Privacy Policy of www.whyathens.com

This Website collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services:

    • Access to third party services' accounts

      • Facebook account access

        Permissions: Likes

    • Advertising

      • Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel), Google Ads conversion tracking, X Ads conversion tracking and Google Ads Similar audiences

        Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data

      • Google AdSense, Microsoft Advertising and Google Ad Manager

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • Direct Email Marketing (DEM)

        Personal Data: email address

      • Meta Audience Network

        Personal Data: Cookies; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data

      • Mediavine, Meta Lookalike Audience, Prebid, Comscore and AppNexus

        Personal Data: Tracker; Usage Data

    • Analytics

      • Google Analytics, Google Analytics with anonymized IP, Analytics collected directly and WordPress Stats

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features

        Personal Data: Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Facebook Analytics for Apps

        Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Meta Events Manager

        Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data

    • Backup saving and management

      • Backup on Google Drive and Backup on Dropbox

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Commercial affiliation

      • Booking.com Affiliate Partner Programme, Skimlinks, Amazon Affiliation, iTunes affiliation and Awin

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • CJ Affiliate

        Personal Data: purchase history; Trackers; Usage Data

    • Contacting the User

      • Contact form

        Personal Data: email address

      • Mailing list or newsletter

        Personal Data: Cookies; email address; first name; last name

    • Content commenting

      • Disqus

        Personal Data: Data communicated while using the service; Trackers; Usage Data

      • Facebook Comments

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)

      • Google Optimize

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • Google Optimize 360

        Personal Data: Tracker; Usage Data

    • Data transfer outside the EU

      • Data transfer abroad based on standard contractual clauses

        Personal Data: various types of Data

    • Displaying content from external platforms

      • Google Maps widget, Instagram widget, YouTube video widget, Google Calendar widget, Google Programmable Search Engine, Spotify widget and Vimeo video

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • Google Fonts

        Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data

    • Handling payments

      • PayPal and MANGOPAY

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Stripe

        Personal Data: billing address; email address; first name; last name; payment info; purchase history; Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Heat mapping and session recording

      • Crazy Egg

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • Hosting and backend infrastructure

      • Google Cloud Storage

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • SiteGround Hosting

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Infrastructure monitoring

      • Pingdom

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties

      • Mailchimp widget

        Personal Data: Cookies; email address; first name; last name; phone number; Usage Data

    • Interaction with external social networks and platforms

      • Facebook Like button and social widgets, Google+ +1 button and social widgets, Twitter Tweet button and social widgets, Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets and PayPal button and widgets

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • YouTube button and social widgets

        Personal Data: Usage Data

    • Interaction with live chat platforms

      • LiveChat Widget

        Personal Data: Data communicated while using the service; Trackers; Usage Data

      • Facebook Messenger Customer Chat

        Personal Data: Data communicated while using the service; Tracker; Usage Data

    • Interaction with online survey platforms

      • SurveyMonkey Widget

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • Location-based interactions

      • Non-continuous geolocation and Geolocation

        Personal Data: geographic position

    • Managing contacts and sending messages

      • Mailchimp

        Personal Data: email address

    • Managing data collection and online surveys

      • Meta lead ads

        Personal Data: Tracker

    • Managing landing and invitation pages

      • Mailchimp Landing Page

        Personal Data: Cookies; email address; first name; last name; phone number

    • Platform services and hosting

      • WordPress.com

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Registration and authentication

      • Facebook Authentication and WordPress.com Single Sign On

        Personal Data: Trackers; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

      • Instagram Authentication, Twitter OAuth and Bitly OAuth

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website

      • Direct registration

        Personal Data: email address

    • Remarketing and behavioral targeting

      • Remarketing with Google Analytics, Facebook Remarketing, Google Ads Remarketing and Twitter Remarketing

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • Meta Custom Audience

        Personal Data: Cookies; email address

    • RSS feed management

      • Feedburner

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • FeedPress

        Personal Data: Usage Data

    • Social features

      • Inviting and suggesting friends

        Personal Data: Various types of Data

    • Tag Management

      • Google Tag Manager

        Personal Data: Usage Data

    • Traffic optimization and distribution

      • Cloudflare

        Personal Data: Cookies; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

    • Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

      Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)


      The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.


      First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.


      Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.


      The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:


      • IP Address
      • Operating System type
      • Operating System version
      • Device Type
      • Language of the website
      • Web browser type
      • Email (in hashed form)

      Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.


      If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.


      For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.



    • Selling goods and services online

      The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
      The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Website depends on the payment system used.

Contact information

    • Owner and Data Controller

      WhyAthens.com - PO Box 91, Potts Point NSW Australia 1335
      Jomick Pty Ltd

      Owner contact email: info@whyathens.com