Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are and Data Controller

This Privacy Policy explains how 111111 ("Company", "we", "us", or "our"), operating the digital publication at stevess.site, collects, processes, and protects your personal information. As an independent travel journal committed to user privacy, our primary contact regarding data governance is accessible via email at [email protected].

2. Scope of this Policy

This policy covers all visitors, readers, subscribers, and clients interacting with stevess.site, including our newsletter dispatches, editorial advisory forms, and digital content delivery channels.

3. Categories of Data Collected

We process data under the following classifications:

Information Provided Directly: When you complete our contact or subscription forms, you submit your full name, email address, optional contact telephone number, and your message or expedition criteria.
Automatically Collected Telemetry: Technical logs including IP address, browser type and version, language settings, operating system, referencing URL, access timestamps, and page interaction events.
Consent-Governed Analytics: In accordance with Google Consent Mode v2, statistical data is processed only after explicit opt-in.

4. Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing

Processing Purpose	Data Types	Legal Ground
Responding to inquiries & advisory requests	Name, email, phone, message	Legitimate interest & contract preparation
Delivering email dispatches & newsletters	Name, email address	Freely given consent
Website security & fraud prevention	IP address, HTTP request headers	Legal compliance & legitimate security interest
Audience analytics & performance	Telemetry & consented identifiers	Consent (Google Consent Mode v2)

5. Google Consent Mode v2 & Cookie Architecture

Our website utilizes Google Consent Mode v2 with default denied states for advertising and analytics cookies. Prior to making a selection in our consent banner, telemetry tags refrain from storing non-essential identifiers. You can customize, update, or revoke consent at any time using the Cookie Settings link located in the footer of every page.

6. Third-Party Disclosures & Non-Sale of Data

111111 does not sell, lease, or trade personal data to data brokers or third parties. Data may be transmitted solely to trusted technical service processors (such as cloud hosting infrastructure and transactional email relays) under strict data protection agreements, or when legally compelled by court orders.

7. International Data Transfers

Because stevess.site operates with international readership, data may be processed on servers located within the United States. Where cross-border transfers occur, we implement Standard Contractual Clauses and certified security baselines to safeguard your personal data.

8. Data Retention

Contact and subscription records are maintained only as long as necessary to fulfill editorial services, manage communication subscriptions, or satisfy statutory tax and commercial retention obligations.

9. Your Rights and Regulatory Supervisory Authorities

In accordance with applicable privacy frameworks (including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA) enforced by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) in the United States, as well as European GDPR standards where applicable), you maintain the right to access, rectify, delete, restrict, or port your personal data, as well as the right to withdraw consent without penalty. To exercise these rights, submit your written request to [email protected].

10. Data Security

We deploy standard TLS 1.3 encryption, firewalls, and strict access control measures to prevent unauthorized data access, loss, or disclosure.

11. Children's Privacy

Our magazine and services are not directed to individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors.

12. Contact the Privacy Desk

For questions or formal privacy requests, write to: 111111 Data Protection Desk at [email protected].