1. Who we are
Dino the Tourist is a travel deals and trip-planning website available at dinothetourist.com. The website publishes travel deals, destination inspiration, travel guides, affiliate links, and trip-planning tools.
For privacy-related questions, you can contact us at [email protected].
Dino the Tourist is not an airline, hotel, tour operator, travel agency, or booking platform. Bookings are completed on third-party websites.
2. What personal data we may collect
Depending on how you use our website, we may collect the following types of information:
- Contact information: such as your email address if you subscribe to updates, contact us, or request travel help.
- Message content: information you send through forms, email, WhatsApp, Telegram, or other contact methods.
- Technical information: such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring pages, and general website usage data.
- Travel preferences: information you choose to provide, such as departure airport, destination interests, budget, dates, baggage needs, or trip style.
- Newsletter data: such as subscription status, email engagement, and unsubscribe preferences.
- Cookie and tracking data: information collected through cookies, analytics tools, affiliate tracking, and similar technologies.
3. How we use your information
We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To operate, maintain, and improve Dino the Tourist.
- To publish and improve travel deals, articles, tools, and destination content.
- To respond to your messages, questions, or travel-related requests.
- To send newsletters, travel alerts, or updates if you have subscribed.
- To understand how visitors use the website and improve user experience.
- To measure the performance of pages, links, campaigns, and affiliate partnerships.
- To detect spam, abuse, security issues, or technical problems.
- To comply with legal, tax, accounting, or regulatory obligations where applicable.
4. Legal basis for processing
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or another region with similar privacy rules, we process personal data only when we have a lawful reason to do so.
- Consent: for example, when you subscribe to a newsletter or accept non-essential cookies.
- Contract or pre-contractual steps: for example, when you request travel assistance or ask us to respond to a specific inquiry.
- Legitimate interests: for example, improving the website, measuring performance, protecting the website from abuse, and understanding which content is useful to visitors.
- Legal obligation: where we must keep certain records or comply with applicable laws.
5. Affiliate links and travel partners
Dino the Tourist uses affiliate links. This means that when you click certain links or make a booking through a third-party partner, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Affiliate partners may include travel booking platforms, hotel websites, activity providers, visa services, insurance providers, eSIM providers, VPN providers, and other travel-related companies.
Examples of partners we may link to include Trip.com, Skyscanner, Agoda, GetYourGuide, Sherpa, Saily, Surfshark, EKTA, and other travel or technology services.
When you click an affiliate link, the third-party partner may use cookies or tracking technology to record that you came from Dino the Tourist. Their own privacy policies and cookie policies apply once you visit their website.
7. Third-party services
Dino the Tourist may use third-party services to operate the website, manage email subscriptions, measure traffic, process forms, display embedded content, and connect users to travel partners.
These third parties may process personal data according to their own privacy policies. We recommend reviewing their privacy notices before using their services or completing a booking.
- Website hosting and website builder tools.
- Email newsletter and marketing platforms.
- Analytics and performance measurement tools.
- Affiliate networks and travel partners.
- Payment processors, if paid services are offered.
- Social media platforms when you interact with our profiles or share our content.
- Embedded tools, maps, videos, booking widgets, or travel search widgets.
8. International data transfers
Some third-party services we use may process or store personal data outside your country of residence, including outside the European Economic Area.
Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, or other lawful transfer mechanisms used by our service providers.
9. How long we keep your data
We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
- Newsletter subscription data is kept until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
- Contact messages may be kept as long as needed to respond and keep reasonable business records.
- Analytics data may be kept in aggregated or anonymized form for performance review.
- Transaction or payment-related records, if applicable, may be kept as required for tax, accounting, or legal reasons.
10. Your privacy rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Request deletion of your personal data.
- Object to certain types of processing.
- Request restriction of processing.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Request data portability where applicable.
- Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.
To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected]. We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
12. Children’s privacy
Dino the Tourist is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data to us, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
13. Data security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, email system, or internet transmission is completely secure. You should avoid sending highly sensitive information through unsecured forms or email.
14. Travel deal and booking information
Dino the Tourist provides travel information, flight deal alerts, destination inspiration, and links to third-party booking platforms. We do not control airline prices, hotel prices, baggage rules, visa rules, availability, cancellation policies, or final booking conditions.
Flight prices and availability are checked at the time of publication but may change at any time. Always confirm final price, baggage allowance, fare rules, visa requirements, passport requirements, and travel restrictions before booking.
15. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, partners, technologies, or legal requirements.
The latest version will always be published on this page with the updated date shown at the top.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal data is handled, contact Dino the Tourist at:
