Last updated: 9 November 2026
Welcome to Weary & Wandering (https://wearyandwandering.co.uk). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you visit our website, interact with our content or use any of the features available on the site.
We aim to be transparent about how information is handled and how you can exercise control over your personal data.
1. Who We Are
Weary & Wandering (wearyandwandering.co.uk) is a personal travel and lifestyle website operated by Maxemilio Speight.
The website shares travel experiences, destination guides, travel advice, running events, photography and related content.
For the purposes of applicable UK data protection legislation, the website operator is the data controller responsible for personal information collected through this website.
Website: https://wearyandwandering.co.uk
Email: wearyandwandering@gmail.com
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why
We only collect personal information where it is necessary for operating the website, improving visitor experience, communicating with readers and supporting website functionality.
Depending on how you interact with the website, we may collect the following information.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on articles, we collect the information submitted through the comments form, which may include:
- Name or display name.
- Email address.
- Website address, if provided.
- The content of the comment.
- IP address and browser information for spam detection and security purposes.
An anonymised identifier generated from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to determine whether you have a profile image associated with your email address.
Once a comment is approved, your chosen display name, comment and associated profile image may be visible publicly.
Comments are retained on the website unless they are removed by the website administrator or otherwise required to be deleted.
Media and Images
Weary & Wandering publishes photographs and other media relating to travel experiences and destinations.
Images uploaded to the website may be publicly accessible. Visitors should avoid uploading images containing embedded personal or location information unless they are comfortable with that information being potentially accessible to others.
Website Usage and Technical Information
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:
- IP address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages visited and time spent on the website.
- Referring websites and navigation information.
- General location information derived from technical data.
This information helps us understand how visitors use the website, maintain security and improve website performance.
Contact and Communication
If you contact us directly using our email address or any available communication channels, we may retain the information you provide, including your name, email address and message, so that we can respond to your enquiry.
We do not use personal correspondence for unsolicited marketing.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Weary & Wandering uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand visitor activity and deliver advertising.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Some are necessary for the website to function, while others support analytics, advertising and third-party services.
Consent Management
We use Google’s consent management technology to provide visitors with options to:
- Accept the use of personal data for the purposes presented.
- Reject non-essential consent requests.
- Manage individual consent preferences.
- Review or withdraw previously granted consent.
A Privacy and Cookie Settings link is available in the website footer, allowing visitors to revisit their preferences.
Non-essential cookies and tracking technologies should only operate where the appropriate consent has been obtained.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential cookies
These support basic website functionality, security and features such as remembering user preferences. They do not require consent where they are strictly necessary for the service requested.
Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics through Google Site Kit to understand website traffic, visitor behaviour and content performance.
This helps us identify popular articles, understand how visitors discover the website and improve the overall experience.
Analytics technologies may collect information about pages visited, browsing activity, device information and general geographical location.
Advertising cookies
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on the website.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers and similar technologies to deliver, measure and personalise advertisements, subject to the visitor’s consent and applicable settings.
These technologies may be used to measure advertising performance, limit repeated advertisements and provide relevant advertising.
Third-party cookies
Content and services provided by external platforms, including YouTube, Instagram and other social media services, may use their own cookies and tracking technologies.
These third parties operate under their own privacy policies and terms.
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through the Privacy and Cookie Settings link in the website footer.
4. Analytics and Website Performance
We use Google Analytics through Google Site Kit to monitor website performance and understand how visitors interact with our content.
The information collected may include:
- Website traffic and page views.
- Visitor engagement and navigation.
- Approximate geographical information.
- Device and browser information.
- Referral sources.
This information helps us improve website content, navigation and overall visitor experience.
Google processes this information in accordance with its own privacy policies.
Further information is available at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
5. Advertising and Google AdSense
Weary & Wandering participates in Google AdSense, which allows advertisements to be displayed throughout the website.
Advertisements may appear within website content and in other advertising placements.
Google and its third-party advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers and similar technologies to:
- Display advertisements.
- Personalise advertising where permitted.
- Measure advertising performance.
- Limit the number of times visitors see particular advertisements.
