Investor Trip ("we", "us", or "our") respects your privacy and takes data security very seriously. We ensure that we have appropriate security measures in place to prevent the accidental loss, unauthorized use, and access to your Personal Data.
Please read this Privacy and Cookie Policy carefully, as it explains our rights in relation to your Personal Data, how we will handle it, and on what basis we will process any Personal Data. This Policy also describes your options and rights regarding the use, access, correction, or deletion of your user information. By using the Website, you acknowledge that you understand that we will use your user information in accordance with this Policy. Where required by law, you will also be asked to provide clear and unambiguous affirmative consent to the collection, processing, and distribution of your user information via cookies and similar technologies.
EU Residents Notice: This Policy is intended to comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union dated April 27, 2016 ("General Data Protection Regulation" or "GDPR") and includes the relevant notice regarding the processing of your user information in accordance with the GDPR.
California Residents Notice: This Policy is intended to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") and other applicable California state laws.
Nevada Residents Notice: This Policy is intended to comply with Senate Bill 220 of Nevada.
If you have any comments or questions regarding this Policy or how we use your user information, please contact us using the contact details provided in the "Contact" section.
2. Terms:
- Personal Data: Personal information relating to an identified or identifiable individual, which may include, for example, name, email address, location data, network identifier, etc. Personal data does not include information that does not identify a specific user.
- Policy: This Privacy and Cookie Policy.
- User: A person who has successfully registered on this Website.
- Website: This website, Investor Trip, https://www.investortrip.com/.
- Third-Party Websites: Websites that are linked to on this Website, such as our partners, sponsors, advertisers, third-party analysts, social media, etc.
- Account: The User's account on this Website, registered with a specific email address.
3. The Information We Collect:
Investor Trip collects different types of information for various purposes.
3.1. For Account Registration:
- Email address used for registering the Account.
3.2. For Newsletter Subscription:
- Email address used for the registered Account where the emails will be sent.
3.3. For Using the Website:
- Technical information, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your device to the Internet, login data, browser type and version, types and versions of browser plugins, operating system, and platform;
- Information about your visit, including full Uniform Resource Locators (URLs); products you viewed or searched for; duration of visits to specific pages; interaction data on the pages (e.g., scrolling, clicks, and mouse hover);
- Other information related to your use of the Website.
3.4. For Responding to User Inquiries:
- The email address associated with your Account where responses will be sent;
- Other information that may be required for us to respond to your request (such as your first and last name).
4. How We Collect Information About Users:
Investor Trip collects information about Users when you use the Website. Information may be collected, used, and shared in various ways.
4.1. Information Provided Voluntarily: Investor Trip may collect User information (including Personal Data) that is provided voluntarily or with your consent. For example, we may ask you to provide such information as your email address when you register on the Website or subscribe to the newsletter. You always have the option not to provide the information we request. If you decide not to provide the requested information, you will still be able to visit most of the Website, but you may not be able to access certain features or services. If you wish to provide us with third-party user information, such as a friend’s or colleague’s details for a referral or recommendation, please do so only if you have the third party's consent. When you register on the Website, you agree to provide only truthful, accurate, current, and complete information. In case of changes to the provided information, please notify us of your updated data so we can continue to provide you access to the Website.
4.2. Information We Collect Automatically: When you visit the Website, we may automatically collect certain user information from your device. In some regions, including California and the European Economic Area, this information may be considered Personal Data or personal information under applicable data protection laws.
User information that we collect automatically may include details such as your IP address, device type, unique device identifiers, browser type, broad geographical location (e.g., country or city level), and other technical information. We may also collect information about how your device interacted with our Website, including visited pages and clicked links.
The collection of this information allows us to better understand visitors to our Website, where they are coming from, and what content on our Website is of interest to them. We use this information for business purposes, including internal analytics, as well as to improve the quality and relevance of our Website for visitors.
Some of this information may be collected using cookies and similar tracking technologies.
5. Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies:
A cookie is a small data file that is written to your device's hard drive by your web browser. A cookie can contain and/or automatically collect information about the User, such as user ID or IP address, which the website uses to track pages and visit counts. Data read from these cookies may be linked to your user information, so our use of these cookies may allow us to better understand how you use our Website, or provide you with personalized advertising.
Investor Trip and our partners use cookies and similar tracking technologies on the Website for our business purposes to personalize and optimize your browsing and usage experience by:
- Providing you with personalized content and ads;
- Including social media features;
- Protecting from spam and malicious programs;
- Analyzing trends, traffic, and user behavior;
- Administering the Website;
- Tracking web analytics and advertising analytics across the Website;
- Remembering your preferences and voluntarily provided information;
- Performing location-related functions and analytics;
- Gaining insights into how we can continue improving the Website and its various elements.
5.1. Cookies are categorized into the following subcategories:
5.1.1. Necessary Cookies: Necessary cookies are used for specific purposes that are essential for your secure use and navigation of the Website. Without them, Investor Trip cannot provide you with the core features and functions of the Website, and the Website will not work as you or Investor Trip would expect. These cookies do not store any personal data, so no consent is required for their use.
5.1.2. Functional Cookies: Functional cookies are designed to tailor the Website to the User's preferences and remember choices made during a previous visit (such as different local settings, which geographically set version of the Website and related content you might prefer, and other parameters that enhance user interaction with the Website).
5.1.3. Operational Cookies: Operational cookies are used to understand and analyze key performance metrics of the Website, which helps to improve the user experience for visitors and ensure interaction with external content, networks, and platforms.
5.1.4. Analytical Cookies: Analytical cookies allow Investor Trip to count visits and sources of traffic, so we can measure and improve the performance of the Website. They also help collect information about how visitors behave on the Website. Analytical cookies help us understand which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All the information collected by these cookies is anonymous.
5.1.5. Marketing Cookies: Marketing cookies help support the Website and further personalize your experience. Investor Trip and our advertising partners (and/or their third-party analytics providers) may also use cookies on the Website to personalize content and advertising. This type of advertising uses cookies to serve you targeted ads that are more relevant to your interests than untargeted ads. Investor Trip provides advertising partners only the information necessary to personalize advertising offers.
You can manage your cookie settings at any time if you wish to give or withdraw your consent for the use of any cookies. Please note that if you refuse the use of certain cookies, some features of the Website may become unavailable to you.
If you are a California resident and, to the extent our use of cookies is classified as a sale of personal information under the CCPA, you can opt-out of this sale by contacting us using the contact details provided in the "Contact" section.
5.2. Web Beacons: Investor Trip may use web beacons (invisible images, often called pixel tags or clear GIF files) on our Website for our business purposes, such as recognizing users, assessing traffic patterns, determining preferred content, and measuring engagement with the Website. We may also include web beacons in our emails to measure engagement with our messages (e.g., to count how many times and when emails were opened or which links were clicked in those messages).
Our partners and advertisers may also use web beacons to collect various data provided by your browser while you are on our Website and elsewhere (i.e., outside of the Website) where we may act as a third party. This data is collected collectively but may include or be associated with other user information that users have voluntarily provided. Since we do not control or have access to how these third parties may use cookies or other tracking technologies, Investor Trip is not responsible for the privacy policy of these third parties. If you have questions about any of these third parties, we encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.
5.3. Log Files: The web servers and ad servers of the Website log information about the User’s IP address, browser type, and the current URL that the User is requesting. This information is always provided by the User's browser and automatically logged by most websites. These log files are stored in a secure location and used for our business purposes of internal analysis of traffic patterns on our Website.
5.4. Information We Obtain from Third-Party Sources: From time to time, we may collect personal information about you from third-party sources (including data enrichment services such as publicly available or social graph data, or social media websites, if you choose to log in or connect your social media to our Website), which we will use for our business purposes (e.g., to better serve you with content or advertising). However, we will use this information only in cases where these third parties either have your consent or are otherwise legally allowed or required to disclose your personal information to us.
6. Do Not Track:
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a "Do Not Track" feature or setting that allows you to indicate your privacy preferences, so that data about your online activity is not tracked or collected. At this time, there is no unified technological standard for recognizing and implementing "Do Not Track" signals. Therefore, we do not currently respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals or any other mechanism that automatically informs us of your choice to avoid tracking online.
7. How We Use Your Information:
Investor Trip may use the information collected about Users for the purposes outlined below. We will not use User information without a valid legal basis for doing so.
7.1. To Manage the Website: Investor Trip may use your user information, including personal data, to administer the Website, including managing content, providing technical support, ensuring security, optimizing performance, and conducting analytics. We use your user information to manage your Account and ensure that the content on our Website is presented to you and your device in the most efficient way, so you do not miss any information of interest when visiting our Website.
7.2. To Target Content and Advertising: Investor Trip may use your user information for advertising purposes to promote our Website. To develop and provide content and advertising tailored to your interests, we use analytics collected through tracking technologies to determine which sections of the Website you prefer based on the frequency of your visits and your interaction with these sections. We may make informed assumptions based on data provided by your browser to target relevant content and ads to you on the Website. We may also make reasonable geographic and demographic assumptions based on the IP address you provided to target relevant content and advertising.
7.3. For Newsletter Usage: Investor Trip will use your personal data, such as your email address, to send you messages as part of our newsletter. These messages are sent only to Users who have explicitly consented to receive them.
When necessary to provide services, we may occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as processing and delivering newsletter mailings. We will provide these companies with only the user information they need to provide the service. In some cases, these companies may collect user information directly from you. In these cases, you will be notified of the involvement of the external service provider. In all cases, these companies are subject to agreements that require them to maintain the confidentiality of your user information and prohibit them from using this information for any other purposes.
7.4. Aggregate Information with Advertisers: Investor Trip earns a significant portion of its revenue from advertising and affiliate networks, and the exchange of information is necessary to maintain the availability of our services for Users. To attract and retain advertisers, we use aggregate information we collect (and also aggregate information from third-party market researchers) to describe our services to partners and help our advertisers and sponsors better understand our audience.
