Privacy Policy

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1. Who we are

Welcome to Wander Notes (https://wander-notes.com).

Wander Notes is a travel website dedicated to sharing travel guides, destination information, practical travel advice, money-saving tips and recommendations to help travellers plan their journeys.

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, how it is stored and what rights you have regarding your personal data.

By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information we collect

We may collect personal information when you interact with our website, including when you:

Leave a comment on an article.
Contact us through our contact form.
Send us an email.
Subscribe to updates, where available.
Browse and interact with our website.

The information we may collect includes:

Your name.
Your email address.
Your website address, if provided.
Your IP address.
Your browser type and device information.
Information about how you use and interact with our website.

We only collect information that is necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

3. Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the information shown in the comments form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it.

The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/

After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public alongside your comment.

4. Contact forms and emails

If you contact us through our website’s contact form or by email, we may collect your name, email address and any other information you choose to provide.

We use this information solely to:

Respond to your enquiries.
Provide information you have requested.
Discuss potential collaborations and partnerships.
Handle communication relating to our website.

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.

5. Cookies

Wander Notes uses cookies to improve your browsing experience, remember your preferences and understand how visitors use our website.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.

Cookies may be used for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of our website. They may support security, website navigation and basic functionality.

Functional Cookies

These cookies help remember your preferences and improve your browsing experience.

Analytics Cookies

We may use analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our website, which pages are visited and how our content performs.

Advertising Cookies

If advertising services are enabled, cookies may be used to display relevant advertisements and measure advertising performance.

You can manage your cookie preferences through the cookie consent banner displayed on our website. You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.

6. Third-party services and advertising

Our website may use third-party services to support its functionality, analyse website traffic and display advertisements.

These services may collect information about your browsing activity through cookies and similar technologies.

Third-party services may include:

Google Analytics: To analyse website traffic and understand how visitors use our website.
Google AdSense: To display advertisements and measure advertising performance, where enabled.
Affiliate Networks: To provide affiliate links to travel-related products and services.

Third-party providers operate under their own privacy policies and terms of service. We encourage visitors to review those policies.

Google’s Privacy Policy is available at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

7. Affiliate links

Some articles on Wander Notes may contain affiliate links to third-party websites, including travel booking platforms, accommodation providers, travel services and other relevant products.

If you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase or booking, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate partners may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to identify referrals and attribute commissions.

Once you leave Wander Notes and visit an external website, that website’s own privacy policy and terms will apply.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites.

8. Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, maps, social media posts and other external materials.

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited those websites directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with their content.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of the relevant third-party websites.

9. How long we retain your data

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected.

Comments and their metadata may be retained indefinitely to help recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically.
Contact form enquiries and email correspondence may be retained for as long as necessary to respond to enquiries and maintain relevant communication records.
Technical and analytics information is retained according to the retention policies of the relevant service providers.

Where appropriate, you may request the deletion of your personal information.

10. Your rights under GDPR

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

These include:

Right of Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You can request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
Right to Erasure: You can request the deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Right to Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
Right to Data Portability: You can request your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, where applicable.
Right to Object: You can object to certain types of personal data processing.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our website’s contact page.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.

11. Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.

Some information may also be processed by third-party service providers, such as website hosting companies, analytics providers and advertising or affiliate networks.

These providers may operate in countries outside the European Economic Area. Where personal data is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards will be applied where required by applicable data protection legislation.

12. Data security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction.

However, no method of electronic transmission or internet storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

13. Children’s privacy

Wander Notes is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed at children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate parental consent where required by applicable law.

If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.

14. Changes to this privacy policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, applicable legislation or data protection practices.

Any updates will be published on this page, together with the revised date at the top of the policy.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

15. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the information we collect or how we handle your personal data, please contact us through our website:

Website: https://wander-notes.com

Contact Page: https://wander-notes.com/#contact

We will do our best to respond to your enquiry as soon as reasonably possible.

Thank you for visiting Wander Notes and trusting us with your privacy.