This legal page explains how your personally identifiable information may be used on this website. Personally-identifiable information is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. The privacy policy was created on March 19, 2020.

What personal information does Ujuzi Travel collect from website visitors?

We collect personal information, such as your email address and name, when you subscribe to the newsletter or send a message using the contact form. In addition, the site uses third-party services to compile information about site traffic and interactions.

When visitors use the contact form or make a comment on the blog, we collect the data shown there, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

How does the Ujuzi Travel website use my personally identifiable information?

We use this information to reply to comments, messages and, if you have subscribed to our newsletter, to send you those periodic messages. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.

How does Ujuzi Travel protect this information?

We scan this website to detect threats and block suspicious traffic and regularly update site software to ensure up-to-date security. We use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol to encrypt the information you send to us through this site.

Does Ujuzi Travel share my information with third parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties without advance notice. We do share some information with trusted third-party services necessary for the operation of our website and business, such as our newsletter service, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. Examples include our newsletter service.

This site uses Google Analytics, which collects information that includes but is not limited to web metrics. For information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please see https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser add-on.

This site may also release your information to comply with the law or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

What rights do I have to my personally identifiable information?

You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Does this site use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site sends to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser. They enable the site’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, this site use trusted third-party services, which place cookies, to help compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

Do I have to accept cookies?

No. If you disable cookies through your website browser, this site will continue to work.

Does embedded content on this website use cookies?

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

What happens if I click on a link to an outside site?

This website may link to third-party websites, such as news or travel sites. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. Ujuzi Travel has no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.

Does this site comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)?

In accordance with CalOPPA:

  • users can visit this site anonymously
  • this Privacy Policy is linked on the homepage using the word ‘Privacy’
  • any changes to this policy will be advertised on this page
  • users subscribed to receive newsletters can use the links on the bottom of any newsletter received to unsubscribe

How does this site comply with the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act?

This site may collect your email address in order to respond to inquiries and requests. It may also collect your email address, if you provide it, to send our travel newsletter. To opt out of future emails, follow the instructions at the bottom of each newsletter.

How do I contact you about this privacy policy or other matters?

Please use the contact form.