Privacy Policy
Last updated: 18 October 2026
Welcome to Visit Calatagan (accessible at https://visitcalatagan.com). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your information.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://visitcalatagan.com
Visit Calatagan is a travel and directory website that provides information about beaches, resorts, attractions, and travel guides in Calatagan, Batangas.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam. An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy
Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible publicly alongside your comment.
Community accounts and contributions
When you register or use the community, we store account details, your chosen public name, contributions, edits, votes and reports needed to operate and moderate it. Approved contributions and your public name may be displayed publicly. Account email addresses and moderation reports are not displayed in public discussion responses. Technical information may be processed for abuse prevention. Contributions and edits are reviewed before publication.
To request access, correction or deletion of community information, contact hello@visitcalatagan.com. Community records may require manual review separately from ordinary WordPress comments and account details.
3. Media
4. Cookies
We use cookies to improve your browsing experience.
- If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
- A temporary cookie is set when visiting the login page to check if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Login cookies last for two days, and screen display cookies last for one year.
- If “Remember Me” is selected, your login will persist for two weeks.
- If you log out, login cookies are removed.
- If you edit or publish content, a cookie will be stored indicating the post ID. This expires after one day.
You can disable cookies through your browser settings if you prefer.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, maps, or articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the original website.
These third-party websites may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies
- Track your interaction with their content
This includes platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Google Maps, and others.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
- Spam detection services
- Analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics)
- Hosting providers
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to help recognize and approve follow-up comments.
- For registered users (if applicable), we store personal information in user profiles.
Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also access and manage this information.
8. Your Data Rights
You have the right to:
- Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Request deletion of your personal data
This excludes any data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes.
To make a request, please contact us using the details below.
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
10. Third-Party Services
We use third-party services for hosting, analytics, advertising and social features. Depending on the service and your choices, they may process cookie identifiers, device and browser information, IP addresses and interactions with the site. This information is not necessarily anonymous.
Google advertising and your choices
Third-party advertising providers, including Google, use cookies to select ads using earlier visits to this website and other websites. Google’s advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to personalise ads using browsing activity across participating sites.
You can manage personalised Google advertising through My Ad Center. Information about Google’s partner-site data use is available at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. Other participating ad providers may also use advertising cookies; see Digital Advertising Alliance choices for participating vendors and opt-out options. These preferences may depend on your browser, device and account. Where a consent message is displayed, use its controls to manage the choices offered.
Booking and other external links take you to services with their own privacy policies. Review those policies before sharing information or making a reservation.
11. Security of Your Information
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, you may contact us at:
📧 Email: hello@visitcalatagan.com 🌐 Website: https://visitcalatagan.com