Last updated 2 September 2026.
This policy explains what jerusalemtourism.org collects, why, and what you can do about it. It describes the site as it actually operates today. Where something is planned but not yet running, it says so.
Who we are
Jerusalem Tourist Guide is an independent travel publication at www.jerusalemtourism.org. It is the data controller for the information described below. To reach us about anything on this page, use the contact form.
What we collect
Server logs
Our host records standard web server logs for every request: IP address, date and time, the page requested, referring page, and browser user-agent string. These are kept for security and troubleshooting and are not used to build a profile of you.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which guides people read and where they leave. It sets cookies in your browser and sends Google a record of the pages you view, an approximate location derived from a truncated IP address, and details of your device and browser. We do not use it to identify individuals, and we have no interest in doing so — the questions we ask of it are things like whether the Old City guides are being read on phones.
You can opt out entirely with Google’s browser add-on, or by blocking cookies for this site.
Search Console
Google Search Console tells us which search queries lead here. It reports aggregate figures only and does not identify individual visitors.
The contact form
If you write to us, we receive your name, email address, the subject you selected and your message. That arrives as an email and is kept only as long as needed to deal with what you raised — corrections are usually resolved and deleted within a few weeks. We do not add contact-form addresses to any mailing list, because we do not run one. The form uses a hidden anti-spam field rather than a third-party CAPTCHA, so nothing about your submission is sent to another company.
Comments
Comments are closed across the site and no comment form is displayed. Historic comment data has been deleted.
Advertising
No advertising is currently displayed on this site. We intend to carry display advertising through Google AdSense to cover hosting and research costs, and this section describes what will happen once it is live.
- Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies — including the DoubleClick DART cookie — enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits here and to other sites.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings, or opt out of participating vendors at aboutads.info.
- Third-party vendors may also place cookies through this site; we do not control those cookies and cannot access what they contain.
We will publish a Google-certified consent management platform before serving ads to visitors in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, and this page will be updated to describe it when it goes live. We have no affiliate links and receive no commission on any booking.
Cookies in use today
- Google Analytics (
_ga,_ga_*) — distinguishes visitors and sessions. Typically expires after two years. - Page caching — our caching layer may set a short-lived cookie so that logged-in editors are served uncached pages. Ordinary readers are not tracked by it.
- WordPress — session and login cookies are set only if you log in to the site, which readers have no reason to do.
Every browser lets you block or delete cookies. Doing so will not stop you reading anything here.
Legal bases (UK and EU visitors)
Server logs and basic security measures rest on our legitimate interest in keeping the site running and defending it from abuse. Replying to a message you sent us rests on our legitimate interest in answering correspondence you initiated. Analytics cookies rest on consent; you may withdraw it at any time using the opt-out linked above or your browser’s cookie controls, and — as noted — a consent platform covering these visitors will be in place before advertising is introduced.
Who else sees your data
Our web host, which operates the servers and holds the logs. Google, for the analytics described above. Our email provider, for messages you send through the contact form. That is the entire list. We do not sell personal data, and we have never sold or transferred it to anyone. Some of these providers are based in the United States, and transfers rely on the standard safeguards those companies publish, including the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where applicable.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask what we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to object to processing, or to receive a copy in a portable format. Californian residents additionally have the right to know what has been collected and to request deletion; we do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined by the CCPA. Ask through the contact form and we will respond within thirty days. In practice, we hold very little about any individual reader, and it is often quicker to tell you that than to run a search.
If you are in the UK or the EU and think we have handled your data badly, you can complain to your national data protection authority — in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Children
This site is written for adults planning travel and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from them. Our family travel guides are written for parents, not for the children travelling with them.
Links to other sites
Our guides link out heavily — to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, museum ticketing pages, rail timetables and government advisories — because those are the authoritative sources. Once you follow a link you are on someone else’s site under someone else’s privacy policy, and this one no longer applies.
Changes
When this policy changes materially — most likely when advertising and the consent platform go live — we will update the date at the top and describe what changed rather than quietly revising the text.