Privacy Policy

Last updated: 11/14/2025

Welcome to Airport Life Guide (“we”, “us”, “our” or the “Site”).
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in a transparent and responsible way.

By accessing or using Airport Life Guide, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this Policy, please do not use the Site.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information in three main ways:

1.1. Information You Provide Voluntarily

When you interact with Airport Life Guide, you may provide us with personal information, for example:

  • Name and email address when you contact us via forms or email
  • Information you choose to share in comments, contact forms, or feedback (e.g., describing your travel experience or questions about passenger rights)

Please avoid including sensitive personal data (such as passport numbers, ticket numbers, booking references, or legal case details) in open comment fields.

1.2. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Airport Life Guide, certain data may be collected automatically, such as:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type and operating system
  • Referring URLs and pages visited
  • Date and time of your visits
  • Approximate geographic location (city/country level, not precise location)

This information is typically collected through cookies and similar technologies (see Section 4).

1.3. Information from Third Parties

We may receive aggregated or anonymized information from analytics providers, advertising partners, or other service providers, for example statistics about how visitors use the Site.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for purposes including, but not limited to:

  • Operating, maintaining, and improving Airport Life Guide
  • Responding to your messages, questions, and requests
  • Analyzing how visitors use our content about air passenger rights and travel to improve articles and structure
  • Monitoring the performance, security, and usability of the Site
  • Displaying personalized and non-personalized advertisements
  • Complying with legal obligations and protecting our rights

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (EU/EEA and Similar Jurisdictions)

Where applicable (for example, under the GDPR), we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • Consent: when you accept cookies or contact us voluntarily.
  • Legitimate Interests: to analyze usage, prevent abuse, and improve the Site.
  • Legal Obligation: when we are required to keep certain records for tax, accounting, or regulatory reasons.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

4.1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the site remember your actions and preferences over time.

We may use:

  • Strictly necessary cookies: required for the Site to function properly.
  • Performance/analytics cookies: to understand how visitors use our pages.
  • Functional cookies: to remember certain preferences.
  • Advertising cookies: to deliver relevant ads and measure their performance.

4.2. Advertising Cookies and Google AdSense

Airport Life Guide may be monetized through advertising, including networks such as Google AdSense.

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and/or other websites.
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to Airport Life Guide and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
  • You can also visit industry opt-out pages (where available) for more information on opting out of interest-based advertising.

If you do not allow advertising cookies, you may still see ads, but they may be less relevant.

5. Managing Cookies and Tracking

You can control or delete cookies at any time in your browser settings. Typically, you can:

  • View which cookies are stored
  • Delete specific cookies
  • Block cookies from specific sites
  • Block all cookies
  • Delete all cookies when you close the browser

Please note: blocking or deleting cookies may impact your experience and some features of the Site may not function properly.

6. Third-Party Services and Links

Airport Life Guide may contain links to external websites and may use third-party services, such as:

  • Advertising networks (e.g., Google AdSense)
  • Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics or similar tools)
  • Embedded content (e.g., videos, social media widgets, maps, external tools)

These third-party sites have their own privacy policies and data practices. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. We recommend you review the privacy policy of each external site you visit.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Criteria we use to determine retention periods include:

  • The nature of the data and why it was collected
  • Legal or contractual requirements
  • The need to resolve disputes or enforce our agreements

8. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Children’s Privacy

Airport Life Guide is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the equivalent age in your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us and we will take steps to delete such information as soon as reasonably possible.

10. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, such as:

  • The right to access the personal data we hold about you
  • The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
  • The right to request deletion of your data, subject to legal limitations
  • The right to object to or restrict certain types of processing
  • The right to withdraw consent, where processing is based on consent
  • The right to data portability, where applicable

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information in Section 12.

11. International Transfers

We may process and store your information in countries other than your own. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country.

Where required by law, we take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal data remains protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us:

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of Airport Life Guide after any changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated Policy.