--- title: "Privacy policy and your data | Cycle Planet" description: "How Cycle Planet handles your personal data: what is collected for your account, profile and messages, why it is needed and who can see it." canonical_url: "https://cycleplanet.org/privacy-policy" meta: "og:description": "How Cycle Planet handles your personal data: what is collected for your account, profile and messages, why it is needed and who can see it." "og:image": "https://cycleplanet.org/_og/s/o_061f8c2436518767.png" "og:image:height": "600" "og:image:type": image/png "og:image:width": "1200" "og:title": "Privacy policy and your data" "twitter:image": "https://cycleplanet.org/_og/s/o_061f8c2436518767.png" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://cycleplanet.org/llms.txt) Legal # Privacy policy ## Last updated 18-12-2020 General note from founder Bas Idsinga: As comlicated as these privacy policies may be, I have not a single intention to abbuse the data that is collected through Cycle Planet. I also have to admit that I don't know too much about privacy regulations and that I just Googled the form below. I would like to warn you that the information might be incorrect or outdated, and I would like to confince you that it is my top priority to protect your personal information from falling into the hands of people who hate cycling. Cycle Planet built the Cycle Planet app as a Free app. This SERVICE is provided by Cycle Planet at no cost and is intended for use as is. This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service. If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at Cycle Planet unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy. ## Information Collection and Use For a better experience, while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to name, email, about, interests, countries cycled, gear, website, instagram account, facebook account, youtube account. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy. The app does use third party services that may collect information used to identify you. Link to privacy policy of third party service providers used by the app \[Google Play Services]([**https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/**](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/)) ## Log Data We want to inform you that whenever you use our Service, in a case of an error in the app we collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics. ## Cookies Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device's internal memory. This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the app may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service. ## Service Providers We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons: \* To facilitate our Service; \* To provide the Service on our behalf; \* To perform Service-related services; or \* To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. We want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose. ## Security We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security. ## Links to Other Sites This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. ## Children’s Privacy These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13\\. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions. ## Changes to This Privacy Policy We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. This policy is effective as of 2020-07-05 ## Contact Us If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at [**info@cycleplanet.org**](mailto:info@cycleplanet.org). 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