Privacy Policy for Alpine Routes

Welcome to Alpine Routes! We are dedicated to providing inspiring scenic road trips across Austria. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data when you visit our website and engage with our services. Your privacy is paramount, and we are committed to complying with all applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information in connection with the services we provide, which helps us to enhance your experience of discovering Austrian road trips.

• Information You Provide Directly: While our site primarily focuses on browsing, we might collect information if you voluntarily choose to interact with features such as future comment sections, newsletter subscriptions, or direct inquiries. This could include your name and email address.
• Information Collected Automatically: When you visit our online platform, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits. This data helps us understand how our users interact with our content, such as popular routes and tips.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service effectively. This helps us to improve site functionality and tailor content.

2. How We Use Your Information

The information we collect is used solely for the purpose of operating and improving our service, which is to help you discover the beauty of Austrian scenic road trips.

• To provide and maintain our online platform, including displaying our top routes, travel tips, and recommended stops.
• To monitor the usage of our service and gather analytics so we can continually enhance the user experience and content relevance.
• To identify and address technical issues and ensure the smooth operation of our site.
• To communicate with you if you have opted in for newsletters or direct inquiries regarding our service.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Our legal basis for collecting and using your personal data described in this Privacy Policy depends on the data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it:

• Consent: We may process your data based on your explicit consent, especially for direct marketing communications like newsletters. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is necessary for our legitimate interests and these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights. This includes improving our service and ensuring its security.
• Compliance with Legal Obligations: We may process your data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

4. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

5. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

6. Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data.

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• The right to withdraw consent: You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Alpine Routes relied on your consent to process your personal information.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the address provided below.

7. Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service ("Service Providers"), to provide the service on our behalf, to perform service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

8. Links to Other Sites

Our service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

9. Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: