PRIVACY NOTICE
Last updated May 30, 2026
This Privacy Notice for Tiny Suitcase
- Visit our website at
http://www.trytinysuitcase.com or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
- Use
Tiny Suitcase .Tiny Suitcase is a family travel planning web app. Users answer questions about their family (number of adults, children's ages, nap schedules, dietary restrictions, travel preferences, budget, and departure city) and the app uses AI to generate personalized destination recommendations, day-by-day itineraries, packing lists, dining guides, and hotel recommendations. User-entered information is stored locally in the user's browser (localStorage) and is never transmitted to or stored on our servers. Trip planning inputs are sent to Anthropic's Claude AI API solely to generate travel recommendations and are not retained by us. The app uses the following third-party services: Anthropic (Claude AI, for generating recommendations and itineraries), Unsplash (destination photography), Google Places API (hotel photos), Vercel (hosting and cookie-free web analytics). The app displays links to OpenTable (restaurant reservations), Booking.com, and Airbnb (hotel search) but does not share user data with these services. The app does not require account creation, does not collect email addresses, does not process payments, and does not use advertising trackers or marketing cookies.
- Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services.
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn more about personal information you disclose to us.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. Learn more about how we process your information.
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Learn more about how we keep your information safe.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about your privacy rights.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by submitting a data subject access request, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to learn more about what we do with any information we collect? Review the Privacy Notice in full.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include travel preferences, family composition details (number of adults and children, ages), dietary restrictions, departure city, and budget range that you enter into the trip planning tool. This information is processed to generate travel recommendations and is not retained on our servers.
Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.
Information automatically collected
In Short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
We use Vercel Analytics, a cookie-free analytics solution, to understand page views and visitor counts. Vercel Analytics does not use cookies or tracking pixels and does not identify individual users.
Google API
Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We use the Google Places API solely to retrieve hotel property photos. We do not use Google APIs to collect, store, or share personal user data.2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information to provide travel planning recommendations via AI, to maintain the security of our Services, and to understand usage patterns for improvement purposes.We process your personal information for the following purposes:
- To deliver travel planning services. We process trip planning inputs you provide (family size, preferences, budget, departure city) by sending them to Anthropic's Claude AI API to generate personalized destination recommendations, itineraries, packing lists, dining guides, and hotel recommendations. This data is not retained by us or Anthropic after the response is generated.
- To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our Services to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them.
- To protect our Services. We may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
- To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual's vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:
- Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
- Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information to analyze how our Services are used so we can improve them.
- Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations.
- Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party.
The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:
- AI Platforms — Anthropic (Claude AI) receives trip planning inputs for the sole purpose of generating travel recommendations. Data is not retained after response generation per Anthropic's API terms.
- Performance Monitoring Tools — Vercel (hosting and cookie-free analytics).
- When we use Google Maps Platform APIs — We may share information with certain Google Maps Platform APIs (e.g., Google Places API) to retrieve hotel property photos. We obtain and store cached photo URLs on your device. We do not share personal information with Google beyond what is necessary for photo retrieval.
We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
5. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
In Short: We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you share with third parties that we may link to.The Services may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile applications (including OpenTable, Booking.com, and Airbnb). We do not make any guarantee regarding any such third parties, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of such third-party websites, services, or applications. The inclusion of a link towards a third-party website does not imply an endorsement by us. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third-party websites. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this Privacy Notice. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties.
We use browser localStorage to save your trip inputs, itinerary results, saved hotels, dining picks, and usage tracking data locally on your device. This data never leaves your browser and is not transmitted to our servers. You can clear this data at any time by clearing your browser storage. We do not use advertising cookies, marketing cookies, or third-party tracking pixels.
Tiny Suitcase does not require you to create an account and does not offer social media login options. All data you enter is stored locally in your browser.
8. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: Trip planning data is processed in real-time and not retained on our servers. Data you save locally persists in your browser until you clear it.We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. Trip planning inputs sent to the Claude AI API are processed in real-time and not retained by us. Data stored locally in your browser (localStorage) persists until you choose to clear your browser data. Vercel Analytics aggregated usage data may be retained per Vercel's data retention policies.
9. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through organizational and technical security measures.We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.
10. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.We do not knowingly collect, solicit data from, or market to children under 18 years of age, nor do we knowingly sell such personal information. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent's use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at eric.shiffman@gmail.com .
11. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information.In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us using the contact details provided in the section HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE? below.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority.
Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided in the section HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE? below.
12. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.13. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, or other US states with privacy laws, you may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you and how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal information.Your Rights
You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:- Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
- Right to request the deletion of your personal data
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by submitting a data subject access request, by emailing us atAppeals
Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us atCalifornia “Shine The Light” Law
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us by using the contact details provided in the section HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?14. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
15. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact us by post at:50a Northwestern Dr
Unit 3 #459
Salem, NH 03079
United States
16. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence in the US, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please fill out and submit a data subject access request.This Privacy Policy was created using Termly's Privacy Policy Generator.
7. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
In Short: We do not offer social media login functionality. No account creation is required to use our Services.