Your privacy is important. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit Local Love & Wanderlust, how that information is used, and the choices you have regarding your personal information.

Local Love & Wanderlust (“Website” or “Site”) is a travel and lifestyle blog where I share travel guides, local adventures, photography, hiking content, and lifestyle inspiration. This policy outlines the ways information may be collected, stored, used, and shared when you interact with this website.

By visiting and using Local Love & Wanderlust, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this policy or how your information is processed, you can contact me at hello@localloveandwanderlust.com.

Last updated: July 14, 2026

Information Collection and Use

Information You Choose to Share

You can browse Local Love & Wanderlust without providing any personal information. However, certain features of the website may allow you to voluntarily provide information, such as when you:

• Leave a comment
• Contact me through a form
• Participate in a promotion, survey, or other website feature

Information you choose to provide may include:

• Your name
• Email address
• General location information
• Any other information you voluntarily submit, such as messages, feedback, photographs, or other content.

You are not required to provide personal information to browse this website. However, choosing not to provide certain information may prevent you from using some features, such as contacting me directly or participating in features that require personal information.

Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, Local Love & Wanderlust automatically collects certain information when you visit. This information helps me understand how visitors use the website, improve content, maintain site performance, and protect against misuse.

Automatically collected information may include:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device information
• Operating system
• Language preferences
• Pages visited and time spent on the website
• Referring website or page
• Search terms used to find the website
• Date and time of visits

This information is generally collected in aggregate and used for website analytics, security, and to improve the overall reader experience. I do not use this information to identify individual visitors.

How Your Information May Be Used

Any information collected through Local Love & Wanderlust may be used to help operate, maintain, and improve this website and provide a better experience for readers.

Information may be used for purposes such as:

• Providing and maintaining the website and its features
• Sending website updates or other communications you have chosen to receive, with the option to unsubscribe at any time.
• Replying to comments, questions, or messages you send
• Understanding how visitors use the website so I can improve content, design, and user experience
• Measuring website traffic, analytics, and advertising performance
• Providing relevant content, recommendations, or resources that may be helpful to readers
• Managing affiliate relationships and tracking referrals when you click affiliate links
• Detecting, preventing, and handling technical issues, security concerns, fraud, or misuse of the website

I only use personal information for purposes that are reasonably necessary to operate Local Love & Wanderlust, communicate with readers, improve the website, and provide the content and resources you come here for.

Cookies

Like most websites, Local Love & Wanderlust uses cookies and similar technologies to help the website function properly, understand how visitors use the site, improve performance, and provide a better experience for readers.

Cookies may be used by Local Love & Wanderlust and certain third-party services, including analytics providers, affiliate partners, advertising partners, and embedded content providers.

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie settings available on this website. For more detailed information about the types of cookies used and how they work, please review the Cookie Policy below.

Privacy of Children

Local Love & Wanderlust is intended for a general audience and is not directed toward children under 13.

I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through this website, please contact me at hello@localloveandwanderlust.com, and I will make reasonable efforts to review and remove that information.

Parents and guardians are encouraged to monitor their children’s online activity and help guide them in protecting their personal information while using the internet. Please note that comments submitted on the website may be publicly visible. Visitors should avoid sharing personal information they do not wish to make publicly available.

How I Process and Use Personal Information

Local Love & Wanderlust collects and uses personal information only when it is reasonably necessary to operate this website, communicate with readers, provide requested features, and improve the content and experience offered here.

Depending on how you interact with the website, information may be processed for purposes such as:

• Managing newsletter subscriptions and sending communications you have requested
• Responding to messages, comments, and inquiries
• Maintaining website functionality and security
• Understanding website traffic and reader behavior through analytics tools
• Managing affiliate links and measuring referrals
• Improving existing content and creating future resources that better serve readers

The way personal information is processed may depend on your location and applicable privacy laws. In certain circumstances, processing may be based on your consent, the need to provide a requested service, compliance with legal obligations, or legitimate business interests such as maintaining and improving this website.

You may withdraw consent for certain uses of your information at any time, such as unsubscribing from email communications or managing cookie preferences.

When Information May Be Shared

I value your trust and take your privacy seriously. Local Love & Wanderlust does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

However, certain trusted third-party services help me operate this website, understand how visitors use the site, keep it secure, and provide certain features. These services may collect or process information as part of providing their services.

These third-party services may include:

• Website hosting providers, such as SiteGround, help store and deliver website content and maintain website performance and security
• Subscription and email services, such as Jetpack, may collect and process email addresses when readers choose to subscribe to updates from Local Love & Wanderlust..
• Analytics providers, such as Google Analytics 4 (GA4), which helps me understand website traffic, visitor behavior, and how I can improve the content and experience on Local Love & Wanderlust.
• Spam prevention services, such as Akismet, help identify and prevent spam comments. Information submitted through comments may be processed by these services for spam detection and security purposes.
• Affiliate partners and networks, which may use cookies or similar technologies to track referrals and commissions when you click affiliate links.
• Embedded content and social media features, such as Google Maps, YouTube videos, Instagram content, or Pinterest features, may collect information according to their own privacy policies when you interact with or view embedded content.
• Advertising partners, including Google AdSense, which may use cookies or similar technologies to deliver, measure, and personalize advertisements.

These service providers are permitted to access only the information needed to perform their specific functions. They are not authorized to use your personal information for their own unrelated marketing purposes.

Please note that when you leave Local Love & Wanderlust and visit a third-party website or interact with third-party content, your information is subject to that company’s privacy practices and policies.

How Long I Keep Information

I keep personal information only for as long as necessary to provide services, maintain this website, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and support legitimate business purposes.

The length of time information is retained depends on the type of information and how it was collected. For example:

• Information submitted through comments may remain on the website unless the comment is removed or deletion is requested. Comments may also be processed through spam prevention services such as Akismet.
• Messages sent through contact forms or email may be retained as needed to respond, maintain records, or follow up on inquiries.
• Analytics information is retained in accordance with the settings and policies of the third-party services that provide those tools.
• Information collected through cookies and affiliate tracking technologies is retained in accordance with the applicable third party’s retention periods and privacy policies.

When personal information is no longer needed, reasonable steps will be taken to delete or securely dispose of it.

Where Information May Be Stored and Processed

Local Love & Wanderlust is operated in the United States. If you visit this website, please be aware that information you provide or that is collected through the website may be stored, processed, or accessed in the United States or other countries where our third-party service providers process information.

Some of the companies that help operate this website, such as hosting providers, analytics providers, spam prevention services, affiliate partners, and other technology providers, may process information in locations outside of your own country.

When information is transferred internationally, reasonable steps are taken to ensure that your information continues to be handled appropriately and in accordance with applicable privacy laws.

By using Local Love & Wanderlust, you acknowledge that your information may be processed in countries outside of your own and that privacy laws in those locations may differ from the laws in your country of residence.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or another region where GDPR applies, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

Depending on applicable laws, these rights may include:

• The right to access: You may request information about the personal data I hold about you and how it is being used.
• The right to correct: You may request that inaccurate or incomplete information be updated.
• The right to delete: You may request that your personal information be deleted in certain circumstances.
• The right to restrict processing: You may request limits on how your personal information is used in certain situations.
• The right to object: You may object to certain types of processing, including processing based on legitimate interests.
• The right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
• The right to data portability: You may request a copy of certain personal information in a commonly used format.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact me at hello@localloveandwanderlust.com. I may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests to help protect your privacy. You also have the right to contact your local data protection authority if you believe your privacy rights have not been properly addressed.

California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

During the past 12 months, Local Love & Wanderlust may have collected the following categories of personal information:

• Identifiers, such as your name or email address, when voluntarily provided (for example, when contacting me or submitting information through the website)
• Internet or electronic activity information, such as browsing activity, pages viewed, and interactions with the website
• Geolocation information, such as general location information that may be collected through certain technologies
• Information you voluntarily provide, such as comments, messages, or feedback
• Commercial and advertising information, such as interactions with advertisements or referral activity

This information may be used for purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including operating the website, responding to questions, improving content, analyzing website usage, preventing spam, and managing affiliate or advertising relationships.

California residents may have the right to:

• Request access to the personal information collected about them.
• Request deletion of personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information.
• Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, where applicable.
• Not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising their privacy rights.

California residents may also have the right to opt out of certain uses of their personal information, including sharing related to targeted advertising. More information about this option is available in the section below.

How to Submit a Privacy Request

If you would like to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, or exercise any other privacy rights available to you, please contact me at hello@localloveandwanderlust.com.

To help protect your privacy, I may ask you to verify your identity before completing your request. Your request should include enough information for me to understand what you are requesting and confirm that the request relates to you. I will respond to privacy requests within the timeframe required by applicable privacy laws.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

California residents have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information under applicable privacy laws.

