Last Updated: 01 Jan 2025.
Introduction:
At MoroccanWeekend.com, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our travel and culture blog. It applies only to MoroccanWeekend.com, and not to third-party sites, including our sister brand Morfya.com, which has its own separate Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal information when you use our website:
- Email Addresses: When you sign up for our newsletter or submit a contact form.
- Contact Form Details: Such as your name and message if you reach out to us.
- Cookies and Usage Data: Automatically collected information like your IP address, browser type, and pages visited to enhance your experience.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for these purposes:
- To send you newsletters with travel tips and updates (if you’ve subscribed).
- To respond to your questions or comments submitted via our contact form.
- To improve our website’s content and functionality.
- To analyze how visitors use our site.
3. Data Sharing and Third Parties
We do not sell or rent your personal information. However, we may share your data with trusted service providers who assist us in running MoroccanWeekend.com, such as:
- Email marketing platforms to deliver newsletters.
- Analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to understand site performance.
These providers are required to protect your data and use it only for the tasks we assign. For interactions with Morfya.com (e.g., clicking a link), please refer to their own Privacy Policy.
4. Your Rights
You have control over your data. You can:
- Access the information we have about you.
- Correct any errors in your data.
- Request Deletion of your data (e.g., unsubscribe from our newsletter).
- Opt-out of cookies (see section 5).
To exercise these rights, please email us at [Insert Contact Email].
5. Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies and small files stored on your device—to improve your browsing experience. Cookies help us remember your preferences and track site usage.
You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but this may affect how some features of MoroccanWeekend.com work.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
6. Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. While we strive to keep your data safe, no online system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection.
7. Children’s Privacy
MoroccanWeekend.com is not designed for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you think we’ve unintentionally collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as MoroccanWeekend.com evolves and new features are added. Whenever changes occur, we’ll reflect them on this page and update the “Last Updated” date. If you’re a subscriber to our newsletter, we’ll also notify you of any significant updates via email. We recommend checking back here occasionally to stay up to date on how we’re handling your information.
9. Embedded content from other website
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.
10. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
11. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, 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/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
12. Contact Us
Have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data? Reach out to us at contact@moroccanweekend.com. We’re happy to assist!