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— Privacy Policy · UT-048

Your data, quietly held.

What we collect, why we collect it, who else sees it, and how to ask us to forget. Plain language, no dark patterns.

Effective
01 · JAN · MMXXV
v. 2.0

I.What we collect

We collect only what we need to plan your trip and run the site:

  • Account details — name, email, password (hashed), phone (optional)
  • Trip details — dates, occasion, dietary notes, traveller composition
  • Onboarding answers — the five questions you answer when registering, used for personalised suggestions
  • Booking history — inquiries, quotes, payments (we never store full card details)
  • Site analytics — pages viewed, basic device info; anonymised where possible

II.How we use it

To plan and deliver your trip. To improve our suggestions. To send you the Journal if you’ve opted in. To meet our legal and regulatory obligations as a licensed tour operator in the Republic of Maldives.

We do not sell your data. We do not share it with advertisers. We do not build behavioural profiles for marketing purposes.

III.Who else sees it

To deliver your trip, we share necessary details with the properties you’re staying at, the transfer providers, and our internal team. Each receives only what they need.

We use a small number of third-party services to run the site: a payment processor (PCI-compliant), an email provider, a hosting provider, and a basic analytics tool. None of these have permission to use your data for their own purposes.

IV.How long we keep it

Account data is kept for as long as your account is active. Booking records are retained for seven years as required by Maldivian tax and tourism regulations. Inquiry-only data (no booking) is deleted after two years. You can ask us to delete your data at any time — see § VI.

V.Where it lives

Our servers are based in Singapore. We use AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit. We do not store cardholder data.

VI.Your rights

You can ask us to:

  • Show you what data we hold about you
  • Correct anything that’s wrong
  • Delete your account and the data associated with it (subject to legal retention requirements)
  • Export your data in a portable format
  • Stop sending you the Journal or marketing emails

Write to privacy@undertropics.com. We’ll respond within 30 days.

VII.Cookies

We use a small set of essential cookies (sign-in session, basic preferences) and one analytics cookie. No advertising cookies, no third-party tracking cookies. You can decline analytics at first visit and at any time afterwards.

VIII.Children

The site is not intended for children under 16. We don’t knowingly collect data from children; if you believe we have, please tell us.

IX.Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is always linked in the footer. Material changes will be notified by email.

QUESTIONS —Anything not clear? Write to privacy@undertropics.com or to our registered office. We’ll reply, and we’ll reply properly.

Effective 01 January MMXXV · v. 2.0

Under Tropics
"The Maldives, considered."
Boduthakurufaanu Magu
Malé · Republic of Maldives
+960 330 1825 · hello@undertropics.com
Company No. C-0428/2014 · GST No. 1042GST073

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