Privacy Policy

Welcome to our travel blog at https://etherealyana.com! Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information as you engage with our content and community.

At https://etherealyana.com, we are passionate storytellers sharing our travel experiences. Committed to your privacy, this page details how we handle and safeguard your information while you explore our enriching content. Access to this website is open to all, and registration or login is not mandatory to access the content.

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect information provided in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent identifier to aid in spam identification. Comments undergo spam filtering before approval/rejection. Once a comment is approved, the comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for automatic recognition and approval of follow-up comments.

To track website usage, Google Analytics may collect IP addresses and personal information shared. Analytics is configured to remove data after 24 months.

If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors can download and extract this information.

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year. A temporary cookie is set on the login page to determine if your browser accepts cookies, containing no personal data and discarded when the browser is closed.

Login cookies last for two days, screen options cookies last for a year. For the “Remember Me” option, login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.

Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) behaving the same as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor interaction with embedded content, especially if visitors have an account and are logged in.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata remain intact indefinitely to allow for automatic recognition and approval of subsequent comments.

For registered users, we store the provided personal information. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data or request an erasure. This excludes data tracked for administrative, legal, or security reasons.