- Support advertising-related reporting and services.
Depending on your location and consent preferences, advertisements may be personalised or non-personalised.
Visitors can manage their advertising and data-processing preferences through the website’s consent management interface.
Further information about Google’s advertising practices is available at:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
6. Embedded Content and Social Media
Articles on Weary & Wandering may contain embedded content from other websites and platforms.
This may include:
- YouTube videos.
- Instagram posts.
- Social media content.
- External photographs and other media.
Embedded content from other websites may behave in the same way as if you had visited those websites directly.
These external platforms may collect information about you, use cookies, track interactions and associate activity with your account if you are logged into their services.
We also provide social sharing functionality, allowing visitors to share articles through platforms such as Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Reddit and WhatsApp.
When you interact with these services, the relevant third-party platform may collect information in accordance with its own privacy policy.
We do not control how external websites process your personal information.
7. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell visitors’ personal information.
However, certain information may be processed or shared with third-party service providers where necessary to operate the website and provide its services.
These include:
Used for website analytics, advertising, consent management and related services through Google Site Kit and Google AdSense.
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Automattic / WordPress / Jetpack
WordPress provides the website’s content management functionality. Jetpack provides additional features and services, which may include website statistics, comments, social sharing and other website functionality.
https://automattic.com/privacy/
Akismet
Akismet is used to help identify and prevent spam comments. It may process comment information, including IP addresses, browser information and other submitted details, to assess whether comments are potentially unwanted or malicious.
Gravatar
Gravatar may receive an anonymised identifier generated from a commenter’s email address to display an associated profile image.
https://automattic.com/privacy/
Website Hosting Provider
Our website is hosted through Crystal.io. Technical information may be processed by the hosting provider as necessary to maintain website availability, security and performance.
Social Media and External Platforms
Where visitors interact with embedded content or social sharing features, information may be processed by the relevant third-party platforms.
These providers operate under their own privacy policies and data protection practices.
8. How Long We Retain Your Data
We only retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal requirements.
Our general approach is as follows:
- Comments: Comments and associated metadata may be retained indefinitely unless removed or deletion is otherwise required.
- Website analytics: Information is retained according to the retention settings configured within Google Analytics.
- Technical and security information: Retained for the period necessary to maintain website security and functionality.
- Direct enquiries: Correspondence is retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to and manage the enquiry.
We may retain certain information for longer where required for legal, administrative or security purposes.
9. Your Data Protection Rights
Under UK GDPR and applicable data protection legislation, you have several rights concerning your personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, these include:
- Right of access: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: You can request that inaccurate or incomplete information is corrected.
- Right to erasure: You can request the deletion of personal information where there is no lawful reason for us to continue retaining it.
- Right to restrict processing: You can request that we restrict the use of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to object: You can object to certain types of personal data processing.
- Right to data portability: You can request certain personal information in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
- Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the email address provided in this policy.
We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
10. International Data Transfers
Some of the third-party services used by Weary & Wandering may process information outside the United Kingdom.
This may include services provided by Google, Automattic and other external technology providers.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, the relevant service providers are responsible for implementing appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.
Further information about international data processing can be found within the privacy policies of the relevant providers.
11. How We Protect Your Data
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information processed through the website.
These measures include using secure website connections (HTTPS/SSL), maintaining website software and plugins, and applying appropriate administrative and technical security measures.
However, no website or internet-based transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Visitors should exercise appropriate caution when submitting personal information online.
12. Children’s Privacy
Weary & Wandering is a general travel and lifestyle website and is not specifically directed towards children.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children for the purpose of providing targeted services or marketing.
If we become aware that personal information has been submitted by a child in circumstances where it should not have been collected, we will take appropriate steps to address the situation.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, its functionality, third-party services or applicable legal requirements.
Any changes will be published on this page, with the updated date displayed at the top.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
14. Contact Information and Complaints
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how your personal information is processed or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact:
Weary & Wandering
Website: https://wearyandwandering.co.uk
Email: wearyandwandering@gmail.com
If you are unhappy with how your personal information has been handled, you also have the right to raise a complaint with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Website: https://ico.org.uk/