At Against the Compass, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data when you use our website.
Against the Compass is a travel blog and media platform focused on independent travel, adventure travel, and destination guides around the world.
This Privacy Policy applies to the main Against the Compass website and blog available at againstthecompass.com.
For any privacy-related questions, you may contact us at: [email protected]
Against the Compass also operates Against the Compass Expeditions, a separate platform dedicated to organizing guided tours and expeditions.
Please note that the main travel blog and the Expeditions platform operate separately and may use different booking systems, communication tools, cookies, analytics services, advertising providers, and privacy practices.
If you submit a booking request, inquiry, or payment through the Expeditions platform, your information will be processed according to the Privacy Policy published on the Expeditions website: https://expeditions.againstthecompass.com/privacy-policy/
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, including:
We may also automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:
We may use your information to:
Against the Compass uses cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, analyze traffic, personalize content, and display advertising.
We may use third-party services including:
These third-party services may collect information about your interaction with the website through cookies, pixels, or similar tracking technologies.
You can disable cookies through your browser settings, although some features of the website may not function properly.
Some articles on Against the Compass may contain affiliate links. This means we may earn a small commission if you purchase products or services through certain links, at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate partnerships help support the operation of this website and allow us to continue creating free travel content.
We only promote products, services, and companies that we genuinely believe may be useful to our readers.
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may send you:
You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
We do not sell or rent email subscriber information to third parties.
When visitors leave comments on the website, we may collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information to help detect spam and maintain website security.
Comments may be publicly visible.
This website may contain links to external websites, including affiliate partners, advertisers, and other travel resources.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.
We take reasonable measures to protect your information, but no method of transmission or storage over the Internet is completely secure.
By using this website, you acknowledge and accept these limitations.
Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have rights including:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the email address above.
This website is not intended for children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect operational, legal, or regulatory changes.
The latest version will always be available on this page.
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:
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.
By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.