Privacy policy
In the HikingFex.com privacy policy you can find out how your data is processed and protected when you visit the platform. The focus here is on transparent information about data protection, cookies and your rights. HikingFex.com is your source for long-distance hiking trails, longer hiking trails, hiking, walks and trekking - with valuable tour tips and inspiration for your next adventure!
1. Overview
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. You can find detailed information on the subject of data protection in our data protection declaration listed under this text.
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website (or point 2.2 of this data protection declaration).
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form.
Other data is automatically recorded by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is recorded automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint if you have any questions about this or other questions regarding data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.
analysis tools and third-party tools
When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You can find detailed information about this in the following data protection declaration.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the options for objection in this privacy policy.
2. General information and mandatory information
2.1 Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
2.2 Note on the responsible body
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:
Christian Sommer
1220 Vienna
E-Mail: sommer.ch@me.com
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
2.3 Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
2.4 Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of data protection law, the person affected has the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based.
2.5 Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request that the data be transferred directly to another responsible party, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.
2.6 SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you send to us cannot be read by third parties.
2.7 Information, blocking, deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint if you have any questions about this or other questions on the subject of personal data.
3. Server log files
This website is operated with Wix.com. When you visit the website, Wix automatically records certain technical data in so-called server log files. This includes:
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Pages visited and content requested
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date and time of access
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Referring URL (the page from which you came to this website)
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Browser and operating system used
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IP address (possibly anonymized)
This data is processed by Wix to ensure security, analyze errors, and optimize the service. For more information, see Wix's privacy policy.
4. Comment function on this website
For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information on the time the comment was created, your email address and, if you do not post anonymously, the user name you have chosen will be stored.
4.1 Storage of the IP address
Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who write comments. Since we do not check comments on our site before they are published, we need this data in order to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.
4.2 Storage period of comments
The comments and the associated data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).
4.3 Legal basis
The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
5. Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
5.1 IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
5.2 Browser plug-in
You can prevent cookies from being saved by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .
5.3 Objection to data collection
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics.
For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de .
5.4 Contract data processing
We have concluded a contract for order data processing with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
5.5 Legal basis
Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
6. Social Media
6.1 Data processing by social networks
We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The social networks we use in detail can be found below.
Social networks such as Facebook, Google+ etc. can generally analyze your user behavior comprehensively when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media presences triggers numerous data protection-relevant processing operations. In detail:
If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. However, your personal data may also be recorded if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data is collected, for example, via cookies that are stored on your device or by recording your IP address.
Using the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, interest-based advertising can be shown to you both inside and outside of the respective social media presence. If you have an account with the respective social network, the interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices on which you are or were logged in.
Please also note that we cannot track all processing operations on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, further processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. Details can be found in the terms of use and data protection provisions of the respective social media portals.
legal basis
Our social media presence is intended to ensure the most comprehensive possible presence on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of GDPR).
6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
Responsible person and assertion of rights
If you visit one of our social media sites (e.g. Facebook), we and the operator of the social media platform are jointly responsible for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. You can generally assert your rights (information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both against us and against the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. Facebook).
Please note that despite our shared responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing procedures of the social media portals. Our options are largely determined by the company policy of the respective provider.
storage period
The data we collect directly via the social media presence is deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies, you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of the social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).
6.2 Social networks in detail
We have a profile and a fan page on Facebook. The provider is Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Facebook is certified according to the EU-US Privacy Shield.
We have concluded an agreement with Facebook on joint responsibility for the processing of data (Controller Addendum). This agreement specifies which data processing operations we or Facebook are responsible for when you visit our Facebook fan page. You can view this agreement at the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum
You can adjust your advertising settings yourself in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
For details, please see Facebook’s privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Google+
We have a profile on Google+. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield:
You can adjust your advertising settings yourself in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
For details, please see Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
We use the short message service Twitter. The provider is Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter is certified according to the EU-US Privacy Shield.
