Our Privacy Policy

Who are we?

GraduatedTravelers, located in Voorburg, is responsible for the processing of personal data as shown in this privacy statement. Read below what data we collect and what it is used for.

Website: https://graduatedtravelers.com/

Copyright, all rights reserved.

Graduatedtravelers is the intellectual owner of all photos and texts on the website and these may not be used, printed, modified or published without permission.

Digital products purchased on our website are for personal purposes only. Explicit permission is required to use these products for non-personal purposes, e.g. using our Google Maps within hotels. Please feel free to contact us about this.

Personal data that we process

Graduatedtravelers processes your personal data because you use our services and/or because you have provided this information to us yourself when completing a contact form or posting a comment/review.

Below you will find an overview of the personal data we process:

– First and last name
– Address details
– Phone number
– Email address
– IP address
– Internet browser and device type
– Location information

Special and/or sensitive personal data that we process

Our website and/or service does not intend to collect data about website visitors who are younger than 16 years of age. Unless they have permission from parents or guardians. However, we cannot check whether a visitor is older than 16. We therefore recommend that parents be involved in the online activities of their children, in order to prevent data about children from being collected without parental consent. If you are convinced that we have collected personal information about a minor without this consent, please contact us at info@graduatedtravelers.com and we will delete this information.

Why do we process your personal data?

Graduatedtravelers processes your personal data for the following purposes:

– Handling your payment

– Offer you the opportunity to create an account

– To deliver goods and services to you

– Graduatedtravelers analyzes your behavior on the website in order to improve the website and tailor the range of products and services to your preferences.

Affiliate marketing

Graduatedtravelers works with affiliate partners, including Skyscanner and Travelpayouts. Our blogs indicate in various places where you can book a hotel or buy a product. If you make a purchase via the website mentioned, we receive a small commission. This costs you nothing extra. With this contribution we can collect more useful information and share it with you. This way we can keep all information available to you free of charge.

Google Analytics

Graduatedtravelers uses Google Analytics. These cookies are placed by Google so that we can analyze surfing behavior on our website and thus improve our website and services. We have concluded a processing agreement with Google for the processing of this data. The last octet (the last three digits of your IP address) is masked and data sharing is disabled. No other Google services are used in combination with the Google Analytics cookies. Google Analytics does not share anonymous data with third parties.

Would you like us not to use Google Analytics during your sessions? You can use a Google Chrome Opt-out Add-on that allows you to disable Google Analytics for all websites that use it.

How long do we keep your personal data

Graduatedtravelers does not store your personal data for longer than is strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which your data is collected. Do you use our services? We will then store your personal data for a maximum of 7 years. Every entrepreneur is legally obliged to keep his administration for 7 years (fiscal retention obligation). Do you not use our services? Then we will not store your personal data for longer than necessary. A maximum retention period of 2 years applies to this data. Finally, we analyze your surfing behavior using Google Analytics. This data is kept for a maximum of 26 months.

Sharing personal data with third parties

Graduatedtravelers does not sell your data to third parties and will only provide it if this is necessary for the execution of our agreement with you or to comply with a legal obligation. We enter into a processor agreement with companies that process your data on our behalf to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality of your data. Graduatedtravelers remains responsible for these processes.

Cookies

Graduatedtravelers uses functional, analytical and tracking cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored in the browser of your computer, tablet or smartphone when you first visit this website. Graduatedtravelers uses cookies with a purely technical functionality. These ensure that the website works properly and that, for example, your preference settings are remembered. These cookies are also used to ensure that the website works properly and to optimize it. We also place cookies that track your surfing behavior so that we can offer customized content and advertisements. On your first visit to our website, we already informed you about these cookies and asked your permission to place them. You can unsubscribe from cookies by setting your internet browser so that it no longer stores cookies. In addition, you can also delete all information previously stored via the settings of your browser.

View, adjust or delete data

You have the right to view, correct or delete your personal data. You can send a request for access, correction, deletion, data transfer of your personal data or request for withdrawal of your consent or objection to the processing of your personal data to info@graduatedtravelers.com. We will respond to your request as quickly as possible, but no later than within four weeks.

Graduatedtravelers would also like to point out that you have the option to file a complaint with the national supervisory authority, the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

How do we protect personal data

Graduatedtravelers takes the protection of your data seriously and takes appropriate measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unwanted disclosure and unauthorized modification. If you feel that your data is not properly secured or there are indications of misuse, please contact our customer service or via info@graduatedtravelers.com. Graduatedtravelers has taken the following measures to protect your personal data:

– Security software, such as a virus scanner and firewall.

– TLS (formerly SSL) We send your data via a secure internet connection. You can see this in the address bar 'https' and the padlock in the address bar