Effective Date: August 18, 2025
Who we are
Welcome to Footprints and Freeways! We are a travel blog dedicated to sharing our adventures and helping you plan your own. We understand that your privacy is important, and we are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and what choices you have regarding your data.
Our website address is: https://footprintsandfreeways.com.
By using this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our website.
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://automattic.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.
Cookies
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.
To analyze website traffic: We use data to understand which content is popular, how people find our site, and how we can improve its performance.
Affiliate Marketing: We may participate in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may earn a commission on products or services you purchase through links on our site. These programs use cookies to track your clicks and purchases to ensure we receive the commission.
Advertising: We may use third-party advertising partners (such as Google AdSense) to display ads on our site. These partners may use cookies and other tracking technologies to serve personalized ads based on your interests and online activity.
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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Service Providers: We work with third-party companies that provide services to help us run our blog (e.g., website hosting, email marketing services, analytics providers). These service providers only have access to the information necessary to perform their functions and are obligated to protect your data.
Affiliate Partners: As mentioned above, we share data (through cookies and tracking) with affiliate partners to track commissions.
Advertising Partners: We share data with third-party advertising partners to enable them to display relevant ads on our site.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, or in response to a valid request from a law enforcement agency or other government authority.
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, 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.
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.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no data transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and update the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of the site after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.