its source (the “Content”), is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free.

Revisions and Errors

The materials appearing on Traveling Brenda’s website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Traveling Brenda does not warrant that any of the materials on its website are accurate, complete, or current. Traveling Brenda may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. Traveling Brenda does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

Site Terms of Use Modifications

Traveling Brenda may revise these terms of use for its website at any time without notice. By using this website, you are agreeing to be bound by the then-current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Changed Terms

We may at any time amend these Terms and Conditions. Such amendments are effective immediately upon notice to you by us posting the new Terms and Conditions on this Site. 

Any use of the Site or Service by you after being notified means you accept these amendments. 

We reserve the right to update any portion of our Site and Service, including these Terms and Conditions, at any time. We will post the most recent versions to the Site and list the effective dates on the pages of our Terms and Conditions.

Disclaimers and Disclosures

Earnings Disclaimer 

ANY PRESENTATION OF TESTIMONIALS AND CASE STUDIES ABOUT MY or OTHER’S EXPERIENCE WITH MY WEBSITE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE FROM ACTUAL CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS AND ARE SHOWN AS EXAMPLES OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. 

SEVERAL FACTORS DETERMINE A CLIENT/CUSTOMER/STUDENT’S SUCCESS SUCH AS HARD WORK AND TIME, AS SUCH I CAN IN NO WAY GUARANTEE THAT CURRENT OR FUTURE CUSTOMERS/CLIENTS/STUDENTS WILL ACHIEVE THE SAME OR SIMILAR RESULTS AS PREVIOUS CLIENTS/CUSTOMERS/STUDENTS, AGAIN THE EXAMPLES, CASE STUDIES, AND TESTIMONIALS, ARE SIMPLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE.

The use of our information, products, and/or services should be based on your own due diligence, and you agree that Traveling Brenda and/or advertisers or sponsors of Traveling Brenda are not liable for any success or failure of your business.

Disclaimer

The materials on Traveling Brenda’s website are provided ‘as is’. Traveling Brenda makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, Traveling Brenda does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, reliability, or likely results of the use of the materials on its website or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

Limitations

In no event shall Traveling Brenda or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on Traveling Brenda’s site, even if Traveling Brenda or a Traveling Brenda authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

Traveling Brenda has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Traveling Brenda of the site. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s own risk.

Limitation of Liability

YOU AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICE. ADDITIONALLY, Traveling Brenda IS NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH:

(I) ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, DENIAL OF SERVICE, ATTACK, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE; 

(II) LOSS OF REVENUE, ANTICIPATED PROFITS, BUSINESS, SAVINGS, GOODWILL OR DATA; AND 

(III) THIRD PARTY THEFT OF, DESTRUCTION OF, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION OR PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF OUR NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, FAILURE OF AN ESSENTIAL PURPOSE AND WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES IN NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LEGAL LIABILITY. 

THE FOREGOING APPLIES EVEN IF Traveling Brenda HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF OR COULD HAVE FORESEEN THE DAMAGES. IN THOSE STATES THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT SHALL Traveling Brenda CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF THE SERVICE OR PRODUCT YOU HAVE PURCHASED FROM Traveling Brenda, AND IF NO PURCHASE HAS BEEN MADE BY YOU Traveling Brenda CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU SHALL NOT EXCEED $100.

Indemnification

You shall indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any losses, damages, settlements, liabilities, costs, charges, assessments, and expenses, as well as third-party claims and causes of action, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees, arising out of any breach by you of any of these Terms and Conditions, or any use by you of the Site, Product, or Service. You shall provide us with such assistance, without charge, as we may request in connection with any such defense, including, without limitation, providing us with such information, documents, records, and reasonable access to you, as we deem necessary. You shall not settle any third-party claim or waive any defense without our prior written consent.

Affiliate Disclosure

TravelingBrenda contains affiliate links. Meaning TravelingBrenda receives commissions for purchases made through those links, at no cost to you. Please understand that we have experience with all of these companies, and recommend them because they are helpful and useful, not because of the small commissions we make if you decide to buy something.

AI Use Disclosure

Each piece of content on our website is subject to a rigorous editing process by the author/owner of the website. While AI is occasionally used to help craft articles, from the generation of a “first draft” to spelling and grammar checks, the ideation and final piece of content has been developed by and subject to human review and editing, with the AI merely being an assisting instrument. Accordingly, I/we reserve all rights relating to copyright.