Last updated: 9 October 2026
The Jasmine Journal respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit our website, how it is used and what choices and rights you have.
1. Who We Are
The Jasmine Journal is an independent travel publication featuring hotel reviews, destination guides and travel inspiration.
For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation, the data controller is:
Website: thejasminejournal.com
Contact email: hello@thejasminejournal.com
If you have any questions about this policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact us using the email address above.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of information:
- Website usage information: Information about how visitors use our website, such as pages visited, time spent on pages, referral sources and general device or browser information.
- Technical information: Information such as your IP address, browser type and operating system, where collected through our hosting, security or analytics services.
- Information you provide: If you contact us by email, we may process your email address, name if provided, the contents of your message and any other information you choose to share.
We only use personal information where we have an appropriate legal basis to do so.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use information to:
- Operate, maintain and improve our website.
- Understand which articles and hotel reviews are useful to readers.
- Monitor website performance and help protect against spam, abuse or security threats.
- Respond to enquiries, corrections and collaboration requests.
- Meet applicable legal obligations.
We do not sell your personal information.
4. Cookies and Website Analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support its operation, measure website traffic and understand how visitors interact with our content.
We use Google Site Kit to integrate Google services, which may include Google Analytics and Google Search Console.
Google Analytics can provide aggregated information about website traffic and visitor behaviour. Depending on the services enabled and your consent choices, cookies or similar technologies may be used to collect this information.
Where consent is required, non-essential analytics cookies and similar technologies will only be used after the appropriate consent has been obtained. You can manage your preferences through the website’s cookie settings, where available.
For more information about how Google processes information, please consult Google’s privacy information at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
5. Affiliate Links
Some articles may contain affiliate links to third-party websites, including hotel booking platforms and travel services.
If you click an affiliate link, you may be redirected to an external website. That website may use its own cookies or tracking technologies to recognise referrals, attribute bookings or administer its services.
If you make a booking through an affiliate link, The Jasmine Journal may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
We do not control the privacy practices of external websites. Please consult the privacy policy of the relevant website before providing personal information or completing a booking.
Affiliate relationships will be disclosed where appropriate.
6. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party providers to support our website, including:
- Google Analytics and related Google services, for website measurement and search performance.
- Our website hosting provider, to host and maintain the website and help protect its security.
- External booking and affiliate partners, when you follow links to their websites.
These providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and contractual arrangements with us.
Some providers may process information outside the European Economic Area. Where applicable, appropriate safeguards will be required in accordance with data protection legislation.
7. How Long We Keep Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including responding to enquiries, maintaining website security and meeting legal obligations.
The retention period depends on the type of information and why it was collected.
8. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of your personal information.
- Request restriction of, or object to, certain processing.
- Request the portability of information where applicable.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
If you are in Spain, you can contact the Spanish Data Protection Agency (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, AEPD) for information about your rights or to make a complaint: https://www.aepd.es/.
To exercise your rights in relation to information controlled by The Jasmine Journal, please contact us using the email address provided above.
9. Children’s Privacy
The Jasmine Journal is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed at children. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children through this website.
10. Links to Other Websites
Our website contains links to other websites, including hotels, travel services and booking platforms. Once you leave our website, the privacy practices of the external website will apply.
We recommend reviewing the relevant privacy policy before sharing personal information with another website.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the services we use or applicable legal requirements.
Any updates will be published on this page, together with the revised update date.
12. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact:
The Jasmine Journal
Email: hello@thejasminejournal.com