1. Introduction
Welcome to Dave Mudek – Adventure Advisor and the Dave Mudek – Adventure Advisor app (the “Service”). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2. Who We Are
Our website address is: davemudek.com
3. Information We Collect
We collect the following types of personal information through the app registration forms and user interactions:
- Name
- Address
- Email address
- Gender
- Phone number
- Payment information
- Visitor’s IP address
Payment information is collected through the app via payment processor integrations and is not stored locally. It is securely stored with third-party payment processors such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Klarna, and others.
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 with 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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
4. Use of Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide and manage your access to the Service
- Process payments for paid services
- Send notifications and marketing communications within the app
- Improve user experience and the functionality of the Service
We do not sell personal information or app interactions to third parties.
5. Sharing of Information
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We do not share your personal information with third parties except as necessary to process payments through our payment processors. We may allow third parties to advertise on the site and use aggregated information internally to segment and run ads targeting desired user demographics. Third-party advertisers do not have access to personal information.
If we use affiliate links for advertisements, only our affiliate ID is passed along to external third parties without sharing any personal user data.
6. 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.
7. Data Storage and Security
Your personal data is stored on our servers and managed with robust security measures provided by Rapyd Hosting, including:
- Advanced firewalls
- Real-time DDoS protection
- Regular security patches and updates
- Server hardening practices
- SSL certificates for encrypted data transmission
- Regular malware scanning and removal
- Daily automatic backups
- Integration with Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for added security
Users are responsible for maintaining strong passwords and not sharing personal information with unknown parties. Our team will never ask for your payment information or passwords directly.
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.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to:
- Authenticate users and enhance user experience
- Analyze usage and performance of the Service
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 one day.
9. User Rights
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.
All users can:
- Download their full profile at any time
- Delete their member profile within the website and app
- Control all app and site notifications through their notification center
- Opt-out of marketing emails separately from app/website notifications
10. 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 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.
11. Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. The Service is intended for users aged 17 and older. If we learn that we have collected information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.
12. International Users
For users outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the U.S. By using the Service, you consent to such transfer, storage, and processing. We comply with international data protection laws, including GDPR, to the extent applicable.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at David.Mudek@fora.travel