Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 10, 2023. Subject to change without notice. Last updated October 10, 2023.
Vero Viaggio found at https://veroviaggio.com (“Website”) is owned by Republic of Fred and is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy and Data Protection Policy”).
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement applies to this Website.
What information we collect
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
Information you voluntarily submit to us: We may collect personal information for the provision of services such as group tours.
Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources such as forms you complete as part of giveaways or raffles or surveys for the purpose of market research.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
How your information may be used
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
To operate and maintain the Website;
To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
To respond to your comments or inquiries;
To provide you with user support;
To track and measure advertising on the Website;
To generate aggregated insights for the purposes of market research;
To provide you with the services included in one of our small group trip itineraries;
To ensure your safety and wellbeing on one of our small group tours;
To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
By using this website, you agree that you are above the age of 18 or that you will use this website with the supervision of a parent or legal guardian.
Third party use of personal information
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information or when it is required for the provision of services you have purchase from us, for example, tour operators who deliver our small group trips.
Additionally, the Website 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 respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
Square Space – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Square Space’s privacy policy for further information.
Stripe – to collect payments and your personal details with regards to the small group tours we run. You should review and verify their privacy policy here.
Acuity Scheduling – we use this service to set up meetings and calendar invites.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time at the Website’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
Security
We will store and process your data in a manner consistent with industry security standards. We have implemented appropriate technical, organizational, and administrative systems, policies, and procedures designed to help ensure the security, integrity, and confidentiality of your data and to mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to or use of your data.
We will store and process your data in a manner consistent with industry security standards. We have implemented appropriate technical, organizational, and administrative systems, policies, and procedures designed to help ensure the security, integrity, and confidentiality of your data and to mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to or use of your data.
Anonymous data
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Embedded content
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.
Publicly visible information
If you leave a comment on the site certain information may be publicly visible, including your name, your age (if you chose to display it publicly).
Cookies
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
Advertising
We may from time to time collaborate with brands or third-party advertising platforms to public advertisements.
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
We are 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 links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
We are also an affiliate of other programs such as Booking.com, WorldNomads, Viatour, TourRadar, GetYourGuide, etc. which provide advertising fees when someone clicks on a link on our site to make a purchase on their site.
Like with Amazon, the Website will post customized links, provided by these third parties, to track the referrals to their website. Their programs utilize cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
We may also participate in other affiliate programs and you should assume that all links found on the Website are affiliate links.
Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns.
Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
How long we retain your data
We will keep your data only for as long as it is necessary to provide our services or as required by law.
Rights related to your personal information
You may wish to exercise a right to obtain information about yourself or to correct, update or delete that information we have about you. Some of these rights may be subject to some exceptions or limitations in local law. Please note your rights and choices vary depending upon your location. We will take reasonable steps to verify your identity and we will respond to your request to exercise these rights within a reasonable time (and in all cases within 30 days of receiving a request).
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at info@veroviaggio.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to info@veroviaggio.com.
Amend – You may contact us at info@veroviaggio.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to info@veroviaggio.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes, to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Sensitive personal information
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Children’s information
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 18 in its database, please contact us immediately at info@veroviaggio.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Contact – Who is my data controller
We value your continued business and support and will be happy to answer any and all of your questions. You can reach us via email at jean@veroviaggio.com.
Our mailing address is: Vero Viaggio 2143 29th Street, San Diego California USA 92104.
Terms & Conditions
Terms of Service
By accessing the website at veroviaggio.com you are agreeing to be bound by these terms of service, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.
Use License
Republic of Fred is the owner of all intellectual property and materials published rights throughout the site veroviaggio.com. All images appearing on the veroviaggio.com website are the exclusive property of Republic of Fred and protected under international copyright laws. All such rights are reserved.
The images and writing on this site may not be reproduced, modified, copied, transmitted or manipulated without the written permission of Republic of Fred.
Disclaimer
1. The materials on veroviaggio.com are provided on an ‘as is’ basis for general information only. veroviaggio.com does not claim to be or constitute legal or other professional advice. veroviaggio.com does not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from accessing or reliance on the information on this website.
2. veroviaggio.com makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights.
3. Further, veroviaggio.com does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its website or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.
4. Veroviaggio.com will occasionally utilize guest writers on the blog. Though we attempt to verify the accuracy of the information and advice provided by guest writers on our website, in no way does veroviaggio.com endorse their advice or accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from accessing or reliance on the information on this website.
5. Similarly, veroviaggio.com is not responsible for the contents of reader comments on this website. When/if you comment on our website you must not bully, swear, use offensive language, or link to other websites in your comments. veroviaggio.com has the right to terminate a user’s account at any time without warning for breaching these terms.If you choose to leave a comment on this website, we reserve the right to edit the comment in any way we see fit. Including, but not limited to, removing links, amending spelling, and removing the comment in full. veroviaggio.com reserves the right to discontinue the comments section on this website at any time, without notice, resulting in the deletion of all comments regardless of their content.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability for loss or damages direct or indirect arising from use of this site.
Limitations
In no event shall veroviaggio.com or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on the veroviaggio.com website, even if Republic of Fred or a veroviaggio.com authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.
Accuracy of materials
The materials appearing on veroviaggio.com website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Republic of Fred does not warrant that any of the materials on its website are accurate, complete or current. Users of this website do so at their own risk. Veroviaggio.com may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. However, veroviaggio.com does not make any commitment to update the materials.
Links
veroviaggio.com has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by veroviaggio.com of the site. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s own risk.
Modifications
veroviaggio.com may revise these terms of service for its website at any time without notice. By using this website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these terms of service.
Copyright Notice
This website and its content are restricted to your personal use only. It does not come with any other rights.
This website and its content are protected by international copyright law and may not be modified, compiled, combined with other content, copied, recorded, synchronized, transmitted, translated, formatted, distributed, publicly displayed, publicly performed, reproduced, given away, used to create derivative works and otherwise used or exploited (including for-profit) without the creator’s expressed permission. The creator retains full copyrights to this blog and its content.
The creator has made every reasonable effort to be as accurate and complete as possible in the creation of this website and its content, and to ensure that the information provided is free from errors; however, the creator assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or contrary interpretation of the subject matter herein and does not warrant or represent at any time that the contents within are accurate due to the rapidly changing nature of the subject matter.
Any perceived slights of specific persons, peoples, or organizations are unintentional. Any product, website, and company names mentioned in this blog and its contents are the trademarks or copyright properties of their respective owners. The creator is not associated or affiliated with them in any way. Nor does the referred product, website, and company sponsor, endorse, or approve this blog and its content.
Governing Law
These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of California and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in that state and country.