Privacy | Travel Blog Jamie

Website: Travel Blog Jamie
Website address: https://www.travelblogjamie.com
Last updated: 25 October 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Travel Blog Jamie. Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains how personal information may be collected, used and protected when you visit our website.

Travel Blog Jamie is a travel blog featuring articles, travel experiences, embedded YouTube videos, links to social media platforms and website analytics.

We aim to collect as little personal information as possible and use it only where necessary to operate the website, respond to enquiries, manage visitor interactions and understand how visitors use our content.

This policy applies to your use of the Travel Blog Jamie website.

2. Who we are

Travel Blog Jamie operates the website at https://www.travelblogjamie.com.

For the purposes of applicable UK data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, the website operator is responsible for the personal information processed through the website.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact us using the contact form on our website.

3. What information we collect

We do not routinely ask visitors to provide personal information simply to read our blog posts. However, information may be collected when you interact with the website or when certain website technologies operate.

Information you provide directly

This may include:

Your name, if you choose to provide it.
Your email address when you submit a contact form or otherwise contact us.
The contents of your messages, enquiries or feedback.
Information submitted when commenting on a blog post, where commenting is available.
Any other personal information you voluntarily include in a submission.

Please avoid including sensitive personal information in comments or messages unless it is genuinely necessary.

Information collected automatically

Our website is hosted on Wix. Depending on the website features and settings in use, Wix and other services integrated into the website may process information such as:

Your IP address.
Browser type and device information.
Technical logs and diagnostic information.
Cookie identifiers and similar online identifiers.
Information about pages visited, interactions with website content, referral sources and time spent on the website.

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors find and use Travel Blog Jamie. This may involve collecting information about page views, navigation, interactions, approximate geographic location, device and browser information, referral sources and other usage statistics.

This information helps us understand which articles and videos are popular and improve the website. Google Analytics data may include online identifiers and other information that could constitute personal data under applicable law.

4. How we use your information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

To respond to enquiries and messages submitted through our contact form.
To publish and manage comments where commenting is enabled.
To communicate with you about a query you have raised.
To understand website traffic and how visitors interact with our content using Google Analytics.
To improve the website, its content and visitor experience.
To operate, maintain and secure the website.
To identify and resolve technical issues, spam or misuse.
To comply with applicable legal obligations.

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We do not use contact form submissions or comments to send unsolicited marketing emails.

5. Our lawful basis for processing

Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for processing personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on:

Legitimate interests: to respond to general enquiries, moderate comments, prevent spam, maintain website security and operate the blog, where our interests do not override your rights and interests.
Consent: where required, including for non-essential cookies and analytics technologies that require consent under applicable law.
Legal obligation: where we need to process or retain information to comply with the law.

Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

6. Contact forms and blog comments

If you contact us through the website, the information you submit will be used to deal with your enquiry and any reasonable follow-up.

If you leave a comment on a blog post, the information you submit may be displayed publicly alongside your comment, depending on the website's commenting settings. Please do not include information you would not want other visitors to see.

We may moderate, remove or restrict comments that are spam, abusive, unlawful or otherwise inappropriate.

We retain enquiries and comments only for as long as reasonably necessary for their intended purpose, to maintain the website, or to meet applicable legal requirements.

7. Cookies, Google Analytics and website analytics

Our website is hosted on Wix and uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website.

Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies and similar technologies may be used by Wix, Google Analytics, YouTube and other services integrated into the website.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function securely and correctly. Others may be used to measure website traffic, understand visitor behaviour or support embedded content.

Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to distinguish visitors and sessions, measure interactions with pages and generate aggregated statistics about website usage. Depending on the configuration, it may also process information such as online identifiers, device information, referral sources and approximate location.

We will configure the website to obtain consent before setting or accessing non-essential analytics cookies or using similar technologies where required by UK law. You can manage your preferences through the cookie settings provided on the website.

You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

Google Analytics and third-party processing

Google provides Google Analytics as a third-party analytics service. Information collected through Google Analytics may be processed by Google on our behalf and in accordance with the applicable service terms and data protection arrangements.

Depending on the configuration and services used, Google may also process information for its own purposes. Further information is available in Google's privacy documentation:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

We will use the available Google Analytics privacy and data-sharing settings appropriate to the website. The information collected, the cookies used and the applicable retention periods may depend on our configuration.

8. Embedded YouTube videos and external links

Our website may contain videos embedded from YouTube and links to external websites, including social media platforms.

YouTube videos

When you view a page containing an embedded YouTube video, YouTube or its associated services may collect information about your device, IP address and interaction with the video. Depending on the embedding method, your privacy settings and whether you interact with the video, cookies or similar technologies may also be used.

Where available, we may use YouTube's privacy-enhanced embedding options. These do not necessarily prevent all data processing.

YouTube is operated by Google, and its processing of personal information is governed by Google's and YouTube's own privacy terms.

Social media and external websites

Our website may link to platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook or other social media services. Clicking an external link takes you to a third-party website or service that operates under its own privacy policy and terms.

We do not control how these third parties collect or use your information. Please review their privacy policies before providing personal information or interacting with their services.

9. Who we share information with

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.

We may share or make information available to the following parties where necessary:

Wix: our website hosting platform and provider of relevant website functionality, forms and other enabled services.
Google Analytics and Google: for website analytics and, where applicable, services associated with embedded YouTube videos.
Other service providers: where a website feature you use relies on a third-party service.
Authorities or legal representatives: where disclosure is required by law or necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

These providers may process information in countries outside the UK. Where applicable, appropriate legal safeguards must be in place for international transfers of personal information.

10. How we protect your information

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.

Our website is hosted by Wix, which provides technical infrastructure and security features. However, no website or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Please contact us if you believe that information you have submitted through our website has been compromised.

11. How long we keep your information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

For example:

Contact form messages are generally kept for as long as necessary to respond to and resolve the enquiry.
Comments may remain published for as long as the relevant blog post and comment remain available, unless the comment is removed or there is a valid reason to retain it.
Google Analytics data is retained according to the data retention settings configured in our Google Analytics account.
Technical and security records may be retained for the period necessary to operate and protect the website.

Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information, applicable legal requirements and legitimate operational needs.

12. Your data protection rights

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

Request access to the personal information we hold about you.
Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
Request the deletion of your personal information.
Request that we restrict how we process your information.
Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
Request a copy of certain information in a portable format.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

These rights are subject to certain conditions and exceptions under data protection law.

To exercise a right, please contact us using the contact form on our website. We may need to verify your identity before responding. We will respond within the applicable legal timeframe.

You can find out more about your rights and how to complain at https://ico.org.uk/.

13. Children's privacy

Travel Blog Jamie is a general-audience website and does not specifically target children. The website is publicly accessible, and we do not operate age restrictions.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children for any specific purpose beyond the ordinary operation of the website and any information they choose to submit through its features.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information through our contact form or comments, please contact us so that we can review the information and, where appropriate, delete it.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services we use or applicable legal requirements.

Any updated version will be published on this page, together with the revised date at the top of the policy.

15. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the personal information you have provided, or how your information is handled, please contact us through the contact form on the Travel Blog Jamie website.

Website: https://www.travelblogjamie.com

We will do our best to respond to your enquiry as promptly as possible.