Privacy Policy 🔒

📋 Information We Collect

⚙️ How We Use Your Information

• ✓To send our newsletter with curated travel tips, hotel deals, and destination guides (only if you subscribe)
• ✓To respond to your contact form messages and provide customer support
• ✓To improve our website content, user experience, and site performance
• ✓To track affiliate referrals so we can earn commissions that support our free content
• ✓To comply with legal obligations and protect our legitimate interests

🤝 Data Sharing & Third Parties

We never sell your personal information. We may share limited data with trusted third-party services that help us operate our website:

• •Google Analytics — anonymized site usage data for understanding traffic patterns
• •Affiliate Partners (Travelpayouts, Amazon Associates) — referral tracking via cookies
• •Email Service Provider — email address for newsletter delivery

All third-party services are bound by their own privacy policies and data protection agreements.

🗂️ Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. Newsletter subscriber data is kept until you unsubscribe. Contact form data is retained for up to 12 months to manage follow-up correspondence. Analytics data is anonymized and retained as aggregated statistics.

🛡️ Your Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

If you are in the EU/EEA or California, you have specific rights regarding your personal data:

• ✓Right to Access — Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• ✓Right to Rectification — Request correction of inaccurate personal data
• ✓Right to Erasure — Request deletion of your personal data
• ✓Right to Withdraw Consent — Unsubscribe from communications at any time
• ✓Right to Complain — Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@tripcurio.com.

👶 Children's Privacy

Tripcurio is not directed at children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected data from a child under 13, we will take immediate steps to delete that information.

🔄 Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.