Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

HotelManga ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website located at hotelmanga.com. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our site, how we use it, and what rights you have regarding your data.

By using HotelManga, you agree to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the site.

2. Affiliate Disclosure

Our current affiliate partners include, but are not limited to:

• Booking.com Affiliate Partner Program
• Agoda Affiliate Program
• Rakuten Travel Affiliate Program

Affiliate relationships do not influence which hotels we choose to feature, how we describe them, or the accuracy of our editorial content. We do not accept payment to feature any property. Our reviews are independent.

This disclosure is made in compliance with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255).

3. Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of information:

• Analytics data: We use anonymous, aggregated analytics to understand how visitors use the site — which pages are visited, how long visitors stay, and which content performs best. This data contains no personally identifiable information.
• Contact form submissions: When you submit a message through our contact form, your name, email address, and message are transmitted to our form processing provider (Formspree, Inc.) and forwarded to our editorial email. We retain this information only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry.
• Cookies and tracking: We use cookies for site functionality and affiliate link tracking. See Section 4 for full details.

We do not collect payment information, create user accounts, or require registration of any kind.

4. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored in your browser. HotelManga uses the following types of cookies:

• Functional cookies: Used to remember basic preferences such as navigation state. These do not track you across other websites.
• Analytics cookies: Anonymous cookies used to measure site traffic and content performance. No personally identifiable information is collected.
• Affiliate tracking cookies: When you click a booking link (e.g., to Booking.com or Agoda), the destination site may set a cookie to attribute the referral to HotelManga. These cookies are governed by the privacy policies of the respective booking platforms, not by this policy.

You can disable cookies at any time through your browser settings. Disabling cookies will not prevent you from reading our content but may affect affiliate link attribution.

5. Third-Party Services

HotelManga uses the following third-party services that may process data on your behalf:

• Formspree (formspree.io): Processes contact form submissions. Subject to Formspree's own Privacy Policy.
• Google Fonts: Loads typefaces from Google's servers. Google may log your IP address when fonts are served. Subject to Google's Privacy Policy.
• Booking platforms: Booking.com, Agoda, and Rakuten Travel operate independently. When you follow a link to these platforms, their privacy policies apply.
• GitHub Pages: This site is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub may collect server logs including IP addresses. Subject to GitHub's Privacy Policy.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party service you interact with through our site.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to access: You may request a copy of any personal data we hold about you.
• Right to correction: You may request correction of inaccurate data.
• Right to deletion: You may request that we delete personal data we hold about you.
• Right to opt out of sale: We do not sell personal data. This right is therefore satisfied by default.

GDPR (EU/EEA residents): You have the rights listed above under the General Data Protection Regulation. To exercise them, contact us at the address below. We will respond within 30 days.

CCPA (California residents): Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to know what personal information is collected, to request deletion, and to opt out of sale. As stated above, we do not sell personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@hotelmanga.com.

7. Data Retention

We retain contact form submissions only as long as necessary to respond to the inquiry, typically no longer than 90 days. Anonymous analytics data is retained in aggregated form with no retention limit. We do not maintain a database of user profiles or identifiable visitor records.

8. Children's Privacy

HotelManga is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically.