Privacy Policy
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Privacy Policy for Wander Maple

Effective Date: January 1, 2026

 

Who we are

Our website address is: https://wandermaple.com. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose information when you use our website.

 

Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising 

Google AdSense is used on this website. To ensure compliance with Google’s policies, please note the following:

 

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.

      

  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. 

     

  • Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

     

  • Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

 

Media & Intellectual Property

 
User Uploads: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Photography Rights: All original photography found on wandermaple.com is the exclusive property of Sowkat Hayat, operating under the brand S. Hayat Photography, unless otherwise stated. These images are protected by Canadian and international copyright laws.


  • Unauthorized Use: You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or modify any original images from this site for commercial purposes without prior written consent.

  • Personal Use & Social Sharing: You are welcome to share our images on social media, provided that the S. Hayat Photography watermark remains visible and a clear link-back to wandermaple.com is included.

  • Stock Imagery: On rare occasions, this site utilizes stock photography from licensed sources (such as Pexels or Pixabay). These images are used in accordance with their respective licenses and do not fall under the S. Hayat Photography copyright. 

 

Cookies & 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. If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies for your convenience.



Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos from YouTube, 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.


Who we Share your data with 

We generally don’t share your personal information with third parties. In some cases, we may use anonymized data for website improvement or work with service providers who assist us with website operations (e.g., comment spam detection). These service providers are obligated to protect your information and only have access to the data necessary for their specific tasks. When you encounter embedded content from other websites (like videos), those platforms may collect data according to their own privacy policies.

 

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. 

 

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments on our website might be checked by a special computer program designed to stop spam. This program helps us keep our website clean and free from unwanted messages. When you leave a comment, it might be sent to this program for a quick check. The program will look for signs that it’s spam, like unusual words or links. We take your privacy seriously. Your information will only be shared with the spam detection service for the purpose of checking for spam and won’t be used for anything else.

 

Disclosure of your information

We may disclose your information to third parties in the following circumstances:

 
  • Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”). These third parties may have access to your Personal Data only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if we are required by law to do so or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or protect our rights or the rights of others.
 

Data Security 

The security of your information is important to us. We use commercially reasonable efforts to store and maintain your information securely. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

 

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. 

If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from a child under 13, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.



Third-Party Links

wandermaple.com contains links to other websites. Clicking these links takes you away from Wander Maple and onto a completely different website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

 

Why is this important? Because each website has its own privacy policy. This means the way they handle your personal information could be different from how Wander Maple handles it.


Here’s what we recommend: Before you provide any personal information on a linked website, take a moment to read their privacy policy. This will help you understand how they will use your information.



Change to this Privacy Policy 

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We might notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. 



Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at 

[ info@wandermaple.com ] or by visiting this page on our website: [ https://wandermaple.com/contact ].

 

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