Privacy Policy for RideMyArt
Effective Date: 20-May-2025
Welcome to RideMyArt (“we,” “our,” “us”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information from users (“you”) who access or use our website located at RideMyArt.com (“the Site”).
1. Information We Collect
We collect the following types of information:
- User-Generated Content: This includes GPX files, GPS routes, shape/image selections, and coordinates that you upload or create using the Site.
- Technical Data: We automatically collect certain technical information when you visit our Site. This includes your IP address, pages visited, access times, and referring website addresses. This data is primarily collected through server logs.
2. How We Collect Data
We collect data through:
- User Interaction: Directly from you when you upload files, make selections, or interact with features on the Site.
- Server Logs: Automatically as a result of your interaction with our Site, which our web servers record.
3. Why We Collect Data and Our Lawful Basis for Processing
We process your data for the following purposes, relying on specific lawful bases:
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To Provide Core Functionality: We process your User-Generated Content
to render and display your GPS art.
Lawful Basis: Performance of a contract with you.
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To Improve and Secure the Site: We analyze Technical Data and Usage
Data to understand user behavior, fix bugs, monitor for security threats, prevent misuse, and enhance user
experience.
Lawful Basis: Our legitimate interest in maintaining and improving our service. For certain jurisdictions and data types, we may rely on your Consent.
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For Analytics and Feedback: We use aggregated and anonymized Usage
Data to understand trends and improve our features.
Lawful Basis: Legitimate Interest or your Consent.
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Yes, we use cookies. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device. While we do not set our own cookies for tracking, our partner Google Analytics uses them to collect Usage Data.
- Google Analytics: This service helps us understand how users engage with our Site. It uses cookies to collect information like your IP address (which may be anonymized), session duration, and user interactions. This information is transmitted to and stored by Google.
- Your Choice: You can control cookies through your browser settings. You can also opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. By using our Site without opting out, you consent to the use of these cookies for the purposes described.
5. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services:
- Google Analytics: For website analytics. We recommend you review the Google Privacy Policy.
- Hosting Providers: Our website is hosted by a third-party provider, Railway Corporation. This provider may have access to server logs containing your IP address.
- Mapping Libraries: We use mapping library, Leaflet. These libraries may process geographical data to render maps.
6. Data Retention
- User-Generated Content: Retained for as long as needed to provide the service or until you request deletion.
- Technical & Usage Data: Server logs are typically retained for a limited period. Anonymized and aggregated analytics data may be retained indefinitely for trend analysis.
7. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
8. International Data Transfers
Your data is processed in India and in other countries where our third-party service providers are located. For users in the EEA or UK, we ensure that such transfers are protected by appropriate safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).
9. Your Rights & Grievance Officer
Depending on your jurisdiction, you have certain rights regarding your data:
- Right to Access: Request a copy of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data.
- Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your data.
- Right to Restrict Processing: Request a limitation on how we use your data.
- Right to Data Portability: Request your data in a machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: Object to processing based on our legitimate interests.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where consent is our lawful basis.
To exercise these rights or for any privacy-related concerns, please contact us at [email protected] (Please add "Privacy Grievance" to the subject line).
10. Children’s Privacy
RideMyArt is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected such data, we will take steps to delete it.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date.”
12. Contact Us
For any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [email protected].