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Last Updated: May 25, 2025

Welcome to travelzoo.website! We are committed to providing you with a safe, enjoyable, and informative travel experience. Your privacy is paramount to us, and this disclaimer outlines our practices regarding data collection, usage, and your rights, all in alignment with evolving digital privacy standards and human rights principles concerning data.

1. Our Commitment to Your Privacy & Human Rights in Data

At travelzoo.website, operated by Emma, we believe that your personal data is an extension of your individual identity and therefore deserves the highest level of respect and protection. Our approach to data handling is guided by principles of transparency, fairness, and accountability. We recognize and uphold the fundamental human right to privacy, as articulated in international instruments like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognizes the right to privacy, and other global frameworks that underscore the importance of data protection for individual autonomy and dignity.

We are committed to:

  • Minimizing Data Collection: We only collect data that is truly necessary for the functioning of our Travel website and to enhance your experience.
  • Transparency: We will always be clear about what data we collect, why we collect it, and how it is used.
  • Purpose Limitation: Your data will only be used for the purposes for which it was collected, and we will not use it for unrelated purposes without your explicit consent.
  • Security: We implement robust security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
  • User Control: You have significant control over your data, and we provide mechanisms for you to access, correct, delete, and manage your information.
  • Non-discrimination: Our data practices are designed to be non-discriminatory and respectful of all individuals.

2. Information We Collect and Why

As a Travel website, we may collect certain information to provide you with relevant content, services, and to improve your Browse experience. The type of information collected generally falls into two categories:

  • Information You Voluntarily Provide:
    • Contact Information: When you subscribe to newsletters, submit inquiries via Support@travelzoo.website, or interact with our feedback options, you may provide your name (Emma) and email address (Support@travelzoo.website). This is used solely to respond to your requests, send you travel-related updates you’ve opted into, or provide customer support.
    • Preferences and Interests: If we offer personalized content, you might provide preferences related to travel destinations, types of travel, or activities. This helps us tailor your experience on travelzoo.website.
    • Feedback: Any feedback you provide, including through the emoji option, is collected to understand user sentiment and improve our services. This is typically aggregated and anonymized where possible.
  • Information Collected Automatically (Non-Personally Identifiable):
    • Usage Data: When you visit travelzoo.website, we may automatically collect information about your interaction with our site. This includes details like the pages you visit, the time spent on each page, your navigation paths, and referring URLs. This data helps us understand user behavior, identify popular content, and improve our website’s structure and usability. This information is generally aggregated and does not directly identify you.
    • Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our website, such as your browser type, operating system, and screen resolution. This helps us ensure our website displays correctly across various devices and platforms.
    • IP Address: Your IP address is a numerical label assigned to your device by your internet service provider. While an IP address can, in some circumstances, be used to identify a general location, we primarily use it for broad geographical analysis (e.g., understanding where our visitors are coming from globally) and for security purposes (e.g., detecting unusual activity). We do not link your IP address to your personal identity.
    • Cookies and Similar Technologies: Like most websites, travelzoo.website uses “cookies.” Cookies are small text files placed on your device by your web browser. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the website owners.
      • Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the basic functionality of our website (e.g., remembering your preferences for the duration of your visit). Without these, parts of our website may not function correctly.
      • Analytics Cookies: We may use cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website, which pages they visit most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies collect anonymous information that helps us improve how our website works. We may use Google Analytics or similar tools for this purpose. Google’s use of data from these cookies is governed by their own privacy policy.
      • Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as language preferences) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
      • Third-Party Cookies: In some cases, third-party services embedded on travelzoo.website (e.g., social media sharing buttons, embedded videos from YouTube) may place their own cookies. We do not have direct control over these cookies, and their use is governed by the respective third party’s privacy policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

The information we collect is used to:

  • Operate and maintain travelzoo.website.
  • Provide you with the travel-related content and services you request.
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website offerings.
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website.
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes (with your explicit consent where required).
  • Send you emails (if you have subscribed).
  • Find and prevent fraud.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential and comply with data protection standards. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

5. Data Retention

We retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with the requested services and to comply with our legal obligations. Once information is no longer needed, we take steps to securely delete or anonymize it.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

In line with global privacy standards, you have the following rights regarding your data:

  • The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data we hold.
  • The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The Right to Erasure ( “Right to be Forgotten”): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • The Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at Support@travelzoo.website. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable laws.

7. Google’s Policies and Your Data

As a website striving for broad accessibility and discoverability, travelzoo.website may interact with various Google services (e.g., Google Search, Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Google Fonts). When you use our website, some of your data may be processed by Google in accordance with their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review Google’s Privacy Policy and their policies on how they use information from sites or apps that use their services. We endeavor to configure our use of Google services to respect your privacy and comply with relevant regulations.

8. Children’s Information

Travelzoo.website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that your child has provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately at Support@travelzoo.website, and we will make our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

9. Changes to This Disclaimer

We may update this Privacy & Data Practices Disclaimer from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new disclaimer on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this page periodically for any changes.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy & Data Practices Disclaimer, our data handling practices, or your rights, please do not hesitate to contact Emma at:

Email: Support@travelzoo.website Website URL: https://travelzoo.website/

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