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This policy explains what personal information Beautiful Nepal collects when you use beautifulnepal.com, why we collect it, who we share it with, how long we keep it and the choices and rights you have. We have tried to write it plainly. If anything is unclear, please use our contact form.
Beautiful Nepal ("we", "us") runs beautifulnepal.com, a travel guide to Nepal with stories, guides, destinations, events and trip packages from local operators. We decide how and why your personal information is used, which makes us the "controller" of that information under data protection law.
What we collect depends on what you do on the site:
Like any website, the servers that host our site and API keep short-lived technical logs (such as IP address, browser type and the page requested) to deliver pages, prevent abuse and fix problems. Our forms use a simple security question to block spam; it doesn't collect personal information.
We don't ask for sensitive information such as health, religion or financial details, and we don't take payments on this site. Please don't include sensitive information in messages or trip requests.
Where data protection laws such as the UK or EU GDPR apply, we rely on these legal bases:
When you send a trip request, we share your request and contact details with one or more licensed travel agencies or partner operators in Nepal so they can contact you with options. Each agency is responsible for how it uses your information once it receives it, under its own privacy policy. When you enquire about a partner's package, your enquiry may be passed to that partner.
We use trusted companies to run the site. They process information only on our instructions and only for the service they provide:
We may disclose information if the law requires it, to protect the rights, safety or property of our visitors, partners or ourselves, or as part of a merger or sale of the site (in which case this policy would continue to apply to your information). We never sell or rent your personal information, and we don't share it for advertising.
We keep this to a minimum:
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Our service providers may store or process information in the United States, the European Union and other countries, and trip requests are shared with agencies in Nepal. These countries may have different data protection laws from yours. Where the law requires it, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses or the UK equivalent, and we share only what is needed.
We keep personal information only as long as we need it:
When information is no longer needed, we delete it or make it anonymous.
We use encrypted connections (HTTPS) for the whole site, hash passwords so they can't be read, limit access to personal information to the people who need it, and choose service providers with strong security practices. Private form submissions are never published. No system is perfectly secure, so if you think your information has been put at risk, please tell us straight away. If a breach is likely to affect you, we'll let you and the relevant authorities know as the law requires.
Depending on where you live, you have the right to:
If you live in a US state with a privacy law (such as California or Texas), you also have the right to know what we collect, to request deletion and correction, and not to be treated differently for using your rights. We don't sell personal information or use it for targeted advertising.
To use any of these rights, send us a request through our contact form and use the email address the request relates to, so we can confirm it's you. It's free, and we'll reply within one month (or sooner where the law requires). You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link in any newsletter email. Once we've shared a trip request with an agency, you can also contact that agency directly.
This site is for adults planning travel. We don't knowingly collect information from children under 16. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we'll delete it.
Our pages link to other websites, including travel operators, booking sites and affiliate partners (we may earn a commission if you book through some of these links, at no extra cost to you). Some images are loaded from third-party image services. Once you leave our site, the other website's privacy policy applies, so please read it before sharing information there.
We'll update this policy when the way we handle information changes. The date at the top shows when it last changed. If a change is significant, we'll make it clear on the site and, where we have your email for a relevant reason, let you know.
For any question about this policy or your personal information, or to use your rights, please use our contact form and choose a subject that mentions privacy. We read every message.
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