Terms of Use
You are actually reading https://abrokenbackpack.com. Nobody forced you to be here, but I am glad you are! If you don’t agree with what you are currently reading, you need to leave now. BUT… if you want to learn more about my own experiences as a backpacker, and a travel blogger, you should stay! Everything you read here is from my own head, based on my experiences and/or my researches.
I am not a robot (obviously), but I will do my best to make sure everything is updated. I can’t guarantee that everything is right/perfect as I am only…human. If you notice anything wrong, please, let me know.
Copyright Policy
Unless I give you written consent, I am (Melissa Giroux / A Broken Backpack), the only legal copyright holder of everything you can find on this website. It means that you cannot use my material to reprint or publish.
My referral links or guest bloggers are responsible for their own content. I am not responsible for any of their posts, comments or… any other material.
Hold Harmless
The information that you’ll find on my blog has an entertainment purpose only. I am not going to provide any medical, legal or professional advice. Don’t forget, I am a broken lady / a backpacker. Your interpretation of my writing is at your own risks. My content = my opinion. My opinion doesn’t have to be yours.
If you misunderstand my opinion because of lang age issues, I am not responsible. My blog tends to be imperfectly bilingual. I am a French Canadian. There is nothing that I can do about it.
Privacy Policy
A Broken Backpack believes very strongly in keeping your personal information confidential and secure. The following privacy policy describes what information we collect and how it is used and shared.
A Broken Backpack collects as little information as possible from users looking to post comments and messages on our website. We will normally collect a name (either real or alias), personal website, and e-mail address.
A Broken Backpack uses cookies to uniquely identify users for the purpose of log files, posting comments, and voting on the site. No personal information is stored in these cookies and it is simply a way to identify your computer.
None of your information will be shared with third parties. A Broken Backpack may use your e-mail address in the future to contact you regarding the site, however, an opt-out will always be provided. Your name and website may be displayed on the site if you post a comment or a message. However, your e-mail address and privacy will always be kept secure. A Broken Backpack uses Google Analytics (to improve our website) and Mailchimp (newsletter).
If A Broken Backpack chooses to send out newsletter updates in the future and we have your email address on file, you may receive a copy of our newsletter. However, at the bottom of every newsletter will be an easy way to opt out. The editors of our site hate SPAM as much as you and have no intention of filling up e-mail boxes with unwanted messages.
We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our website. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date and/or the subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you.
These companies typically use a cookie or third-party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt out of this type of advertising, you can visit networkadvertising.org.
Click here to opt-out of Google Analytics
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please e-mail us and we would be happy to provide further clarification.
Reserve Rights
I have the right to change everything about my blog (or about my terms of use), to erase it, to break it or every other stuff that I would want to do with it… As it is mine.
Advertisers and Sponsors
I am not responsible for my advertisers, sponsors, affiliates… If something happens with them, I will be sorry to hear about it, but there is nothing I can actually do about it.
If you click on my affiliates/advertisers links, I am going to receive a tiny commission. AND… Most of the time, you will receive an offer. Win/Win! The products that I advertise are the ones I believe in.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please Mediavine Partners.
Letters to the Editor
If you want to spread the love, write me a message, an email, a tweet, send me a hug… or whatever you’d like… feel free to do it as long as you are respectful. I am not going to use any of this unless I have your written consent.
Thank you for your visit and, please, come again!
