Exploring the outdoors while respecting your privacy
Welcome to our little corner of the internet! Just like when you’re out on the trail, we believe in leaving no trace when it comes to your personal data. Here’s how we handle your information while keeping things simple and respectful.
1. Info we collect (and why)
We only collect what’s necessary to make your experience smooth—no unnecessary baggage here!
Basic Info: If you sign up for a newsletter or drop us a message, we might collect your name and email address to stay in touch.
Trail Markers (a.k.a Cookies): Our website may use cookies to help it run better, like remembering your preferences. But don’t worry, no cookie overload.
Analytics: We keep an eye on general trends (like how many people visit our site) to improve your experience. It’s like checking the weather before heading out—helpful, but nothing too personal.
When you download files such as GPX files, we may collect certain information automatically from your device. This includes:
- IP Address: We log your IP address to track usage of the download feature, monitor site performance, and ensure security. This helps us understand how many unique users access our content and detect potential misuse.
- User Agent: Information about your browser or device (e.g., type, version) may be collected to optimize our site and troubleshoot issues.
- Timestamp: We record the date and time of your download to maintain a log of activity.
- Referer URL: If provided by your browser, we may log the page or site you came from to understand how users find our download feature.
2. Embedded Content
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
Youtube
We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.
3. Who Has Access To Your Data
If you are not a registered client for our site, there is no personal information we can retain or view regarding yourself.
If you are a client with a registered account, your personal information can be accessed by:
- Our system administrators.
- Our supporters when they (in order to provide support) need to get the information about the client accounts and access.
4. How we use your info
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.
Necessary Cookies (all site visitors)
- cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
- PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.
Necessary Cookies (Additional for Logged in Customers)
- wp-auth: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_test_cookie Used by WordPress to ensure cookies are working correctly.
- wp-settings-[UID]: WordPress sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
- wp-settings-[UID]:WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
We promise to use your details responsibly, just like you’d pack out your trash on a hike. That means:
Keeping you updated on content, trips, or news (only if you opt-in).
Improving the website so it runs as smoothly as a well-worn trail.
Never selling your info—because that’s just bad trail etiquette.
The data we collect, including your IP address, is used for the following purposes:
- To provide and improve our services, such as generating usage statistics and ensuring the download feature functions correctly.
- To protect our website from abuse, fraud, or unauthorized access.
- To analyze trends and user behavior in an aggregated, anonymized form (e.g., total downloads per month).
5. Security on the trail
We take reasonable precautions to protect your info, just like you’d secure your gear before a trek. But as with any journey, no system is 100% foolproof, so always practice safe browsing.
6. Your Data Rights
General Rights
If you have a registered account on this website or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we retain, including any additional data you have provided to us.
You can also request that we erase any of the personal data we have stored. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. In short, we cannot erase data that is vital to you being an active customer (i.e. basic account information like an email address).
If you wish that all of your data is erased, we will no longer be able to offer any support or other product-related services to you.
GDPR Rights
Your privacy is critically important to us. Going forward with the GDPR we aim to support the GDPR standard. It is the intent of Alpine Fuzzies to comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation. For more details please see here: EU GDPR Information Portal.
We process this data based on our legitimate interests in operating and securing our website, as well as improving user experience. Where applicable (under GDPR), we ensure this processing is necessary and balanced against your privacy rights.
You have control
Just like choosing your own adventure, you have control over your data:
Opt-out anytime from emails—no hard feelings.
Adjust your cookie settings to limit tracking.
Request deletion of your info if you ever want to disappear from our system (metaphorically, of course).
Data Storage and Retention
Your IP address and related information are stored in a log file on our server, located in . We retain this data for for 12 months unless required by law to retain it longer, after which it is deleted or anonymized.
Data Sharing
We do not sell, trade, or share your IP address or related personal data with third parties, except:
- With service providers (e.g., hosting providers) who assist in operating our website, under strict confidentiality agreements.
- If required by law, such as in response to a court order or legal request.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights under privacy laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), including:
- Access: Request a copy of the data we’ve collected about you.
- Deletion: Request that we delete your IP address and related data from our logs.
- Opt-Out: While downloading is optional, you can refrain from using this feature to avoid data collection.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [insert contact email, e.g., “alpinefuzzies@gmail.com“].
Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your IP address and related data from unauthorized access, such as storing logs in a secure directory and using access controls. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
7. Changes to this policy and questions
If we ever update this policy, we’ll make sure to let you know. Think of it like checking a map update before setting out—it’s always good to stay informed!
If you have any concerns or just want to say hi, feel free to reach out. We’re always happy to chat—whether it’s about privacy or the best trails to explore.
Happy adventuring, and thanks for trusting us with your journey!