Privacy Policy
PRIVACY & SITE POLICIES FOR SEAT1A.BLOG
Last updated: June 2025
The privacy of visitors to seat1a.blog is important to us. At Seat 1A, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit seat1a.blog, and how we safeguard your information. We never sell your personal information to third parties.
Website Information
The website address is: https://seat1a.blog
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
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.
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
When you submit a contact form, we collect the information you provide including your name and email address to respond to your inquiry.
Newsletter/Email Subscriptions
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address solely to send you new blog posts and updates about the blog. We do not use your email address for any other purpose, and we do not share your email with third parties. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in our emails.
Advertising
This site uses Google AdSense and other third-party advertising networks to display advertisements. These advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings or by visiting www.aboutads.info.
Affiliate Marketing
The seat1a.blog site contains affiliate links to various partners, including Amazon, Lululemon, and other travel-related products and services. This means we receive a commission if you decide to make a purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you. These affiliate partnerships help support our family travel content and keep our site running.
We only recommend products and services we genuinely use and believe will add value to your experience.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site. We use this information to improve our website and content.
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Cookies and Web Beacons
We use cookies and similar technologies on our website for the following purposes:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly, including:
- Remembering your login information
- Maintaining your preferences
- Ensuring website security
Analytics Cookies
We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use our site, which helps us improve the user experience.
Advertising Cookies
Third-party advertisers (including Google AdSense) may use cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site. This technology sends information, including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for:
- Geotargeting purposes (showing relevant local ads)
- Behavioral targeting (showing ads based on your interests)
- Frequency capping (limiting how often you see the same ad)
Managing Cookies
You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to log in to services or programs.
Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files includes:
- Your IP (internet protocol) address
- Your ISP (internet service provider)
- The browser you used to visit our site
- The time you visited our site
- Which pages you visited throughout our site
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, social media posts, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had 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.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties except as described in this privacy policy. We may share your information with:
- Service providers who assist us in operating our website
- Analytics providers (like Google Analytics)
- Advertising partners (like Google AdSense)
- Legal authorities if required by law
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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 who 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.
Newsletter subscriber information is retained until you unsubscribe.
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.
Your Rights Include:
- The right to access your personal data
- The right to correct inaccurate data
- The right to delete your data
- The right to object to processing
- The right to data portability
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Data may be transferred to and stored on servers located outside your country of residence, including the United States.
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date at the top of this policy.
This privacy policy was last updated on date above and is effective immediately.
