This Privacy Policy explains how The Curious Backpack ("we", "us"), available at www.thecuriousbackpack.com, collects and uses information when you visit the site. The site is operated by Daniel, based in Barcelona, Spain, who is the data controller. You can contact us at webcreatorlh@gmail.com.
1. Information we collect
- Information you send us: if you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message.
- Technical information: like most websites, our hosting provider automatically logs basic technical data such as your IP address, browser type and the pages you request. This is used for security and to keep the site running.
- Cookies and similar technologies: used by us and by third parties such as Google to show ads and measure their performance. See our Cookie Policy.
We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data.
2. Advertising and Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to show ads on this site. In relation to these ads:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website or 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 can opt out of personalised advertising in Google's My Ad Center. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info or, in Europe, www.youronlinechoices.eu.
- To learn more, read how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we ask for your consent before personalised ads or non-essential cookies are used. You can change your choice at any time using the privacy settings link shown at the bottom of the page.
3. Why we use your data (legal bases)
- Consent: for personalised advertising and non-essential cookies.
- Legitimate interests: to keep the site secure, fix errors and reply to messages you send us.
- Legal obligations: where we are required to keep or disclose information by law.
4. Sharing your data
We do not sell your personal data. Data is processed by service providers that help us run the site — our web host and Google (for advertising) — under their own privacy terms. Some of these providers may process data outside your country, including in the United States, under appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.
5. How long we keep data
We keep emails only as long as needed to deal with your request, and no longer than 24 months. Server logs are kept for a short period, normally no more than 90 days. Cookie lifetimes are listed in our Cookie Policy.
6. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU/UK, or the CCPA/CPRA in California), you may have the right to:
- access the personal data we hold about you;
- ask us to correct or delete it;
- object to or restrict how we process it;
- receive a copy of your data in a portable format;
- withdraw your consent at any time;
- opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for targeted advertising;
- complain to your local data protection authority.
To exercise these rights, email webcreatorlh@gmail.com. We will reply within one month.
7. Children
This site is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal data.
8. External links
Our guides link to other websites, such as photo pages on Wikimedia Commons and official tourism sites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top shows when it last changed.