PRIVACY POLICY

Applicability

This Privacy Statement of HikedAway is effective for the collection, use, and other forms of processing of personal data by HikedAway in connection with our services, brand products, and this website. By using this website, you acknowledge and agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement.

Who is responsible for the processing of your personal data?

HikedAway is the legal entity responsible for all collection and processing of your personal data in connection with brand products, services, and this website. We are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy and the security of the personal data you share with us.

What personal data do we collect?

The exact data we collect depends on how you use this website. In general, we collect and use two categories of data:

Data you provide
These are the data you enter yourself when visiting our website. These data may include your name, address, location, gender, email address, phone number, age, birthdate, products you have purchased, account names and passwords you create, bank details for product payments, etc.

Metadata
These are data that are collected or automatically generated while you use the website. Metadata is often collected or generated when you use a computing device or when you transmit data through a computer network, such as the internet.

How do we collect your personal data?

We collect your personal data in various places and ways. We do this, for example, when you perform the following activities on our website: subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a contact form, create an account, purchase products, and visit the website (cookies).

By choosing to register your personal data in any of the above ways and explicitly granting permission or by visiting our websites and accepting cookies, you authorize HikedAway to collect, store, use, disclose for legal purposes, and otherwise process your personal data in accordance with the purposes described above.

If you have given consent for the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.

How long do we retain your data?

We will retain personal data for as long as necessary or permitted within the framework of the purposes described in this Privacy Statement and in accordance with applicable law.

Criteria used to determine our storage period include:

  • The duration of the ongoing relationship with you and the services provided to you (for example, as long as you have an account with us or continue to use our services).
  • Whether there is a legal obligation that we must comply with (certain laws, for example, require us to retain our transactions for a certain period before we can delete them); or
  • Whether retention is desirable considering our legal position (such as regarding the statute of limitations, disputes, or regulatory investigations).

Cookies

When you visit or use our website and communication services (such as email), we may use cookies and other similar technologies to store information, providing you with a better, faster, and safer browsing experience.

Your rights

If you want to review, correct, update, restrict, or delete personal data processed by us, object to the processing of personal data, or if you want to receive an electronic copy of your personal data to transmit to another company (to the extent this right to data portability is provided to you by applicable law), you can contact us at info@hikedaway.com. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

Please describe in your request as clearly as possible which personal data your request relates to. For your security, we will only handle requests related to the personal data associated with the specific email address you use to send us your request, and we may ask for verification of your identity before fulfilling your request. We will try to respond to your request as promptly as reasonably practicable, and in any case within the legally required deadlines.

Policy Changes

We may change this HikedAway Privacy Statement from time to time. We will inform you of changes in our Privacy Statement, but we also recommend that you consult this Privacy Statement regularly. This Privacy Statement was last modified on August 16, 2023.