Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 2026. At Tour Africa travel and tourism company, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit tourAfrica.org. By using this website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

1. Who We Are

Tour Africa is a travel and tourism cataloging platform designed to help travelers access destination information and connect with businesses, including tour agencies, operators, hoteliers, and restaurants.

Website: https://tourafrica.cc/

Contact: info@tourafrica.cc

2. Information We Collect and Why

Business Registrations When you register a tour operation, hotel, or restaurant, we collect the provided business details. This information is used solely for marketing purposes to display your services to our site users. We do not sell this data to third parties. Comments When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.

Gravatar: An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service. Their privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Media If you upload images to the website, please avoid images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors can download and extract this data from images on the site.

3. Cookies

To enhance your experience, we use cookies for the following:

User Convenience: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name and email. These cookies last for one year.

Authentication: When you log in, we set temporary cookies to track session information. Login cookies last for two days, while "Remember Me" sessions last for two weeks.

Content Management: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is saved to track the post ID. It expires after 24 hours.

4. Third-Party Services & Embedded Content

Our site utilizes third-party services and plugins to function effectively. Please note that Tour Africa does not control how these third parties collect data. We encourage you to review their respective policies:

CMS: WordPress

Communications: WP-SMTP

Maps: Google Maps Services

Payments: PayPal (Secured Services)

Embedded Content: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images). This content behaves as if the visitor has visited the source website directly and may collect data or use tracking cookies.

5. Data Retention

Comments & Business Data: Retained indefinitely to facilitate automated follow-up approvals and consistent marketing displays.

User Profiles: For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their profiles. Users can see, edit, or delete their information at any time (except for their username).

6. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments/business listings, you may:

    Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.

    Request that we erase any personal data we hold.

Note: This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

7. Data Security & Protection

We prioritize the safety of your information through:

SSL Encryption: To secure data transmission.

Firewalls: To protect communication ports and minimize threats.

Access Control: Custom mechanisms to ensure only authorized users can modify their data.

Scheduled Backups: To ensure data can be restored in the event of accidental loss or corruption.

Legal Disclaimer: While we use industry-standard security, any data extracted from this site through illegal means (cyber offenses) will be reported and prosecuted under international law.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to comply with legal requirements or changes in our services. Please check this page regularly for updates.

9. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have specific data protection rights under the GDPR.

Legal Basis for Processing: We process your personal data under the following legal bases:

Consent: You have given us clear consent to process your data for a specific purpose (e.g., business listings or comments).

Contract: Processing is necessary for a contract we have with you.

Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as site security and improving our travel catalog.

Your Rights: In addition to the rights mentioned above, you have the Right to Restrict Processing, the Right to Object, and the Right to Data Portability.

Data Transfers: If we transfer your data outside the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) are in place to protect your information.

10. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA) Disclosures

For California residents, the CCPA provides the following additional rights:

Right to Know: You can request a disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you over the past 12 months.

Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: Tour Africa does not sell your personal information. However, you have the right to opt-out of any future "sharing" of personal info for cross-contextual behavioral advertising.

Right to Limit Sensitive Data: You may limit our use of "sensitive personal information" if we collect it (such as precise geolocation).

Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.

11. How to Exercise Your Rights

To submit a request regarding your data (Access, Deletion, or Portability), please contact our Privacy Team at:

Email:info@tourafrica.cc

Response Time: We aim to respond to all valid requests within 30 days (GDPR) or 45 days (CCPA). We may require you to verify your identity before processing your request to ensure your data remains secure.