You can adjust your Twitter privacy settings yourself in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
https://twitter.com/personalization
For details, please see Twitter’s privacy policy:
https://twitter.com/de/privacy
We have a profile on Instagram. The provider is Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in Instagram's privacy policy:
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
We have a profile on Pinterest. The operator is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”). Details on how they handle your personal data can be found in Pinterest’s privacy policy:
https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy
7. Online Marketing and Affiliate Programs
7.1 Amazon Affiliate Program
The operators of the pages participate in the Amazon EU partner program. Amazon advertisements and links to the Amazon.de website are integrated into our pages, from which we can earn money through advertising cost reimbursement. Amazon uses cookies to track the origin of orders. This allows Amazon to recognize that you have clicked on the partner link on our website.
“Amazon cookies” are stored on the basis of Art. 6 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in this, since the amount of his affiliate remuneration can only be determined through the cookies.
For more information about Amazon’s use of data, please see Amazon’s privacy policy: https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401 .
8. Cookies
Cookies are small files that allow specific, device-related information to be stored on the user's access device (PC, smartphone, etc.). On the one hand, they make websites more user-friendly and therefore more user-friendly (e.g. storing login data). On the other hand, they are used to collect statistical data on website usage and to analyze it in order to improve the service. Users can influence the use of cookies. Most browsers have an option that restricts or completely prevents cookies from being stored. However, please note that the use and in particular the comfort of use are restricted without cookies.
You can manage many companies' online advertising cookies through the US site www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/ .
You can also exercise your choice through the following platforms: IAB Opt-Out Platform and Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Platform , which offer options to make a decision for all companies registered on this platform.
8.1 Cookies and reports on access numbers
We use "session cookies" from VG Wort , Munich, to measure access to texts. Our website and our mobile web offering use the "Scalable Central Measurement Method" (SZM) from INFOnline GmbH to determine statistical parameters to determine the likelihood of texts being copied.
Anonymous measurements are collected. To recognize computer systems, the access number measurement uses either a session cookie or a signature that is created from various automatically transmitted information from your browser. IP addresses are only processed in an anonymized form. Individual users are never identified. Your identity is always protected. You will not receive any advertising via the system.
Session cookies are small units of information that a provider stores in the memory of the visitor's computer. A randomly generated unique identification number, a so-called session ID, is stored in a session cookie. A cookie also contains information about its origin and the storage period. Session cookies cannot store any other data. In this way, we enable our authors to participate in the distributions of VG Wort, which guarantee the statutory remuneration for the use of copyrighted works in accordance with Section 53 of the Copyright Act.
If you do not wish to participate in the measurement, you can object using the following link: https://optout.ioam.de/
9. Integration of third-party services and content
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR), we use content or service offerings from third-party providers within our online offering in order to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter referred to uniformly as “content”).
This always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content perceive the IP address of the user, since without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browser. The IP address is therefore required to display this content. We endeavour to only use content whose respective providers only use the IP address to deliver the content. Third-party providers can also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information can also be stored in cookies on the user's device and contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit and other information about the use of our online offer, as well as being linked to such information from other sources.
YouTube
We embed videos from the “YouTube” platform provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ , Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated .
Google Maps
We integrate maps from the “Google Maps” service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ , Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated .
Google Fonts
We integrate the fonts ("Google Fonts") of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ , Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated .
10. Affiliate links/advertising links
The links marked with an asterisk (*) are so-called affiliate links. If you click on such an affiliate link and purchase via this link, I receive a commission from the online shop or provider in question. The price does not change for you.
11. Google AdSense
This offer uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements from Google Inc. ("Google"). Google AdSense uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on the user's computer and that enable an analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this offer.
The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including the IP address of the user) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google may pass this information on to Google's contractual partners. However, Google will not combine your IP address with other data stored about you.
Users can prevent the installation of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; however, the provider points out to users that in this case they may not be able to use all functions of this offer to their full extent. By using this website, users agree to the processing of the data collected about them by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.