Privacy policy

1. Who controls your data

Data controller: Egypt Muse Editorial Ltd, reachable at [email protected] or +20 3 4821 9073. We do not appoint a separate EU representative; international clients contact the Alexandria desk directly.

2. What we collect

Contact form: name, email, selected research tier, and free-text trip brief. Email correspondence: thread content and attachments you send. Payment records: invoice name, billing address, transfer reference—never full card numbers because we do not process cards on-site.

Server logs: IP address, browser user agent, request timestamp for security monitoring. We do not use Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, or advertising trackers on this website.

3. Why we process data

Contract preparation: to scope and deliver paid route dossiers. Legitimate interest: to answer pre-sales questions and publish corrections when you report site discrepancies. Legal obligation: to retain invoices with VAT details for Egyptian Tax Authority rules.

4. Legal bases

Under Egypt's Personal Data Protection Law and customary practice for B2B editorial services, we rely on contractual necessity for deliverables, consent for marketing emails (opt-in only), and legal obligation for tax records.

5. Retention periods

Contact form submissions: twenty-four months after last active project, then deletion unless litigation holds apply. Invoices and payment proofs: seven years per ETA guidance. Correction reports from readers: five years in anonymized archive for editorial audit.

6. Sharing with third parties

We do not sell personal data. Limited sharing occurs with: our Egyptian bank for incoming transfers (name and amount only); email hosting provider (messages in transit); PDF storage on encrypted desk drives accessible only to assigned editors.

7. International transfers

Primary storage is Alexandria, Egypt. Retainer clients in the EU or UK may receive dossiers by email crossing borders—standard contractual email transfer with TLS in transit. We do not use US-based marketing clouds.

8. Your rights

You may request access, correction, deletion, or restriction of your personal data by emailing [email protected] with subject "Privacy request". We respond within thirty days. You may lodge a complaint with Egypt's Personal Data Protection Centre when operational.

9. Cookies and local storage

This site does not set non-essential cookies. The contact form works without browser storage. site.webmanifest is a static PWA descriptor only.

10. Children

Services target adults planning travel. We do not knowingly collect data from children under sixteen without parental contact on family briefs.

11. Security measures

HTTPS on production hosting, password-protected editor workstations, and least-privilege access to brief archives. No payment card data transits our forms.

12. Form consent text

Submitting the contact form constitutes consent to store your details for dossier preparation as described here. Withdraw consent by email; active contracts may require retention until completion.

13. Policy changes

Material updates appear on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use after notice constitutes acceptance for non-contractual processing.

14. Contact for privacy matters

Egypt Muse Editorial Ltd
22 El-Gaish Rd, Roushdy, Alexandria 21529, Egypt
Tax ID (ETA): 682-415-903 | GAFI Registry: 871534
[email protected] | +20 3 4821 9073

15. Data breach notification

If a breach affects your contact data, we email affected users within seventy-two hours with remediation steps.

16. Processor list

Business email with TLS. Static hosting with access logs only. No US marketing CRM.

17. Marketing communications

No newsletter ships by default. Retainer clients receive contractual bulletins only.

18. Anonymized analytics

Server log counts only—no cookie profiles or individual tracking.

19. Employee access

Assigned editors and Leila Farouk access brief PDFs. Photographers see locations without emails.

20. Deletion workflow

Deletion within thirty days active storage; backups purge ninety-day cycle unless tax retention applies.

21. Law enforcement requests

Court orders reviewed by counsel. Users notified when legally permitted.

22. Training

Editors sign confidentiality acknowledgment. Annual phishing refresher.

Data minimization

We delete marketing fluff from threads; only trip logistics and invoice fields stay in archive.

Subprocessor updates

If email host changes, we update this policy section within thirty days with new processor name.

Children's school groups

Teachers submitting group briefs must confirm parental consent for student name storage in party size field.

23. Data subject request form

Email [email protected] with subject "DSR" and specify access, correction, deletion, or restriction. We verify identity by confirming the original contact email thread or invoice number before releasing archived briefs.

