Privacy Policy

Mailing list email address

If you sign up to our mailing list, we collect your email address. We use this to send you updates, blog posts and travel tips. We will only ever email you about Be TravelKind content — we will never use it for anything else, and we will never sell or share it with third parties.

Legal basis: Your explicit consent, given when you submit the signup form.

How to withdraw consent: Every email we send includes an unsubscribe link. You can also contact us at the address above to have your email removed at any time.

KindScore inputs

When you use KindScore, you submit information about a travel activity or experience. This text is sent to Anthropic's API to generate a rating and assessment. We do not store the content of your queries beyond what is needed to generate your result. Please refer to Anthropic's Privacy Policy for how they handle data submitted via their API.

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in providing you with the service you requested.

Account data

When you create an account, we store your email address, username, and role (e.g. standard user or administrator) in our database. This information is used solely to authenticate you and personalise your experience on the site.

Legal basis: Performance of a contract — you need an account to access member features.

Google Sign-In

If you choose to sign in with Google, Google shares your email address with us so we can create or match your account. We do not receive your Google password. Please refer to Google's Privacy Policy for details of what Google collects on their end.

Legal basis: Your explicit consent, given when you authorise the Google sign-in flow.

Comments

When you post a comment as a guest, we collect your display name and email address. Your email address is used only for administrative purposes and is never shown publicly — only your display name appears alongside your comment. If you are signed in, your display name is taken from your account profile rather than collected separately.

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in providing a functional comment system and preventing abuse.

Points

Registered users accumulate points based on comment activity — for example, by posting comments or receiving likes from other users. We store a running points total against your account. This data exists solely to reflect your participation on the site and is not shared with third parties.

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in recognising community participation.

Cloudflare Turnstile

We use Cloudflare Turnstile to protect our forms from automated spam. Turnstile may set cookies or use browser signals to verify that you are a human. No personal data is collected by us through this mechanism. Please refer to Cloudflare's Privacy Policy for details.

Analytics

We use Vercel Analytics to understand how visitors use the site. This is privacy-friendly, aggregated analytics — it does not track you personally across sites and does not use advertising cookies. Please refer to Vercel's Privacy Policy for details.