Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 3, 2025

Who we are

At Beyond The Horizon (“we,” “our,” or “us”), your privacy is extremely important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our travel blog https://www.beyondthehorizon101.com (“Website”).

1. Information we collect

We may collect the following information when you visit or interact with our blog:

Personal Information (e.g., name, email address) — if you subscribe to our newsletter, leave a comment, or contact us.
Non-Personal Information — such as your browser type, operating system, pages visited, and time spent on the site.
Cookies & Tracking Data — see our Cookies Policy below.

2. How we use your information

We use the information we collect to:

Respond to your inquiries and comments.
Send newsletters and travel updates (only if you subscribe).
Improve our website and create better content.
Analyze website performance and traffic trends.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data. We may share limited, non-identifiable information with trusted third-party services (e.g., Google Analytics, email newsletter providers) to help us improve our website.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

4. Third-Party links

Our website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these external sites.

5. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to:

Request access to your personal data.
Request deletion of your information.
Opt-out of newsletters and marketing emails.

To make a request, contact us at beyondthehorizon101@gmail.com

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

6. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information. However, no method of data transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

7. Updates to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted here with an updated “Last Updated” date.

Contact Us:
If you have any questions, email us at beyondthehorizon101@gmail.com