Privacy Policy & Copyright

This page outlines policies of the Take your Jacket website that encompasses Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Cookies use, and Copyright.

This website “Take your Jacket” travel & culture blog (“The Website”, “Our Website”, “We”, “Us”, “Take your Jacket”, “www.takeyourjacket.com”) is owned and operated by the owner of the Website.

By visiting or using the Take your Jacket Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use and any associated policies that include, but not limited to, Privacy Policy and Copyright, you must not access or use the Take your Jacket Website.

Effective: October 2020

Take your Jacket travel & culture blog (“The Website”, “Our Website”, “We”, “Us”, “Take your Jacket”, “www.takeyourjacket.com”) is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit Our Website, www.takeyourjacket.com. You can access www.takeyourjacket.com and browse Our Website without disclosing any of your identifiable personal data. We do not collect personal information about individuals, such as names, physical mailing addresses or email addresses unless it is explicitly requested and knowingly provided by the individual and he or she has agreed to the terms and conditions under which Take your Jacket will utilise it securely.

Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the Website, www.takeyourjacket.com. By using the Website, you agree to be bound and abide by the Website’s Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy of www.takeyourjacket.com, you must discontinue using the Website.

When you access the Website, we will learn certain information about you during your visit. As a Website, with your explicit permission and submission of data, we collect personal data from you in a number of ways that include, but not limited to, the following methods:

• Newsletters: Your name, email address and potentially other explicit information such as country.
• Transactions: You name, email address, billing information and payment source.
• Comments: Your name, email address, and public comment written by you. Please note by posting a comment on any webpage on our Website, you consent to the posting of your personal information that you explicitly submit. Such personal information can be read or used by other visitors to these public webpages; We are not responsible, nor have any control, over how these visitors use your personal information.

We may use the information collected in different ways that include, but not limited to, the following:

• To operate and maintain this Website;
• To improve your user experience on this Website;
• To respond to your submitted comments;
• To respond to your contact form submission;
• To provide you with user support;
• Provide and deliver the information, products and services you request, process transactions and send you related information, including confirmations and receipts;
• Send you any relevant notices, updates, security alerts, support and administrative messages;
• Communicate with you about Our products, services, surveys, offers, promotions, rewards and events offered by Us and others, and provide news and information We think will be of interest to you;
• Monitor and analyse trends, usage and activities in connection with our offerings and services;
• Personalise and improve the Website services and provide relevant advertising or content that match user profiles or interests.

We will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third party organisations. We do not automatically log personal data, nor do we link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals. We may use IP addresses to compile and provide aggregate statistics about our visitors, traffic behaviours and patterns to serve improved content on our Website. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. We collect only the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services such as explicitly subscribing to a newsletter using your and name and email address, as an example. We do not collect information about visitors to our Website from external sources.

Please note that Our Website contains links to other external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external websites. We encourage visitors of Our Website when they leave our Website that they read the privacy statements of each external website regarding any potential personal information that maybe collected by each external website.

This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Our Website (www.takeyourjacket.com).

Our Website may have financial relationships with different companies mentioned on our Website and We may be compensated if you purchase a product or service via links (typically to external websites) on our Website. Such financial relationships enable Us to exist and continue creating relevant and useful content to visitors of the Website.

Protecting privacy is important for anyone of any age, especially the Young. We do not collect or maintain information from those We actually know who are under 18 years of age, and no part of our Website is created or targeting anyone under 18.

If you, the visitor to our Website, are under 18, please do not use or provide any personal information on this Website or through any of its features on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to Us, that include, but not limited to, your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any username you may use.

We use reputable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to Us, and the information we collect automatically, is intact and safe from malicious use.

This includes using standard security protocols and working with reputable third-party vendors. Some of the information, such as Credit Card information and other such sensitive information you may enter on our Website for purchasing of products or services, can be encrypted and transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL.

For our Website security purposes and to ensure that this Website and its services remain available to all users, the Company uses software services to monitor network traffic to identify and prevent unauthorised attempts to upload malicious code or change information that may affect the functions of the Website.

We may review and change this Privacy Policy periodically.

If there are changes to Our Privacy Policy, We will let you know by updating the Privacy Policy Effective Date at the top of the Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access Our Website, use our services, or interact with us to stay updated about our Privacy Policy.

If you continue to use Our Website and services after Privacy Policy changes have gone into effect, you consent to the revised policy.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use, i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our Website.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Your consent applies to the following domains: www.takeyourjacket.com.

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of personal non-identifying information. The cookies are stored on your device when the Website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help Us make the Website function properly, make the Website more secure, provide a better user experience, and understand how the Website performs and to analyse what works and where it needs improvement for the benefit of Website visitors.

As most of the online services, our Website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our Website is used mainly for understanding how the Website performs, how you interact with our Website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and providing you with a better and improved user experience on our Website.

The Website reserves the right to use technological equivalents of cookies, that include, but not limited to, social media pixels. Such pixels allow social media websites to track visitors to external websites that allow for tailored and targeted advertising messages users may see while visiting a particular social media website. The Website reserves the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policies of the various social media websites.

There are different cookies that our Website is currently using or may potentially use.

Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our Website. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information.

Statistics: These cookies store information that included, but not limited to, the number of visitors to the Website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, and the source of the visit. Such data helps us understand and analyse how well the Website performs and where it needs improvement.

