Privacy Policy for Swiss Travel Insights

Swiss Travel Insights is committed to protecting the privacy of our website visitors and users. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our blog at bazgpanel.shop, offering insights into Swiss travel, including details on roads, tunnels, and vignette requirements.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our service to you.

• Personal Data: While our blog primarily offers informational content, we may collect personal data such as your name, email address, and any other information you voluntarily provide if you choose to interact with our comment sections, subscribe to newsletters (if applicable), or contact us directly. We do not require account creation for basic blog access.
• Usage Data: We automatically collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site. This includes your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

2. How We Use Your Information

Swiss Travel Insights uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our blog services.
• To monitor the usage of our service.
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
• To improve our website's content and user experience, such as tailoring information about Swiss autobahns or vignette details based on visitor interest.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service when you choose to do so.
• To send you relevant updates or newsletters if you have subscribed to them (e.g., new information on Swiss travel regulations or scenic routes).

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Swiss Travel Insights’ legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

We may process your Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you.
• You have given us permission to do so.
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights.
• To comply with the law.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

• Service Providers: We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our service, provide the service on our behalf, perform service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
• Compliance with Law: We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend the rights or property of Swiss Travel Insights, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service, protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public, protect against legal liability.

5. Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Swiss Travel Insights aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• 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.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

7. Links to Other Sites

Our service may contain links to other sites 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. This is particularly relevant when navigating to official sites for purchasing vignettes or obtaining real-time traffic information, as we only provide informational content.

8. Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

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. You are advised 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, please contact us:

• Swiss Travel Insights
• [Physical Address of Swiss Travel Insights Head Office]
• Switzerland