Privacy Policy

Travel By Chris Ann respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains how Travel By Chris Ann (“Travel By Chris Ann,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) may collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit travelbychrisann.com, communicate with us, subscribe to our newsletter, or request travel-planning services.

Travel By Chris Ann operates as an independent travel advisor affiliated with Cornerstone Travel / Let's Go Travel! ™.

Information You Provide to Us

You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:

• contact us by email;
• request information about travel;
• ask us to assist with planning or booking travel;
• subscribe to our newsletter;
• communicate with us before, during, or after a trip; or
• otherwise provide information necessary for us to respond to a request or provide travel-related services.

Depending on the nature of your request, this information may include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, travel preferences, trip details, traveler names, dates of birth, loyalty-program information, passport or identification information, accessibility or dietary needs, and other information reasonably necessary to plan or arrange travel.

Please do not send payment-card information or other highly sensitive information through ordinary email unless specifically instructed to use an appropriate secure method.

Information Collected Through Travel Planning and Booking

Cruise Match follow-up requests

Cruise Match runs anonymously in your browser until you explicitly choose to request more information. Completing the quiz alone does not transmit your answers, create a lead, or subscribe you to marketing.

If you submit the Cruise Match follow-up form, your name, email address, and the public Cruise Match summary shown to you are sent to Travel By Chris Ann so Chris Ann can respond. That summary includes relevant travel plans, preference answers, and recommendations. It does not include the quiz's internal scoring, diagnostics, or calibration data. This inquiry is not marketing consent and does not enroll you in Sender.net or another marketing list.

When you engage Travel By Chris Ann to research, plan, or book travel, additional information may be required by cruise lines, airlines, hotels, resorts, tour operators, insurance providers, transportation providers, or other travel suppliers.

We collect and use this information only as reasonably necessary to provide requested travel-planning and booking services, communicate with suppliers, administer reservations, assist with changes or disruptions, and meet applicable legal or regulatory requirements.

Some information required to complete a booking may be entered directly into systems operated by Cornerstone Travel, travel suppliers, or other authorized service providers rather than stored on this website.

Newsletter Subscriptions

The Travel By Chris Ann Links page provides a link to a separately hosted newsletter signup form from Sender.net, a third-party email-marketing service operated by UAB Sender.lt. You choose whether to follow that link, leave travelbychrisann.com, and use the Sender-hosted form.

When you choose to subscribe, the information you submit through the Sender signup form, such as your name and email address, is transmitted to and processed through Sender for purposes of managing our mailing list and delivering email communications.

Newsletter consent is separate from Cruise Match. The current Cruise Match inquiry does not enroll you in Sender.net or a marketing list. Any future Sender.net integration would require separate implementation and your explicit marketing consent.

You may unsubscribe from marketing email at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided in our emails.

Sender maintains its own privacy and data-processing practices. We encourage you to review Sender’s privacy information when using its forms or services.

Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, our hosting provider and underlying web-server systems may automatically create technical logs when you access the website.

Such information may include:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address;
• browser type;
• device or operating-system information;
• date and time of access;
• referring page or website;
• requested pages or files; and
• technical error or security information.

This information may be used for website operation, security, troubleshooting, fraud or abuse prevention, and general technical administration.

Travel By Chris Ann does not currently use Google Analytics or another sitewide behavioral analytics platform.

If that changes, this Privacy Policy will be updated to describe the applicable analytics technology and associated privacy choices.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Travel By Chris Ann website itself may use cookies or similar technologies that are technically necessary for hosting, security, or basic website functionality.

Third-party websites or services reached through links on our website may use their own cookies or tracking technologies according to their own privacy policies.

We currently do not use advertising cookies or sitewide behavioral advertising technology on travelbychrisann.com.

How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

• respond to inquiries;
• research, plan, quote, arrange, and administer travel;
• communicate about reservations or travel arrangements;
• provide support before, during, and after travel;
• communicate with travel suppliers and our host agency;
• manage newsletter subscriptions and requested communications;
• maintain appropriate business and transaction records;
• prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents;
• comply with legal, regulatory, accounting, or contractual obligations; and
• operate and improve our business and website.

We do not sell personal information for monetary compensation.

When We Share Information

We may share personal information when reasonably necessary with:

• Cornerstone Travel / Let's Go Travel! ™, our host agency;
• cruise lines, airlines, hotels, resorts, tour operators, transportation companies, travel insurers, and other travel suppliers involved in your requested trip;
• service providers that help us operate our business, website, communications, or technology;
• Sender.net for newsletter management when you choose to subscribe;
• payment-processing or booking platforms where applicable;
• government authorities or regulatory agencies when required by law; or
• professional advisers or other parties when reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, or protect legal rights.

Travel suppliers and third-party service providers may maintain their own privacy policies and data-processing practices.

International Travel and Data Transfers

Travel is inherently international. When arranging travel outside the United States, information necessary to complete or administer a reservation may be transmitted to travel suppliers or service providers located in other countries.

Information processed outside your home jurisdiction may be subject to the laws of the country where it is processed.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing travel services, maintaining business and transaction records, resolving disputes, and meeting legal, tax, accounting, supplier, or regulatory requirements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the nature of the travel transaction.

Information Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no Internet transmission, email system, electronic storage system, or third-party service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your Choices and Privacy Requests

You may contact us to request that we:

• provide information about personal information we maintain about you;
• correct inaccurate information;
• update your contact information;
• delete information when we are not legally or operationally required to retain it; or
• stop sending marketing communications.

Certain information may need to be retained for legitimate business, booking, accounting, supplier, dispute-resolution, or legal purposes.

To make a privacy request, contact:

cheers@travelbychrisann.com

Please include enough information for us to reasonably identify you and understand your request. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

California Residents

California residents may have privacy rights under applicable California law.

Depending upon the law applicable to the request and whether Travel By Chris Ann meets the applicable statutory requirements, these rights may include rights concerning access, correction, deletion, disclosure, or certain uses of personal information.

California residents may contact us at cheers@travelbychrisann.com with “California Privacy Request” in the subject line.

We will not discriminate against an individual for exercising a privacy right available under applicable law.

Do Not Track and Browser Privacy Signals

Because there is not a single universally adopted standard governing browser “Do Not Track” signals, the website does not currently alter its basic operation in response to traditional Do Not Track settings.

We will evaluate legally recognized browser privacy signals as required by applicable law if technologies used on the website change.

Children's Privacy

Our website and travel-planning services are intended for adults.

We do not knowingly solicit personal information directly from children through this website.

Information about minor travelers may sometimes be necessary to arrange family travel. In those circumstances, the information should be provided by and handled through the minor's parent, legal guardian, or other authorized adult.

Third-Party Websites

Our website contains links to websites and services operated by third parties, including travel suppliers, social-media platforms, and newsletter services.

We do not control those websites and are not responsible for their content, security, privacy policies, or data practices.

You should review the applicable third party's privacy policy before providing personal information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, business practices, service providers, or legal obligations change.

The date at the top of this page will identify the most recent revision.

Material changes may also be communicated through the website or other appropriate means.

Contact Us

Questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy may be sent to:

Travel By Chris Ann
Independent Travel Advisor
Affiliated with Cornerstone Travel / Let's Go Travel! ™
Email: cheers@travelbychrisann.com
Website: travelbychrisann.com