Privacy Policy for Emauty Travels

This Privacy Policy describes how Emauty Travels ("our site," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your information when you visit our website, emauty.shop. We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our travel tips and tourism blog. The types of personal data we may collect include:

• Information you provide directly: This includes any information you voluntarily submit to us, such as when you leave comments on blog posts, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us through forms on our site. This may include your name and email address.
• Information collected automatically: When you access our online platform, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referrer URLs, pages viewed, and the dates and times of your visits. This data helps us understand how users interact with our content and improve their experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To operate and maintain our blog, ensuring content is delivered effectively.
• To provide you with relevant travel tips and information, particularly concerning Austrian travel, including autobahn details and vignette requirements.
• To respond to your comments, questions, and other inquiries.
• To send you newsletters or other communications if you have subscribed to them (you can unsubscribe at any time).
• To analyze and understand how our users engage with our content to improve our service offerings and user experience.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activities.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)

We will only process your personal data where we have a lawful basis to do so:

• Consent: We may process your data if you have given us clear consent to do so for a specific purpose (e.g., subscribing to our newsletter).
• Legitimate Interests: We may process your data where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests (e.g., for analytics and service improvement).
• Legal Obligation: We may process your data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties. We may share your information with:

• Service Providers: Third-party vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, analytics, email delivery, and customer support. These service providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was provided.
• Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights or property, or ensure the safety of our users or the public.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When we no longer need your personal data, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

6. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding 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: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

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

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our site may use "cookies" and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. Cookies are small data files placed on your device. We use cookies to understand site usage, improve content, and remember your preferences. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

8. Links to Other Websites

Our blog may contain links to other websites 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. 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. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or if you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us: