This Privacy Policy explains how West Coast Wings (westcoastwings.org) collects, uses and protects your information. It also covers how our affiliate partnerships work. Last updated August 2026.
Who we are
Olya operates West Coast Wings, a Bay Area travel site covering flight deals and road trips. Our website address is https://westcoastwings.org. Send questions about this policy to hello@westcoastwings.org.
Affiliate links and advertising disclosure
West Coast Wings participates in affiliate marketing programs, including CJ Affiliate and TravelPayouts partners such as Kiwi.com, AirHelp and Tiqets. This means some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click through and book, we may earn a commission. This costs you nothing extra. We only link to services we would recommend anyway, and our reviews and recommendations reflect our own honest opinion.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data you provide in the comments form. We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. We may share an anonymized version of your email address (a hash) with the Gravatar service to check whether you use it; the Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After we approve your comment, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies for your convenience on future comments. These cookies last for one year. If you have an account and log in, we set two cookies: a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies, and a login cookie to keep you signed in. We remove both cookies when you log out.
Embedded content and third-party links
Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example videos or maps) or links to third-party booking and travel sites, including our affiliate partners. Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited that other website directly, and those sites may collect data about you, use cookies and monitor your interaction according to their own privacy policies.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell your personal data. We share limited data with the service providers that keep this site running, such as our hosting provider and analytics tools, and with affiliate networks (including CJ Affiliate and TravelPayouts) when you click an affiliate link, so that any resulting booking can be correctly tracked and credited.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, we retain the comment and its metadata indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically, rather than holding them in a moderation queue. For users who register on this site, we also store the personal information they provide in their profile. They can view, edit or delete this information at any time, except their username.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except data we must keep for administrative, legal or security purposes. To make a request, email hello@westcoastwings.org.
Contact
Send questions about this Privacy Policy or our affiliate disclosures to hello@westcoastwings.org.