Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 3, 2026
Last updated: September 3, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Ellie’s Travel Tips, operated by Ellie Simons in Wisconsin, United States (“Ellie’s Travel Tips,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), may collect, use, share, and protect information when you visit elliestraveltips.com, contact us, subscribe to communications, or interact with links and third-party services.

Privacy questions or requests may be sent to [email protected].

Information you provide

  • Contact information: Your name, email address, message, and any other information you include when contacting us.
  • Newsletter information: Your email address, subscription preferences, and engagement information such as opens or clicks when supported by the email provider.
  • Feedback and corrections: Questions, correction requests, source information, or other material you voluntarily send.
  • Partnership information: Business contact information and details you provide when discussing press, partnerships, sponsorships, permissions, or other professional inquiries.

Information collected automatically

When you use the site, Ellie’s Travel Tips and its service providers may automatically collect technical and usage information. Depending on the services active at the time, this may include your IP address, approximate location derived from IP, browser and device type, operating system, referring and exit pages, pages viewed, dates and times, interactions with the site, performance information, and cookie or similar identifiers.

How information may be used

  • Operate, maintain, secure, and improve Ellie’s Travel Tips.
  • Respond to questions, correction requests, business inquiries, and other messages.
  • Send communications you requested and manage subscriptions.
  • Understand readership, site performance, search visibility, and popular content.
  • Measure affiliate referrals and qualifying commissions.
  • Measure advertising performance where advertising is displayed.
  • Detect fraud, abuse, security incidents, and technical problems.
  • Comply with legal obligations and enforce site terms.

Cookies and similar technologies

Ellie’s Travel Tips and its providers may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies for essential site functions, analytics, performance, security, affiliate attribution, email measurement, and advertising where applicable.

You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings, although parts of the site may not function as intended. Where required by applicable law, consent will be requested before nonessential technologies are used.

Service providers and third parties

Depending on which site features are active, information may be processed by providers that support the site. These can include:

  • Hosting, caching, content-delivery, and security providers that deliver and protect the website.
  • Google Site Kit and Google Analytics for traffic, performance, and site measurement.
  • Jetpack and Automattic services for site features, statistics, security, performance, and related WordPress functionality.
  • Ahrefs Web Analytics for website traffic and search-performance measurement when enabled.
  • Email and form providers that process subscriptions, contact messages, or other communications.
  • Affiliate networks, retailers, and booking partners that attribute referrals and qualifying transactions.
  • Advertising providers if advertising is displayed on the site.
  • Professional advisers, regulators, or authorities when reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect rights, investigate fraud, or address security concerns.

Third-party services operate under their own terms and privacy policies. External links and embedded content may allow those third parties to collect information directly from you.

Affiliate links

Some links may be affiliate links. If you click one, the affiliate partner may use cookies or other identifiers to record the referral and determine whether Ellie’s Travel Tips earned a commission.

See the Affiliate Disclosure & Travel Disclaimer for more information.

Legal bases for EEA and UK visitors

Where European or United Kingdom data-protection law applies, personal data may be processed based on consent, performance of a service or response you requested, legitimate interests such as operating and securing the site and understanding readership, or compliance with legal obligations.

Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent without affecting processing completed before the withdrawal.

Data retention

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to communications, providing requested subscriptions, maintaining appropriate business and tax records, resolving disputes, preventing abuse, enforcing agreements, and meeting legal requirements.

Retention periods vary by data type and provider. Information may be deleted or anonymized when it is no longer reasonably needed.

Data security

Reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards are used to protect information. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

International processing

Ellie’s Travel Tips is operated in the United States. Information may be processed in the United States and in other countries where service providers operate. Privacy laws in those countries may differ from the laws where you live.

Your privacy choices and rights

Depending on where you live and which laws apply, you may have rights to:

  • Unsubscribe from marketing email using the link in the message.
  • Control cookies through available consent tools and your browser.
  • Request access to personal information held about you.
  • Request correction or deletion of personal information.
  • Request restriction or portability of information where applicable.
  • Object to certain processing.
  • Withdraw consent.
  • Opt out of covered sale, sharing, or targeted-advertising activity where applicable.

Submit privacy requests to [email protected]. Identity verification may be required before a request is completed. Authorized agents may submit requests where permitted by law.

Ellie’s Travel Tips does not knowingly sell personal information for money. Some analytics, affiliate, or advertising activity may nevertheless be treated as “sharing,” “sale,” or targeted advertising under certain privacy laws even when no money is exchanged for personal information.

Children’s privacy

The site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. Ellie’s Travel Tips does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. A parent or guardian who believes a child provided personal information can contact us to request deletion.

Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated as the website, providers, features, or legal requirements change. A revised version will be posted on this page with an updated date.

Related policies

Contact

Privacy questions and requests: [email protected]
Operator: Ellie Simons
Location: Wisconsin, United States