Privacy policy and cookies

This page explains what personal information this website collects, why, and what your choices are. Last updated: October 28, 2026.

Who I am

This website, jenniferconfidence.com, is run by Jennifer Confidence. I decide how and why your personal information is used, which makes me the data controller. You can contact me at jc@jenniferconfidence.com.

What I collect and why

When you use the contact form

I collect the name, email address and message you send, so that I can reply. If you ask about tailored security advice, I also keep the trip details you share for as long as it takes to answer you and handle the work.

When you join the newsletter

I collect your email address, and your name if you give it, to send you new stories, travel updates and security briefs. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of every email. Your details are held by the email service I use to send the newsletter.

When you comment

If comments are open on a story, I collect what you type, your name and email address, and your IP address and browser details. These are used to show your comment and to filter spam. A hashed version of your email address may be sent to Gravatar to check whether you have a profile picture. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available on its website.

When you just visit

Like every website, this one and its hosting provider record technical details such as your IP address, browser, device and the pages requested. This is used to deliver the site, keep it secure and fix faults. The only advertising or affiliate tracking on this site comes from the travel partner described below, and it loads on the stories where it appears.

Why I am allowed to use your information

• Your consent, for the newsletter and for any cookie that is not strictly necessary. You can withdraw it at any time.
• My legitimate interest, in answering your messages, keeping the site secure and filtering spam.
• Legal duties, where the law requires me to keep or share a record.

Who I share it with

I do not sell your information. It is shared only with the services that help me run the site: my web host (Hostinger), my travel partner Stay22, my email newsletter service, the spam filter and the email provider I use to reply to you. Those companies may only use it to provide their service to me. Some of them are based outside your country, including in the United States. Where that happens, I rely on the safeguards the law allows, such as standard contractual clauses.

Travel partner links and ads (Stay22)

Some travel stories show maps, hotel and activity offers from Stay22, a travel affiliate service. If you book through one of these offers, Stay22 and its booking partners pay me a small commission. It costs you nothing extra and does not change what I write.

To work, Stay22 may use cookies and similar technology to show offers for the place you are reading about, remember your choices and record that a booking came from this site. This may include sharing your IP address, device details and the pages you view with Stay22 and its advertising and booking partners. Stay22 acts as its own controller for that information, so its own privacy policy applies to it. These offers appear on some stories and may set cookies, as described here. If you choose “Essential only”, they stay blocked and the rest of the page works as normal.

Videos and other content from other sites

My films are hosted on YouTube. Where a video is embedded on this site it uses YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode, which does not place tracking cookies until you press play. Once you play it, YouTube (Google) may collect information under its own privacy policy. Links to YouTube, Instagram and Facebook simply take you to those sites.

How long I keep it

• Contact messages: up to 24 months after our last exchange, unless we are working together.
• Newsletter details: until you unsubscribe, then removed from my active list.
• Comments and their details: kept so the conversation under a story makes sense, until you ask me to remove them.
• Server and security logs: a short period set by my host, normally no more than 90 days.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you can ask me to show you the information I hold about you, correct it, delete it, limit how I use it, send it to you in a portable format, or stop using it for newsletters. You can also object to my use of it. To do any of this, email jc@jenniferconfidence.com. I will answer within one month. If you are unhappy with my answer, you have the right to complain to the data protection authority in your country. In the UK that is the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Children

This site is written for adults. I do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 16. If you think a child has sent me their details, email me and I will delete them.

Cookies

Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. This site uses as few as possible. When you first visit, a notice asks for your choice, and you can change it at any time with the button below.

Strictly necessary cookies

These make the site work and do not need consent. They include the cookie that remembers your cookie choice (jc_consent, 6 months), cookies WordPress sets when someone logs in or leaves a comment (up to one year, only if you choose to be remembered), and the cache and security cookies set by my host.

Cookies from videos

Playing a YouTube video can set cookies from YouTube and Google. They are only set after you press play. See YouTube’s own cookie information for what they do.

Advertising and affiliate cookies

These come from Stay22, as described under “Travel partner links and ads” above, and from the booking partners behind its offers. They can be used to show offers that suit you and to track bookings. They are set when a story with Stay22 offers is shown. You can also opt out of interest-based advertising in your browser or through the opt-out tools in Stay22’s own cookie policy.

This site does not currently use analytics cookies. If that changes, I will update this page and ask for your consent before they are switched on.

Change my cookie choice

You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings. If you block the necessary ones, parts of the site may not work.

Changes to this page

If I change how I use your information, I will update this page and the date at the top. Larger changes will be announced in the newsletter.

Contact

Questions about this page or your information: jc@jenniferconfidence.com.