Effective Date: June 2026

Discover Balkania respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you use our website, how it may be used or shared, and the choices available to you.

Information You Provide

You may choose to provide personal information when you contact us, submit a comment, subscribe to a newsletter, or complete a form. This may include your name, email address, and any other information you include in your message or submission.

If you subscribe to a newsletter, your email address may be used to send the updates you requested. You can unsubscribe using the link in a newsletter or by contacting us.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, we and the services that help operate it may collect technical and usage information. Depending on the service and its settings, this may include your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages visited, interactions with the site, and the date and time of your visit.

We use this information to operate and secure the website, understand how visitors use it, and improve our content and services.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Discover Balkania and its service providers may use cookies and similar technologies for site functionality, analytics, and advertising. You can manage or block cookies through your browser settings. Some site features may not work as expected if cookies are disabled.

Where required by law, we will request consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use Discover Balkania. Google Analytics may use cookies and collect information related to your browser or device and activity on the website. The information collected depends in part on how the service is configured.

For more information about how Google handles data when you use partner websites, visit How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. You can also use the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Advertising

Discover Balkania may display advertisements from Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site or other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party providers’ personalized advertising cookies through AboutAds.info.

Other advertising providers may have their own privacy policies and opt-out tools. Ad personalization and cookie use may also depend on your location, consent, and available settings.

Affiliate Links

Some pages on Discover Balkania contain affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a qualifying purchase or take another qualifying action, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.

For more information, please see our Affiliate Disclosure.

How We Use Information

We may use information to:

  • Operate, maintain, and secure the website
  • Respond to questions and messages
  • Manage comments, forms, and newsletter subscriptions
  • Understand site traffic and improve our content
  • Detect, prevent, or address fraud, spam, and misuse
  • Meet legal obligations

How Information May Be Shared

We may share information with service providers that help us host and secure the website, manage forms or newsletters, measure site traffic, or provide advertising. These providers may process information on our behalf or collect information through their services, as described in this policy and their own privacy policies.

We may also disclose information when required by law or when necessary to protect the website, our rights, or the safety of others.

Your Privacy Choices

You can unsubscribe from our emails using the link included in a newsletter. You can manage cookies through your browser settings and personalized advertising through the controls listed above.

Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may give you additional rights, such as requesting access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information, or opting out of certain advertising-related data uses. To make a request, contact us using the email address below.

Data Retention and Security

We keep information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, to meet legal obligations, and to resolve disputes. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the service that holds it.

We use reasonable measures to protect information. However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Third-Party Websites

Our website may link to third-party websites. Their privacy practices and policies are outside our control. Please review the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.

Children’s Privacy

Discover Balkania is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us so we can review the request and take appropriate action.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to make a privacy request, contact us at:

support (at) discoverbalkania (dot) com