Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5 August 2026

Welcome to The Jumpseat Boy, accessible at https://www.thejumpseatboy.com.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit this website, how it may be used, and the choices and rights available to you.

By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Who We Are

The Jumpseat Boy is a personal travel blog operated from Cyprus.

For questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, you can contact us at:

Email: info@thejumpseatboy.com
Website: https://www.thejumpseatboy.com

For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, the operator of The Jumpseat Boy is the data controller for personal information collected directly through this website.

2. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect the following types of information:

Information You Provide Voluntarily

You may provide personal information when you:

• Contact us through a contact form
• Send us an email
• Subscribe to a newsletter, if this service is available
• Leave a comment on an article
• Communicate with us through the website

This information may include your name, email address, message and any other information you choose to provide.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the website.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser type and version
• Device type
• Operating system
• Approximate geographical location
• Referring website
• Pages visited
• Time and date of access
• Time spent on the website
• Links and buttons clicked
• Cookie identifiers and similar technical information

This information may be collected through server logs, cookies, analytics services and advertising technologies.

3. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

• Operate and maintain the website
• Respond to enquiries and messages
• Improve the website’s content, performance and user experience
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Detect spam, fraud, abuse and security issues
• Measure website traffic and engagement
• Display and measure advertising
• Track eligible affiliate bookings or purchases
• Comply with legal obligations
• Establish, exercise or defend legal claims

We do not sell your personal information.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

Where the General Data Protection Regulation applies, we process personal information under one or more of the following legal bases:

• Consent: when you have given permission for a specific purpose, such as optional analytics or advertising cookies.
• Legitimate interests: when processing is reasonably necessary to operate, secure and improve the website, provided that these interests do not override your rights.
• Contractual necessity: when processing is required to provide a service that you have requested.
• Legal obligation: when processing is necessary to comply with applicable law.
• Legal claims: when processing is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files stored on your computer, phone or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies may be used for purposes such as:

• Ensuring the website functions correctly
• Remembering your preferences
• Protecting the website from spam and abuse
• Measuring website traffic and performance
• Understanding how visitors interact with content
• Displaying and measuring advertisements
• Recording affiliate referrals and bookings

Cookies may be classified as:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot normally be disabled through the website’s consent settings.

Functional Cookies

These cookies support additional website features and remember certain visitor preferences.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the website, such as which pages are visited and how long visitors remain on them.

Advertising Cookies

These cookies may be used to display, personalise, limit and measure advertisements.

Affiliate Cookies

Affiliate partners may use cookies or similar technologies to record whether a visitor completes a booking or purchase after clicking an affiliate link.

Where required by law, optional cookies will not be activated until you provide consent through the website’s cookie banner or consent-management tool.

You can accept, reject or manage optional cookies through the choices provided in the cookie banner. You may also adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.

6. Google AdSense and Advertising

The website may use Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google.

Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, Internet Protocol addresses and similar technologies to:

• Display advertisements
• Measure advertisement performance
• Prevent fraud and abuse
• Limit how often advertisements are shown
• Produce aggregated advertising reports
• Display personalised advertisements where the visitor has provided the required consent
• Display non-personalised or limited advertisements where applicable

Third-party vendors, including Google, may place and read cookies on your browser or use web beacons and Internet Protocol addresses to collect information as a result of advertisements being displayed on this website.

Google’s use of advertising cookies may allow it and its partners to display advertisements based on your visit to this website and other websites.

Visitors can learn about and manage Google advertising personalisation through Google’s My Ad Center and can read how Google uses information from websites that use its services through Google’s privacy and partner-sites information pages.

For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, advertising and related cookies will be managed through a consent-management platform where required. You may be asked to accept, reject or manage the use of your personal information and cookies for advertising purposes.

The list of advertising technology providers may change over time and may be displayed through the website’s consent-management interface.

7. Google Analytics

The website may use Google Analytics or a similar analytics service to understand how visitors interact with the website.

Analytics services may collect information such as:

• Pages visited
• Approximate location
• Device and browser information
• Referral source
• Session duration
• Website interactions

Where required by law, Google Analytics and other optional analytics technologies will only be activated after you provide consent.

Information collected by Google is handled in accordance with Google’s own privacy policies and terms.

You can withdraw or change your consent through the website’s cookie settings where this option is available.

