Privacy Policy & Disclosure

Introduction – About This Website

Traverse Travel Blog, found at www.traverse-blog.com/ is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

www.traverse-blog.com/ will hereafter be referred to as “Website”. This website is run by Megan Arzbaecher, who will hereafter be referred to as “Owner”, can be contacted at meganarztravels@gmail.com. Traverse Travel Blog will hereafter be referred to in combination as “Traverse Travel Blog” or as the “Company”.

At Traverse Travel Blog, the privacy of our visitors is extremely important. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected and how it is used. This statement only applies to this Website. This Privacy Policy is reviewed and revised from time to time. You can revisit it regularly. Your use of this site, in any and all forms, constitutes an acceptance of this Privacy Policy.

This Website does not share personal information with third parties nor do we store any information about your visit to this blog other than to analyze and optimize your content and reading experience through the use of cookies. You can turn off the use of cookies at any time by changing your specific browser settings.

We are not responsible for republished content from this blog on other blogs or websites without our permission.

This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on 29 June 2026. If you have any questions feel free to contact the Owner.

Collecting Data

This website only collects and uses information in ways that are consistent with your rights and our obligations under the law. Namely, data is processed:

  • When you give specific and express consent for us to do so.
  • When necessary for the performance of a contract, where you are a party to that contract (for example, if you buy something we will need to collect payment and delivery information to deliver that product to you).
  • When necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
  • When necessary in order to protect the vital interest of the data subject (you) or of another natural person.
  • When necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us, except where such interest is overridden by your interest or fundamental rights and freedoms.

You are considered to have accepted our privacy policy when you first use this website. If you do not agree to and accept this privacy policy, then you must stop using this site.

What Information We Collect and How It Is Used

Personal Information Collected on This Website

No personally identifiable information is collected on this website from persons who browse our website. The only personally identifiable information collected on this website is gathered in our comment area and on specified sign-up forms, where opt-in fields are provided so that you can choose to provide your name and email address in order to leave a comment, receive a download, newsletter or other emails on updates, giveaways, or other offers. We collect this information so that we can respond to the comments or questions that you post.

  • Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
  • Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. The Website utilizes the Facebook, Twitter and Google commenting systems, so if you choose to comment on a Website post, your profile picture will appear.

Anonymous Information Collected on this Website

Automatically-Collected Information: We may record anonymous data via platforms such as Google Analytics. We may collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked. We use this anonymous information to help improve the content of this site and to compile aggregate statistics about individuals using our site for internal market research purposes.

Cookies: Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or device by our site when you visit certain parts of our site. When you visit our website, we may log information using cookies to facilitate access to our website, personalize your online experience and record information about your visit. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our website, such as the web pages you visit, the links or advertisements you click on and other actions you take while on our website.

The cookies do not store any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about you.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in their Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

How Your Information is Used

We use the information collected in the following ways:

  • To operate and maintain the Website;
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings; and you will only be subscribed when you give express consent;
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries;
  • To provide you with user support;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website;
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.

Information collected using Google Analytics is retained for 26 months.

Information submitted through forms, such as email forms or contact forms are retained until such a time as the data subject chooses to unsubscribe or invokes their right under GDPR to be forgotten.

Publicly visible information

If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website. Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

  • Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, web browser, and information regarding the device you are using and pages you visit on this website, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time at the Website’s sole discretion.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

Plugins

This Website uses plugins to keep it running. In addition to this Website's policy, plug in providers typically have their own privacy and data collection policies. Below are examples of types of plugins we may use that deal with data in some form.

  • Analytics & Anonymous Tracking Plugins: (e.g., MonsterInsights, Google Analytics) These track user behavior, IP addresses, and page views. These Plugins use purely with website data, not personal data.
  • Contact Form Plugins: (e.g., Contact Form 7, WPForms) These collect names, email addresses, and any other information the user opts to input. These Plugins use personal data on an opt-in basis.
  • Newsletter & Subscription Plugins: (e.g., Mailchimp, Constant Contact) These collect email addresses and user names. These Plugins use personal data on an opt-in basis.
  • Comment Plugins: (e.g., built-in WP comments) These collect visitor names, emails, IP addresses, and website URLs.
  • Cookie Consent & Compliance Plugins: (e.g., Complianz, Borlabs Cookie) The user selects how these plugins manage, store, or log user consent.

Advertising Disclosure

Affiliate Program Participation

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions. 

The Website is enrolled in the following affiliate programs, which may be using cookies to track any sales/commissions coming via Owner’s recommendations on this Website. Each of these affiliate programs has its own privacy policy, which are linked below. 

  • Siteground: You may encounter various affiliate links to Siteground hosting. You can see their privacy policy here.
  • GetYourGuide: You may encounter various affiliate links to GetYourGuide tours and packages. You can see their privacy policy here.
  • Travelpayouts: You may encounter various affiliate links which earn an affiliate commission via Travelpayouts. You can see their privacy policy here.
  • Stay22: You may encounter various affiliate links which earn me an affiliate commission via Stay22. You can see their privacy policy here.

Rights Related to Your Personal Information

Opt-out – You may opt out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at meganarztravels@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list.

Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to meganarztravels@gmail.com 

Amend – You may contact us at meganarztravels@gmail.com to amend or update your personal information.

Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to meganarztravels@gmail.com 

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

Sensitive Personal Information

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

Children’s Information

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information about a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact the Owner immediately at meganarztravels@gmail.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Contact Information

At any time, please contact the Owner at meganarztravels@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy. 

Last updated: 29 June 2026