Cookie Policy

Last Updated: 4/15/25

This website, naomiontheroadagain, uses cookies to enhance user experience, analyze site traffic, enable certain website functionalities, and support affiliate and sponsorship features. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help identify repeat visitors and improve website performance. Cookies may be classified as, First-party cookies, set directly by this website and Third-party cookies, set by external service providers integrated into this site
By continuing to use this website, you consent to the placement of these cookies unless you choose to disable them through your browser settings.

Types of Cookies Used

Essential Cookies (via Wix) These cookies are necessary for the core functionality and security of the website. They include session management, login authentication, language preferences, and server load balancing.
Analytical & Performance Cookies (via Google Analytics) These cookies collect anonymized data about how visitors use the site—including pages visited, session duration, and referral sources. This helps us improve content and optimize user experience.
Affiliate Tracking Cookies (via Booking.com) Booking.com may place cookies when you click an affiliate link. These cookies track your interaction with their site and enable proper commission attribution if you complete a booking. No personally identifiable information is shared with naomiontheroadagain.
Functionality & Session Cookies (via Patreon, Kofi, Buy me a Coffee) If you engage with our content through our third party sponsors, cookies may be used to manage user logins, deliver membership-specific content, and ensure secure session continuity. All data is governed by the third party’s platform’s privacy policy.

Managing Cookies

You may choose to restrict or disable cookies at any time by adjusting your browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to block all cookies, clear existing cookies, and receive a notification when cookies are being placed. Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the usability or availability of certain parts of the site.

Third-Party Cookies and Responsibility

This website integrates third-party services that may use cookies independently of our operations. We do not control the data collection practices of these external platforms and recommend reviewing their individual privacy and cookie policies:

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We use the following types of cookies on our Site:

Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits;
Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc; and
Third-Party Cookies created by a website other than ours. We may use third-party cookies to achieve the following purposes of Analytics and Performance Monitoring, Affiliate Program Tracking; Platform Integration and User Engagement; and Functionality and Session Management.

Third Party Cookie Policy

Third-party cookies are small data files placed on your device by service providers integrated into this website. These cookies are not set directly by naomiontheroadagain, but by external platforms whose services are used to support website functionality, analytics, affiliate marketing, or audience engagement.

The primary purposes of third-party cookies on this website include:

Analytics and Performance Monitoring; Service providers such as Google Analytics collect anonymized data about how users interact with the website (e.g., pages visited, time spent, referral sources, device type). This information is used to improve the site’s functionality, content relevance, and user experience.
Affiliate Program Tracking, Third-party cookies from platforms like Booking.com may be used to identify when a user has clicked on an affiliate link and made a qualifying booking. These cookies allow proper attribution of commissions under the Booking.com Affiliate Partner Program and ensure compliance with program terms.
Platform Integration and User Engagement, Platforms such as Patreon, Kofi, or and Buy Me a Coffee may use cookies to facilitate login sessions, process payments, or deliver exclusive content to subscribers. These cookies may track session activity in connection with the user’s third party sponsorship account.
Functionality and Session Management (via Wix). As this website is built using Wix.com Ltd., cookies are utilized for essential functions such as site security, language preferences, session continuity, and load balancing.

All third-party cookies are subject to the privacy policies and practices of their respective providers. Users are encouraged to review those policies below for more information on how data is collected, stored, and used.

Wix: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy

Booking.com: https://www.booking.com/content/privacy.html

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/policy

Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/privacy-policy

Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/home/privacy

Opt Out Policy

In addition to the method(s) previously stated, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:

You can opt out of receiving non-essential communications, such as newsletters, marketing updates, or promotional materials. You can opt-out by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of any email sent by naomiontheroadagain or by contacting the data controller directly with a clear request to be removed from marketing lists. Please note that you may still receive essential service-related emails (e.g., confirmations of subscriptions or administrative notifications) even after opting out of promotional messages.

Certain non-essential cookies and data tracking tools (e.g., those used for site performance and analytics via Google Analytics and Wix) may be disabled or restricted at your discretion. You can opt-out by you may adjust your cookie preferences through your browser settings to block or delete cookies. To opt out of Google Analytics tracking, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on. For more information on managing cookies set by Wix, refer to Wix’s Cookie Policy. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality and performance of this website.

When users click on affiliate links (e.g., to Booking.com), tracking cookies may be placed for the purpose of referral attribution. These are governed by the affiliate partner’s own privacy policies. You can opt-out by you may prevent this form of tracking by disabling cookies in your browser or by refraining from clicking on affiliate links. For additional information or to exercise rights regarding affiliate data, please consult Booking.com’s Privacy Statement.

Modifications

This Cookie Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Cookie Policy we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority by contacting your local data protection supervisory authority.

Supervisory Authority

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), and you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority. A full list of national data protection authorities in the EEA can be found here:

🔗 https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en

Please note that naomiontheroadagain is based in the United States (Hawai‘i) and does not have an establishment in the European Union. However, we take data privacy seriously and are committed to complying with applicable international data protection laws to the extent that they apply to us. If you have concerns or questions about how your personal data is handled, you may also contact us directly at info@naomiontheroadagain.com, and we will do our best to address your concerns promptly.

Contact Details

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our privacy officer, Naomi Koshiishi, at: info@naomiontheroadagain.com

You can also contact us through the contact form available on our Site.

Effective Date: 15th day of April, 2025