8. Affiliate Links

Some articles may contain affiliate links or booking widgets.

This means that if you click an affiliate link and complete a booking or purchase, The Jumpseat Boy may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate partners may use cookies or similar technologies to record referrals and attribute eligible bookings or purchases.

The website may participate in affiliate programmes offered by companies such as GetYourGuide and other travel-related providers.

When you click an affiliate link or use a third-party booking widget, you may be redirected to or interact with a third-party website. The collection and use of your information by that provider are governed by its own privacy policy and terms.

The Jumpseat Boy does not control the privacy practices, booking systems or payment processes of affiliate partners.

9. Embedded Content and External Services

Articles may include embedded content or services from third-party platforms, such as:

• YouTube videos
• Instagram posts
• Social-media sharing tools
• Maps
• Booking widgets
• Travel activity providers
• Other external websites and services

Embedded content may behave in the same way as if you visited the third party’s website directly.

These providers may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking and monitor your interaction with their content, particularly when you are logged into an account held with that provider.

Third-party services are governed by their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review those policies before providing information or using their services.

10. Contact Forms and Email Communications

When you contact us through a form or by email, we may collect your name, email address, message, Internet Protocol address and related technical information.

We use this information to read, manage and respond to your enquiry and to protect the website from spam or abuse.

Messages may be stored for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to the enquiry, maintain business records, resolve disputes or comply with legal obligations.

Please do not send confidential or sensitive information through a contact form unless it is necessary.

11. Comments

If comments are enabled and you leave a comment, the information entered into the comment form may be collected together with your Internet Protocol address and browser information.

This information may be used to display the comment, identify spam and protect the website against abuse.

An anonymised string created from your email address may be provided to an avatar service, such as Gravatar, to check whether you use that service. If your comment is approved, your profile image may be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Do not include personal information in a public comment that you do not wish to be publicly accessible.

12. Spam and Website Security

The website may use security, anti-spam, hosting and content-delivery services.

These services may process technical data, such as Internet Protocol addresses, browser information and website activity, to:

• Detect malicious activity
• Block spam submissions
• Prevent unauthorised access
• Protect the website against attacks
• Maintain website availability and performance

13. Third-Party Links

The website contains links to external websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, accuracy or content of third-party websites. Clicking an external link may allow the third party to collect information from you.

You should review the privacy policy of every external website you visit.

14. International Data Transfers

Some service providers used by the website may process or store information outside Cyprus or outside the European Economic Area.

Where applicable, such transfers should be protected through recognised legal safeguards, such as adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

Third-party providers are responsible for describing their own international transfer arrangements in their privacy documentation.

15. How Long We Keep Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including to:

• Respond to enquiries
• Maintain website security
• Prevent fraud and abuse
• Keep appropriate records
• Comply with legal obligations
• Resolve disputes
• Enforce agreements

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the purpose of processing and applicable legal requirements.

Analytics and advertising information may be retained according to the settings and policies of the relevant third-party provider.

16. How We Protect Information

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or misuse.

However, no website, electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information through the internet at your own risk.

17. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Request restriction of processing
• Object to certain types of processing
• Request data portability
• Withdraw consent at any time
• Object to direct marketing
• Lodge a complaint with a data-protection authority
• Request information about how your personal data is processed

These rights may be subject to legal limitations and exceptions.

To exercise your rights, contact:

info@thejumpseatboy.com

We may need to request information to confirm your identity before completing a request.

If you are located in Cyprus, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection of Cyprus.

18. Children’s Privacy

The website is intended for a general audience and is not directed specifically at children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children where parental or guardian consent is legally required.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information through the website without the required permission, please contact us so that the information can be reviewed and, where appropriate, deleted.

19. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

The Jumpseat Boy does not sell personal information in exchange for money.

Some privacy laws may define certain advertising or analytics activities as “sharing,” “selling” or “targeted advertising.”

Where applicable, visitors may use the website’s cookie settings or consent-management tool to reject optional advertising and analytics technologies.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect:

• Changes to the website
• New services or third-party providers
• Changes to advertising or analytics practices
• Legal or regulatory requirements
• Changes to our data-processing activities

The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

21. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information or your data-protection rights, contact:

The Jumpseat Boy
Website: https://www.thejumpseatboy.com
Email: info@thejumpseatboy.com