Transparency First

Privacy Policy

Luxor  ·  Upper Egypt

How Explore Luxor collects, uses, and protects your information — written clearly, without legal obscurity

Last updated: May 2026

Our Approach to Privacy

This website belongs to Explore Luxor. Our mission is to make ancient knowledge accessible to everyone — and that mission includes being transparent about how your information is handled.

By using the site, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy. We have written it in plain language because we believe you deserve to understand, without a law degree, what happens to any information you share with us.

Our core commitment: We do not sell your data, we do not rent your data, and we never allow advertisers to use your data for purposes beyond standard ad delivery and frequency management. Explore Luxor uses Mediavine to serve display advertising. Where advertising involves personalisation, we operate within industry consent frameworks and give you clear options to manage your preferences.

Website Visitors

Like most websites, Explore Luxor collects non-personally-identifying information that web browsers and servers typically make available. This includes your browser type, language preference, the page that referred you, and the date and time of each request. This information helps us understand how our audience uses the site and where our content is most useful.

Browser Type & Version
We log browser type and version to optimise the site’s display and compatibility across different devices.
Language Preference
Language settings help us understand our global readership and plan multilingual content where demand exists.
Page Requests & Timestamps
Request timestamps help us monitor server health, identify peak usage periods, and diagnose technical problems.
Referring Site
Knowing where visitors come from helps us understand which partners and search engines drive interest in Luxor’s heritage.

Information We Collect

Some visitors to Explore Luxor choose to provide personally-identifying information. You are never required to provide personal information to read our content — all editorial content is freely accessible.

Personally-identifying information may be provided voluntarily when you:

Subscribe to our newsletter — we collect your email address to send you updates about new guides, heritage stories, and site announcements.
Contact us via email or our contact form — we collect the information you provide, including your name and email address, to respond to your enquiry.
Leave a comment — if comment functionality is enabled, any information you submit publicly is collected.
/div>
Minimum data principle: We only ever collect information that is directly relevant to the service or feature you are using. We do not build behavioural profiles, we do not track you across the web, and we do not use your data for purposes beyond those stated here.

How We Protect Your Data

Explore Luxor takes the protection of your personal information seriously and has implemented reasonable technical and organisational measures to guard against unauthorised access, use, alteration, or destruction of any information you share with us.

We will not sell or rent your personal information to anyone — ever. We share it with third parties only in the following limited circumstances:

Legal obligation — if required by law, such as in response to a valid court order or subpoena
Rights protection — when we genuinely believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or the safety of the public
Service providers — we use a small number of trusted third-party services (such as email delivery) that may process data on our behalf, under strict confidentiality agreements
Email communications: If you have subscribed to our newsletter, we may occasionally send you updates about new content. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email we send.

Cookies & Local Storage

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on your device when you visit. Explore Luxor uses cookies for the following purposes:

Analytics — we use privacy-respecting analytics to understand how visitors move through the site and which pages are most popular
Preferences — cookies remember your settings across sessions so you don’t have to re-configure them on each visit
Essential functionality — some cookies are strictly necessary for features like security and newsletter forms to work properly
Advertising (Mediavine) — we serve display advertising through Mediavine. Mediavine and its advertising partners use cookies to deliver ads and — where you have consented — personalise ads based on your interests.
Cookie control: When you first visit Explore Luxor, you will be presented with a cookie consent notice provided by Mediavine. You can update your preferences at any time via the privacy settings link in the site footer.

For more detail on the cookies Mediavine uses, please review the Mediavine Privacy Policy. You can also manage advertising preferences via the Digital Advertising Alliance or Your Online Choices (EU).

Third-Party Services

Like most websites, Explore Luxor uses a number of trusted third-party services to power certain features. Each of these services has its own privacy policy.

Mediavine (display advertising) — Mediavine and its advertising partners may set cookies and collect data about your browsing behaviour to deliver and personalise ads. Please review the Mediavine Privacy Policy for full details.
Viator (affiliate partner) — some pages contain affiliate links to Viator. If you click through and make a booking, Viator may set its own cookies. Please review Viator’s Privacy Policy.
Google Fonts — we load typography assets from Google’s CDN. No personal data is shared beyond a standard CDN request.
Analytics provider — we use an analytics service to measure aggregate site traffic, configured to anonymise IP addresses where possible.
Email newsletter platform (Brevo) — our newsletter is delivered through Brevo. Your email address is stored with this provider under their terms and privacy policy.

We never use services whose primary business model is the sale of user data.

Your Rights

Explore Luxor does not require user registration and holds minimal personal data. The only personal data we typically hold is your email address if you have subscribed to our newsletter.

You have the following rights:

Unsubscribe — you can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email we send. Your address will be removed immediately.
Right of access — you can ask us to confirm whether we hold any data about you and request a copy of it
Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your email address or any other information we may hold about you
Ad preferences — you can manage or opt out of personalised advertising at any time via the Mediavine privacy settings on this site

To make any of these requests, contact us at [email protected] with the subject line “Privacy Request.” We will respond within 48 hours.

Children’s Privacy

Explore Luxor publishes educational content that may be read by people of all ages. However, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal information to us without your consent, please contact us immediately at [email protected]. We will promptly delete such information from our records upon verification.

Our heritage content about Egypt’s ancient monuments is designed to be family-friendly and appropriate for younger readers. The data practices described in this policy apply only to those who voluntarily engage with interactive features such as newsletter sign-up.

Policy Changes

Explore Luxor may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify newsletter subscribers by email.

This policy was last reviewed and updated in May 2026. Your continued use of the site after any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or the way we handle your personal data, please get in touch. We welcome all privacy-related enquiries and aim to respond within 48 hours.

Email — [email protected] (subject: Privacy Policy)
Explore Luxor

Ancient history, freely accessible

Thousands of pages covering Luxor’s temples, tombs, and living culture — no paywalls, no account required, transparent about how we’re funded.

Explore the Site →Privacy Enquiry