🔒 Essential GDPR and PDPA Compliance – By Bamboo Travel Blog

1. General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR and PDPA compliance)

We are the Data Controller of your information. By Bamboo Travel Blog’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the type of Personal Information we collect and the context in which we collect it:
Performance of a contract: We need to process your personal information to perform a contract with you.

Consent: You have given By Bamboo Travel Blog permission to process your personal information.

Legitimate interests: Processing your personal information is in By Bamboo Travel Blog’s legitimate interests.

Legal compliance: We need to comply with applicable laws.

Retention of Information:
By Bamboo Travel Blog will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We will use your information to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

Your Data Protection Rights:
Depending on the circumstances, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• The right to access, update, or delete the information we hold about you.
• The right of rectification.
• The right to object to certain processing.
• The right to restriction of processing.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to withdraw consent at any time.

2. Personal Data

By Bamboo Travel Blog reserves the right to collect personal data and information from users of this website. This information is necessary for:

• Managing each user’s orders or interactions with the website.
• Improving the services, content, and information we provide.
• Facilitating relationships with service providers and partners who assist in managing, executing, processing, and paying for services or orders.

Collected data may also be used for security purposes and to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

Types of data we collect include:

• First Name (required when signing up)
• Last Name (required when signing up)
• Email Address (required when signing up)

Analytics and Cookies:
Access information is also shared with analytics providers, including Google Analytics and Facebook, through the use of third-party cookies to help us improve your experience on our website.

3. Log Files & Data Retention

By Bamboo Travel Blog follows standard procedures using log files. These files automatically record visitors when they access the website, as part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected may include:

• Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
• Browser type
• Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Date and time stamp
• Referring/exit pages
• Number of clicks

These logs are not linked to any personally identifiable information and are used to:

• Analyze website trends
• Administer and improve the site
• Track users’ movements on the website
• Gather demographic information

Data retention:

• By Bamboo Travel Blog: Personal Data is retained for a maximum of 10 years, after which it will be securely destroyed. The Blog reserves the right to destroy Personal Data anytime before the 10-year limit.
• Google Analytics: Data is retained for 38 months.
• Facebook Insights: Data is retained according to Facebook’s retention policies.

Your Rights:

At any time, you may request:

• Access to your Personal Data
• Correction of your Personal Data
• Deletion of your Personal Data

Requests will be handled within 30 days. To protect your privacy and security, verification of your identity may be required. Once verified, we provide all information we have about you and will comply with deletion requests unless legal or regulatory obligations require us to retain certain data.

You can also delete all site access and conversion data shared with Google via:
https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity

4. Cookies and Web Beacons

Like many websites, By Bamboo Travel Blog uses cookies. Cookies are small text files stored on your device to help the website remember information about your visit. These may include:

• Visitor preferences
• Pages visited on the website

The purpose of these cookies is to enhance your browsing experience by:

• Customizing website content based on your browser type or device
• Improving website functionality and performance
• Analyzing website traffic and user behavior

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that some features of the website may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

5. DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google is one of the third-party vendors on our site. It uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to visitors based on their visits to By Bamboo Travel Blog and other websites across the internet.

Visitors may opt out of the use of DART cookies by visiting Google’s ad and content network Privacy Policy here:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Some advertisers on our website may also use cookies and web beacons. Each advertising partner has its own Privacy Policy regarding user data. For your convenience, we provide direct links to these policies where applicable.

Advertising partner example:

• Google – Privacy Policy

These measures ensure that your browsing experience remains relevant while maintaining transparency about data usage.

6. Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of By Bamboo Travel Blog.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks may use technologies such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons in their advertisements and links that appear on By Bamboo Travel Blog. These technologies are sent directly to users’ browsers and may automatically collect your IP address.

These tools are used to:

• Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
• Personalize the advertising content you see across websites you visit.

Important: By Bamboo Travel Blog has no access to or control over these cookies used by third-party advertisers. Each partner manages their own Privacy Policy, so we recommend reviewing them for full details.

7. Third-Party Privacy Policies

The By Bamboo Travel Blog Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. We encourage you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for detailed information on their practices and instructions on how to opt out of certain options. You can find a complete list of these Privacy Policies and their links here:

• Google Ads: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
• Facebook Ads: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
• Google Analytics: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

You may also choose to disable cookies through your individual browser settings. Detailed information about managing cookies can be found on the respective websites of your web browser.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on a user’s device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when visiting a website or using an application. They contain data that can be accessed by the website or application to:

• Remember user preferences.
• Track user interactions.
• Enhance the overall browsing or user experience.

8. Children’s Information

By Bamboo Travel Blog does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 16.
If you believe that your child has provided such information on our website, please contact us immediately.
We will take all reasonable steps to promptly remove the data from our records.

Age Restriction Notice:
This website is intended for individuals 18 years of age or older.
Some content may include references to travel, lifestyle, and responsible cannabis discussions, in compliance with applicable laws.

9. Online Privacy Policy Only

This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to our online activities and governs the information collected and used through By Bamboo Travel Blog.

This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

10. Sharing of Your Personal Data

By Bamboo Travel Blog will not share or disclose your Personal Data to any third parties, except in the following cases:

– Where expressly indicated in previous sections;
– When the Personal Data is provided through a business transfer, such as a merger or similar transaction;
– When required to cooperate with state or local governmental organizations or their agents to fulfill legal duties or obligations, and obtaining your consent would prevent such compliance;
– If the sharing or disclosure is requested by the owner of the Personal Data;
– Whenever we obtain specific consent from the owner of the Personal Data.

11. Contact

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your personal data or this Privacy Policy, you can contact By Bamboo Travel Blog through the following channels:

Telephone: +66 (0)622 04 04 70
Email: bb@bybamboo.blog
Contact form

By Post:
By Bamboo Travel Blog
c/o GFOOD ASIA CO., LTD.
66/4 Moo Nr. 3
Paklok 83110
Thalang, Phuket, Thailand

12. Changes to This Policy

By Bamboo Travel Blog may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be highlighted when you access our services, and you may always access the latest version of this Policy directly on our website. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal data.

13. Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy, agree to its Terms and Conditions, and acknowledge our Affiliate Disclosure.

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