We cooperate with third-party advertising networks to display ads on the Website or manage our ads on other websites. Our advertising partners use cookies and web beacons to collect information about Users and your activities on the Website and third-party sites in order to deliver targeted advertising based on your interests.
If you do not want this information to be used for targeted advertising, you can opt-out or change your selection. Please note that this does not prevent ads from being shown to you. You will continue to receive non-targeted ads.
7.5. In the Event of a Sale or Bankruptcy: The ownership of the Website may change at some point in the future. If this occurs, we want the Website to continue maintaining relationships with you. In the event of (actual or potential) a sale, merger, public offering, bankruptcy, acquisition of any part of our business, or any other change in control of Investor Trip, your user information, including personal data, may be transferred to the person or company who owns or controls (or may potentially own or control) the Website, provided that we notify the buyer (or potential buyer) that they must use your user information, including personal data, only for the purposes disclosed in this Policy.
In accordance with the law, Investor Trip may disclose your user information to any competent law enforcement agency, regulatory authority, government agency, court, or other third party if we believe that disclosure is necessary:
- In accordance with applicable law or regulation (e.g., to comply with a court order or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal obligations);
- To protect your safety or the safety of others;
- To investigate fraud or carry out judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal processes related to Investor Trip, or to protect and defend the rights or property of Investor Trip.
8. Data Retention:
Investor Trip will retain your user information as long as your Account is active or as long as necessary to provide you with access to the Website, unless you withdraw your consent or request the deletion of certain user information. We may retain certain user information for legitimate business interests when we have a continuing business need, such as for core functionality of the Website or to comply with applicable tax, legal, or accounting requirements. If we no longer have a legitimate business need for using your user information, we will either delete it, anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, if your personal information has been stored in backup archives), we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from further processing until deletion becomes possible.
9. User Rights:
In accordance with applicable law, you have certain rights regarding your personal data that we hold. Specifically, you have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold, request the correction of personal data if it is inaccurate, request the deletion or blocking of your personal data, and object to the processing of your personal data. These rights may be limited in certain situations. For example, if we have a legal obligation or compelling legitimate interest, we may continue processing your data even if you request its deletion. We rely on your consent to process your personal data; however, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of processing your personal data before the withdrawal of consent, nor will it affect the processing of your personal data carried out on legitimate grounds other than consent. If you believe we have violated any laws in collecting, storing, or processing your personal data, we recommend you contact us first to resolve any disputes. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. To contact us regarding any issues concerning your personal data, use the contact information provided in the "Contacts" section.
10. Security:
Investor Trip cares about the protection of your personal data. We take appropriate technical, physical, and administrative security measures to ensure reasonable protection of your personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration. However, we cannot guarantee that the loss, misuse, unauthorized access, or alteration of your personal data will not occur. While we strive to ensure the security of our systems, you are responsible for ensuring the security and confidentiality of your password and account registration information, such as selecting a sufficiently long and complex password and not disclosing your account credentials to third parties, as well as verifying the accuracy and currency of the personal data we hold about you. We are not responsible for securing any personal data you transmit to us or receive from us over the internet or wireless connection, including email, as we cannot protect this information once it has been sent and until it reaches us.
11. Transfer of User Information to Other Countries:
Your user information, including personal data, may be transferred and processed in countries other than the country in which you reside in connection with your use of the Website. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those of your country. However, we have taken appropriate precautions to ensure that your personal information remains protected in accordance with this Policy. In certain situations, Investor Trip may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests from government authorities, including to comply with national security or law enforcement requirements.
12. Children's Privacy:
The Website is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide us with any personal data. We do not knowingly collect (and do not want to collect) any user information from individuals under the age of 18. If we become aware that we have collected any user information from an individual under 18, we will remove that information from our database and delete the corresponding Account if one exists.
13. Third-Party Websites:
The Website may contain links to third-party websites and services that are owned or operated by third parties and are not governed by this Policy. Any information you provide on a third-party website or that is collected by a third-party website is provided directly to the owner or operator of the third-party website and is subject to the privacy policy of that respective owner or operator. We are not responsible for the content, privacy, or security policies of any third-party website. To protect your information, we recommend you carefully review the privacy policy of any third-party websites you access. Our Website may include access to public blogs, forums, or social media platforms. Personal data that you voluntarily submit or post online in a public blog, forum, or social media platform may be viewed and used by others without limitation. By using such services, you assume the risk that your personal data may be viewed and used by third parties for any purpose.
14. Final Provisions: Investor
Trip may update this Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical, or business developments. The updated Policy will take effect from the published effective date. If we make any significant changes to the Policy before it takes effect, we will notify you of these changes via the email address registered with your Account. We will obtain your consent to any material changes when such consent is required by applicable laws. We recommend you periodically review this page for the latest information regarding our privacy practices and cookie usage.
15. Contact:
If you have any questions or would like to submit a request or complaint, please contact us by sending an email to: legal@investortrip.com.