Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 20, 2026 • Applicable Frameworks: EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), UK GDPR, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and ePrivacy Directive.

1. Data Controller & Contact Information

Wanderlust Compass (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the website https://wanderlustcompass.net. For all data protection, privacy, and cookie compliance inquiries, you may contact our Data Protection Desk at info@wanderlustcompass.net.

2. Categories of Data We Collect

  • Voluntary Correspondence Data: When you contact us via info@wanderlustcompass.net or our contact forms, we process your name, email address, and message contents solely to respond to your inquiry (Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(b) and 6(1)(f) GDPR).
  • Automated Server & Security Logs: Our LiteSpeed web infrastructure records anonymized IP addresses, browser user-agent strings, referring URLs, and timestamps to prevent DDoS attacks and maintain site reliability.
  • Affiliate Referral & Widget Interaction Identifiers: When you interact with embedded Travelpayouts, Hotellook, Aviasales, Booking.com, or Expedia widgets and outbound links, third-party partner cookies or URL parameters (such as Partner Marker 557354) are used to attribute referral commissions without identifying you personally to Wanderlust Compass.

3. Third-Party Travel Partners & Data Processors

When you click an outbound booking link or submit a hotel/flight search query via our interactive modules, you are redirected to external partner platforms governed by their respective privacy policies:

  • Travelpayouts / JetRadar / Hotellook / Aviasales: Processes search parameters (origin, destination, travel dates) and referral attribution cookies.
  • Trip.com, Hotellook, Aviasales, Airalo, and GetTransfer: Processes reservation details and payment data directly on their encrypted checkout servers. Wanderlust Compass never collects or stores your credit card, passport, or loyalty account numbers.

4. Your International Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA/CPRA)

Depending on your jurisdiction, you hold the right to:

  • Request access to, rectification of, or erasure of any personal data we hold about you.
  • Restrict or object to data processing and opt out of non-essential tracking cookies.
  • Exercise California CCPA/CPRA rights (“Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” — note that Wanderlust Compass does not sell personal information to data brokers).

To exercise any of these rights, email info@wanderlustcompass.net with the subject line “Privacy Rights Request”.