Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 5/25/2026
Welcome to CruisePrism (https://cruiseprism.com).
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://cruiseprism.com.
CruisePrism publishes cruise reviews, travel guides, onboard documents, menus, daily programs, and other cruise-related content based on personal cruise experience, original research, and authentic materials shared by fellow cruisers.
2. Information We Collect
Comments
When visitors leave comments, we collect:
- Data shown in the comments form
- IP address
- Browser user agent
This helps with spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) from your email may be sent to the Gravatar service.
Gravatar privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/
Media
If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may extract this information.
Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, remember visitor preferences, analyze website traffic, enhance security, measure performance, and support advertising services provided by third parties such as Google AdSense.
- Comment cookies (name, email, website) last up to 1 year
- Login cookies last 2 days (or 2 weeks if “Remember Me” is selected)
- Screen preference cookies last 1 year
You can disable cookies in your browser settings.
3. Embedded Content
Articles may include embedded content (videos, images, etc.).
These third-party sites may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies
- Track your interaction
This behaves the same as visiting those websites directly.
4. Analytics & Tracking
CruisePrism uses analytics services, including Google Analytics, to better understand how visitors use the website and improve our content.
Analytics services may automatically collect information such as:
- Pages viewed
- Time spent on the website
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate geographic location
- Referral source
- General usage patterns
This information is aggregated whenever possible and is used solely to improve the website and better understand visitor interests. We do not use analytics to personally identify individual visitors.
5. Advertising
CruisePrism may display advertisements provided by Google AdSense and other third-party advertising partners.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s previous visits to this website and other websites across the internet.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve personalized ads based on your browsing history and interests.
Visitors may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
Some third-party advertising vendors and ad networks may also use cookies, web beacons, pixels, or similar technologies to measure advertising performance, prevent fraud, and deliver relevant advertisements.
These technologies may automatically collect information such as:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device information
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages viewed
- Time spent on pages
- Approximate geographic location
- Interaction with advertisements
CruisePrism does not have access to or control over cookies used by third-party advertisers. For more information about how Google collects and processes data for advertising purposes, please visit Google’s Privacy & Terms pages.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect certain features of the website.
For more information about how Google uses information collected through advertising, please visit:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
6. Affiliate Disclosure
Some links on this website may be affiliate links.
This means we may earn a small commission if you make a purchase through those links, at no additional cost to you.
We only recommend products or services we believe provide value.
7. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or trade your personal data.
Your data may be shared with:
- Spam detection services
- Analytics providers
- Advertising partners (as described above)
8. Data Retention
- Comments and metadata are stored indefinitely
- Registered users (if any) can edit or delete their data
9. Your Rights
You may:
- Request a copy of your data
- Request deletion of your data
Exceptions apply for legal or security reasons.
Residents of certain jurisdictions, including the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, California, and other regions with applicable privacy laws, may have additional rights regarding their personal information, including the right to access, correct, delete, restrict processing, object to certain processing activities, or request data portability where provided by law. To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information below.
10. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
11. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at: