Privacy Policy

Last updated: 21 August 2026

Explorers of Cyprus respects your privacy and aims to handle personal information transparently and responsibly.

Explorers of Cyprus is the public-facing brand of this website. The site is operated by Helgul LTD, which is the legal entity responsible for personal information processed through the website.

Information we collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect:

  • information you provide through our contact form, including your name, email address, subject and message
  • your privacy-consent choice when submitting a form
  • cookie and consent preferences
  • technical information used for website security and spam prevention
  • basic technical information that may be recorded by our hosting, caching or security systems, such as IP address, browser information and request data
  • analytics information in the future if we enable analytics and obtain consent where required

We aim to collect only information that is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

How we use your information

We may use personal information to:

  • respond to questions, corrections, collaboration enquiries and other messages
  • operate, maintain and secure the website
  • prevent spam, abuse and automated submissions
  • remember your cookie and privacy preferences
  • understand and improve website performance and content where analytics are enabled
  • comply with legal or regulatory obligations

Legal bases for processing

Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal information on the basis of:

Consent — for example, where you choose to allow optional cookies or similar technologies.

Legitimate interests — where necessary to operate, protect and improve the website, provided those interests do not override your rights.

Responding to your request — for example, where you contact us and we use the information you provide to reply.

Legal obligations — where processing is required by law.

Contact form

Our contact form is provided using Fluent Forms.

When you submit the form, the information you enter may be stored within our WordPress website and may also be sent by email so that we can respond to your enquiry.

We use this information to deal with your message and any related correspondence unless there is another lawful reason to retain it.

Please do not submit sensitive or confidential personal information unless it is necessary for your enquiry.

Spam protection

Our contact form uses Cloudflare Turnstile to help prevent automated spam and abuse.

Turnstile processes technical information needed to determine whether a form submission appears to come from a genuine visitor rather than an automated bot.

Cloudflare may process information in accordance with its own privacy terms.

Cookies and consent preferences

We use WPConsent to manage cookie choices.

An essential cookie may be stored to remember the preferences you select in the cookie banner.

Optional categories such as Functional, Statistics and Marketing cookies are only intended to be used where you have made the relevant choice.

For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.

Third-party content

The website may include optional third-party content such as:

  • embedded videos
  • maps
  • social-media content
  • other externally hosted services

Where appropriate, this content may be blocked until you choose to allow the relevant cookie or functional category.

Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies when their content is loaded.

Website performance and optimisation

We use caching, image optimisation and other technical tools to improve website speed, reliability and performance.

These tools are used primarily for the operation of the website rather than for profiling visitors.

Analytics

We may introduce website analytics in the future to help us understand how visitors use Explorers of Cyprus.

If we enable an analytics service, we will update this Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy as necessary and use consent controls where required.

Data retention

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

For example, contact-form messages may be retained while we deal with an enquiry and for a reasonable period afterwards in case follow-up is needed or records are required for legitimate business or legal purposes.

Sharing of information

We do not sell personal information.

Information may be shared with service providers where necessary to operate the website, including providers involved in:

  • website hosting
  • email delivery
  • security and spam prevention
  • website infrastructure
  • technical support

These providers may process limited information as necessary to provide their services.

International transfers

Some service providers may process information outside the European Economic Area.

Where applicable, we rely on appropriate safeguards or other lawful mechanisms for such transfers.

Your rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights including:

  • access to personal information held about you
  • correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
  • deletion in certain circumstances
  • restriction of certain processing
  • objection to certain processing
  • data portability where applicable
  • withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent
  • making a complaint to an appropriate data-protection authority

Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, misuse, loss or disclosure.

No internet-based service can guarantee absolute security, but we aim to use safeguards appropriate to the information we process.

Children

Explorers of Cyprus 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 the website.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the website, the services we use, or our legal obligations change.

The latest version will always be published on this page with the updated date shown above.

Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or requests relating to personal information, contact:

Explorers of Cyprus
Email: info@explorersofcyprus.com

Explorers of Cyprus is operated by Helgul LTD.