This Privacy Policy explains how Ski & Snowboard Guide (“we”, “us”), operating the website skiandsnowboardguide.com (the “Site”), collects, uses and protects information when you visit. Contact: contact@skiandsnowboardguide.com.
1. Information we collect
- Information you send us: if you email us, we receive your email address and message, used only to reply.
- Server logs: our hosting provider automatically records technical data such as IP address, browser type, pages visited and time of visit, for security and performance.
- Cookies and similar technologies: used by us and by third parties such as Google (see below).
- Local storage: our interactive tools (for example the packing checklist) save your choices only in your own browser. This data is not sent to us.
We do not ask you to create an account and do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data.
2. Advertising: Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to show advertisements. Google and its partners are third-party vendors that use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info and, in Europe, www.youronlinechoices.eu.
- Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Visitors from the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland are shown a consent message (via a Google-certified consent management platform) that lets you accept or refuse personalised advertising cookies. Where you refuse, Google may show non-personalised or limited ads.
3. Other third-party services
- Google Fonts — fonts are loaded from Google servers, which receive your IP address.
- Hosting — our website is hosted by Hostinger, which processes server logs on our behalf.
- External links — we link to other websites (resorts, Facebook etc.). We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
4. Legal bases (GDPR)
We process data on the basis of your consent (advertising cookies), our legitimate interests (running a secure and functional website, replying to messages), and legal obligations where applicable.
5. How long we keep data
Emails are kept as long as needed to deal with your request. Server logs are retained for a limited period by our host. Cookie lifetimes are set by the providers concerned.
6. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or restrict the use of your personal data, to object to processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. You can also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. To exercise your rights, email contact@skiandsnowboardguide.com.
California residents (CCPA/CPRA)
We do not sell personal information for money. Advertising cookies may be considered “sharing” for cross-context behavioural advertising; you can opt out using the links in section 2 or your browser settings.
7. Managing cookies
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect how ads are shown but will not stop the Site from working.
8. Children
The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
9. Changes
We may update this policy. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.