Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

If you contact us by email or form, we receive the information you share, typically your name, email, and message content. We use this only to respond to your enquiry.

If you choose to submit a personal experience, we collect your city and country (required), your experience text, and optionally your name and email address. Your city and country may be displayed publicly alongside your submission if featured on the site. Your name will only be shown if you provide it and indicate you are happy for it to be used. Your email address will never be published on the site under any circumstances — it is collected solely to contact you if we have a question about your submission.

Newsletter subscriptions: If you subscribe to updates, we collect your email address for the purpose of sending you content updates. We do not share subscriber email addresses with third parties.

Information Collected Automatically

We may collect technical and usage data, including IP address, browser/device type, visited pages, session duration, referrer, and broad geographic region.

2. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. As of now, we do not use them yet. Howevere We use them for site operation, analytics, and ad delivery. In such case you will see the notification on our homepage.

When it comes, you will be able to manage ad preferences via Google Ad Settings and opt out through the Network Advertising Initiative or Digital Advertising Alliance.

3. Third-Party Services

• Google Analytics (Privacy Policy)
• Google AdSense (Privacy Policy)

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information for marketing purposes.

4. How We Use Information

• Operate and improve the platform
• Understand which content is most useful to readers
• Respond to direct enquiries
• Display relevant advertising through Google AdSense
• Feature reader-submitted experiences on the platform (city/country and experience text only — never email addresses)
• Send content updates to subscribers who have opted in

5. Data Retention

Contact information is retained only as long as needed to handle your enquiry. Anonymised analytics may be retained longer for trend analysis. Subscriber email addresses are retained until you unsubscribe. Experience submission emails are retained only as long as needed for editorial correspondence and are not stored as part of any published record.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of personal data.

To make a request, contact us at hello@asialongstay.com.

7. Children's Privacy

This platform is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

8. External Links

Links to third-party websites are provided for convenience. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Continued use after updates are posted means you accept the revised version.

10. Contact

For privacy-related questions, email hello@asialongstay.com.