Partnerships: When I partner with a wide range of travel companies, tourism boards, accommodations and travel websites, the same will be disclosed on the Website. Even with the collaborations, I only write and post about experiences I like, and do not push all collaborations as endorsements to my readers.

Affiliates, cookies and ads: The Website uses affiliate links at times. If you purchase them through my link, I earn a little commission at no extra cost to you.

Copyrights: As a professional blogger and content creator, I keep the full copyrights to all my work, both on this blog and my social media channels. 

Without my explicit permission, it is illegal for you to use any of my content in any form whatsoever. No credits or backlink will qualify for the same as well.

Privacy Policy in compliance with GDPR:

Complete details of my privacy policy, as per the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Kahaani Studio found at https://kahaanistudio.com (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy 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.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?
1. Information you voluntarily submit to the website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address.

2. Information we collect from other sources: If you link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile and follow us or interact with us, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account. 

3. Automatically-collected information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the website such as your IP address, the 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.

4. 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.

5. HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:

To operate and maintain the Website;

To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;

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 protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

6. THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

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.

Website does not currently share your personal information with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in 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.

7. PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly. You may also choose to link your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google Account. Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.

8. COOKIES
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.

9. ADVERTISING
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.

Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. 

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or 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.CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at shikhagautam@kahaanistudio.com for questions, suggestions.