Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 15, 2025 Onwards

This Privacy Policy describes how Travellersshop ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or make a purchase from www.travellersshop.in.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information from and about users of our Site, including:

  • Personal Information You Provide Directly:
    • Contact Information: Name, email address, postal address, phone number (if you provide it for inquiries or account creation).
    • Account Information: Username, password (encrypted), and other registration details.
    • Communication Information: Records of your correspondence with us (e.g., through contact forms, email).
    • Survey and Feedback Information: Your responses to surveys or feedback you provide.
  • Information Collected Automatically (from your device):
    • Usage Information: Pages you view, links you click, searches you conduct, and other actions you take on the Site.
    • Device Information: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, unique device identifiers, mobile network information.
    • Location Information: General location derived from your IP address.
    • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies (see "Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies" section below).
  • Information from Third Parties (relevant for Amazon affiliate store):
    • Amazon Affiliate Data: When you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our Site and make a purchase on Amazon, Amazon shares limited, aggregated, and anonymized sales information with us (e.g., number of sales, total value) for commission purposes. We do not receive your personal purchase details (like your name, address, or specific items purchased) from Amazon.
    • Analytics Providers: We may receive aggregated usage data from third-party analytics providers like Google Analytics.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • To Provide and Maintain Our Services:
    • To operate, maintain, and improve the Site.
    • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
    • To personalize your experience on the Site.
  • For Communication:
    • To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
    • To send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages.
    • To send you marketing and promotional communications (if you have opted in to receive them).
  • For Analytics and Improvement:
    • To understand how users interact with our Site and services.
    • To analyze trends, track usage, and measure the effectiveness of our content.
    • To identify and fix technical issues and improve the functionality of the Site.
  • For Affiliate Operations (crucial for your model):
    • To facilitate our participation in the Amazon Associates Program and other affiliate programs.
    • To track clicks on affiliate links for commission purposes (we do not process your personal data for this; Amazon handles the tracking and attribution on their end).
  • For Legal and Security Purposes:
    • To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
    • To protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others.
    • To detect, prevent, and address fraud, security breaches, or other malicious activity.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information with the following categories of third parties:

  • Service Providers: We engage third-party service providers to perform functions on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, email delivery, and customer support. These service providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
  • Affiliate Partners (Amazon): When you click on an affiliate link on our Site, you are redirected to the Amazon website. Amazon (and other affiliate partners) will then collect information directly from you according to their own privacy policies. We do not share your personal information directly with Amazon, but your click on our affiliate link identifies our site as the referrer.
  • Analytics Partners: We use analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics) to help us understand how users engage with our Site. These services may collect and process data about your use of the Site in accordance with their own privacy policies.
  • Legal and Law Enforcement: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency request).
  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
  • With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

4. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and use personal information about you, including to serve interest-based advertising.

  • Cookies: Small data files placed on your device. We use both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device until they expire or you delete them) for functionality, analytics, and remembering your preferences.
  • Web Beacons (or "pixel tags"): Small graphic files that allow us to monitor the usage of the Site.
  • Third-Party Cookies: Third parties (like Amazon or Google Analytics) may also place cookies on your device when you interact with their services on our Site (e.g., clicking an Amazon link). We do not control these third-party cookies.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): Request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: Request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your personal data to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Object to Processing: Object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights).

7. Third-Party Links

Our Site contains links to other websites, including Amazon. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of [e.g., 16, or as per local law]. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. International Data Transfers

As we operate globally, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries other than your own, where data protection laws may differ. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

10. Changes to This Privacy 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 "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.