Last updated: July 8, 2026
1. Who we are
Our website address is: https://placesandports.com. Places and Ports is a travel blog created by Petya Ivanchova.
2. Information we collect
When you visit this website, some technical information may be collected automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and cookies. This helps the website work properly, stay secure, and improve the visitor experience.
If you contact us through a contact form or by email, we may collect your name, email address, and the message you send.
3. Comments
If comments are enabled on this website, when visitors leave comments we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
4. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data, such as EXIF GPS data. Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images.
5. Cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies. Some cookies are necessary for the website to work properly. Other cookies may be used for statistics or website improvement, depending on your consent.
You can read more about the cookies used on this website in our Cookie Policy.
If you leave a comment on this website, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment.
6. Contact forms
If you submit a message through a contact form, the information you provide will be used only to respond to your message. We do not sell your personal information.
7. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, maps, social media posts, or links to other websites. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited that website directly.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content.
8. Analytics and statistics
This website may use statistics tools or plugins to understand how visitors use the website. This may include information such as visited pages, device type, browser type, and general location. Where required, statistics cookies are used only with your consent.
9. Security
We use security tools to help protect the website from spam, unauthorized access, and attacks. These tools may process technical information such as IP addresses.
10. Who we share your data with
We do not sell your personal information. Some data may be shared with trusted third-party services that help the website function, such as website hosting, security tools, spam protection, analytics tools, or email/contact form services.
11. How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely so follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically.
If you contact us through a form or by email, we keep your message only for as long as necessary to respond to your request or for administrative purposes.
12. What rights you have over your data
If you are in the European Economic Area, you have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you. You can also ask us to correct, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of your personal data.
To exercise your rights, contact us at hello@placesandports.com.
13. Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Website data may also be processed by services used for hosting, security, analytics, or website functionality.
14. Contact details
Petya Ivanchova
Sofia, Bulgaria
Website: https://placesandports.com
Email: hello@placesandports.com