Who we are
PlanMyTravels.eu is a personal travel blog.
Website address:
https://www.planmytravels.eu
If you have any questions regarding privacy or personal data processing, you can contact me via the contact form available on the website or by email:
beata_roratowska@planmytravels.eu
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the information provided in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information, to help detect spam.
An anonymised string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be publicly visible alongside it.
The Akismet anti-spam service helps detect spam. As part of its operations, data related to comments may be processed, including IP addresses, browser information, referring page URLs, website URLs, and information provided by commenters, such as names, email addresses, and comment content.
Contact form
If you contact me through the contact form on the website, the information you provide (such as your name, email address, and message content) will be used solely to respond to your inquiry and maintain correspondence.
Your data is not used for marketing purposes and is not shared with third parties.
Email notifications
When posting a comment, users can choose to receive notifications for new comments or new blog posts.
Your email address will be used solely for delivering these notifications.
Cookies
This website uses cookies for the following purposes:
- ensuring the proper functioning of the website,
- managing comments,
- remembering user preferences,
- generating anonymous visitor statistics,
- improving website performance,
- supporting affiliate programs and embedded content.
If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This allows these details to be automatically filled in when posting future comments.
Depending on your browser settings, you may limit or completely disable cookies. However, this may affect the functionality of certain website features.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles published on this blog may include embedded content from third-party websites such as:
- YouTube,
- Facebook,
- Instagram,
- TikTok,
- Google Maps,
- other multimedia platforms.
Embedded content behaves as if the visitor had visited the external website directly.
These websites may collect information about users, use cookies and monitor user activity.
Analytics and statistics
This website uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to analyse traffic and visitor behaviour.
Statistical data is used solely for:
- analysing the popularity of published content,
- understanding how visitors use the website,
- improving and developing the blog,
- enhancing user experience.
The collected information is statistical and not used to identify individual users.
Affiliate links and partner collaborations
Some articles published on this blog may contain affiliate or partner links.
This means that if a purchase or reservation is made through such a link, the blog owner may receive a commission from the partner.
This does not result in any additional cost for the user.
Affiliate programs on the website may use their own cookies and follow their own privacy policies regarding the processing of personal data.
User data is not sold or shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
Data may only be shared with service providers supporting the operation of the website, such as:
- hosting providers,
- Google Analytics,
- Akismet,
- Gravatar,
- affiliate service providers,
- technical service providers necessary for website operation.
How long do we retain your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
Data submitted through the contact form is retained for as long as necessary to maintain correspondence and fulfil the purpose of the contact request.
What rights do you have over your data
Every user has the right to:
- access their personal data,
- correct their data,
- restrict data processing,
- request deletion of their data,
- object to data processing,
- receive a copy of their data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact the website administrator.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked using automated spam-detection services such as Akismet.
Some services used by this website may process data outside the European Economic Area in accordance with applicable data protection regulations.
How we protect your data
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are implemented to protect user data against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse.
Contact information
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the processing of personal data, please contact:
beata_roratowska@planmytravels.eu