Thank you for being a part of our community! Shipping Across The Globe (referenced as “we”, “us”, or “The Company”) is highly committed to protecting your personal information and privacy when visiting shippingacrosstheglobe.com. You may browse shippingacrosstheglobe.com without disclosing personal information. We do not collect data such as name or email address unless it is knowingly provided by the individual and they have agreed to the terms in which our website will use it. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, please contact us at info@shippingacrosstheglobe.com.
When you visit our website and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy seriously. Because it is important, we hope you take some time to read through this Privacy Policy prior to using our website and services. By using shippingacrosstheglobe.com you agree to the Terms of Use and are bound by the Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to this Privacy Policy, you must discontinue use of the website and/or services.
This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our whole website and any related services, events or sales. (Referred to as “services”.)
CHANGES AND UPDATES
We have the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time to keep relevant with laws and regulations. The updated version will be referenced by the revision date at the top of the policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy whenever you access or use our services to stay informed on how we protect your information and any changes that have been made. Continued use of our site and services after our Privacy Policy updates mean your consent to the revised policy
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Shipping Across The Globe will not sell, trade or rent your personal information. We do not automatically log or link information or personal data. We may use IP addresses to gather statistical data about our websites visitors, traffic patterns and to help us administer the site. IP addresses are not linked to personal identifiable information. We only collect personal data you may volunteer while using our services. We do not collect information of shippingacrosstheglobe.com visitors from other sources such as private organizations or public records.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit. Not specific identifying info (such as name and contact info) but may include device and usage info, IP address, operating system, browser type, language preference, referring URLs, country, location, etc. This information is needed primarily for internal analytics and reports.
OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Protecting the privacy of children is important to us. Therefore, we do not knowingly solicit or collect data from those under 18. By using the services, you represent you are 18 or are the parent or guardian of a minor, and consent to the minor’s use of our services. If you are under 18 without consent from a legal guardian, do not use or provide any information on this Website or any of its features. This includes (but is not limited to) registering, making any purchases, using any of the interactive or public comment features of the Website or providing any information about yourself to us, including name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use.
If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without parental consent, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at info@shippingacrostheglobe.com.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT ON YOU
When you access shippingacrosstheglobe.com, our Company learns certain information about you during your visit.
We collect personal data including:
1. NEWSLETTER OPT-INS: Your name and email address
2. WAITING LISTS: Your name and email address
3. TRANSACTIONS: Your name, email address, billing information and payment information.
4. COMMENTS: Your name, email address and comment. By posting a comment on our website, you consent to the posting of personal information that you provide. Please be aware that such personal information may be read, collected or used by other visitors in public areas. As a company, we do not have control over how these visitors use your personal information.
We may use information collected in the following ways:
1. To help improve user experience on our website
2. To respond to comments
3. To operate and maintain the website
4. To provide you with user support
5. Provide and/or deliver information, products and services requested.
6. To send notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages.
7. To process transactions and send information regarding purchases, such as receipts and confirmations.
8. Communicate about products, services, surveys, offers, promotions, or events that may be of interest to you. (Or other marketing purposes.)
9. Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities that connect to our services.
10. Personalize and improve our services to provide content or advertisements that match user interests.
11. To post testimonials. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will get your consent to use your name and testimonial. If you wish to update or delete, you can let us know at any time by contacting us at info@shippingacrosstheglobe.com. (Be sure to include your name, testimonial location and contact info.)
COOKIES
Our website utilizes “cookies” and server logs to collect information about how shippingacrosstheglobe.com is being utilized. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include date and time of visit, pages views, IP address, time spent on our site, and the websites visited before and after ours.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A cookie is a small text document that often includes anonymous and unique identifiers. When visiting websites, that specific site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file as part of your hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if the browser preferences allow. However to protect your privacy, your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not cookies sent to you by other sites.
Our company has the right to use technologies equivalent to cookies, including social media pixels. These pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites as it tailors to advertising users may see while visiting the social media sites. Our company reserves the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policy of the specific social media site. By using this site, you consent to the use of these cookies and sharing of data collected by them.
Most web browsers are automatically set to accept cookies. Depending on your browser you may be able to remove or reject cookies. However, doing this may affect certain features or services on our web pages.
THIRD PARTY USE OF COOKIES
Some of shippingacrosstheglobe.com includes content served by third party advertisers, ad networks, servers, content providers and application providers. These third party services may use cookies alone or with other web tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information collected may be associated with your personal information including online activities over time. This information may be used to provide advertising or targeted content based on your interests.
EXTERNAL WEBSITES
Please note that shippingacrosstheglobe.com links to other websites. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data provided to any third parties and do not know how they may be used. Any data collected by third parties is not covered under this Privacy Policy. For this reason, we highly suggest when leaving our site that you read the privacy statements of each external website. Contact the responsible provider directly if you have any questions regarding an advertisement. We are not held responsible for content or privacy practices and policies of any third parties.
DATA PROTECTION
We employ commercial methods to ensure the security of the information provided to us and the information automatically collected by our site. This includes using standard security protocols. Please note, email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. Because of this, we suggest you do not send private information to use via email services. However, if you do, it will be at your own risk. Some of the information you enter on our website may be transmitted securely. Credit card or other sensitive information is never transmitted via email.
Shipping Across The Globe uses software programs to create statistical summaries. We use this for the purpose of assessing the number of visitors to pages of our website, and finding which information is of most or least interest to our visitors. We also use this information to determine technical design specifications and to identify their performance or problem areas of our website.
To ensure our service remains available to all of our users, our company uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify attempts to upload or change information or unauthorized attempts.
VISITIOR’S GDPR RIGHTS
Based on the laws of some countries, you may have rights on changing, accessing or deleting personal information.
If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. These rights include:
– the right to request your data that our company stores and the right to erase your personal data.
– the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.
-the right to object to the processing of your data.
-If you have provided consent to our company, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
-the right to make a complaint with a supervisory authority that deals with issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.
HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
We will keep any information you choose to provide us with unless we are asked to delete the information, or until we decide to stop using our current data providers. We also may get rid of information we find no longer values our company.
If you wish to have your information deleted, please email us at info@shippingacrosstheglobe.com and submit a request.
AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER
Shipping Across The Globe has a financial relationship with many companies mentioned on the website. Shippingacrosstheglobe.com may be compensated if you make a purchase through one of the links on our website.
TRANSACTIONAL INFORMATION
Products or services purchased through us will have specific information collected. This information includes name, address, email address and information about services purchased. Payments will be processed by a third-party payment processor. Please refer to the processors terms and Privacy Policy directly to understand how their payment information is processed and stored.
CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:
E-mail: info@shippingacrosstheglobe.com
Shipping Across The Globe
151 Sand Creek Rd.
Albany, NY 12205