Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

TravelTips4You (traveltips4you.com) is a travel guide website operated personally by Nazanin Hashemy. We publish destination guides, travel tips, and practical advice to help people plan their trips with confidence.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, please contact us at hello.traveltips4you@gmail.com.

2. What Information We Collect

We may collect the following personal information from you:

• Name or nickname — whichever you prefer to use. We never require your legal name.
• Email address — used to communicate with you and send newsletters.

This information may be collected through any of the following:

• Newsletter signup form
• Contact form
• City guide request form
• Content or photo submission form
• Any other form we add to the site in the future

Usage data: We do not currently collect analytics or behavioural data. We may add Google Analytics or a similar tool in the future. If we do, this policy will be updated before any tracking begins, and you will be notified via a cookie consent banner.

Payment information: When we launch paid products or services (digital guides, memberships, or custom trip planning), billing information (name, email, billing address) will be collected at checkout. Card details are processed securely by a third-party payment processor (such as Stripe or PayPal) and are never stored on this site. Purchase records and receipts are retained for legal and accounting purposes.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your name and email address to:

• Send you our newsletter with travel tips and destination guides
• Respond to your messages, questions, and city guide requests
• Process and fulfil purchases or service bookings
• Improve the website and its content

We will never sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes.

4. User-Submitted Content & Photos

TravelTips4You welcomes contributions from fellow travellers. If you submit content, stories, or photographs to be published on this site, the following applies:

• By submitting content, you confirm — via a checkbox at the time of submission — that you are the original creator and hold full rights to everything you submit.
• If your submission includes photos of other people, you confirm that those individuals have given their informed consent to be photographed and to have their image published on this website.
• By submitting content, you grant TravelTips4You a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to publish, display, and promote that content on this website and associated social media channels.
• If you submitted content that you later wish to have removed, contact us at hello.traveltips4you@gmail.com and we will remove it promptly.

Copyright claims: If you believe any content published on this site infringes your copyright or appears without your consent, please email us immediately at hello.traveltips4you@gmail.com. We take all claims seriously and will investigate and remove infringing content without delay.

The person who submitted the content is solely responsible for ensuring they had the legal right to do so. TravelTips4You is not liable for content submitted in violation of third-party rights.

5. Affiliate Links

TravelTips4You contains — or will soon contain — affiliate links. This means that if you click a link to a product or service (such as a hotel booking, tour, or travel gear) and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at absolutely no extra cost to you.

All affiliate relationships are disclosed clearly on any page containing such links. We only recommend products and services we genuinely believe are useful to travellers. Our editorial opinions are never influenced by affiliate partnerships.

6. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your data:

• Mailchimp — manages our email list and newsletter delivery. When you sign up, your name and email are stored on Mailchimp's servers. View their privacy policy at mailchimp.com/legal/privacy .
• Cloudflare — hosts and delivers this website. Cloudflare may process your IP address as part of its security and performance services.
• Future services: We may add Google Analytics, advertising networks (such as Google AdSense), and payment processors in the future. This policy will be updated before any such service begins processing your data.

7. Cookies

This website currently uses minimal cookies. Mailchimp signup forms may place functional cookies on your device.

When we add analytics or advertising services in the future, additional cookies will be used. At that point, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies before they are placed. This policy will be updated to list all cookies in use.

8. Children's Privacy

TravelTips4You is a general travel website open to visitors of all ages. However, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has submitted their name or email address through our site, please contact us at hello.traveltips4you@gmail.com and we will delete that information immediately.

9. Your Rights — European Union (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Union or European Economic Area, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Right to access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to correction — ask us to correct any inaccurate information
• Right to deletion — ask us to delete your personal data at any time
• Right to restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data
• Right to portability — receive your data in a portable format
• Right to withdraw consent — unsubscribe or withdraw consent at any time, with no penalty

To exercise any of these rights, email us at hello.traveltips4you@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.

10. Your Rights — United States & Canada

If you are located in the United States or Canada, you have rights under applicable federal and provincial privacy laws, including the right to:

• Know what personal information we hold about you
• Request corrections to inaccurate information
• Withdraw your consent and request deletion of your data
• File a complaint with the relevant privacy authority in your jurisdiction

To exercise any of these rights, email hello.traveltips4you@gmail.com.

11. Data Retention

We retain your name and email address for as long as you remain subscribed to our newsletter or have an active relationship with us. You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email we send, or by contacting us directly. Upon request, we will delete your data within 30 days.

Purchase and billing records are retained for as long as legally required for accounting and tax purposes.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as the site grows and new services are added. When we make significant changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

Continued use of the website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us

For any questions, concerns, data requests, or copyright claims, please reach out to us:

Email: hello.traveltips4you@gmail.com

We reply personally to every message, usually within 2–3 business days.