Privacy policy
What data this site collects, who processes it, and how to control or delete it.
This policy explains how TravelStoryMaker ("we", "us") handles information when you visit https://www.travelstorymaker.com (the "Site"). We have tried to write it in plain language rather than legal fog.
The short version. We do not ask you to create an account, we do not ask for your email to read anything, and we do not sell personal data. The Site is static. The data that is collected comes from our hosting provider's standard server logs and from Google, which serves the advertising that keeps the Site free.
1. Who is responsible
TravelStoryMaker is the data controller for this Site. You can reach us at travelstorymaker@gmail.com or via the contact page.
2. What we collect
a. Information you give us
If you email us, we receive whatever you put in the message: your email address, your name if you sign it, and the content of your enquiry. We use it only to answer you and we keep it no longer than needed for that purpose and any follow-up.
b. Information collected automatically
Like practically every website, our hosting provider records standard technical log data when a page is requested. That typically includes your IP address, the date and time, the page requested, the referring page, and your browser and operating system version. This is used for security, abuse prevention and aggregate traffic understanding.
c. Information collected by advertising partners
We display advertising through Google AdSense. Google and its partners may set and read cookies or similar identifiers on your device to serve and measure ads. See section 4.
d. Local storage
We store nothing of our own in your browser. The Site sets no cookies and writes no local storage values itself. Any cookie or identifier present will have been set by Google for advertising, as described in section 4.
3. Why we process data and on what legal basis
- To deliver the Site - necessary for the performance of providing the service you requested, and our legitimate interest in operating a working website.
- To keep the Site secure - our legitimate interest in preventing abuse, fraud and attacks.
- To answer your messages - our legitimate interest in responding to correspondence.
- To show advertising - consent, where consent is required in your jurisdiction; otherwise our legitimate interest in funding free content. Non-personalised advertising may be shown where consent is refused.
4. Advertising and Google AdSense
This Site is funded by advertising served by Google AdSense (publisher ID pub-6636684537203477). You should know the following:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this Site and other sites on the internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings.
- You can opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info/choices and youronlinechoices.eu.
- Google's own practices are described in the Google privacy and terms page for partner sites.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, a consent message is presented before personalised advertising cookies are used, in line with Google's EU user consent policy. It is served by Google's certified consent management platform, and you can change your choice at any time by reopening that message.
5. What we do not do
- We do not sell or rent personal data.
- We do not run an account system, so we hold no passwords.
- We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13, and the Site is not directed at children. If you believe a child has sent us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.
- We do not require any personal information in order to read the content.
6. Sharing
We share data only with the service providers necessary to run the Site: our hosting and content delivery provider, and Google for advertising. These providers process data on our behalf or, in Google's case, as an independent controller for advertising purposes. We may also disclose information where legally required, or to protect our rights, safety or property.
7. International transfers
Our providers may process data outside your country, including in the United States. Where personal data of EEA, UK or Swiss users is transferred, our providers rely on legal transfer mechanisms such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or an adequacy decision.
8. Retention
Server logs are retained for a limited period by our hosting provider, typically measured in weeks, for security and diagnostics. Email correspondence is kept for as long as needed to deal with the matter and any reasonable follow-up. Advertising identifiers are retained according to Google's own retention policies.
9. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- access the personal data we hold about you;
- have inaccurate data corrected;
- have data erased;
- restrict or object to processing, including profiling for advertising;
- receive your data in a portable format;
- withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing already carried out;
- opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information as those terms are defined under California law; and
- lodge a complaint with your data protection authority. In France this is the CNIL.
To exercise any of these, email travelstorymaker@gmail.com with "Privacy request" in the subject. We do not charge for this and we do not discriminate against anyone who exercises a right.
10. Do Not Track
The Site does not respond to Do Not Track browser signals, because no consistent industry standard for them exists. Global Privacy Control signals, where transmitted, are treated as an opt-out of sale or sharing where applicable law requires it.
11. Security
The Site is served over HTTPS. Because it is static and holds no user accounts or databases, the surface for a data breach is very small. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted over the internet.
12. Changes
We may update this policy. The date at the top of the page shows the current version. Material changes will be made obvious on this page rather than slipped in quietly.
13. Contact
Questions, requests or complaints: travelstorymaker@gmail.com. See also our cookie policy.