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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 20, 2026
Last Updated: September 20, 2026

 

Plotted Passage (“Plotted Passage,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit www.plottedpassage.com (the “Site”), subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, submit a travel-advising inquiry, or otherwise interact with us.

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This Privacy Policy applies to the Plotted Passage website and our online activities. Our travel-advising services are currently offered only to individuals located in the United States.

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By using the Site, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

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1. Information We Collect

 

Depending on how you interact with the Site, we may collect the following categories of information.

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Information You Provide to Us

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You may voluntarily provide information when you:

  • subscribe to our newsletter;

  • submit a contact form;

  • inquire about travel-advising services;

  • communicate with us by email or another method; or

  • otherwise provide information directly to us.

 

This information may include:

  • your name;

  • email address;

  • information included in your message or inquiry; and

  • any other information you voluntarily provide.

 

If you later become a travel-advising client, additional information may be collected as necessary to provide those services. Any additional information collected in connection with travel-advising services may also be subject to separate agreements, disclosures, or terms provided to you at that time.

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Please do not send sensitive personal information through a general website contact form.

 

Information Collected Automatically

 

When you visit the Site, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, and similar technologies.

 

This may include:

  • IP address;

  • browser type;

  • device type;

  • operating system;

  • approximate geographic location;

  • referring website or source;

  • pages viewed;

  • links clicked;

  • date and time of visits;

  • time spent on pages;

  • interactions with the Site; and

  • other technical or usage information.

 

We primarily use this information to understand how visitors use the Site, improve our content and website experience, troubleshoot technical issues, and analyze analytics to evaluate the performance of our content.

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2. Wix and Website Hosting

 

Our Site is hosted on the Wix.com platform.

 

Wix provides the website infrastructure, hosting, data storage, forms, analytics, security features, and other tools that allow us to operate the Site. As a result, certain information collected through or generated by your use of the Site may also be processed by Wix in accordance with its own privacy practices.

 

Wix may also use essential cookies and similar technologies necessary for security, functionality, fraud prevention, and operation of its platform. 

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You can review Wix’s Privacy Policy for more information about how Wix collects, uses, stores, and protects information through its platform.

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3. Analytics

 

We use Wix Analytics and may use other analytics technologies to understand how visitors find and interact with our Site. Analytics information may include information about traffic sources, page views, visitor activity, devices, browsers, approximate geographic information, and Site interactions.

 

We use analytics information to:

  • understand which blog posts and pages are useful to visitors;

  • measure Site traffic and performance;

  • improve our content;

  • identify technical issues;

  • understand general audience trends; and

  • improve the overall Site experience.

 

Where required by applicable law, non-essential analytics technologies will be used only after you provide consent through our cookie-management tools.

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4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

 

The Site uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files placed on your browser or device that may help websites function properly, remember preferences, understand website traffic, and measure user interactions.

 

We may use:

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Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Site to operate properly, maintain security, remember privacy settings, or provide functionality you request. Essential cookies generally cannot be disabled through our cookie-consent tool.

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Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the Site and how our content performs.

Where required by law, these cookies will not be activated until you provide consent.

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Functional Cookies

These cookies may help provide enhanced website functionality or remember choices you make.

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We will update this Privacy Policy or our cookie disclosures as appropriate if our practices materially change.

You may manage non-essential cookies through the cookie settings available on our Site and through your browser settings.

Where applicable, you may withdraw cookie consent at any time through our cookie-preference controls.

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5. Affiliate Links and Third-Party Privacy Practices

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Our Site may contain affiliate links, advertising links, booking links, and links to third-party websites or services.

 

If you click one of these links, you may be redirected to a third-party website or platform that is not owned or controlled by Plotted Passage.

 

Those third parties may collect information from you directly, use cookies or similar tracking technologies, process payment or booking information, or otherwise collect and use personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms.

 

Plotted Passage does not control, direct, or determine how these third parties collect, use, store, disclose, or protect your personal information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security practices, content, or policies of any third-party website, affiliate partner, advertiser, booking platform, travel supplier, or service provider that you access through a link on our Site.

