Introduction to Our Policy

Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains what personal data **All in Africa Safaris USA LLC** and **All in Africa Safaris (U) Ltd** collect when you use our website, interact with our services (including SMS), and book safaris to destinations like **Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya**. We explain why we collect it, how we use it, and what rights you have over your data.

1. What Personal Data We Collect and Why

We collect data necessary for providing our travel services, communication, and basic website functions. The data collected depends on your interaction:

Booking & Service Data (Primary Purpose)

This data is collected to process your safari booking, including travel to **Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya**, and to manage optional activities. This includes:

Full Name, Contact details, Passport information (for permits and bookings).
Payment details (processed via third-party processors).
Safari Preferences, destination choices, and optional activity selections.

Comments & User Accounts

When you leave comments, we collect the data shown in the form, your **IP address**, and browser user agent string for spam detection. If you register an account, we store the personal information provided in your user profile.

SMS/10DLC Communication Data

If you opt-in for text messages, we collect your **mobile number** to send booking alerts, travel updates, and promotional content. This is managed by **All in Africa Safaris USA LLC**.

**Mobile information will not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes. To opt out, text STOP.**

Media Uploads

If you upload images to the website, avoid images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as visitors can download and extract this data.

2. Detailed Data Handling and User Rights

We outline how your data is retained, who it is shared with, and the rights you maintain over it. These sections are always visible for maximum transparency.

Website Cookies Policy

We use cookies for the following purposes:

**Comments:** If you opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies, these last for one year. They are for your convenience so you don’t have to fill in your details again.
**Login:** We set temporary cookies to check if your browser accepts cookies. When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information (lasts two days) and screen display choices (lasts one year). “Remember Me” persists for two weeks.
**Article Editing:** If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved for 1 day, indicating the post ID of the article you edited.

Embedded Content & Third-Party Tracking

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.

These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that external website.

Visitor comments may also be checked through an automated spam detection service (Gravatar policy: `https://automattic.com/privacy/`).

Data Retention & Sharing Policy

**Comment Data:** If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.

**User Profile Data:** For registered users (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile indefinitely. Users and website administrators can see, edit, or delete this information (except for the username).

**Data Sharing:** Data is primarily shared between **All in Africa Safaris USA LLC** (for booking/SMS) and **All in Africa Safaris (U) Ltd** (for service execution). Data required for gorilla permits or park access is shared with relevant government/park authorities in **Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya**.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can exercise the following rights:

**Request an Export:** You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
**Request Erasure:** You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.

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