Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

ArchipelagoExpat collects information you provide directly:

• Account Information: When you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture.
• Content Submissions: Guides, edits, and classifieds you submit.
• Communications: Messages you send us via contact forms.

2. How We Use Your Information

• To provide and maintain our service
• To notify you about changes to our service
• To allow you to participate in interactive features
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis so that we can improve our service
• To monitor the usage of our service
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues

3. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

4. Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. ArchipelagoExpat aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

• Right of access - You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• Right to rectification - You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
• Right to erasure - You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Right to restrict processing - You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• Right to data portability - You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.

5. Third-Party Services

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service, provide the service on our behalf, perform service-related functions, or assist us in analyzing how our service is used.

• Google Analytics: Web analytics service
• Google AdSense: Advertising service
• Google OAuth: Authentication service

6. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the last updated date.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at team@archipelagoexpat.com