Privacy Policy

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Who We Are

The African Traveler is a travel website operated by Quinter Auma, dedicated to providing travel insights and guides across Africa. Our website address is https://theafricantraveler.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string (hash) of your email may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience.

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last one year.

Login cookies last two days
Screen options cookies last one year
“Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks

Editing or publishing a post stores a cookie with the post ID for one day.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings.

By using this website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.

Third-Party Advertising

The African Traveler uses third-party advertising services, including Google AdSense, to display ads. These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.

Google and its partners may use cookies, including the DoubleClick cookie, to serve personalized ads based on your browsing behavior.

You can opt out of personalized advertising at https://www.aboutads.info/ or by adjusting your browser settings.

We do not control cookies used by third-party advertisers. Ads may be interest-based or contextual, depending on your browsing behavior.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you have visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content, including tracking if you have an account and are logged in.

Whom We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties except as described in this policy.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

Registered users’ personal information is stored in their profiles. Users can see, edit, or delete personal information at any time (except usernames). Administrators can also manage this information.

Your Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request:

An exported file of all personal data we hold about you
Erasure of personal data we hold (except data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes)