Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how NamibiaTraveler.com ("we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, and protects your information when you visit our website.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

• Email addresses when you voluntarily sign up for our newsletter or trip planner guide
• Usage data automatically collected via Google Analytics (pages visited, time on site, browser type, approximate location)
• Cookie data from advertising partners (see section 4)

2. How We Use Your Information

• To send you the free travel guide or newsletter you requested
• To understand how visitors use our site so we can improve it
• To display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
• To track affiliate link clicks and bookings for commission purposes

3. Affiliate Links

NamibiaTraveler.com participates in affiliate programmes including Travelpayouts, Travelstart, Klook, and others. When you click an affiliate link and make a purchase or booking, we may earn a commission. This comes at no additional cost to you. We only recommend services we genuinely believe are useful to our readers.

4. Cookies and Advertising

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Google Analytics: to track site usage and performance
• Google AdSense: to display personalised advertisements based on your browsing behaviour
• Affiliate tracking: to attribute bookings to our site when you use our affiliate links
• Travelpayouts: tracking script to enable affiliate commission tracking

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings. You can manage cookies through your browser settings.

5. Third-Party Services

Our site links to and embeds content from third parties including Booking.com, Pexels, Unsplash, and Google Fonts. These services have their own privacy policies which govern how they handle your data.

6. Data Retention

Email addresses collected for our newsletter are retained until you unsubscribe. Analytics data is retained for 26 months as per Google Analytics default settings.

7. Your Rights

You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data held by us. To make such a request, please contact us via our website.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through the newsletter form on our homepage.