Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Scenic Trip Guide (accessible via scenictripguide.com). We deeply respect your personal privacy and are committed to maintaining transparent, ethical, and secure data practices across our digital guides, website, and related media channels.

This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect, how it is handled, and your rights concerning your personal data.

2. Information We Collect

• Voluntarily Provided Information: When you contact our editorial desk via email or web forms, we collect the contact details you provide (such as your name and email address) exclusively to respond to your inquiry.
• Local Browser Storage (Bucket List): Our "Saved Places" feature uses client-side HTML5 local storage (localStorage) on your individual device. Your saved itineraries never transmit to our servers, and we never track or monetize your saved locations.
• Server Log Files: Like most web servers, our hosting infrastructure automatically collects standard non-identifying telemetry (including IP addresses, browser types, Internet Service Providers, referring pages, and date/time stamps) for security audits, DDoS defense, and infrastructure diagnostics.

3. Cookies & Advertising (Google AdSense Compliance)

We partner with third-party advertising networks, notably Google AdSense, to help support our free independent travel guides.

• Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on scenictripguide.com.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve relevant ads to our users based on their visits to our site and other destinations across the internet.
• Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings page. Alternatively, you may opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized ads by visiting aboutads.info.

4. Third-Party Media & Embedded Content (YouTube)

Pages on this site may feature embedded 4K video streams hosted on our official YouTube channel (@ScenicTripGuide). We strictly embed videos utilizing the official YouTube Privacy-Enhanced Mode (youtube-nocookie.com). In this mode, YouTube does not set tracking cookies on your device unless you actively click to play or interact with the video player.

5. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Under international privacy frameworks, including the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), visitors possess the right to:

• Request disclosure of any personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction or deletion of your email communications.
• Opt out of any marketing newsletters at any time.
• Exercise these rights without discriminatory treatment.

6. Contact Our Privacy Officer

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact our team: