Privacy Policy

What we collect

• Name and email address — when you request an itinerary, send us a message or make a purchase.
• Trip details — the islands you choose, travel dates, interests, budget, pace and any other preferences you enter in the planner, plus the itinerary we generate for you.
• Payment information — when you buy a single trip, an annual plan, the Premium Caribbean Experience or souvenirs. Card details are entered directly with Stripe; we never see or store your full card number. We keep a record of the purchase (what you bought, the amount, the date and a Stripe reference).
• Messages — anything you send through our contact form or by email.
• Partner link clicks — when you click a partner or gear link, we record which link was clicked and for which island, so we can understand what is useful and reconcile commissions.

How we use it

• To build and deliver your personalised itinerary and any premium documents you purchase.
• To manage your access (for example, your free itinerary, single-trip purchases or annual plan).
• To reply to your questions and concierge requests.
• To keep records required for accounting, tax and fraud prevention.
• To improve the planner and our island recommendations.

We do not sell or rent your personal data to anyone.

Payments are processed by Stripe

All payments are handled by Stripe, a PCI-DSS certified payment processor. When you check out, your payment details go directly to Stripe and are governed by Stripe's Privacy Policy. Stripe may use cookies and fraud-detection signals during checkout.

Affiliate and partner links

Our itineraries, island recommendations and Trip Kit include affiliate and partner links (for example to tour operators, hotels, restaurants and retailers such as Amazon). When you click one, you leave our site and the partner's own privacy policy applies. The partner or affiliate network may use cookies to record that you arrived from My Island Compass so that we can earn a commission if you book or buy. We don't share your name or email with partners through these links. See our Terms of Service for how partner placement works.

Who else handles your data

We use trusted service providers to run the site — hosting and database storage, email delivery, the technology that helps draft itineraries, and Stripe for payments. They process data only on our behalf and only as needed to provide their service.

How long we keep it

We keep your trip and account information for as long as it is useful to you (for example, so you can return to a purchased itinerary) and purchase records for as long as the law requires. You can ask us to delete your data at any time.

Requesting deletion of your data

To access, correct or delete your personal data, email [email protected] with the subject line “Delete my data” from the email address you used with us. We will confirm and complete your request within 30 days. We may need to keep limited purchase records where the law requires it, but we will remove everything else.

Changes and contact

If we change this policy we will update the date at the top of this page. Questions? Contact us.