Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is important to Out and Across. It is our (Thomas Coldwell, Out and Across, us, we) policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you on our website, outandacross.com. The aim of this Privacy Policy is to be open and transparent about how we collect, hold, and use your personal information, and under what circumstances we may disclose or transfer your personal information.

By continuing to use this website, you consent to the data collection as described in this Privacy Policy.

Data Collection

The following types of personal information may be collected, stored, and used by Out and Across:

Your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, and operating system;
Information about use of this website, including the length of visit and pages visited;
Information such as your name, email address, and website that you enter when you comment on a blog post or page;
Information such as your name and email address that you enter in order to set up subscriptions to our blog updates;
Personal information contained in any communications that you send by email

Using Collected Data

When we collect and store your data, it will may be used for one or more of the following purposes:

Ensuring proper function of this website;
Enhancing your experience on our website by personalizing content to you;
Improving the website experience and content with use of statistics and analytics;
Responding to inquiries made by or about you relating to our website;
Sending you email notifications that you have specifically requested about new post updates;
Providing third parties with statistical information about our users (third parties are not able to identify any individual user from that information);
Keeping our website secure and prevent fraud;
Enabling your use of the services available on our website;

Personal information that collected for the aforementioned purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

To leave a comment on a blog post or page, your email is required but never shown or shared with anyone other than Out and Across.

Subscription to our email list for post updates and newsletters is on a double opt-in basis only. Should you wish to stop receiving these emails at any time, there is an unsubscribe option at the bottom of every email.

Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Blocking or deleting all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

If you would prefer not to receive cookies, do not select “accept” on the cookies pop-up when visiting the website. You can also alter your security settings on your web browser to disable cookies.

We primarily use cookies for Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Read the Google Analytics Privacy Policy here.

Sharing Data

Out and Across does not share, distribute, sell, rent or otherwise disclose your personal information to any third parties, other than trusted partners compliant with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) who make providing this website to you possible or otherwise enhance your experience on this website.

We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law.

Our trusted third-party partners are:

Google Analytics: traffic analytics and demographic information about our website audience
Facebook: advertising tracking and analytics about our users
Twitter: advertising tracking and analytics about our users
MailChimp: email collection for user selected subscription to post updates
Akismet Anti-Spam: to protect our site from spam comments

This website includes affiliate links, wherein we receive a small commission if you make a purchase using the link. Out and Across works with Skimlinks and AvantLink.

Securing Your Data

Out and Across is committed to keeping your personal information secure and will take reasonable technical precautions to prevent the loss or misuse of collected data. All personal information is stored on our secure shared server, with password and firewall protection OR with our trusted third parties mentioned above.

No method of transmission of information over the internet is 100% secure. For this reason, we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet. We also cannot accept any responsibility accept no responsibility in the event of a security that affects your privacy. In the event of a breach, you will be notified within 72 hours.

Your Data Collection Rights

It is your right to be able to access the personal information Out and Across holds about you. In most cases, Out and Across can provide this (contact thomas@outandacross.com). There are some circumstances in which we would have to refuse such a request, such as (but is not limited to) when the law prohibits it or the data relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings.

In relation to your personal data, you also have the right to information, rectification, erasure, restrict processing, object to processing, data portability, and to withdraw consent.

Children

Out and Across does not purposely create content to target children. We do not knowingly collect the data and personal information of children.

Contact Information

If you have any comments, questions, concerns or complaints about data collection in relation to this website, please contact thomas@outandacross.com.

Out and Across reserves the right to change and update this privacy policy.

First published: April 22, 2022

TERMS OF USE

Your access to this website is conditional upon your acceptance and compliance with our Terms of Use policy that includes the following terms, conditions, notices and disclaimers below. Your continued use of and/or access to this website constitutes your agreement to the Terms of Use.

Terms

By accessing the website at outandacross.com, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms of service, 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 use outandacross.com 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:

Modify or copy the materials;
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 outandacross.com;
Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
Transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.

This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Out and Across at any time.

Disclaimer

The materials on outandacross.com are provided on an as is basis. Out and Across 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, Out and Across does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its website or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

From time to time, we are offered products or services for free or at a discounted price. When renewing or mentioning these products, we will only ever include our own opinion and experiences of these products or services.

Limitations

In no event shall Out and Across 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 outandacross.com, even if Out and Across or a Out and Across 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.

Accuracy of Materials

The materials appearing on outandacross.com could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Out and Across does not warrant that any of the materials on its website are accurate, complete, or current. Out and Across may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. However, we do not make any commitment to update the materials.

Comments

Out and Across reserves the right to moderate and delete comments, including those found to be using offensive or nonconstructive language.

Links

This website may contain hyperlinks to other websites operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Out and Across of the site. We provide the hyperlinks for your own convenience only. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s own risk.

This website includes affiliate links, wherein we receive a small commission if you make a purchase using the link. Out and Across only endorses or links to products and services that we genuinely recommend and would use or have used.

Out and Across participates in several affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to affiliated sites.

When this website includes sponsored links, these are paid for hyperlinks to businesses or services. Again, Out and Across only agrees to link to businesses or services that we genuinely recommend and would use or have used.

Modifications

Out and Across may revise these terms of service 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 of service.

Governing Law

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Canada and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Canada.