Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 19, 2025

1. Introduction

At PhotoTours, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

Contact Form Information

When you submit a contact form on our website, we collect:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Subject of your inquiry
  • Message content

Newsletter Subscription

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect:

  • Email address

Usage Data

We may also collect standard usage data to improve our website experience, including:

  • Your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address
  • Browser type and version
  • Pages of our website that you visit
  • Time and date of your visit
  • Time spent on those pages

Local Storage

Some features of our website, such as favorites, use local storage on your device. This information is stored only on your device and is not transmitted to our servers.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for limited purposes, including:

  • To respond to your contact form inquiries
  • To send you our newsletter if you've subscribed
  • To improve our website and user experience
  • To monitor the usage of our service
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues

We do not currently process bookings or payments directly through our website. When you click on tour links, you will be directed to the tour provider's website where their privacy policy will apply.

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We limit the sharing of your personal information to the following situations:

  • Email Service Providers: We use Resend to process newsletter subscriptions and contact form submissions.
  • With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors and service providers who help us operate our website.
  • For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition.
  • With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

We do not currently share your contact information with tour providers, as bookings are made directly on their websites.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

For more information about the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.

6. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as:

  • The right to access, update, or delete your information
  • The right to rectification (to correct inaccurate data)
  • The right to object to our processing of your personal data
  • The right to restriction (to request that we restrict processing of your data)
  • The right to data portability (to receive a copy of your data in a structured format)
  • The right to withdraw consent

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please visit our contact page.

8. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for use by children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us our contact page to get in touch with us.