Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Our approach is protect your privacy by collecting only the minimum data necessary.
Walkhighlands for All is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner's Office. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and app.
2. Data We Collect
• Identity Data: your username (only if registering). We do not collect the real names of our users.
• Contact Data: email address (only if registering for a user account and to receive email newsletters.)
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type and operating system.
• Usage Data: information about how the site is used including counts of walking routes viewed or GPX files downloaded. This data is completely anonymised and aggregated.
• User Content: Any information you share in our forums, trip reports, or log on your hill-bagging maps etc.
3. How We Use Your Data
• Account Management: To manage your registration and provide access to features such as enabling you to record your Munros and walks completed.
• Community Interaction: To allow you to post in the forums and interact with other users.
• Newsletters: To send you monthly updates by email if registered for these (you can unsubscribe at any time).
• Safety & Security: To monitor for fraudulent activity or site abuse.
4. Cookies
Under GDPR, Cookies are classified as being either i) for strictly necessary, functional purposes (including sessions and security), ii) to store your preferences, ii) for analytics / usage tracking, or iii) for marketing and advertising. We only use strictly necessary cookies, as follows:
• cf_clearance This is a security cookie; it is a simple token issued to indicate that the visitor has passed a security challenge to prove they are not a bot. It does not contain any personal data.
• phpbb3_4dywz_u, phpbb3_4dywz_sid, phpbb3_4dywz_k These are session and security cookies that make it possible for users to log in to their account on Walkhighlands. phpbb3_4dywz_u remembers your userid (or the anonymous id if you do not complete log in); phpbb3_4dywz_sid is your session id; phpbb3_4dywz_k is a token that allows you to opt to auto-login to Walkhighlands. Together these cookies enable secure registration for an user account on Walkhighlands so you can log your Munros and other hills climbed, post your own walk reports, keep track of which walks you have completed, and and part in the forum. Registering / logging in is optional.
5. Data Sharing and Third Parties
• We never sell personal data. We use privacy-friendly, cookieless, and GDPR-compliant analytics to measure traffic and website speed without identifying individual visitors; this data is held on our behalf by Pirsch and Cloudflare. We may share data with legal authorities if required by law to prevent fraud or protect the safety of our users.
• Our site contains links to other websites (e.g., Mountain Weather Information Service, Bookshop, Youtube). We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
• Some pages may contain embedded video content, usually posted by users from providers such as Youtube. We automatically change Youtube embeds to the nocookie version to prevent cookies being set from the preview, but if you click to watch the video then Youtube will set tracking cookies - we warn of this and gather consent with an overlay that you must accept to watch the video.
6. Your rights and retention
If you wish to remove your account data from Walkhighlands, we describe how to request this and what it means here. If you require your account to be deleted, or have any questions or complaints about this privacy policy, please contact us at: [email protected]. If you are not happy with our response to a complaint, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).