Who we are
The owners of Where Is My Compass are Rheiss and Chantel. Where Is My Compass is a brand name under which we share our experiences on our website as well as all associated social media. Our website URL is whereismycompass.com. We are available for contact at [email protected].
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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.
Contact forms
Information provided through any of our website’s forms are treated with utmost caution with security measures in place. However, due to the nature of the internet, we cannot prevent information from being captured or leaked.
We understand if you are concerned about your information saved with us. We leave you the option to delete part or all of your data as per your request. Please send clear requests to [email protected] and you will receive a confirmation reply.
Cookies
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 that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
Embedded content from other websites
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.
Analytics
We use tracking services to understand viewers and their engagement with our website to serve you better. The following platforms may be used for analytics for our website: Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google Adsense, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Mail Chimp and Cloudflare.
Who we share your data with
We do not share your data to anyone or any organization for any reason, unless legally required to do so.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We use SLL encryption on our website as well as a third party security-ware. Our website is served to you from Cloudflare which adds another layer of defense.
Any data provided through website forms and/or emails are saved on our personal device’s archives and will not be shared with anyone unless there is a legal, or security need.
Any data captured by our analytics services can be accessed by us, but are no longer under our jurisdiction.
What third parties we receive data from
Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google Adsense, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, Mail Chimp, RankMath SEO and Cloudflare.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Any ad spaces provided to Google Adsense will show targeted ad content as per Google’s history of your preference. We do not have any control over the content Google Adsense shows you.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Our content is not advice or permission for you to perform anything we have mentioned on our website or social media. These are our experiences bring shared with you. Your decisions and actions are your own. We will not be held accountable for your actions, loss or damage.
Our content is relevant up to the date we have undertaken the experience. We are not responsible to provide you with updated information after the date of our experience being shared. The date of the information and content available on our website should be considered to be in the past, as we upload and publish the content and information after the experience has taken place.
If you have joined us on any experience or event, we are not responsible for your actions, loss or damage.
Please read our Terms & Conditions.
