Privacy Notice

Who we are

TripScale Blogs operates this travel-blog service. This notice explains what information we collect, why we use it, and the choices available to you.

Information we collect

• Submission content: public display name, trip location, title, story, goals, budget, and photos.
• Private submission data: contact email, consent timestamp, policy version, and required attestations.
• For submissions made while signed in, the account identifier and account email at submission so the account owner can manage the post.
• Technical data ordinarily produced by hosting, database, and object storage providers, such as IP address, request time, and security logs.
• An essential authentication cookie when an administrator signs in.

We do not currently use advertising cookies or sell personal information. Uploaded images are re-encoded to remove embedded metadata such as GPS coordinates, but you should still avoid sharing sensitive information visible in an image.

How we use information

We use information to receive and moderate submissions, publish approved stories, operate and secure the service, communicate about a submission, investigate misuse, comply with law, and process privacy or intellectual-property requests.

What becomes public

If approved, your display name, trip details, story, budget, and photos are publicly available worldwide and may be indexed, copied, or shared by others. Your contact email and consent record are not intentionally published. Your account identifier and account email are also kept private.

Service providers and transfers

We use service providers including Supabase for trip records, Amazon Web Services for photo storage, and our web-hosting provider. They process information on our behalf to provide infrastructure, security, and operations. Information may be processed in the United States and other locations where those providers operate.

Retention

We retain submissions and consent records while reviewing or publishing them and as reasonably needed for security, disputes, legal obligations, and backups. We delete or de-identify information when it is no longer needed, subject to legal exceptions and normal backup expiration.

Your choices and requests

You may request access, correction, or deletion of your submission and private contact data. Signed-in submitters can update or delete account-linked posts from My posts. For a post submitted while signed out, email support@zureg.com with your submission reference, the email used to submit, and the request. We may need to verify your identity and may retain limited records where legally permitted or required. We do not discriminate for exercising privacy rights.

Age limits

Submissions are limited to people age 18 or older. The service is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect submissions from children under 13. Contact us if you believe a child provided personal information.

Security and changes

We use reasonable safeguards, but no online service can guarantee absolute security. We may update this notice as the service changes and will revise the effective date when we do.

Contact

Privacy questions and requests: support@zureg.com. Also review our Terms of Use.