Who we are
GoaPlace (goaplace.com) is a free, non-commercial travel guide to Goa. You can contact us at info@goaplace.com.
What we don’t do
- We don’t have user accounts, logins or sign-up forms.
- We don’t run advertising, affiliate tracking or analytics that follow you around the web.
- We don’t sell, rent or share personal data — we don’t collect any to begin with.
What your browser stores on your device
The site uses your browser’s local storage and session storage — not cookies — for a few conveniences. This data never leaves your device and is not sent to us:
- Weather cache (gp_wx_v1): the latest Goa weather reading, kept for 30 minutes so pages load faster.
- Weather preview (gp_wx_override, session only): the sky you picked in the Atmosphere panel.
- Colour settings (qb-theme, qb-brand-theme, gp-palette): your light/dark mode and palette choice.
- Trip planner inputs (gp_plan_inputs_v1): your last area, days, group, vibe and budget.
- Packing checklists (gp_checklist_v1): which items you’ve ticked.
- Saved places (gp_saved_v1): the places you tapped ♥ on.
- Language (gp_lang): the language you chose.
- Domain notice (gp_sale_seen, session only): remembers that you closed the “domain for sale” notice, so it isn’t shown on every page.
You can clear all of this at any time through your browser’s “clear site data” setting. If your browser supports it, the site also keeps an offline copy of pages you’ve opened so they still load without signal.
Third-party services
To work, pages load a small number of external services. Like any website request, these providers can see your IP address and basic browser information:
- Open-Meteo (api.open-meteo.com) — provides Goa’s live weather. We only request weather for Goa’s coordinates; your location is not requested or shared.
- Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com) — serves the site’s typefaces.
- Google Translate (translate.google.com) — only if you choose a language other than English. It loads Google’s free website translator, which translates the page you are reading. Your choice is remembered on your device (gp_lang) and in a “googtrans” cookie that the translator needs.
- Our hosting provider — keeps standard server logs for security and reliability.
When you tap “See on Google Maps”, a YouTube link, a WhatsApp link or an official website link, you leave GoaPlace, and that site’s own privacy policy applies. The “Ask us anything” form doesn’t send anything to a server: it simply opens WhatsApp or your email app with your message filled in, and you decide whether to send it.
GoaPlace AI assistant
If you ask the “GoaPlace AI” assistant a question, your question (and the last few messages of that chat) is sent to our server and to Anthropic’s Claude API to write the answer. Don’t type personal details such as phone numbers or passport numbers into it. We don’t keep your chats or link them to you; Anthropic processes them under its own commercial terms and privacy policy.
Emails & messages
If you email or message us, we’ll use your message and contact details only to reply and, if relevant, to fix or improve the guide. We won’t add you to any mailing list.
Children
GoaPlace is a general-audience travel guide and doesn’t knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the date at the top.
