Last updated: September 2026
Welcome to LifeAsSaar!
LifeAsSaar is a personal travel blog where I share travel guides, personal experiences, recommendations, itineraries, travel tips and inspiration.
Your privacy is important to me. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit LifeAsSaar, how that information may be used, and the choices and rights you have regarding your personal information.
By using LifeAsSaar, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Who Is Responsible for Your Data?
LifeAsSaar is operated by:
Saar De Coster
Belgium
Email: saar.decoster@hotmail.com
For questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information or your privacy rights, you can contact me at the email address above.
What Information May Be Collected?
Depending on how you use LifeAsSaar, different types of information may be collected.
This may include:
- Your name and email address if you subscribe to my newsletter
- Information you voluntarily provide when contacting me
- Technical information such as your browser, device type and operating system
- IP address and approximate location information
- Pages you visit and how you interact with the website
- Referral information, such as the website or platform you came from
- Cookie and similar tracking information
- Information associated with advertising and affiliate tracking
I do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information through LifeAsSaar.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information through contact forms, emails or other communication channels unless it is necessary for your request.
How Your Information Is Used
Information collected through LifeAsSaar may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Improve website content and user experience
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Analyse website traffic and performance
- Send newsletters if you have subscribed
- Respond to questions and messages
- Provide and improve digital products
- Measure the performance of affiliate links
- Display relevant advertising
- Prevent fraud, abuse or technical problems
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
I only use personal information for legitimate purposes and, where required by law, on the basis of your consent.
Cookies
LifeAsSaar uses cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on your device that help websites remember information and understand how visitors use the website.
Cookies may be used for:
- Essential website functionality
- Analytics
- Advertising
- Affiliate tracking
- Remembering preferences
- Measuring website performance
Some cookies are placed by LifeAsSaar, while others may be placed by third-party services used on the website.
Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies and tracking technologies will only be used after you have provided the appropriate consent.
You can manage or withdraw your cookie preferences through the cookie consent tools available on the website. You can also control cookies through your browser settings.
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
Mediavine Advertising
LifeAsSaar works with Mediavine to display advertising on the website.
Mediavine and its advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, tags and similar technologies to deliver, measure and personalise advertisements.
Mediavine provides a consent management platform for visitors in regions where consent is required, including the European Union. Depending on your choices and applicable privacy laws, you may be shown personalised or non-personalised advertising.
You can manage your advertising and privacy preferences through the consent management tools provided on the website.
Mediavine also provides information about its advertising partners and their data practices through its own website.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising.
Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache.
For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements.
Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps.
This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, you can visit the National Advertising Initiative opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance website and the Network Advertising Initiative website.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit the Mediavine Partners page.
Google Analytics
LifeAsSaar uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website and to improve its content and user experience.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
- Pages visited
- Time spent on pages
- Device type
- Browser type
- Approximate geographic information
- Referral sources
- Interactions with the website
Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies to collect this information.
Where required by applicable law, analytics cookies will only be used after the appropriate consent has been provided.
Google processes information according to its own privacy policies and terms.
Newsletter & MailerLite
If you subscribe to the Sunday with Saar 💌 newsletter, your email address and any information you voluntarily provide when subscribing may be processed by my email marketing provider, MailerLite.
Your information is used to:
- Send newsletters and updates
- Provide travel content and recommendations
- Manage your subscription
- Improve newsletter communication
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in every newsletter.
MailerLite may process certain technical information, such as email delivery and engagement information, in order to operate and improve its email services.
For more information about how MailerLite processes personal data, please refer to MailerLite’s own privacy policy.
Contacting LifeAsSaar
If you contact me by email, I may receive personal information such as your name, email address and the contents of your message.
This information is used only to respond to your enquiry, communicate with you and handle your request.
I do not sell personal information to third parties.
Affiliate Links & Tracking
Some links on LifeAsSaar are affiliate links.
This means that if you click on an affiliate link and subsequently make a booking or purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate partners may use cookies, tracking parameters or similar technologies to determine that a visitor arrived through LifeAsSaar.
Affiliate links may include travel-related services such as:
- Accommodation
- Hotels
- Tours and activities
- Transport
- Car rental
- Travel products and services
I may work with affiliate networks and platforms such as Stay22 and other third-party partners.
These companies may process information about clicks, referrals, bookings, purchases or other interactions in accordance with their own privacy policies.
LifeAsSaar does not control the privacy practices, cookies or tracking technologies used by third-party affiliate companies.
Affiliate commissions help support LifeAsSaar and allow me to continue creating free travel guides and travel content.
Affiliate relationships do not guarantee a positive review or recommendation. My opinions remain my own.
External Websites
LifeAsSaar contains links to external websites operated by third parties.
These may include:
- Hotels
- Booking platforms
- Tour operators
- Transport providers
- Restaurants
- Travel services
- Affiliate partners
- Other recommended resources
When you click on an external link, you leave LifeAsSaar and are subject to the privacy policy and terms of the external website.
I do not control how these third parties collect, use or store personal information.
I recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external website before providing personal information or making a booking or purchase.
Digital Products & Google Maps
LifeAsSaar offers digital travel products, including travel maps and other travel resources.
If you purchase a digital product, information necessary to process your purchase may be collected by the payment platform or service used to complete the transaction.
LifeAsSaar itself does not need to collect more personal information than is necessary to provide the purchased product and communicate with you about your purchase.
Digital products may contain links to external websites, businesses or locations. These third parties have their own privacy policies and data practices.
Social Media
LifeAsSaar may link to or embed content from social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and other platforms.
If you interact with social media content, those platforms may collect information about your activity according to their own privacy policies.
LifeAsSaar does not control the data collection practices of these third-party platforms.
Advertising & Third-Party Services
In addition to Mediavine, LifeAsSaar may use other third-party services to operate, analyse, promote or monetise the website.
These services may include analytics providers, email marketing providers, affiliate networks, payment providers, advertising partners, social media platforms and website functionality providers.
Third-party services may collect information through cookies, pixels, tags or similar technologies.
Each third party is responsible for its own processing activities and privacy practices.
Your Privacy Rights Under GDPR
If you are located in the European Economic Area or another jurisdiction where applicable privacy rights apply, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, these may include the right to:
- Request access to your personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of your personal information
- Request restriction of processing
- Object to certain processing activities
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request data portability where applicable
- Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority
To exercise a privacy right or ask a question about your personal information, contact:
If you are located in Belgium, you may also contact the Belgian Data Protection Authority if you believe your personal data has been processed unlawfully.
Data Retention
I only retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to provide the requested service, to maintain business records or to comply with legal obligations.
The retention period may vary depending on the type of information and the service involved.
Third-party providers may retain information according to their own privacy policies and retention practices.
Data Security
I take reasonable measures to protect information processed through LifeAsSaar.
However, no method of transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
For this reason, I cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or through the website.
Children’s Privacy
LifeAsSaar is not specifically directed at children.
I do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the website.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to LifeAsSaar, please contact me so that appropriate steps can be taken.
International Data Transfers
Some third-party services used by LifeAsSaar may process or store information outside the European Economic Area.
Where applicable, these providers are responsible for using appropriate legal safeguards for international transfers of personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services I use, applicable laws or how personal information is processed.
Any changes will be published on this page with an updated date.
I recommend checking this page occasionally to stay informed about how LifeAsSaar handles personal information.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, cookies, affiliate tracking, advertising or how your information is handled, please contact:
Saar De Coster
Email: saar.decoster@hotmail.com
Thank you for visiting LifeAsSaar and for supporting my travel blog.
Saar
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