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Run the Alps Privacy Policy

Welcome to runthealps.com, a website (the Site) of Run the Alps. This site is operated by Run the Alps and has been created to provide information about our company, our products and related Services (together with the Site, the Services) to our Service visitors (you, your). This Privacy Policy sets forth Run the Alps’s policy with respect to information including personally identifiable data (Personal Data) and other information that is collected from visitors to the Site and Services.

Scope of Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the information that we obtain through your use of https://runthealps.com Services via a Device or when you otherwise interact with Run the Alps.

https://runthealps.com Services include our:

Websites (https://RuntheAlps.com)

Products (Itineraries, tours, & travel planning Services)

Information We Collect

When you interact with us through the Services, we may collect Personal Data and other information from you, as further described below:

Personal Data That You Provide Through the Services: We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily provide such information, such as when you contact us with inquiries, respond to one of our surveys, register for access or use certain Services. Wherever Run the Alps collects Personal Data we make an effort to provide a link to this Privacy Policy.

By voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data to the Services, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of Run the Alps and the authorized third parties referred to herein located in the United States.

Other Information

NON-IDENTIFIABLE DATA

When you interact with Run the Alps through the Services, we receive and store certain personally non-identifiable information. Such information, which is collected passively using various technologies, cannot presently be used to specifically identify you. Run the Alps may store such information itself or such information may be included in databases owned and maintained by Run the Alps affiliates, agents, subsidiaries, or service providers. (The “Related Companies.”) The Services may use such information and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site, and the domain names of our visitors’ Internet service providers. It is important to note that no Personal Data is available or used in this process.

Cookies

In operating the Services, we may use a technology called cookies. A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the Services and help us analyze Services usage more accurately. For instance, our Site may set a cookie on your browser that allows you to access the Services without needing to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit to the Site. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data except with your permission. On most web browsers, you will find a help section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. Run the Alps visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using https://runthealps.com’s website, with the drawback that certain features of https://runthealps.com’s website may not function properly without the aid of cookies. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Service features.

Aggregated Statistics

https://runthealps.com.com may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, https://RuntheAlps.com may reveal how many downloads a particular itinerary received, or say which pages are most popular based on our analytics.

AGGREGATED PERSONAL DATA

In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of the Services, Run the Alps often conducts research on its customer demographics, interests and behavior based on the Personal Data and other information provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and Run the Alps may share this aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and business partners. This aggregate information does not identify you personally. Run the Alps may also disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our Services to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.

Our Use of Your Personal Data and Other Information

Run the Alps uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email, we will use the Personal Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide Personal Data in order to obtain access to the Services, we will use your Personal Data to provide you with access to such services and to monitor your use of such services. Run the Alps and its Related Companies may also use your Personal Data and other personally non-identifiable information collected through the Services to help us improve the content and functionality of the Services, to better understand our users and to improve the Services. Run the Alps and its affiliates may use this information to contact you in the future to tell you about services we believe will be of interest to you. If we do so, each marketing communication we send you will contain instructions permitting you to opt-out of receiving future marketing communications. In addition, if at any time you wish not to receive any future marketing communications or you wish to have your name deleted from our mailing lists, please contact us as indicated below. If Run the Alps intends on using subsidiaries and affiliates (the Related Companies) any Personal Data in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time at which the Personal Data is collected.

Our Disclosure of Your Personal Data and Other Information

Run the Alps is not in the business of selling your information. We consider this information to be part of our relationship with you. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your Personal Data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:

Business Transfers

As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets.

Related Companies

We may also share your Personal Data with our Related Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Agents, Consultants, and Related Third Parties

Run the Alps, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we employ another entity to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function.

Legal Requirements

Run the Alps may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Run the Alps, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.

Your Choices

You can visit https://runthealps.com without providing any Personal Data. If you choose not to provide any Personal Data, you may not be able to use certain Services.

Exclusions

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Data collected by Run the Alps other than Personal Data collected through the Services. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to Run the Alps through the Services or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Services, such as forums, any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, Unsolicited Information). All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and Run the Alps shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation or attribution.

Children

Run the Alps does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Data. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Data to Run the Alps, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

Links to Other Web Sites

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Services. The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by Run the Alps (the Third Party Sites). The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to the Third Party Sites. The links to the Third Party Sites do not imply that Run the Alps endorses or has reviewed the Third Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.

Integrating Third Party Services

One of the special features of the Service is that it allows you to enable or log in to the Services via various third party services like Facebook or Twitter (Third Party Service(s)). By directly integrating these services, we make your online experiences richer and more personalized. To take advantage of this feature, we will ask you to log into or grant us permission via the relevant Third Party Service. When you add a Third Party Services account to the Service or log into the Service using your Third Party Services account, we will collect relevant information necessary to enable the Service to access that Third Party Service and your data contained within that Third Party Service. As part of such integration, the Third Party Service will provide us with access to certain information that you have provided to the Third Party Service, and we will use, store and disclose such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, please remember that the manner in which Third Party Services use, store and disclose your information is governed by the policies of such third parties, and Run the Alps shall have no liability or responsibility for the privacy practices or other actions of any Third Party Services that may be enabled within the Service.

You may also have the option of posting your Services activities to Third Party Services when you access content through the Services (for example, you may post to Twitter that you performed an activity on the Service); you acknowledge that if you choose to use this feature, your friends, followers and subscribers on any Third Party Services you have enabled will be able to view such activity.

Security

Run the Alps takes reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data provided via the Services from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error-free. In particular, email sent to or from Run the Alps may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via email. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Data to Run the Alps via the Internet.

Changes to Run the Alps Privacy Policy

The Services and our business may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for Run the Alps to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Run the Alps reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated above. Your continued use of the Services after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.

Access to Information; Contacting Run the Alps

To keep your Personal Data accurate, current, and complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update, remove or correct Personal Data in our possession that you have previously submitted via the Services. Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about Run the Alps’s Privacy Policy or the information practices of the Services.

You may contact us here.

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