Policies and Terms of Use

Last Updated: February 28, 2019

General

All content on VirtualGlobetrotting is property of VirtualGlobetrotting and is protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without express, written permission from VirtualGlobetrotting.

VirtualGlobetrotting's name and logo are trademarks of VirtualGlobetrotting and shall not be used without express, written permission from VirtualGlobetrotting.

© 2006-2024 VirtualGlobetrotting

VirtualGlobetrotting is not associated with Google or Bing.

Map Submissions

By publishing or posting ("submitting") a location ("Map") to VirtualGlobetrotting, all of the data associated with the submission, including but not limited to the title, description, location information and related links, becomes the property of VirtualGlobetrotting and may not be used without permission from VirtualGlobetrotting.

For our policies related to Map submissions, please see the Map Submission Policies page.

Map Changes and Removal

Map titles, descriptions, location information, and related links are user-submitted content, and should not be taken as fact, nor as the opinion of VirtualGlobetrotting. You may request changes or updates to a Map's title, description, location information, or related links by either leaving a comment on the Map's page or by contacting the administrators.

If your private property is listed on the website and you wish to have it removed, we can scrub all personal information from a post (removing the location, city, and links to the mapping service) -- please contact the administrators (no threatening letters necessary).

NOTE: Requests for removal from anonymous email services will not be accepted.

Users that are logged in may also submit changes by adding a post to the Map Corrections Forum, or by using the Suggest Changes and Add Links buttons on each map page. Map change requests may be rejected or altered if the changes do not comply with Map Submission Policies page, or if they might be detrimental VirtualGlobetrotting. Please see the Map Submission Policies page for details.

Pic, Story and Collection Submissions

By publishing or posting ("submitting") a picture ("Pic") to VirtualGlobetrotting, you give VirtualGlobetrotting a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, worldwide, limited license to use, modify, publically perform, publically display, publish and reproduce the Pic.

By publishing or posting ("submitting") a story ("Story") to VirtualGlobetrotting, you give VirtualGlobetrotting the exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, worldwide, limited license to use, modify, delete from, add to, publically perform, publically display, publish, reproduce and translate the Story.

By publishing or posting ("submitting") a Collection to VirtualGlobetrotting, you give VirtualGlobetrotting the exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, worldwide, limited license to use, modify, delete from, add to, publically perform, publically display, publish, reproduce and translate the Collection's contents.

Comments

Comments that violate any of the following rules will be removed.

Please:

  • Do not spam
  • Keep comments on topic
  • Do not engage in personal attacks
  • Do not abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other users

Personal Privacy

If your private property is listed on the website and you wish to have it removed, we can scrub all personal information from a post (removing the location, city, and links to the mapping service) -- please contact the administrators (no threatening letters necessary).

Website Privacy

No email addresses or personal information will be provided to any third-party for any reason.

Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that helps website owners understand how visitors engage their website. Visitors to this website who have JavaScript enabled are anonymously tracked using Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to help us understand our visitors better, to see what pages they visit, and to look for trends and changes in our website's popularity. No personally identifying information is tracked by Google Analytics.

Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files stored on your computer, to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous format. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including Masked IP address) is transmitted to Google.

We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use statistical analytics tools to track or to collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any Personally Identifiable Information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website.

All of our activity falls within the bounds of the Google Analytics Terms of Service.

You can opt out of Google's advertising tracking cookie if you prefer.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice or to understand your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

One of the third-party advertising companies we use is Google AdSense. If you would like to learn more how Google uses information from sites or apps that use their services, you can click here

This site is affiliated with Publisher First, Inc. dba Freestar ("Freestar") for the purposes of placing certain advertising on the site, and Freestar will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Freestar's data usage, click here.

Akamai mPulse is a web performance analytics tool that helps website owners understand how performance affects the user experience. Visitors to this website who have JavaScript enabled are anonymously measured using Akamai mPulse. No personally identifying information is tracked by Akamai mPulse.

Akamai mPulse uses "cookies", which are text files stored on your computer, to collect standard Internet log information, performance information, and visitor behavior information in an anonymous format. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website is transmitted to Akamai.

Cookies

VirtualGlobetrotting uses cookies for the following purposes:

  • VirtualGlobetrotting:
    • PHPSESSIONID: Used to ensure operation of the website
    • w3t_*: Used to ensure operation of the forums
  • Google Analytics
    • _ga: Used to distinguish users (removed if Cookie Consent is denied)
    • _gid: Used to distinguish users (removed if Cookie Consent is denied)
    • _gat: Used to throttle request rate
  • Akamai mPulse
    • RT: Used for tracking website performance in aggregate (contains no PII)

Third-Party Services

The Map thumbnail images on VirtualGlobetrotting are scaled-down reproductions from Google Maps and Bing Maps, provided for performance reasons and under Fair Use, and are copyright of their respective owners.

The Google Maps Terms of Use is located here and their privacy policy is located here.

The Bing Maps Terms of Use is located here and their privacy policy is located here.

Changes

If our privacy practices change at any time, we will update this privacy policy to reflect the changes.

Questions?

Any questions regarding any of these policies may be sent to the site administrators.