Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 2, 2026

This page explains what Travel for Pinoys (travelforpinoys.com), run by Ian Calimbahin, collects when you use the site, why, and what you can do about it. It only covers what this site actually does.

What we collect

If you sign up for a free account:

• Your email address and name.
• Your newsletter choice. New members are subscribed to our newsletter, the TFP Newsletter, and can unsubscribe at any time.
• Basic account activity, such as when you signed up, the page you signed up from, and when you were last active.
• Whether you open our emails and which links in them you click.
• Comments you post, which show with your name and profile photo.

We don't take payments on this site, so we don't collect card details.

When you browse, with or without an account:

• How you use the site, through Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity: pages viewed, how you found us, your device and browser, your approximate location (from your IP address), and how you scroll and click. Clarity also records sessions (clicks, scrolling and mouse movement) and makes heatmaps, so we can see where a page is confusing.
• Page views and referrers, through Ghost's own site analytics.
• A few settings stored in your browser (see "Cookies and browser storage").

If you fill in a form embedded on a page, such as a Google Form on a giveaway page, your answers go to Google and to us.

Why we use it

• To run your account and sign you in with a one-time link sent to your email.
• To send the newsletter and member emails you signed up for.
• To see which guides help and fix the ones that don't.
• To show ads through Google AdSense, which help keep the guides free.
• To earn a commission when you book through our partner links, at no extra cost to you.
• To show the live "online now" count.

Cookies and browser storage

This site and the services listed under "Third parties" use cookies and similar browser storage:

• Sign-in (Ghost): a cookie keeps you signed in.
• Google Analytics: cookies that tell visits apart.
• Microsoft Clarity: cookies that link the pages you view in one visit.
• Google AdSense: cookies for showing and measuring ads. These can include personalised ads based on your activity on other sites.
• GetYourGuide: a partner script on every page that may set cookies to credit bookings made through our links.
• Our own settings: whether you closed the voucher bar or the new-site banner, a saved exchange rate for showing voucher amounts in pesos, a saved search list, and saved exchange rates on the ATM calculator page. These stay in your browser. The live counter also gives each open tab a random ID, which is cleared when you close the tab.

Third parties

Links from our guides to other sites include "?ref=travelforpinoys.com", so those sites know the visit came from us. It doesn't identify you.

The live counter: the "online now" number comes from Google Analytics. While a page is open, your browser connects to our counter on Cloudflare with that tab's random ID. The counter keeps the ID for about 5 minutes after you leave, then deletes it. It uses your IP address only to limit how many connections one address can open, and doesn't keep it after you disconnect.

How long we keep data

• Your member account: until you delete it or ask us to.
• Email open and click data: with your member account.
• Google Analytics: for the retention period set in our account (at most 14 months on the standard plan).
• Microsoft Clarity: as set by Microsoft.
• Live counter tab ID: about 5 minutes.
• Settings in your browser: until you clear them. Tab-only items are cleared when you close the tab.

Your rights

The Philippines' Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10173) gives you the right to:

• be told how your data is used
• see the personal data we hold about you
• correct it
• ask us to delete or block it
• object to how we use it, for example by stopping emails
• get a copy of it

To use any of these rights, email hi.heyianc@gmail.com. You can also complain to the National Privacy Commission.

Unsubscribe or delete your account

• Unsubscribe: use the link at the bottom of any email, or open your account on the site and change your email settings.
• Delete your account: email hi.heyianc@gmail.com from the address you signed up with, and we'll delete your member account.

Children

This site is for travellers planning their own trips, and it isn't meant for children. We don't knowingly collect personal data from children. If you think a child has signed up, email us and we'll delete the account.

Changes to this policy

If the site changes how it handles data, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

Travel for Pinoys (Ian Calimbahin): hi.heyianc@gmail.com