Privacy policy
How Inside Vietnam Travel collects, uses and protects your personal data (GDPR).
Last updated: 8 June 2026
1. Data controller
The website Inside Vietnam Travel (https://www.insidevietnamtravel.fr) is published independently. For any questions about your personal data, contact us at contact@insidevietnamtravel.fr.
2. Data we collect
We may process the following categories of data:
- Newsletter: email address and subscription date.
- Browsing: pages viewed, referrer, browser type, hashed IP fingerprint (internal analytics).
- Affiliate links: outbound clicks (provider, source page, timestamp) — no name or email.
- Administration: admin login session (Flask session cookie).
- Cookies: consent preferences stored locally in your browser.
- Audience measurement (if you accept): Google Analytics 4 — anonymised or pseudonymised data depending on service configuration.
3. Purposes and legal bases
| Processing | Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter | Vietnam travel tips by email | Consent (checkbox on signup) |
| Internal analytics | Site traffic statistics | Legitimate interest (content improvement) |
| Google Analytics | Aggregated audience measurement | Consent (cookie banner) |
| Affiliate clicks | Tracking recommendation performance | Legitimate interest |
4. Retention periods
- Newsletter: until unsubscribe or 3 years without interaction.
- Analytics: 24 months maximum (aggregated data).
- Consent cookies: 13 months.
5. Recipients and processors
Your data may be hosted or processed by:
- Scalingo — application hosting (France / EU).
- Supabase — PostgreSQL database (EU).
- Google — Analytics (only if you accept analytics cookies).
- SMTP provider — newsletter email delivery (if configured).
We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
6. Your rights (GDPR)
Under Regulation (EU) 2016/679, you have the following rights:
- Right of access, rectification and erasure
- Right to restriction and objection
- Right to data portability (newsletter data)
- Right to withdraw consent at any time
Newsletter: instant unsubscribe via the link in each email or on this page.
To exercise your other rights: contact@insidevietnamtravel.fr. You may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority (e.g. CNIL in France).
7. Cookies
On your first visit, a banner lets you accept or decline non-essential cookies (audience measurement). You can change your choice at any time via .
- Essential: stores your cookie choice (required for the banner to work).
- Analytics: Google Analytics 4 — disabled by default until you consent.
8. Security
We apply reasonable technical measures: HTTPS, admin passwords, secure hosting, restricted database access. No system is infallible; we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. External links
This site contains links to third-party websites (Booking, Agoda, GetYourGuide, etc.). Their privacy policies apply once you leave our site.
See also: Legal notice