 

Before providing personal information to any third party, we encourage you to review that third party’s privacy policy and terms of use so that you understand how your information may be collected and used.

 

The inclusion of a link on our Site does not mean that Plotted Passage is responsible for the third party’s privacy practices or data-handling practices.

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6. Newsletter and Marketing Emails

 

If you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter, we may use your email address to send you travel content, blog updates, recommendations, news, promotions, or information about Plotted Passage.

 

You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our marketing emails.

 

Unsubscribing from marketing communications does not necessarily prevent us from sending non-promotional communications when necessary, such as responding to an inquiry you submitted.

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We do not add you to our marketing newsletter merely because you submitted a travel-advising inquiry unless you separately consent to receive marketing communications or applicable law otherwise permits us to contact you.

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7. Travel-Advising Inquiries

 

If you submit a form requesting information about our travel-advising services, we may use the information you provide to:

  • respond to your inquiry;

  • determine whether we may be able to assist you;

  • communicate with you about your trip;

  • schedule consultations;

  • provide requested information;

  • prepare for or provide travel-advising services if you choose to work with us; and

  • maintain appropriate business records.

 

Submission of an inquiry does not by itself create a client relationship or obligate Plotted Passage to provide travel-advising services.

Travel-advising services are currently offered only to individuals located in the United States.

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8. How We Use Personal Information

 

We may use personal information to:

  • operate and maintain the Site;

  • respond to inquiries and messages;

  • provide requested services;

  • administer our newsletter;

  • analyze Site performance and usage;

  • improve our blog posts, services, and website;

  • maintain Site security;

  • prevent fraud or misuse;

  • comply with legal obligations;

  • enforce our agreements and policies; and

  • establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

 

We do not use personal information for purposes that are materially incompatible with the purposes described above without providing any notice or obtaining any consent required by law.

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9. How We Disclose Personal Information

 

We do not sell your personal information. We also do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as that term is defined under applicable California privacy law.

 

We may disclose information in limited circumstances to:

 

Service Providers

 

We may use vendors and service providers that perform functions on our behalf, such as:

  • Wix and website-hosting providers;

  • analytics providers;

  • email and newsletter providers;

  • information-technology providers;

  • security providers;

  • professional advisers; and

  • other vendors necessary to operate the Site or our business.

 

These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services, subject to their agreements, privacy practices, and applicable law.

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Travel Suppliers and Service Providers

 

If you become a travel-advising client, information may be shared with travel suppliers or service providers where necessary to provide services you request. Additional disclosures may be provided as part of the travel-advising relationship.

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Legal and Safety Reasons

 

We may disclose information if we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

  • comply with applicable law;

  • respond to lawful governmental requests;

  • comply with subpoenas or court orders;

  • protect our legal rights;

  • investigate fraud or security incidents; or

  • protect the safety or rights of Plotted Passage, our users, or others.

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10. We Do Not Sell Personal Information

 

Plotted Passage does not sell personal information for money.

 

We also do not knowingly sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising or process personal information for targeted advertising as those terms are defined under applicable U.S. state privacy laws.

 

If our practices change, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any opt-out methods required by applicable law before engaging in such practices.

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11. U.S. State Privacy Rights

 

Depending on where you live and whether a particular state privacy law applies to Plotted Passage, you may have some or all of the following rights:

  • the right to know whether we process your personal information;

  • the right to access personal information we maintain about you;

  • the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information;

  • the right to request deletion of personal information;

  • the right to obtain a portable copy of certain personal information;

  • the right to opt out of the sale of personal information;

  • the right to opt out of targeted advertising or certain forms of sharing;

  • the right to opt out of certain profiling or automated decision-making;

  • the right to limit certain uses of sensitive personal information;

  • the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and

  • the right not to receive unlawful discrimination for exercising applicable privacy rights.

 

Because Plotted Passage does not currently sell personal information or use it for targeted advertising, some opt-out rights may not apply to our present practices.

 

Where applicable law provides a right to appeal a decision we make regarding a privacy request, you may submit an appeal using the same contact information listed below and identify the request as a “Privacy Appeal.”

 

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests. Authorized agents may submit requests on behalf of another individual where permitted by law. We may request documentation showing that the agent is authorized to act on the individual's behalf.

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12. California Privacy Notice

 

This section supplements the remainder of this Privacy Policy for California residents to the extent the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (“CCPA”), applies.

 

During the preceding twelve months, we may have collected the following general categories of personal information:

  • identifiers, such as name, email address, IP address, or online identifiers;

  • internet or electronic-network activity information, such as browsing and Site interaction information;

  • approximate geolocation derived from technical information;

  • information you voluntarily provide in communications or forms; and

  • inferences or analytics derived from Site activity at an aggregated or general level.

 

We collect this information from:

  • you directly;

  • your browser or device;

  • Wix and our website infrastructure;

  • analytics technologies; and

  • service providers acting on our behalf.

 

We use these categories for the business and commercial purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We may disclose these categories to service providers or contractors for the purposes described above.

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Sale and Sharing

 

We do not sell personal information. We do not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

 

Sensitive Personal Information

 

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information through the ordinary operation of our travel blog or general inquiry forms for purposes requiring a statutory right to limit its use. Please do not submit sensitive information through an ordinary contact form.

 

13. European and UK Privacy Rights

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We may process information when necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, tax requirements, or other legal obligations.

 

If applicable data-protection law gives you these rights, you may have the right to:

  • access your personal information;

  • correct inaccurate personal information;

  • request deletion of personal information;

  • restrict certain processing;

  • object to certain processing;

  • obtain certain personal information in a portable format;

  • withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent; and

  • lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for data protection in your country.

 

You may exercise applicable rights by contacting us using the information below.

 

To the extent the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), UK GDPR, or similar law applies to our processing, we process personal information only where we have an appropriate legal basis.

 

Depending on the circumstances, those legal bases may include:

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Consent

 

We may rely on your consent for:

  • newsletter subscriptions;

  • non-essential analytics cookies;

  • certain marketing communications; and

  • other processing where we specifically request your consent.

 

You may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

 

Steps at Your Request Before Entering a Contract or Performance of a Contract

 

If you contact us regarding travel-advising services, we may process information necessary to respond to your request, evaluate the requested services, or take steps toward entering into or performing an agreement with you.

 

Travel-advising services themselves are currently offered only to U.S.-based clients.

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Legitimate Interests

 

Where permitted by law, we may process information when reasonably necessary for legitimate business interests such as:

  • maintaining and securing the Site;

  • responding to ordinary communications;

  • improving our Site and content;

  • preventing fraud or abuse; and

  • administering our business.

 

We will rely on legitimate interests only where those interests are not overridden by applicable privacy rights.

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14. Data Retention

 

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, business, security, or reporting requirements. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason we collected it.

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For example:

  • newsletter information may be retained until you unsubscribe or otherwise request deletion, subject to maintaining limited suppression records where appropriate;

  • travel-advising inquiries may be retained for a reasonable period to respond to the inquiry and maintain appropriate business records;

  • analytics information may be retained according to our analytics settings and those of applicable service providers; and

  • information may be retained longer when necessary to comply with law, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, or enforce agreements.

 

15. Data Security

 

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic-storage system is completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security.

 

16. Children's Privacy

 

The Site and our services are intended for a general adult audience and are not directed to children under the age of 16.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16 through newsletter subscriptions, travel-advising inquiry forms, or other Site features.

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If you are under 16, please do not submit your name, email address, travel information, or any other personal information through the Site.

 

If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a person under 16 without any consent required by applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

 

If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that a child under 16 has provided personal information to us, please contact us at the email address listed in this Privacy Policy so that we can review and address the matter.

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17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

 

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, services, or legal obligations. When we materially update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page and provide additional notice when required by applicable law.

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18. Contact Us and Privacy Requests

 

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to submit a privacy request, contact:

Plotted Passage

 

Email: plottedpassage@gmail.com

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Please include “Privacy Request” in the subject line when submitting a privacy-rights request. We will respond to verified requests within the time required by applicable law.

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