Visiting The Dutch Countryside

Travelblog about The Netherlands | Exploring The Netherlands beyond the crowds

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This website uses affiliate links. This means that cookies will be placed in your browser by the website for the product I linked to. The information that can be found on this website is my information. I sometimes use photos from others and there can be several reasons for that. If the photos aren’t minde, they mostly comes from websites such as Unsplash and Flickr.

I have visited all these places myself, so am able to give you tips on the best things to do in The Netherlands to enjoy it off the beaten path. The articles are all written by myself, thus are my opinions. Do not get offended by them.

Visiting The Dutch Countryside found at https://www.visitingthedutchcountryside.com is governed by the following privacy policy.

Who I Am

My name is Manon and I am the person behind Visiting The Dutch Countryside. Trying to help you discover my beautiful country of The Netherlands, with the help of myself, a native. My website address is https://www.visitingthedutchcountryside.com.

What personal data I collect and why I collect it

The data that is collected is the URL and title of the page the user is viewing. The browser the user is using, the size of the browser window and the screen resolution. Besides that whether Java and Flash are used. Also, the location and language of the person will be collected. All of this is collected so I can create a better website. So I know what articles you guys enjoy, and which ones you don’t. And what size of photos will be better to use in articles so you guys can get the full experience.

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.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on my site you may opt-in to save 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. These cookies will last for one year.

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 Google Analytics to track social shares made at our website. Google automatically collect and store certain information in their server logs which includes device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL, cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your Google Account, in accordance with their data privacy policy.

Google Analytics is incredibly helpful for me. The data that is collected is the URL, title of the page the user is viewing and how long you will be viewing the page. This might sound very creepy, but it’s not that bad I promise. And it all has a good reason.

The browser the user is using, the size of the browser window and the screen resolution will also be collected. Besides that whether Java and Flash are used. Also, the location and language of the person will be collected. All of this is collected so I can create a better website. So I know what articles you guys enjoy, and which ones you don’t.

Who I share your data with

Visiting The Dutch Countryside is 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 linking to Amazon.com.

Visiting The Dutch Countryside is a participant in Booking.com Affiliate Partner Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Booking.com.

We use Pinterest Save widget at our website to allow you to pin images to Pinterest from our webpages. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy.

How long I retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

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 I send your data

Visitor comments will be checked through an automated spam detection service. The data will also be going to Google Analytics.

My contact information

For any additional questions, you can email me at visitingthedutchcountryside [@] gmail.com.