Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy explains how our organisation, Women in Adventure Ltd uses the data we collect from you when you visit our website, https://womeninadventure.com. It will run through the data we collect, how it is collected, used and stored, as well as outlining how to contact us and your data protection rights.

Who is responsible for the processing of your personal data?

Women in Adventure is responsible for the processing of personal data obtained through this site in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable laws and regulations because we determine how and why your personal data is processed.

What data do we collect and how do we collect it?

Any information related to a person that can be used to identify them directly or indirectly counts as personal data. We only ask for personal data when we truly need it – the reasons for this will always be explained to you.

You voluntarily choose to provide Women in Adventure with nearly all of the personal data we store by:

  • Voluntarily completing a survey on this site.
  • Choosing to share a story on our Inspiration page.
  • Signing up to Join the Women in Adventure Network.
  • Using the Contact Form.

In each of these cases, data is collected by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.

In addition to this, a small amount of data is also collected by your browser’s cookies and third party plugins. Cookies primarily collect technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. Third party plugins are listed below. You can read more about our Cookie Policy here.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. This service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on our website (such as on a contact form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, how long the visitor has been on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses take place completely in the background. Website visitors are not advised that such an analysis is taking place.

Data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its site from abusive automated crawling and spam.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please visit this link.

MailChimp

This website uses the services of MailChimp to send newsletters. This service is provided by Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

MailChimp is a service which organizes and analyzes the distribution of newsletters. If you provide data (e.g. your email address) to subscribe to our network, it will be stored on MailChimp servers in the USA.

MailChimp is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the US to ensure compliance with European privacy standards in the United States.

We use MailChimp to analyse our newsletter campaigns. When you open an email sent by MailChimp, a file included in the email (called a web beacon) connects to MailChimp’s servers in the United States. This allows us to determine if a newsletter message has been opened and which links you click on. In addition, technical information is collected (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type, and operating system). This information cannot be assigned to a specific recipient. It is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of our newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better tailor future newsletters to your interests.

If you do not want your usage of the newsletter to be analyzed by MailChimp, you will have to unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a link in every newsletter we send.

Data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO. You may revoke your consent at any time by unsubscribing to the newsletter. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

The data provided when registering for the network will be used to distribute emails until you cancel your subscription when said data will be deleted from our servers and those of MailChimp.

For details, see the MailChimp’s privacy policy.

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.

If you’re logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used to help make our website appealing. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube.

Vimeo

Our website uses features provided by the Vimeo video portal. This service is provided by Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. If you visit one of our pages featuring a Vimeo video, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. Here the Vimeo server is informed about which of our pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo will receive your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo when you visit our website or do not have a Vimeo account. The information is transmitted to a Vimeo server in the US, where it is stored.

If you are logged in to your Vimeo account, Vimeo allows you to associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

For more information on how to handle user data, please refer to the Vimeo Privacy Policy.

Google Web Fonts

For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, your browser has to establish a direct connection to Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.

Further information about handling user data, can be found here and in Google’s Privacy Policy.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google Analytics cookies are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. 

How we use your data?

By sharing your personal information on this site, you enable Women in Adventure to carry out our aims and objectives.

All survey responses are be kept anonymous, and personal details will not be passed on to any third parties. Women in Adventure may provide general statistical information to reputable third parties. However, such information will never allow anyone to be personally identified.

Technical data collected via cookies is only used to ensure the proper functioning of the website and understand analyze how visitors use the site.

How is your data stored?

All personal information provided is stored securely and will not be disclosed by Women in Adventure to any third party without the permission of the individual user. Any details which you provide from which you can be identified will be held and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Principles contained within the Act.

What emails will we send you?

We will only send you emails if you:

  • Complete a survey and opt-in for notifications – you will be notified when the results are released.
  • Submit a Story – we will notify you when this is live.
  • Join the Women in Adventure Network – you will receive occasional emails with research and report updates.

With any notifications, you can always opt-out and have the right to unsubscribe at any time. If you no longer want to receive these email please contact [email protected].

What are your data protection rights?

Women in Adventure would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to ask Women in Adventure for copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Women in Adventure corrects any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask Women in Adventure to complete any information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Women in Adventure erases your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Women in Adventure restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Women in Adventure’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Women in Adventure transfers the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact Hetty Key, our Data Protection Officer using the email [email protected] or call +447789074718.

Additional Information

This website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to the Women in Adventure website – if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 1 May 2020.

If you have any questions about this policy or need further information, please get in touch.