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Essential cookies used on this website
The following cookie is needed for this website to display, and is temporarily classed an essential cookie which will be stored on your computer as soon as you visit this website. However, a solution is currently being worked on to remove the requirement to set this cookie.
Cookie Description
Cookie Name
Cookie Purpose
Advance Agent
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Required, essential part of our web framework used to
serve requests, expires after 20 minutes of inactivity. Does not store any
personal or identifiying information. It is deleted when you close your
browser..
General cookies used on
this website
The following
cookies are for general functionality and statistics.
Used to record information about how visitors use our
website, including how they found us and what pages they visit. The
information is collected anonymously.
* denotes a wildcard where many cookies may be set under the same prefix to store data for the same purpose.
Using your browser settings to manage cookies
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Privacy
The Internet contains a wealth of information and it may also contain personal details about you that you don't want everyone to know. At The Independent Traveler we strive to assist our participants in protecting their privacy while using our web site.
We have adopted the following Principles of Privacy, which summarize and clarify that commitment: how we safeguard your privacy and how we treat personal information. We understand that for you to take full advantage of our interactive medium, we must do everything we can to ensure that your privacy is secure.
6.Information Collected by Third Parties. Third parties, such as vendors, advertising entities, and business partners, may use cookies and other technologies to collect information about your online activities. The purposes for collecting this information include: to measure usage of our site; to analyze, modify, and personalize advertising content on this and other sites; and to provide ads about goods and services that may be of interest to you. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features these third parties may use, and the information practices of these third parties are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Some of these third parties may be third-party network advertisers that offer you the option of not having this information collected. To learn more, please seehttp://www.networkadvertising.org/.
2. We do not give out to others information about where you personally go on The Independent Traveler..
4. Participants should be aware that when you are on any web site, you could be directed to other sites when you click on an advertising banner. Clicking on an ad banner may take you off our online site. The Independent Traveler wants you to be aware that other sites may send their own cookies to participants, collect data or solicit personal information over which we have no control
5. We will keep you informed, clearly and prominently, about what we do with any personal information you may supply to us, and we will advise you if we change our policy.
