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A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you're visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here. The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:

IP address
Operating system type and version
Device type
Language preferences
Web browser type
Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)

Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic’s partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps. You can find more information about interest-based advertising and how to manage them here.
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Privacy Policy

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This privacy policy tells you what we do with your personal information and data relating to you when you use ourdepartureboard.com, including:

what we may collect
why we collect it
how we collect it and how it may be used
how we may share it
how long we may keep your data
your rights and choices about the data we collect

What We May Collect

Information You May Give Us

You may provide personal information to us such as your name or e-mail address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to us by subscribing to the Our Departure Board email newsletter or submitting a contact form.

Information We Collect

We automatically collect certain anonymous information about your browsing behaviour to help us analyse the website and our service. For example, when you use the website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed or searched for, how long you visited, and the dates/times when you accessed the website. We also collect information about actions you take when using the website, such as links clicked.

Why We Collect Your Personal Information

We may use your personal information and data to enhance and personalise your experience and provide you with offers and services that may be of interest to you.

For example, we may:

send you updates by email or other information we think you may find interesting after you have consented.
use the information we collect to enable us to administer the website, carry out analysis and improve the website

How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information

We 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 own privacy policies.

When you register for the Our Departure Board newsletter, you need to provide your email address. We use your email to send you new/updated travel articles. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click.

If you no longer want to receive the Our Departure Board newsletter, there is always an unsubscribe option in every email.

MailChimp is the service we use for delivery of email updates and newsletters. They store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mail Chimp's privacy policy for further information.

Comments

When you leave a comment, your name will appear on the site unless you select to comment anonymously.

Comments left on the website may be used in later research or in other articles on the website.

Cookies

We use cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser. It helps the website to remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Cookies play an important role. Without them, using the web would be a much more frustrating experience.

We may use session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted. We also use traffic log cookies to see which pages are being used, which helps us improve our website. We only use this for statistical analysis and then the data is removed from the system.

We use cookies to improve your experience of using the website and tailoring operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

The cookies cannot get access to your device or provide any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. You can modify or delete cookies in your browser settings, however, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of this website.

Please note that links displayed to other sites on our website may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

Tracking And Analytics

We may use Google Analytics and tracking tools to collect anonymised data that cannot identify you but enables us to improve our website and deliver relevant and useful content to you. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured. You can opt out of Google Analytics by going to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Display Ads

We may use Google Adsense to serve content and advertisements when you visit the website, that we think is relevant to your interests. They may use cookies, as noted above. Please refer to Google's privacy policy for more information.

Affiliate Programs

You should assume that any and all links on Our Departure Board are affiliate links. If you click on these links, at no extra cost to you, we will receive compensation if you make a purchase. We only ever recommend products that we use ourselves. If you have any questions about this feel free to contact us directly.

Our Departure Board is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk.

Who We Share Data With

We keep all your personal information confidential.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission, are required to do so by law, or must in connection with legal proceedings.

We may also share anonymous aggregated data use with others, but will not include any personal information that could identify you. This is provided for marketing, advertising or other uses. For example, this may be analytics or information collected from cookies.

How Long We Retain Your Data

We will only keep your personal information for the purposes outlined in this privacy policy. When these purposes have expired, or are no longer relevant, or you have withdrawn your consent for us to use your personal information (and we have no other lawful basis to use such data), we will delete such data.

If you have not used our services for a reasonable amount of time, we may contact you to ensure you are still happy to receive communications. We may also delete your personal information.

Even if we delete your personal information, it may remain on a back-up or in archives.

Please refer to other third-party applications or services used by this website for further details on their data retention policies.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

You have rights to your own personal information:

Opt-out - At any time, you may opt out of future e-mail communications by following the unsubscribe links in our e-mails.
Access - You may request to access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to us
Amend - If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Forget - In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data.
Restrict - In certain circumstances, you may request to limit the way we can use your personal information.
Data Portability - You can ask that we move, copy or transfer your personal information.

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

If you want to exercise any of your rights or you have any concerns about how we use your personal information and data, please email us at ourdepartureboard@gmail.com

Additional Information

We regularly review and, where necessary, update our privacy policy in line with the law, best practice or changes to our website services.

If we plan to use personal data for a new purpose, we update our privacy policy and will communicate the changes to individuals via email before starting any new processing.