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Privacy Policy

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This Privacy Policy describes how Astokin Travel Explorations ("our site," "this service," "our online platform") collects, uses, and discloses your personal data when you visit or make use of astokin.info. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable privacy laws in Austria and the European Union.

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1. Data Controller

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The data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data on this website is Astokin Travel Explorations, operating at astokin.info, based in Austria.

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2. Information We Collect

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We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our service to you. The types of personal data we may collect include:

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• Usage Data: We automatically collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer\'s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. This data helps us understand how our content is accessed and used.
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• Interaction Data: Our site is primarily an informational blog and does not currently feature direct user input forms such as comments or registration. Therefore, we do not typically collect personally identifiable information directly from users in this manner. Any data related to your interaction with content, such as preferences for certain articles or sections, contributes to aggregated, anonymized analytics to improve our content offerings.
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• 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 that may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service.
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3. How We Use Your Information

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Astokin Travel Explorations uses the collected data for various purposes:

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• To provide and maintain our service, ensuring that our blog content is accessible and performs optimally.
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• To improve, personalize, and expand our service, for instance, by understanding which travel guides or road network tips are most popular.
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• To analyze how our service is used and to monitor the effectiveness of our content.
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• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or potential security threats.
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• To understand general user trends and preferences, which helps us to tailor future content and updates (e.g., more detailed posts on Österreich autobahn updates, or specific seasonal travel advisories).
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• To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms and conditions.
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4. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

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Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal data described in this Privacy Policy depends on the data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it:

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• Legitimate Interests: We process your data where it is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms. This includes processing for website analytics, security, and service improvement.
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• Consent: In some cases, we may rely on your consent to process certain data, especially for non-essential cookies. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
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• Compliance with Legal Obligations: We may process your data where it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, such as responding to lawful requests from public authorities.
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5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

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We use cookies to enhance your experience on our site. 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. For more details on the types of cookies we use and your choices regarding them, please refer to our Cookie Policy (if a separate one is available, otherwise this section serves as general information).

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• Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our site and to enable you to use some of its features.
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• Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to collect information about how users interact with our site, including the number of visitors, the pages they visit, and the source of traffic. This helps us improve the way our site works.
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6. Data Retention

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Astokin Travel Explorations will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

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We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

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7. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

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We may disclose your personal data in the following situations:

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• Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service ("Service Providers"), to provide the service on our behalf, to perform service-related services, or to 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. Examples include web hosting services and analytics providers (e.g., anonymized data with Google Analytics).
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• Legal Requirements: Astokin Travel Explorations may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:\n
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  • Comply with a legal obligation.
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  • Protect and defend the rights or property of Astokin Travel Explorations.
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  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service.
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  • Protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public.
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  • Protect against legal liability.
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• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
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8. Transfer of Data Outside the European Economic Area (EEA)

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Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction. If we transfer your data outside the EEA, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses or relying on adequacy decisions, to protect your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws.

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Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

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9. Your Data Protection Rights under GDPR

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As a data subject under GDPR, you have certain data protection rights. Astokin Travel Explorations aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data. Your rights include:

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• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
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• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
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• The right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
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• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
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• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
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• 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.
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• The right to withdraw consent: You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Astokin Travel Explorations relied on your consent to process your personal information.
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If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

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10. Children\'s Privacy

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Our service does not address anyone under the age of 16 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. 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.

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11. Links to Other Sites

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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.

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12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

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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 will let you know via a prominent notice on our service prior to the change becoming effective. 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.

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13. Contact Us

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If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please contact us:

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• By visiting this page on our website: astokin.info (referencing the main contact method provided on the site itself)
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• By phone: +43 660 1449634
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• By physical mail: We do not provide a direct physical address for routine inquiries here; however, information can be obtained upon official request or as required by law.
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You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or where the alleged infringement of data protection law occurred. In Austria, the relevant authority is the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde).

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