Privacy Policy

Who we are

The Wed Journey (“we”, “us”, “our”) is an editorial publication covering destination weddings worldwide. It is published by Thomas van der Bruggen Holding B.V., registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK) under number 75464136, with its registered office in Zaltbommel, the Netherlands. Thomas van der Bruggen Holding B.V. is the data controller for the personal information described in this policy. For any privacy question, write to privacy@thewedjourney.com.

What we collect

We only collect what we need to run the site and respond to you:

• Enquiries. When you send a venue enquiry or contact message, we collect your name, email address, the venue or subject, and the contents of your message.
• Newsletter. If you subscribe, we store your email address so we can send the dispatch.
• Accounts & saved venues. If you create an account, we store your email and the venues you save or “love”, so your shortlist follows you across devices.
• Venue and partner submissions. If you apply to list a venue, submit a real wedding or apply as a planner or supplier, we store the details you send so we can review them.
• Technical data. Standard server data such as your IP address, browser type and the pages you request, kept by our hosting provider for security and to keep the site running.
• Usage analytics. Aggregate statistics on how the site is used (pages viewed, referring sites, device type, whether an enquiry was sent), collected without cookies or other storage on your device. These events contain no names, email addresses or messages; if you are signed in, an enquiry event is linked to your account by a pseudonymous ID.

How we use it

• To reply to your enquiry and, where relevant, introduce you to a venue.
• To send you the newsletter you asked for (and nothing else).
• To operate your account and sync your saved venues.
• To review listing, real-wedding and partner submissions.
• To keep the site secure, including blocking spam and abuse of our forms.
• To understand, in aggregate, how the site is used and make it better.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not send marketing you didn’t ask for.

Who we share it with

We rely on a small set of trusted service providers, who process data only on our instructions:

• Netlify — hosts and serves the website and processes form submissions.
• Neon — stores accounts, saved venues, enquiries, submissions and newsletter signups.
• Resend — delivers our emails (enquiries, sign-in links, the newsletter).
• Google — if you choose “Sign in with Google”, to verify your identity.
• Render — runs our content management system (Directus).
• DigitalOcean — stores and serves images.
• PostHog — usage analytics, stored in the EU (Frankfurt), without cookies.
• Stripe — processes payments from venues that buy a listing (we never see card details).

Some of these providers process data outside the European Economic Area; where they do, they rely on safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.

When you send an enquiry about a specific venue, we may pass your message and contact details to that venue, or to a wedding planner we work with in that destination, so they can respond.

Cookies

We use a small number of cookies and similar technologies. See our Cookie Policy for the detail and how to control them.

How long we keep it

We keep enquiry correspondence for as long as needed to handle your request and our records, newsletter data until you unsubscribe, and account data until you delete your account. We then delete or anonymise it.

Your rights

Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (and, where it applies, the UK GDPR) you have the right to access, correct, delete or export your personal data, to object to or restrict its processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise any of these, email privacy@thewedjourney.com and we’ll respond within one month. You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority — in the Netherlands, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens — or to the authority where you live.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time; the “last updated” date above always reflects the current version. Material changes will be highlighted on this page.

This policy is provided in good faith as a clear summary of our practices and is not legal advice. Please have it reviewed by qualified counsel before relying on it for your jurisdiction.