Nomadic Balance respects your privacy. This policy explains what personal information may be collected when you visit nomadicbalance.com, subscribe to the newsletter, contact Nomadic Balance, or interact with links and content on the website. It also explains how that information is used, stored, and protected.
Who We Are
Nomadic Balance is an independent travel and wellbeing publication available at:
For privacy-related questions or requests, contact:
For the purposes of applicable data protection law, Nomadic Balance is responsible for deciding how and why personal information collected through this website is processed.
Information You Provide
You may provide personal information when you:
- Subscribe to the Nomadic Balance newsletter
- Send an email or press enquiry
- Contact Nomadic Balance about a correction, collaboration, or partnership
- Communicate with Nomadic Balance in another way
Depending on the nature of the interaction, this information may include your name, email address, organisation, and any information you choose to include in your message.
Please do not send sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
Newsletter Subscriptions
If you subscribe to the Nomadic Balance newsletter, your email address and any other information you voluntarily provide will be used to send occasional travel wellbeing notes, new articles, and related updates.
Newsletter information is processed with your consent. You can withdraw that consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in each email or by contacting hello@nomadicbalance.com.
The newsletter service provider used by Nomadic Balance may process subscriber information on our behalf. Its systems may also record information such as email delivery, opens, and link clicks, depending on your device settings and the service’s functionality.
Your subscription information will be retained while you remain subscribed. A limited record may be retained after you unsubscribe to ensure that your preference continues to be respected.
Emails And Other Enquiries
If you contact Nomadic Balance, the information you provide will be used to read, manage, and respond to your enquiry.
This information may be retained where reasonably necessary to maintain a record of the communication, manage an ongoing working relationship, prevent misuse, or comply with legal obligations. Routine enquiries will not be kept for longer than reasonably necessary.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website host, security services, analytics tools, or your browser.
This may include:
- Your IP address
- Browser and device type
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages visited
- Approximate geographic area
- Date and time of access
- Information about errors, security events, or suspected misuse
This information is used to operate and secure the website, understand how it is being used, identify technical problems, and improve its content and performance.
Nomadic Balance does not use this information to identify individual readers unless necessary to investigate security concerns, prevent misuse, or comply with the law.
Analytics
Nomadic Balance may use analytics and website performance services to understand how visitors find and use the website. This can include information about popular pages, search terms, general visitor locations, devices, and referral sources.
Where an analytics service uses non-essential cookies or similar tracking technologies, it should only be activated after the visitor has provided the consent required in their location.
Nomadic Balance also uses aggregated search performance information, such as data provided through Google Search Console, to understand how the website appears in search results. This information is generally presented to Nomadic Balance in an aggregated form rather than identifying individual visitors.
Cookies
Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. Nomadic Balance may use:
- Essential cookies, which support website security and core functionality
- Preference cookies, which remember choices made on the website
- Analytics cookies, which help measure website use and performance
- Third-party cookies, which may be set by embedded content or external services
- Affiliate cookies, which may record that you followed a recommendation from Nomadic Balance
Essential cookies may operate without consent where they are required for the website to function. Non-essential cookies will be managed in accordance with the consent requirements that apply to the visitor.
You can accept or reject non-essential cookies through the website’s cookie controls, where available. You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how certain parts of the website function.
Embedded Content And External Websites
Articles may contain embedded or linked content from other websites, including maps, videos, social platforms, booking services, retailers, or other travel resources.
Embedded content may behave as though you visited the external website directly. The third-party provider may collect information about you, use cookies, or monitor your interaction with its content, particularly if you are logged into an account with that provider.
External websites operate under their own privacy policies. Nomadic Balance is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites.
Affiliate Links
Some Nomadic Balance articles may contain affiliate links. If you follow one of these links and make a purchase or booking, Nomadic Balance may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate networks or retailers may use cookies or similar technologies to record that you followed a link from Nomadic Balance. Any information collected by those organisations is processed under their own privacy policies.
The presence of an affiliate relationship does not change the price you pay or guarantee that a product, service, or experience will be suitable for you. Relevant articles will include an affiliate disclosure where appropriate.
How We Use Personal Information
Personal information may be used to:
- Provide and maintain the website
- Send newsletters requested by subscribers
- Respond to questions, corrections, press enquiries, and partnership requests
- Understand and improve website content and performance
- Maintain website security and prevent misuse
- Manage affiliate and commercial relationships
- Keep appropriate administrative records
- Meet legal, regulatory, or tax obligations
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
Nomadic Balance does not sell or rent readers’ personal information.
Lawful Bases For Processing
Where applicable data protection law requires a lawful basis, Nomadic Balance relies on one or more of the following:
- Consent, including for newsletter subscriptions and non-essential cookies
- Legitimate interests, including operating, securing, improving, and administering the website and responding to enquiries
- Steps connected with a contract, including discussing or managing an agreed collaboration
- Legal obligations, where information must be retained or disclosed by law
You may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.
Who We Share Information With
Personal information may be shared with trusted service providers where necessary to operate Nomadic Balance. These may include:
- Website hosting and content management providers
- Email and newsletter providers
- Website security, backup, and spam-prevention services
- Analytics and website performance services
- Affiliate networks and commercial partners
- Professional advisers, such as accountants or legal advisers
- Public authorities where disclosure is required by law
These providers should receive only the information reasonably necessary to perform their services and may not use it for unrelated purposes where they act on behalf of Nomadic Balance.
Information may also be disclosed where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, or security of Nomadic Balance, its readers, or another person.
International Data Processing
Some service providers may store or process information in countries other than the country where you live.
Where required, Nomadic Balance will take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for international transfers. However, privacy and data protection laws may differ between countries.
How Long Information Is Retained
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including any legal, accounting, security, or reporting requirements.
Retention periods vary according to the type of information:
- Newsletter information is generally retained until you unsubscribe
- Enquiry records are retained only while they remain useful or necessary
- Security and technical logs are retained according to the schedules used by the relevant service providers
- Commercial and financial records may be retained for the period required by applicable law
Information that is no longer required will be deleted, anonymised, or securely disposed of where reasonably possible.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- Ask what personal information is held about you
- Request a copy of your personal information
- Ask for inaccurate or incomplete information to be corrected
- Request deletion of your information
- Restrict or object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent
- Request transfer of information in a portable format
- Complain to an appropriate privacy or data protection authority
These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.
To make a request, email hello@nomadicbalance.com. Reasonable steps may be taken to verify your identity before information is released or changed.
You may also contact the data protection authority that applies where you live. Relevant authorities include the UK Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk and the New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner at https://www.privacy.org.nz.
Data Security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
No method of online transmission or storage is completely secure. Nomadic Balance cannot guarantee absolute security, but will take reasonable steps to respond appropriately if a data security incident occurs.
Children’s Privacy
Nomadic Balance is intended for a general adult audience and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through the website, please contact hello@nomadicbalance.com so that the information can be reviewed and, where appropriate, deleted.
Automated Decision-Making
Nomadic Balance does not use personal information to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
Changes To This Policy
This privacy policy may be updated when website services, legal requirements, or data practices change. The date at the top of the page will show when it was most recently updated.
Material changes may also be communicated through the website or newsletter where appropriate.
Contact
For questions about this privacy policy or the handling of your personal information, contact:
Email: hello@nomadicbalance.com
Website: https://www.nomadicbalance.com