Effective Date: September 2026
Minnie Trips respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit MinnieTrips.com, how that information may be used, and the choices you have regarding your information.
Information We Collect
When you visit Minnie Trips, certain information may be collected automatically, such as your browser type, device type, approximate location, pages visited, referring website, and how you interact with the site.
If you voluntarily provide information through a comment, contact form, email signup, or other feature, Minnie Trips may also collect information such as your name and email address.
Analytics
Minnie Trips may use analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to better understand how visitors find and use the website.
These services may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about website traffic and visitor behavior. This information helps me understand which content readers find useful and how I can improve Minnie Trips.
Cookies
Minnie Trips and third-party services used by the website may use cookies or similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on your device that can help websites remember preferences, understand website traffic, and provide certain functionality.
For example, if you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies so you do not have to enter them again when leaving another comment.
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.
Affiliate Links
Minnie Trips participates in affiliate programs, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, and may participate in other affiliate programs.
When you click an affiliate link, the affiliate company may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to determine whether a purchase or other qualifying action resulted from that link.
Minnie Trips may receive a commission when you make a qualifying purchase through an affiliate link, at no additional cost to you.
For more information about how affiliate relationships are handled on this site, please see the Minnie Trips Affiliate Disclosure.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on Minnie Trips, the site collects the information entered in the comments form as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser information to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use the service. If your comment is approved and you use Gravatar, your profile image may be publicly visible with your comment.
Visitor comments may also be checked through an automated spam-detection service.
Email and Contact Information
If you contact Minnie Trips or voluntarily subscribe to an email list, the information you provide, such as your name and email address, may be used to respond to you or provide the information you requested.
If Minnie Trips offers an email newsletter, you may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided in those emails.
Minnie Trips does not sell your personal information to advertisers.
Embedded Content and Third-Party Services
Articles on Minnie Trips may contain embedded content or links from other websites, such as videos, maps, social-media content, booking services, retailers, or other travel-related resources.
Embedded content from another website may behave in the same way as if you visited that website directly. Those third parties may collect information, use cookies, or track your interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies.
Minnie Trips is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites.
How Long We Retain Information
If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated information may be retained indefinitely so follow-up comments can be recognized and approved.
Information submitted through other features may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the requested service, maintain business records, or comply with legal obligations.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
If you have left comments or otherwise provided personal information to Minnie Trips, you may contact me to request information about the personal data held about you or request that it be deleted, subject to information that must be retained for administrative, security, or legal purposes.
Children’s Privacy
Minnie Trips is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed primarily toward children under the age of 13.
Minnie Trips does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time as Minnie Trips adds or changes website features, services, or third-party tools.
The effective date at the top of this page will be updated when significant changes are made.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact me through the Minnie Trips Contact page.