Local Love & Wanderlust does not sell personal information for monetary compensation. However, certain third-party services, including advertising partners, may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity for purposes such as delivering personalized advertising or measuring advertising performance. Under California privacy laws, this type of activity may be considered “sharing” of personal information.

You can manage your privacy preferences and opt out of certain data-sharing activities by using the cookie settings available on this website. If you have additional questions or would like to exercise your privacy rights, please contact me at hello@localloveandwanderlust.com.

Data Analytics

Local Love & Wanderlust uses third-party analytics tools to better understand how visitors interact with the website and to improve content, design, and overall user experience.
These tools may collect information such as:

• Pages visited
• Time spent on the website
• Traffic sources
• General location information
• Device and browser information
• Website interactions

This information is generally collected in aggregate and helps me understand which content is most useful to readers. Analytics tools may use cookies or similar technologies to collect this information.

Local Love & Wanderlust currently uses Google Analytics. Google may process information in accordance with its own privacy practices. You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices or opt out of Google Analytics tracking through Google’s available tools and settings.

Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers include a “Do Not Track” feature that allows you to request that your online activity not be tracked across websites.

Because there is no universal standard for how websites should respond to Do Not Track requests, Local Love & Wanderlust does not currently respond to them.

You can manage certain tracking technologies via your browser settings and cookie preferences available on this website.

Advertising

Local Love & Wanderlust displays advertisements through third-party partners, including Google AdSense and other advertising partners. These partners may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to display relevant advertisements, measure advertising performance, and improve advertising services.

Information collected through advertising technologies may include details such as browser type, device information, general location information, pages visited, and interactions with advertisements. This information is collected and used in accordance with the privacy policies and practices of the applicable advertising partners.

Local Love & Wanderlust does not sell your personal information. Advertising helps support the continued creation of free travel guides, stories, and resources shared on this website.

You can manage your advertising and cookie options through the cookie settings available on this website and through tools provided by advertising partners, including Google’s available privacy controls.

Social Media and Embedded Content

Local Love & Wanderlust may include links, sharing buttons, widgets, or embedded content from third-party platforms such as Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, and Google Maps.

When you interact with embedded content or social media features, those third-party platforms may collect information about your interaction, including your IP address, browser information, the page you are visiting, and other usage information. These services may also place cookies or similar technologies on your device.

Your interactions with these third-party platforms are governed by their own privacy policies and terms of use. Local Love & Wanderlust does not control the information collected by these services or how it is used.

For your convenience, you may review the privacy policies of these platforms directly:
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• Meta (Facebook and Instagram)
• Pinterest
• YouTube
• Google Maps

Affiliate Links and Tracking

Local Love & Wanderlust participates in affiliate marketing programs, which means some links on this website may be affiliate links.

When you click an affiliate link, the affiliate partner may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to record that a referral came from this website. This allows the affiliate partner to track qualifying purchases or bookings and provide commissions where applicable.

Affiliate tracking does not give me access to sensitive personal information such as your payment details. Any purchases made through affiliate links are completed directly through the third-party company, and your interactions with those companies are governed by their own privacy policies and terms.

Affiliate partners may include companies and networks listed in my Disclosure Policy.

For more information about affiliate relationships and how they support Local Love & Wanderlust, please review the Disclosure Policy.

Links to Other Websites

Local Love & Wanderlust may include links to third-party websites, services, or resources, including travel partners, businesses, booking sites, affiliate partners, and other websites that may be helpful to readers.

While I carefully choose resources that I believe are useful and relevant, I do not control the privacy practices, content, or policies of third-party websites. Once you leave Local Love & Wanderlust, any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy and terms of the website you visit.

I encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites or services before providing personal information or completing transactions.

Information Security

Protecting your personal information is important to me. Local Love & Wanderlust uses reasonable administrative and technical measures to help protect information collected through this website.

However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. While I take reasonable steps to protect information, I cannot guarantee the absolute security of information shared online.

Please keep in mind that you are responsible for protecting any personal information you choose to share and for maintaining the security of your own devices and accounts.

Data Breach

If Local Love & Wanderlust becomes aware of a security breach affecting personal information collected through this website, it will take reasonable steps to investigate the issue, address the situation, and comply with any applicable legal requirements.

If a breach poses a risk of harm to affected individuals, I will make reasonable efforts to notify them as required by applicable laws.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to this website, the services I use, or applicable privacy requirements. When changes are made, the updated version will be posted on this page along with the revised update date.

I encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how your information is handled. Your continued use of Local Love & Wanderlust after changes are posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.

By using Local Love & Wanderlust, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, please discontinue use of the website.