Effective as of 13th October 2025
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CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement
Who We Are
Our website address is: travellerselixir.com
A travel blog that aims to serve people around the world in planning trips and discovering new places.
We understand that your privacy is of critical importance.
This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you via the Site and how we use and disclose such information.
Our contact information is at the bottom of this page.
Our Use of Cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We may use cookies for the following purposes:
(a) [authentication – we may use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website];
(b) [status – we may use cookies [to help us to determine if you are logged into our website];
(c) [personalization – we may use cookies [to store information about your preferences and to personalize the website for you];
(d) [security – we may use cookies [as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally];
(e) [advertising – we may use cookies [to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you]; and
(f) [analysis – we may use cookies [to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services];
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.
Email Addresses
We may collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to us. For example, this may occur if you sign up to receive our newsletter, request updates, or enter a promotion. We will use your email address only for the purposes for which you provided it, such as delivering the requested communications, and from time to time to send you updates about the Site or related products and services that may be of interest to you.
You can opt out of these communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included in every email we send.
We may also share your email address with trusted third-party service providers (such as our email marketing platform or hosting service) who assist us in operating the Site and delivering communications. These providers are not authorized to use your email address for any purposes other than providing services to us.
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, please see the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA and UK Residents” for more information about your rights under applicable data protection laws
Registration or Account Data
We may collect other information from you when you register with our Site in order to use various features. Such information could include your name, birthday, postal code, screen name, and password (if applicable). As you use the Site, we could collect other data that you provide voluntarily (such as comments that you post).
We may use third parties to provide the functionality to allow you to register for the Site, in which case the third party will also have access to your information. Otherwise, we will not provide any personally-identifying information about you to third parties, except if required by law.
If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA and UK Residents.”
Additional Rights of EEA and UK Residents
If you are a resident of a country in the EEA or the UK, you have the rights, among others, to:
(i) access your personal data
(ii) ensure the accuracy of your personal data
(iii) the right to have us delete your personal data
(iv) the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and
(v) the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused
If you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, the UK if relevant, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us addressed to the following email address:
Sale of Business or Assets
In the event that the Site or substantially all of its assets is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction.
Additional Rights of U.S. Residents
Residents of certain U.S. states, including but not limited to California, Virginia, and Colorado, Connecticut and Utah, have specific rights under applicable privacy laws. These may include the right to:
- Know what categories of personal information we collect, use, or disclose.
- Request deletion of your personal information, subject to legal exceptions.
- Opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information for targeted advertising.
Under certain U.S. state privacy laws, (e.g. including California’s) , the ways in which Raptive and other advertising partners collect data from visitors to this site for targeted advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information under California and other state laws. Raptive’s technology lets users opt out from the “sale or sharing” of their data as California law requires.
This site honors the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal as a valid opt-out request. For more details about opting out, and to manage your preferences, please see Raptive’s Advertising Privacy Policy Statement which is linked at the top of this page under the “Advertising” heading.
Affiliate Links
This Site may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Site. If you click on an affiliate link, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions. This does not result in any additional cost to you.
We only recommend products and services that we believe may add value to our readers. Our use of affiliate links is disclosed in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s requirements.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with the “Effective Date” posted at the top of the Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or the practices of this Site, please contact us at [email protected]