A World Over couldn’t exist without its readership, so thank you for choosing my blog as your source of trusted adventure-travel advice.
Alan, creator and editor of A World Over
Below is a complete privacy and disclosure policy for how this website collects and uses user data and information.
Who is A World Over?
This website is: https://www.aworldover.com/
What is this privacy policy and affiliate disclosure for?
This privacy policy and affiliate disclosure is to inform you of how I collect and handle your personally identifiable information and what I may use it for. This policy also explains how I earn commission on this website via affiliate marketing.
What personal data do I collect and why do I collect it?
Below is a summary of the type of personal information that may be collected on this site.
Comments
When website visitors leave a voluntary comment on this website, I can collect the data that is entered into the comment form. Additionally, this website tracks the commenter’s public IP address and the browser user agent string in order to detect spam comments.
Cookies
Since leaving comments is the main form of uploading visitor information to this website (like most other blogs), visitors should know that cookies are saved and to record the information you enter. These cookies are for your convenience so that you don’t need to enter the same details the next time you comment. The cookie expiry is 347 days.
Please see the affiliate disclosure below for more cookie information.
Media and sensitive data
Please do not upload images to this website that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as other visitors are able to download and extract this information. I am not responsible for media and information voluntarily uploaded to this website by users.
You should never submit any sensitive or personal information you do not want shared including:
- All government information
- Identity information
- Social security numbers or country identification
- Information regarding ethnicity or race, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal information, or union membership.
If you upload any of this type of sensitive information, it will be collected as part of this privacy policy.
Furthermore, at no time does this website purposely collect any sensitive or private information from children under the age of 18.
If a carer, parent, or guardian of a child believes that their child has entered any personal information on this website, please immediately contact alan@aworldover.com to have it removed.
Embedded content from other websites
I may embed content (including videos, images and maps) from other websites. Embedded content is often dynamic; the content will behave the same way as it would on the host’s website and can change after I have published my post.
The host website controls this embedded content and may collect your data or information, use cookies, use third-party tracking, or monitor your interaction with the embedded content in question. If you are logged into the website of the embedded content, the website can see that. Examples include but are not limited to YouTube video embed or Google Maps embeds.
I strive to only embed content from reputable third parties.
Data and usage analytics
This website tracks usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the site. Google Analytics may capture your IP address and IP location data.
How long do I retain your data for?
Comment data is retained indefinitely in order to recognise future comments from the same IP address. This is for user convenience.
All Google-signals data is retained for 26 months by Google.
What I use your data for
The main use of your data is to retain comment information. However, other personal information voluntarily or automatically collected under this policy may be used for the following:
- To operate and maintain this website;
- To respond to your comments or messages;
- To provide user support if necessary;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity.
Except when required by law, I will never sell, distribute, or reveal your personal information to third parties without your consent. However, I may disclose or transfer personal information collected through this website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of my business. This may be in the case of a merger, a purchase, acquisition, or consolidation of a part or all of my assets. This also applies to any connection with bankruptcy or reorganisation proceedings brought by or against us.
What rights do you have over your data?
A World Over advocates for internet privacy.
If you have an account on this website, or if you’ve left comments or uploaded media, then you can request to receive a file containing all the information and the personal data that I hold about you.
Additionally, you can make a request that I erase that data and I will delete it as best within my power. However, this does not include any data that is necessary to retain or keep for legal, administrative, or security reasons.
Where I send your data
Visitor comments are checked through a third-party spam-check automation service.
Affiliate disclosure
A World Over is a member of several affiliate programmes with direct and redirected links that may provide commission from user clicks. I make recommendations based on personal, real-world experience and extensive travel expertise. Fostering trust with my audience is paramount and I take the utmost care to make the best of recommendations.
If you (the reader) click on any of these links then a cookie may be embedded into your browser. If you then go on to purchase a product or service, I may receive a small commission. This is always at absolutely no extra cost to you and you will always pay exactly the same amount as if you were to visit the website directly.
These affiliate links help me to continue publishing free adventure travel articles for my audience.
Stay22 affiliate programme
I am a participating member of the Stay22 affiliate programme. Stay22 is an affiliate advertising management platform consolidating the affiliate programmes of various advertisers in a single place.
Via Stay22, I am able to participate in the affiliate programmes of all Stay22 supplier companies. However, this does not mean I currently advertise for all of these on A World Over.
I predominantly use Stay22 to include Booking.com accommodation recommendations in many of my guides. These help my audience find good deals on the best places to stay for their travels.
If you do click on one of my Stay22-implemented Booking.com links and proceed with an accommodation booking, I will receive a small commission and at no extra cost to you.
Other affiliate programmes and sponsorships
A World Over is affiliated with other reputable travel brands. Clicking on links to these sites may or may not result in me earning a commission for your click or qualified purchase. These include but are not limited to:
- Viator
- SafetyWing
My contact information
A World Over
Address retracted to avoid bot scraping.
Please contact me via email for more information.
Email Address: alan@aworldover.com
Please contact me for more information regarding this privacy policy.
Last updated: 4 September 2025