BestPattayaPhotographers is an editorial directory of working photographers in Pattaya. The directory has no user accounts, no membership flow, and no behavioral tracking beyond aggregate page-view counts. This policy describes the limited personal data the site does collect and how it is handled.
What we collect
The contact form at /contact/ collects an email address (so the editors can reply), the message itself and the language the form was used in. No name is required; the directory treats reader correspondence as anonymous unless the sender chooses to identify themselves in the message body. Together with the message, the editors receive technical data of the request, including the sender's IP address; it is used only to protect against spam and abuse. The form is protected by Cloudflare Turnstile, a bot check that also sees the request; it is the only third-party script on the site.
Aggregate page-view counts are collected via a self-hosted analytics endpoint at analytics.bestpattayaphotographers.com. No cookies, no cross-site tracking, no fingerprinting; the count is anonymous and not linked to any individual visitor.
What we do not collect
The directory does not set tracking cookies, does not load third-party advertising or analytics scripts, does not maintain user profiles, and does not share any data with the photographers it lists. The site contains no payment flows.
How long it stays
Messages are kept as long as needed to respond and to keep a reasonable record of editorial decisions, typically up to two years from the date of submission. A sender may request deletion of their message at any time by writing to hello@bestpattayaphotographers.com.
Where it is stored
There is no database and no mailbox on a server of ours. A submitted message is delivered to the editors through a third-party messaging service and exists only there, and in the email exchange once the editors reply. That service processes the message under its own privacy policy, and its servers may be located outside your country. The site itself is static and is delivered worldwide through Cloudflare; its pages contain no personal data of readers.
Editorial anonymity
The directory is maintained by an anonymous editorial collective. Individual editor names, biographies, and roles are deliberately not published: the directory asks readers to trust the method and the open material it cites, not the authority of named people. Public ratings and profile text are editorial speech and do not represent any specific individual.
Contact
Privacy questions, deletion requests, or data corrections: hello@bestpattayaphotographers.com. Security disclosures: security@bestpattayaphotographers.com.
This policy may be updated. The current version is the one displayed on this page.