Newsletter

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We have lots of good news for this newsletter, please stay with us, it won't be long.

• Update of Privacy Statement
• Address not mandatory on profiles
• Donation Campaign is successful
• Photos on Startpage
• Support team needs your support

Update of Privacy Statement An observant member recently pointed out to us that our privacy policy does not require you to give us a geographical reference to your location. However, to properly use BeWelcome we should at least know in which country and city you live (how else can you find hosts?). Therefore we decided to implement the new privacy policy where we require you enter country and city. This has no influence on current members since everybody was required to give this information during signup. But this leads to our next point:

Address not mandatory on profiles In the past we had a mandatory address field on signup. This has been changed as now we only require your country and city (or region). From now on you can edit your profile and erase your address if you wish. You can always leave it there if you like and choose whether to show it on your profile or not. We hope this change is better for your privacy and gives you more freedom to choose wich information you leave online.

Donation Campaign is Successful Over the last few months we held an annual donation campaign to raise money for the whole year's expenses and have now reached our goal for the year. We want to take this opportunity to thank all of our generous members who have helped to keep the website running. As you might already know Bewelcome is a service run by Bevolunteer, a non-profit organization that maintains the website and keeps everything running. You are welcome to see our financial statements and budget on the website.

Photos on Startpage It has been some time since we last updated the images you can see on the start page (before you log in). We want to ask the community to help renew them. If you have some pictures that you think illustrate the spirit of hospitality and cultural exchange and you want to share them with the world, join the Support Volunteers group and introduce yourself.

Spread the vibe, host the world and travel without boundaries!