Disclaimer and privacy policy

GENERAL DISCLAIMER

All content provided on this website is for informational purposes only.

I make no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information and will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information nor for the availability of this information.

Places close down or change ownership, costs go up, it’s hard to keep on top of everything. If you find one of my posts is out of date, feel free to contact me with updated details — other readers will appreciate it, as will I. For the most part, I am just one person trying to manage this website.

I will not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information.

Travel involves risks; please verify information independently and exercise caution. I am not liable for any losses or issues arising from using this content.

ANALYTICS

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics and improve your experience, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace and Google Analytics, our website analytics providers, to learn about site traffic and activity.

COOKIES

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

GDPR COMPLIANCE AND USER RIGHTS

If you are located in the EU or California, you may have certain rights under GDPR and CCPA, including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the use of your data. To exercise these rights, please contact us at hello@petrinadarrah.com.

We collect and process your data based on the following legal bases:

  • Your consent, as provided via cookie banners or subscription forms.

  • Legitimate interest, such as improving our website’s performance.

We promise that we take data safety seriously and use your private data only to offer a personalised experience.

  • We use Kit for our newsletter, which you can opt out of, and Google Analytics for analysing website data.

  • If you subscribed to my newsletter, you will receive our newsletters. You can always unsubscribe by following the link in email or by emailing us.

  • If you gave us your name, it will only be used to personalise the newsletters.

  • We have never sold, we are not selling, and we will not sell any of your personal data provided to us.

  • All of our affiliates are GDPR compliant.

You have the right to:

  • Be informed regarding how the data is collected and used.

  • Have access to the data about you.

  • Ask us to change the data about you.

  • Ask us to delete the data about you.

  • Ask us to stop sending your newsletters.

We abide by GDPR regulations, so if you wish to have your information (e.g. comments removed) and you’re an EU resident, please get in touch with us. We are happy to amend/remove your information/comments/email from the mailing list if you contact us. We do not retain secondary copies of commenters/reader contact information without permission. Similarly, we do not resell or share your contact information with third parties and once you opt out of the mailing list, you are permanently removed.

COMMENTS

This website includes commenting functionality on some pages which enables you to post a comment. If you leave a comment, certain information (your name as you provide it) may be publicly visible, however your email address will not be.

This website collects personal data when you post a comment, including:

  • Your name (which will be displayed as part of your posted comment)

  • Your email address (optional, to let you know if someone replies to your comment)

  • Your website URL (optional)

In addition, while comments are a wonderful thing, and we appreciate each and every one of you who find the time to add your thoughts to one of our articles, foul language or abuse will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to edit or delete any comments submitted to this blog without notice. We are not responsible or liable for any comments made by others on this blog.

AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER

Some of the links on this website are affiliate links, and if you purchase products or services through these links, we may get paid a small commission, the amount of which varies from product to product. This costs you absolutely nothing, but helps in the running costs of this blog so I can keep running this site. As an affiliate, I only ever recommend products and services that I feel are of high quality and helpful to you, my readers. If I don’t love it, I won’t recommend it.

This website is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

This website is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the EU). We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe we have collected such data, contact us immediately.

THIRD PARTY LINKS

Our website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these sites. Please review their policies independently.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please get in touch with us at hello@petrinadarrah.com.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS

By using this Website, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.