Welcome to Grooviet (the “Site”), a travel information website dedicated to providing curated information on Vietnam’s destinations, food, festivals, and more. Grooviet is owned and operated by the Site Administrator.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and how we protect it when you visit our website, grooviet.com.
Grooviet is a public-facing resource. It does not require user registration or login, and therefore does not collect personal identifiers such as names, email addresses, or phone numbers directly from visitors.
The information we present is primarily sourced from publicly available data, including Google Reviews, Google Maps, and external content and images.
Since Grooviet does not have a registration or contact form, we do not directly collect any Personal Information (such as your name, email address, or payment information) that you type or submit to the Site.
When you access the Site, certain information is automatically collected through third-party services (like web analytics and advertising partners) and standard web technologies (like cookies and server logs). This information includes:
Usage Data: Details about how you use our Site, such as the pages you visit, the time spent on those pages, the links you click, and the search terms you use.
Technical Data: Your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, time zone setting, and referral source.
Geolocation Data: General geographic location derived from your IP address (e.g., city/country).
Grooviet provides a Wishlist/Bookmark feature that allows you to save desired travel destinations.
How it Works: This feature works by saving a list of location IDs (data) directly to your web browser’s local storage (e.g., localStorage or cookies).
No Personal Data: This data is not stored on Grooviet’s servers and is not linked to your identity. It is only stored locally on the specific device and browser you are using.
Data Loss: If you clear your browser’s local storage, switch devices, or use a different browser, your Wishlist will be lost because we do not store it.
We use the automatically collected data for the following purposes:
To Operate and Maintain the Site: Ensuring the Site functions correctly and efficiently.
To Analyze Usage: Understanding how visitors use the Site to improve content, structure, and user experience.
To Improve Content: Using data on popular pages or search terms to inform our content strategy.
For Advertising and Personalization: Using data collected via tracking technologies (including by Google AdSense) to deliver relevant and personalized advertisements, unless you opt out.
We share automatically collected data with third-party service providers to help us operate, improve, and monetize the Site. This includes:
Google Services: Grooviet heavily relies on Google services (e.g., Google Maps, Google Reviews, Google Analytics). Your interaction with these embedded services is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy.
Advertising Partners (Google AdSense): We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on our Site. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (specifically the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to Grooviet and/or other sites on the Internet.
Analytics Providers: We use third-party analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to measure traffic and usage trends.
We do not “sell” the limited data we collect.
Grooviet uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (like local storage) to track activity on our Site and store certain information.
Essential Cookies: Required for the Site to function, including managing your local Wishlist/Bookmark data.
Analytics and Performance Cookies: Used to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site.
Advertising Cookies (Third-Party): Used by our advertising partner, Google AdSense, to enable Google and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to Grooviet and/or other sites on the Internet. Third-party vendors, including Google, use these cookies to serve personalized ads.
You have the right to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:
Google’s Ads Settings: https://www.google.com/settings/ads
The Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
Please note that even if you opt out of personalized advertising, you will still see ads, but they will be less relevant to you. Declining essential cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website, including the Wishlist feature.
Our Site contains links to other websites, particularly to Google Maps and other external resources for travel information. We have no control over and are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
Grooviet is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected Personal Information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers immediately.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact the Site Administrator:
Site Name: Grooviet
Website: grooviet.com
Administrator Email: [email protected]
