Privacy Policy

Who we are

Thailand Stuff ("we", "us") operates thailandstuff.com, an online directory and guide to Phuket and Thailand. This policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have. If you have any questions, contact us at info@thailandstuff.com.

Information we collect

• Account information. If you create an account, we store your name, email address and an encrypted password so you can sign in, post reviews and manage your profile.
• Content you submit. Reviews, ratings, comments, trail times, map markers and photos you upload. Photos can contain embedded EXIF data, including the GPS location where the photo was taken. Where present, we may use this location to place your photo on a map. If you would rather not share a location, remove the location data from your photo before uploading, or upload a photo taken without location tagging.
• Usage and device information. Like most websites, we collect basic technical data such as your browser type, device, approximate region and the pages you visit, through analytics and server logs.
• Personalization data. To make the Site more useful, we remember what you save, the pages you recently viewed, and the searches and filters you use. If you are signed in, this is linked to your account so your saved items follow you across devices; if you are not signed in, it stays on your own device. You can turn this off in the cookie banner, and you can view, export or clear it from your account page.
• Cookies. Small files stored on your device. Some are strictly necessary (they keep you signed in and remember your cookie choice). Others are optional (analytics and personalization) and only run according to the choice you make in our cookie banner.

How we use your information

We use your information to operate and secure the Site, to let you sign in and post content, to display your reviews and photos, to understand and improve how the Site is used, and to communicate with you about your account or your content when needed. We do not sell your personal information.

Cookies and analytics

When you first visit, a cookie banner lets you accept all cookies or reject the optional ones. Your choice is stored in a cookie and applied on every page. You can change or withdraw it at any time using the "Cookie settings" link in the footer.

• Strictly necessary cookies. Needed for the Site to work, for example to keep you signed in and to remember your cookie choice. These always run and cannot be turned off.
• Analytics cookies. We use Google Analytics to measure traffic and understand how the Site is used, and Google processes this usage data under its own privacy policy. If you reject optional cookies, Google Analytics does not load and sets no cookies.
• Personalization. Remembering your saved items, recently viewed pages and searches, as described above. If you reject optional cookies, we do not record this activity to your account.

We do not use advertising cookies and we do not run ads.

Third-party services

To run the Site we rely on trusted third parties, and some data may be processed by them:

• Google Analytics, for usage measurement.
• Search engines. We notify Bing and Yandex when content is published or updated (via the IndexNow protocol) so pages are indexed quickly. This sends page addresses only, not personal data.
• Map and tile providers, which serve the maps shown on trail and listing pages.
• A machine-translation provider, used to translate site content into other languages.

These providers process data under their own privacy policies.

How long we keep information

We keep account information for as long as your account is active. Content you post stays on the Site until you or we remove it. Personalization data is kept only briefly: we store your most recent activity (recently viewed pages and searches) and prune older entries automatically, and you can clear it yourself from your account page at any time. If you close your account, your saved items and activity are deleted with it. If you ask us to delete your data, we will remove your personal information within a reasonable period, except where we need to keep some records to meet legal obligations.

Your rights

You can access, correct or delete your account information at any time from your account page, or by emailing us at info@thailandstuff.com. Depending on where you live, you may also have rights to object to or restrict certain processing, and to request a copy of your data. We will respond to genuine requests as required by applicable law.

Children

The Site is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us personal information, please contact us so we can remove it.

International visitors

Thailand Stuff is based in Thailand, and our services are hosted and operated with providers that may process data in other countries. By using the Site, you understand that your information may be processed outside your own country.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is always published on this page, and the "last updated" date shows when it last changed.

Contact

For any privacy question or request, email us at info@thailandstuff.com.