Privacy Policy

1. What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through this website, by email, by phone, through booking inquiries, through payment-related communications, and through other direct contact with Jared The NYC Tour Guide®. It also applies to information shared in connection with tours for individuals, families, schools, and groups.

2. Information We May Collect

The information collected depends on how you interact with the site and with Jared. It may include your name, email address, phone number, city or country, travel dates, group size, interests, mobility or pacing requests, booking details, and any other information you choose to provide in a message or inquiry.

If you arrange or pay for a tour, information related to the payment may also be collected or received, such as the amount paid, the currency used, the date of payment, the payment status, and limited transaction details needed to confirm or reconcile the booking.

If you contact Jared on behalf of other travelers, such as family members, students, or a group, you may also provide information about those travelers that is relevant to planning the tour.

3. Payment Information

Jared may collect payment on or before the day of the tour through one or more payment methods made available at the time of booking. Depending on how payment is made, payment processing may be handled directly, through a payment app or processor, through a booking platform, or through another agreed method.

Tours are priced and charged in U.S. dollars only. If you are paying from outside the United States, your bank, card issuer, or payment provider may apply exchange rates, foreign transaction fees, transfer fees, or other charges that are outside Jared’s control.

If a third-party payment processor or platform handles your payment, that provider’s own privacy policy and terms will also apply.

4. How Information Is Used

Information is used to respond to inquiries, prepare quotes, schedule tours, communicate before and after the tour, customize the itinerary, process or confirm payments, keep business records, improve the website, and protect the business against fraud, abuse, or misuse.

Jared may also use information to understand what kinds of tours people are interested in, what pages are being visited on the site, and how the website can be improved for future guests.

5. Website Analytics, Cookies, and Similar Technologies

This website uses analytics and similar technologies to understand website traffic and visitor behavior. That may include information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, approximate location information, browser type, device information, and referring websites.

Cookies and similar technologies may be used for site functionality, traffic measurement, and general website improvement. You can usually control cookies through your browser settings.

Please note that disabling some cookies or tracking technologies may affect how certain parts of the site work.

6. Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics helps website owners understand how visitors use a site. Information collected through Google Analytics is subject to Google’s own privacy practices and policies.

Jared does not intend to send personally identifiable information to Google Analytics. Visitors who prefer not to be included in analytics may use browser settings, privacy tools, or other controls that limit tracking technologies.

7. Communications by Email, Phone, and Forms

If you contact Jared by email, phone, or a website form, the information you provide may be stored and used to respond to you, manage your booking, answer follow-up questions, and maintain reasonable business records.

Please do not send highly sensitive personal information through ordinary website forms or regular email unless it is truly necessary.

8. International Guests

Jared works with many guests from outside the United States. If you contact or book from another country, your information may be received, stored, processed, or accessed in the United States or by service providers that operate in other countries.

By using the website or sharing your information for booking purposes, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions that may have different privacy laws than your home country.

9. Sharing of Information

Personal information is not sold. Information may be shared only as reasonably needed to run the business and deliver the service. That can include payment providers, website hosting providers, analytics providers, email services, booking-related services, and third-party platforms through which tours or inquiries are handled.

Information may also be shared when necessary to comply with law, protect legal rights, investigate fraud or misuse, or respond to a lawful request from public authorities.

10. Third-Party Websites and Platforms

This website may link to or interact with third-party platforms such as TripAdvisor, Facebook, maps, payment services, booking tools, or other websites not controlled by Jared The NYC Tour Guide®. Those services have their own privacy policies and practices.

Jared is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or data handling practices of third-party sites or services. You should review their policies separately if you use them.

11. Data Retention

Information is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for business operations, booking administration, customer service, recordkeeping, legal compliance, dispute resolution, and protection of legitimate business interests.

Different types of information may be kept for different periods depending on why they were collected and whether there is an ongoing business, legal, accounting, or security reason to retain them.

12. Data Security

Reasonable administrative, technical, and practical measures are used to help protect personal information. Even so, no website, email system, mobile phone, or online transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

For that reason, you should use ordinary caution when sending information over the internet.

13. Your Choices

You may contact Jared to ask to review, update, or correct information you have provided, or to ask questions about how it is being used. You may also choose not to provide certain information, though that may limit Jared’s ability to plan, quote, or deliver the tour.

You can also manage cookies and some tracking preferences through your browser or device settings.

14. Children’s Privacy

Tours may sometimes involve families, students, or school groups, but this website is not directed to children as a standalone audience. If information about a child is provided in connection with a family or group booking, it should be provided by a parent, guardian, teacher, school representative, or other responsible adult only as needed for planning the tour.

We take children’s privacy seriously. If photos are taken during a tour and Jared would like to use them for website, social media, or other promotional purposes, images of children will be blurred, obscured, cropped, or otherwise limited unless clear permission has been given by a parent, legal guardian, school, or other authorized adult responsible for the child.

If you would prefer that no photos of your child be used at all, please say so at the start of the tour and Jared will respect that request.

15. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the website, business practices, service providers, or legal requirements. The version posted on this page is the current version.

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