Marketing: Our Website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalise the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful and relevant to you. These cookies also help Us keep track of the efficiency of these advertising campaigns.

The information stored in these cookies may potentially also be used by Third-party ad providers to show you ads on other Websites on the browser as well.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our Website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the Website on social media platforms.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the Website.

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.

Some content or applications, including advertising banners, on the Website are served by third-parties, that included, but not limited to, advertisers, advertising networks, and content providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with other tracking technologies to collate non-identifying information about you when you use our Website.

The information that they collect may include non-identifying personal information and behavioural information such as your online activities over a certain length of time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioural) advertising or other content targeted at your interests.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other such targeted content, contact the advertiser directly.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all written and expressed content on the Take your Jacket Website is owned by the Owner of the Website and/or our partners, affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property law.

The Website is provided for personal non-commercial use only. You may not use the Website and its content available on the Website that constitutes an infringement and violation of Our rights or that has not been previously and explicitly authorised by Us.

You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including electronic means that included, but limited to, email and private message applications) any materials from the Take your Jacket Website without prior explicit and written permission.

You may, however, download, print, and/or share one copy of individual webpages of the Website for non-commercial use, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices of Our Website are intact and not violated during use.

By posting or submitting any material on Our Website that include, but not limited to, webpage comments, photos, social media posts and content, email and other electronic correspondence, you are representing:

1. You are eighteen (18) years of age or older;
2. You are the original owner of the material, or are making your content submission with the express consent of the owner of the material.

When you submit any material to the Website and its social media channels it uses, you hereby are grant Us, and anyone explicitly authorised by Us, a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide expressive license to utilise, copy, modify, transmit, transfer, sell, produce derivative works from, distribute and publicly display such expressed material, in whole or in part, in any manner or medium, now known or hereafter developed in the future, for any expressed purpose.

You grant Us, and anyone authorised by Us, the right to identify you as the originator of any of your posted content or submissions by name, email address or username, we deem appropriate.

All content created on Our Website is originally created or sourced from websites offering overt permission and commercial use of images respectfully.

If you feel that your copyright rights have been violated, please contact Us and supply the following information for the alleged copyright infringement:

• Your full name, physical address, email address and telephone number;
• A succinct description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed by Us;
• A succinct description of where the alleged infringing content is located (Supply the webpage(s));
• A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the content in question has not been authorised by you, the copyright holder, its agent, or the law;
• An electronic signature of the person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest, and;
• Physical or electronic evidence that the supposed infringed and copyrighted content is owned by you as the copyright holder or by your client whom you represent and can legally act on their behalf;
• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the copyright holder’s behalf.

You may create a hyperlink via text to the Jacket your Jacket Website as long as the hyperlink does not express any sponsorship or endorsement of your website by Us or by the third-party website hyperlinking Our Website.

We always strive to ensure that all information on the Website is accurate. However, we cannot guarantee that all information will be always accurate and up-to-date at all times due to changes over time caused by factors that include, but not limited to, business and economic factors. The Website contains numerous data references that includes, but not limited to, general information, travel information, event dates, prices, opened businesses, opening hours, and maps – Such information is likely to change over time.

Regarding any authorised and expressed third-party content and hyperlinks on Our Website, We cannot guarantee the accuracy or reliability of any third-party material and hereby disclaim any responsibility for error, omission or inaccuracy in the expressed materials or for any misinterpretation, dissatisfaction, loss, negligence or damage caused by reliance on any expressed materials within the Website. We accept no responsibility for the content of any third-party website to which a hyperlink from this Website exists.

If you find any supposedly inaccurate information on Our Website, please contact Us and We shall look into the specific information and correct it if it is inaccurate as soon as it is possible to do so.

The Website does not make any guarantees regarding the expressed results of taking any form of action, whether recommended or stated by Us or any of our affiliates or users on Our Website or not.

The Website provides expressed educational and informational resources that are intended to help educate and inform users of this Website in relation to the expressed content on the Website. By using Our Website, you acknowledge and recognise that your actions are the result of your own individual efforts, your specific circumstances, and numerous other situation beyond the previous experience and expressed results, control and/or knowledge of the Website and its Owner and affiliates.

We do not accept any responsibility for any failure or alleged failure in the delivery of the content or services due to events and/or actions that include, but not limited to, natural disasters, bankruptcy, liquidation or cessation of trade of any company, individual or firm.

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall We or affiliates in any possible way be liable for any direct, indirect, accidental, incidental or consequential damages that result from the subsequent actions or the use of, or the inability to use, the Website, including on our webpages, blog content, messaging services, comments produced from other users of the Website, books, emails, electronic communication, products, or services, or third-party materials, products, or services made available through the Website or by Us in any way, even if We are advised prior of the possibility of such possible damages.

You specifically acknowledge and agree that the Website is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user of the Website and its associated services.

If you are dissatisfied with the Website, any materials, products, or services on Our Website, or with any of the Website’s terms and conditions, it is your exclusive right and option to discontinue using the Website and the products, services and/or materials.

The Owner of the Website reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict or terminate your access to the Website and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice for any reason that may include, but not limited to, the misuse of the Website and its related services. Any gross malicious violations of the Website and related services is subject to the rules of the law and pursued accordingly.

These Terms shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of New Zealand. As a user or visitor to Our Website, you hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts of law in any issues related to the use of the Website.