Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Travel & Taste Finland ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://travelandtastefinland.com (the "Site"), a travel guide covering destinations, food, culture, sauna, design, and nature experiences across Finland.

By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information We Collect

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Referring website or search engine
• Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)
• Geographic region (country/city level only)

Information You Provide Voluntarily

• Name and email address when you contact us via email
• Any other information you choose to share in email correspondence

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate and maintain the Site
• Analyze Site traffic and understand how visitors use our content
• Respond to your inquiries and emails
• Detect and prevent technical issues or abuse
• Comply with legal obligations

4. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Essential Cookies

None. Our Site functions without mandatory cookies.

Analytics

We use two privacy-focused analytics services:

Plausible Analytics — A privacy-first analytics tool that does not use cookies and does not collect personal data. Plausible tracks page views and referrer information in aggregate, without identifying individual users. Read Plausible's data policy at plausible.io/data-policy.

Google Analytics — We use Google Analytics to understand Site traffic patterns. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about your browsing activity. This data may include:

• Pages visited
• Time spent on the Site
• Referring source
• Device and browser information

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

How to Control Cookies

You can disable cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain websites, though our Site will continue to work normally.

5. Third-Party Services

Google Fonts: We load fonts from Google Fonts. Google may collect your IP address when loading these fonts. See Google's Privacy Policy.

Advertising: We currently do not display third-party advertisements on our Site. If this changes in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly. Any future advertising partners (such as Google AdSense or Mediavine) will be listed here with links to their respective privacy policies.

6. Data Sharing & Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share aggregated, anonymized data (which cannot identify you) for analytics or reporting purposes.

We may disclose information if required by law or in response to valid legal requests.

7. Data Retention

• Analytics data: Retained for up to 26 months (Google Analytics default)
• Email correspondence: Retained for up to 2 years
• Server logs: Retained for up to 90 days

8. Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights:

• Right to access — Request copies of your personal data
• Right to rectification — Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to erasure — Request deletion of your personal data
• Right to restrict processing — Limit how we use your data
• Right to data portability — Receive your data in a structured format
• Right to object — Object to processing of your personal data

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@travelandtastefinland.com.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not directed at children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

10. Links to Other Websites

Our guides contain links to external websites (restaurants, attractions, service providers). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

12. Contact Information

For questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices:

• Email: hello@travelandtastefinland.com
• Website: https://travelandtastefinland.com/contact/