Privacy Policy
Who we are
Welcome to BackpackMappers.com (“Website”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website.
1. Information We Collect
We collect two types of information:
a. Personal Information You Provide Voluntarily
- Name and email address (e.g., when you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us)
- Comments or messages you submit through our forms
b. Automatically Collected Information
- IP address, browser type, and device information
- Pages visited, time spent, and referral sources
- Cookies and tracking technologies (e.g., for analytics and affiliate tracking)
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use the collected information to:
- Send you travel updates, blog posts, or newsletters you subscribed to
- Respond to your inquiries
- Improve website performance and user experience
- Monitor traffic and engagement through tools like Google Analytics
- Earn affiliate commissions through tracked links to third-party websites (e.g., Trip.com, Aviasales)
3. Affiliate Disclosure
BackpackMappers.com participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you when you click on or make purchases through affiliate links on our site.
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.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Third-Party Links & Rights
Our website contains links to third-party websites, including affiliate partners. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external sites.
Once you leave BackpackMappers.com, we encourage you to read the privacy policies of those third-party sites before providing any personal information.
If you access affiliate services or make purchases through links on our site, those services may collect and use your data in accordance with their own policies.
Children’s Privacy
This website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.
Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
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.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
- Email addresses collected for newsletters are kept until you unsubscribe.
- Analytics and usage data may be stored longer in an aggregated, non-identifiable format for performance tracking.
You can request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted here with a revised effective date.
Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Backpack Mappers
Email: info@backpackmappers.com
Website: https://backpackmappers.com
