Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 2025
Austrian Cycling Routes ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website austrian-cycling-routes.com. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our website.
Information Collection and Use
We collect minimal information necessary to operate this website effectively and provide you with a good browsing experience. Here's what we collect and why:
Information You Provide
When you use our contact form, we collect:
- Your name (to address you in our response)
- Your email address (to send our response)
- The content of your message
This information is used solely to respond to your inquiry. We do not add your email to any mailing list, sell your information, or use it for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, we may collect certain information automatically when you visit, including:
- Your IP address
- Browser type and version
- Pages you visit on our site
- Time and date of your visit
- Time spent on pages
- Referring website address
This information helps us understand how visitors use our site and improve the user experience. It is not used to personally identify individual visitors.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help websites function properly and remember your preferences.
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They include:
- Cookie consent preferences (remembering your cookie choices)
- Session management
Analytics Cookies
With your consent, we may use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website. This helps us improve content and user experience. These cookies collect anonymous information such as:
- Number of visitors
- Pages visited
- Time spent on site
- Geographic region (country/city level)
Managing Cookies
You can manage your cookie preferences through the cookie banner when you first visit our site. You can also control cookies through your browser settings:
- Most browsers allow you to refuse or accept cookies
- You can delete cookies that have already been set
- You can set your browser to notify you when cookies are being used
Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites you visit.
Third-Party Services
Our website may contain links to external websites and uses some third-party services:
External Links
We link to external resources such as Austria Tourism, Komoot, and official route websites. These sites have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of external sites.
Images
Some images on this site are sourced from Unsplash, a stock photo service. When you load pages containing these images, your browser connects to Unsplash's servers. Unsplash's privacy policy applies to that interaction.
Fonts
We use Google Fonts to display text on our website. When you visit our site, your browser downloads fonts from Google's servers. Google's privacy policy applies to this data transfer.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:
- Contact form submissions: Retained until your inquiry is resolved, then deleted within 12 months
- Cookie preferences: Stored in your browser until you clear them or they expire
- Analytics data: Aggregated and anonymized; individual session data typically retained for 26 months
Your Rights (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These include:
- Right of access: You can request copies of your personal data
- Right to rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate data
- Right to erasure: You can request deletion of your personal data
- Right to restrict processing: You can request that we limit how we use your data
- Right to data portability: You can request transfer of your data to another service
- Right to object: You can object to our processing of your personal data
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at marcus@austrian-cycling-routes.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete that information.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
- Email: marcus@austrian-cycling-routes.com
- Website: Contact Form
- Location: Vienna, Austria
Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
Under GDPR, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:
- Consent: For analytics cookies and marketing cookies (where applicable)
- Legitimate interest: For website security, fraud prevention, and improving user experience
- Contract: When necessary to respond to your contact form inquiries