Trekking Point Privacy Policy

You agree that Trekking Point may collect and use information gathered in any manner as part of the product support services provided to you, if any, related to Trekking Point. Trekking Point may also use this information to provide notices to you which may be of use or interest to you.

6.1 Our Principles

Trekking Point is all about where you are and getting to where you want to be. We help you achieve more. So we can help you, sometimes we’ll need to know some things about you. While we collect and use your data, we fully understand that you value your privacy. We believe privacy is about freedom and being able to decide for yourself how your data is used and by whom. This is why we have established our Privacy Principles:

1. We will always keep you fully informed about your data: we make sure you understand which data from or about you we use, why we use it, how long we use it and who can use it.
2. We enable you to remain in control of your data: we consider the data from or about you to be yours. We only use it for the purposes for which you have given it to us, or for which we collected it from you. At any time you can opt-out or opt-in using our software and websites.
3. We protect your data: your data is yours. We keep it that way by protecting it as best as we reasonably can to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.

6.2 Our ten promises to you

1. We will tell you which data from or about you we use, why we use it, how long we use it, who else can use it and where it is kept.
2. We will only use your data for the purposes we have stated to you.
3. We keep as little of your data as possible, and only for as long as we need it. When we no longer need data we destroy it or we irreversibly anonymise it, so it is no longer linked to you.
4. If we ask your permission to use your data for specific purposes, we also allow you to withdraw your permission.
5. If we have not been able to ask your permission to collect and use your data and you don’t want us to do so, you can tell us and we will act accordingly.
6. We will allow you to access and correct your data if it is linked to your App account.
7. We will keep protecting your data against unauthorized access and accidental loss as best as we reasonably can.
8. If we engage others to use your information on our behalf, we will ensure they act in accordance with our policies.
9. If we share your data with others, we will first ask you for permission, unless there is a legal obligation that prohibits us from asking.
10. We are open to any questions you may have about how we use your data and we will answer them.

6.3 Trekking Point policy on privacy and processing of personal data

We operate according to the privacy laws applicable in your country. Because we are rooted in Europe, European privacy laws also apply. These laws are considered to be the most extensive in the world. They offer a high level of protection to you by only allowing us to use your data when the strict conditions of these laws are met. Our company policy on privacy and processing of personal data reflects these laws and we apply this policy globally.

Definitions

• Personal Data: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘Data subject’, user); an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more factors specific to his physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity;
• Processing of Personal Data ‘processing’: any operation or set of operations which is performed upon Personal Data, such as collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, blocking, erasure or destruction.

• 1. Trekking Point will process Personal Data fairly and lawfully.
• 2. Trekking Point will collect Personal Data for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and will not further process Personal Data in a way incompatible with those purposes.
• 3. Trekking Point will ensure Personal Data is adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purposes for which they are collected and/or further processed.
• 4. Trekking Point will ensure Personal Data are accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.
• 5. Trekking Point will keep Personal Data in a form which permits identification of its users for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the Personal Data were collected or for which they are further processed.
• 6. Trekking Point will process Personal Data only if:
  • a) the user has unambiguously given his consent; or
  • b) processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the user is party or in order to take steps at the request of the user prior to entering into a contract; or
  • c) processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Trekking Point is subject; or
  • d) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued Trekking Point, except where such interests are overridden by the interests for fundamental rights and freedoms of the user and in particular his right to privacy.
• 7. Trekking Point will avoid processing Personal Data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, or Personal Data concerning health or sex life.
• 8. Trekking Point will avoid processing Personal Data related to persons under the age of 13 years.
• 9. To ensure fair processing of Personal Data, Trekking Point will inform its users of:
  • a) The purposes of the processing;
  • b) The categories of the Personal Data concerned;
  • c) The categories of the recipients of the Personal Data;
  • d) How to access and rectify their Personal Data.
• 10. Trekking Point implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect Personal Data against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, in particular where the processing involves the transmission of Personal Data over a network, and against all other unlawful forms of processing. Trekking Point does so having regard to the state of the art and the cost of their implementation, ensuring a level of security appropriate to the risks represented by the processing and the nature of the Personal Data to be protected.
• 11. In case processing is carried out on Trekking Point's behalf, Trekking Point will choose a processor providing sufficient guarantees in respect of the technical security measures and organizational measures governing the processing to be carried out...
• 12. In principle Trekking Point will process Personal Data in the European Economic Area (EEA)...
• 13. In case Trekking Point remotely stores information, or gains access to (any) data already stored, in a device of a user, Trekking Point will ensure the user concerned has given his or her consent...

6.4 Data we collect

When you use our sites, our products and our services we collect data from you or about you. What data we exactly collect depends on what you use and how you use it. In general there are 3 categories of data we collect and use:

• Data you provide: This is the data you enter yourself when using our sites, products and services (e.g., email address, search terms, favourite locations).
• Data collected via sensors: A lot of our products come equipped with one or more sensors (GPS, WiFi, camera, microphone, etc.)...
• Metadata: This refers to any data that is collected or automatically generated while you use Trekking Point sites, products or services (e.g., IP addresses, device identifiers, cookies).

6.5 Data we receive from others

We receive data from third parties that they have collected, under their responsibility and in accordance with their privacy policy, and shared with us...

6.6 Trekking Point account

Trekking Point uses your Trekking Point account to grant you access to downloadable content, services you are subscribed to or have activated, software upgrades and sections of our website which need registration...

6.7 Service management and improvement

Trekking Point keeps information that tells us how and when you use our services. This includes information about the device you are using and the information we receive while you use the service...

6.8 Aggregated Statistics

Trekking Point may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites or apps. Trekking Point may display this information publicly or provide it to others...

6.9 Photo

If you choose to upload a photo to your Trekking Point account, your photo will be viewable by the all community. You may remove or replace your photo at any time by logging into your account on the app.

6.10 Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns...

6.11 Business Transfers

If Trekking Point, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Trekking Point goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party...

6.12 Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites/app may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies...

6.13 Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Trekking Point may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Trekking Point sole discretion...

6.14 Analytics

We use Google Analytics, which creates a number of first-party cookies...

To opt out of our use of Google Analytics you may wish to consider using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.