Privacy Policy

Last updated November 6, 2026

Trailbook is run by [your name or company] (“we”, “us”). This policy explains what personal information we collect when you use Trailbook, why, who we share it with and the choices you have. Questions: [contact email].

What we collect

• Account details. Your username, display name, email address and password (stored only as a one-way hash). If you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address, profile photo and Google account ID.
• Things you post. Your bio and profile photo, the itineraries you publish (including photos, places, stays and costs) and your comments.
• Your activity. Likes, saves and the creators you follow.
• AI planner use. What you type into the planner (for example where you’re travelling from and to, dates, budget and requirements), the plans it creates, which plans you save, and who you share them with.
• Cookies and browser storage. A cookie keeps you logged in, and a short-lived cookie protects Google sign-in. Your browser also stores unfinished drafts and the plan you’re working on, on your own device. We don’t use advertising or analytics cookies.
• Technical logs. Basic server logs, such as errors, which may include your IP address and browser type.

How we use it

• To run Trailbook: your account, your profile and itineraries, comments, likes, follows and feeds.
• To create AI trip plans, save them and share them the way you choose.
• To keep the service safe, for example by limiting how often the planner can be used and investigating abuse.
• To respond to you when you contact us.

We don’t sell your personal information, and we don’t share it for targeted advertising.

Who can see what

• Everyone, including search engines: your profile (username, display name, bio, photo), your published itineraries, your comments, and like and follower counts.
• Only you: your email address, your saved trips and your AI plans, unless you share a plan.
• People you share a plan with: Trailbook users you share it with, and anyone who has the link if you create a share link. Share-link pages are kept out of search engines, and you can turn a link off at any time.

Who we share it with

• DeepSeek, our AI provider. When you use the planner, what you type and relevant community itineraries are sent to DeepSeek to create your plan. DeepSeek processes this under its own privacy policy and may store it outside your country, including in China. Please don’t put sensitive personal information into the planner.
• Google, if you choose to sign in with Google.
• [hosting provider], which hosts the site and its data for us.
• Authorities, when the law requires it or to protect people’s safety.

How long we keep it

We keep your account and content until you delete them. AI plans you don’t save are deleted after about a day. When you delete your account, we delete your profile, itineraries and photos, saved plans and share links, comments, likes, saves and follows straight away. Copies in backups or logs may last a short time longer before they’re overwritten.

Your choices and rights

• Edit your profile, and delete itineraries, comments and plans, at any time.
• Delete your whole account in Settings.
• Ask us for a copy of your information, or ask us to correct or delete it, by emailing [contact email].

Depending on where you live (for example in the EU, the UK or California), you may have further rights, such as objecting to or restricting how we use your information. You can also complain to your local data protection authority. We won’t treat you differently for using these rights.

Children

Trailbook isn’t meant for children under 13, or under 16 in the EU and UK. We don’t knowingly collect their information; if you think a child has an account, please contact us and we’ll delete it.

Security

Passwords are hashed, login cookies are signed and can’t be read by scripts, and the site should be served over HTTPS. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a strong, unique password.

Changes

If we change this policy, we’ll update the date at the top, and for significant changes we’ll let you know on the site.