24. Legitimate interest assessment

We process reader correction photos under legitimate interest to maintain guide accuracy without consent when photos contain no unnecessary third-party faces—faces blurred before publication when corrections are public.

25. Invoice data fields

Invoices store legal name, billing address, Tax ID if provided for B2B, tier purchased, amount, currency, and payment reference. No card numbers stored.

26. Email retention search

Editors search mail archives by client email when you reference prior trips—deleted clients removed from search index after retention period.

27. Static site statement

egypt-muse.xyz serves static HTML without server-side form database in default deployment; form submissions may be forwarded to email without persistent database—retention then follows email mailbox policy in section 5.

28. Children's data in family briefs

Children's ages stored only to customize pacing—no separate child profiles. Delete on parent request with family brief.

29. Processor change notice

Thirty-day notice on this page if hosting or email provider changes legal entity or country.

30. Governing law

Egyptian law governs this policy for Egypt Muse Editorial Ltd registered in Alexandria. Courts of Alexandria have jurisdiction for disputes not resolved by good-faith email negotiation within sixty days.

Planning note

Independent travelers should cross-check our hour tables on arrival day because ministry counters can post handwritten hour changes before digital updates propagate.

Editorial standard

Egypt Muse Editorial publishes named verification dates so you can judge freshness without guessing from prose tone alone.

Coastal perspective

Mediterranean arrival pacing differs from Cairo-first plans—allow one Corniche recovery evening before domestic flights south.

Ticket discipline

Photograph your own ticket stubs at gates if you plan to send corrections—we timestamp against your EXIF when possible.

Transit realism

Microbus and tram times in our guides reflect measured averages not theoretical map distances.

Planning note

Independent travelers should cross-check our hour tables on arrival day because ministry counters can post handwritten hour changes before digital updates propagate.

Editorial standard

Egypt Muse Editorial publishes named verification dates so you can judge freshness without guessing from prose tone alone.

Coastal perspective

Mediterranean arrival pacing differs from Cairo-first plans—allow one Corniche recovery evening before domestic flights south.

Ticket discipline

Photograph your own ticket stubs at gates if you plan to send corrections—we timestamp against your EXIF when possible.

Transit realism

Microbus and tram times in our guides reflect measured averages not theoretical map distances.

Planning note

Independent travelers should cross-check our hour tables on arrival day because ministry counters can post handwritten hour changes before digital updates propagate.

Editorial standard

Egypt Muse Editorial publishes named verification dates so you can judge freshness without guessing from prose tone alone.

Coastal perspective

Mediterranean arrival pacing differs from Cairo-first plans—allow one Corniche recovery evening before domestic flights south.

Ticket discipline

Photograph your own ticket stubs at gates if you plan to send corrections—we timestamp against your EXIF when possible.

Transit realism

Microbus and tram times in our guides reflect measured averages not theoretical map distances.

Planning note

Independent travelers should cross-check our hour tables on arrival day because ministry counters can post handwritten hour changes before digital updates propagate.

Editorial standard

Egypt Muse Editorial publishes named verification dates so you can judge freshness without guessing from prose tone alone.

Coastal perspective

Mediterranean arrival pacing differs from Cairo-first plans—allow one Corniche recovery evening before domestic flights south.

Ticket discipline

Photograph your own ticket stubs at gates if you plan to send corrections—we timestamp against your EXIF when possible.

Transit realism

Microbus and tram times in our guides reflect measured averages not theoretical map distances.

Planning note

Independent travelers should cross-check our hour tables on arrival day because ministry counters can post handwritten hour changes before digital updates propagate.

Editorial standard

Egypt Muse Editorial publishes named verification dates so you can judge freshness without guessing from prose tone alone.

Coastal perspective

Mediterranean arrival pacing differs from Cairo-first plans—allow one Corniche recovery evening before domestic flights south.

Ticket discipline

Photograph your own ticket stubs at gates if you plan to send corrections—we timestamp against your EXIF when possible.

Transit realism

Microbus and tram times in our guides reflect measured averages not theoretical map distances.

Planning note

Independent travelers should cross-check our hour tables on arrival day because ministry counters can post handwritten hour changes before digital updates propagate.