Privacy Policy & Data Processing Notice

Last Updated & Enforced: January 1, 2026

1. Introduction and Data Controller

Scoutcuriovalt Media AG ("we," "us," or "our") is dedicated to safeguarding the privacy, personal autonomy, and integrity of data entrusted to us by visitors of scoutcuriovalt.motorcycles. As an independent travel guide platform focusing on European backpacker lodgings, we adhere to strict transparency standards under the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 - "GDPR"), the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Data Controller Contact:
Scoutcuriovalt Media AG
Attn: Data Protection Officer (DPO)
St. Johann-Tor-Weg 14, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
Email: [email protected]

2. Categories of Personal Data Collected

Depending on your interaction with our directory services, we collect data in several ways:

Direct Inquiries & Contact Forms: Full name, email address, inquiry topic, message body, and optional property affiliation if submitting a hostel review application.
Automated Telemetry & Device Data: Anonymized IP addresses, browser fingerprint metadata, device operating system version, HTTP referrers, and approximate geographic location (country/city level).
Cookie & Local Storage Preferences: Technical session tokens and user preference records stored via the browser's localStorage API to prevent repetitive consent displays.

3. Legal Basis for Processing under GDPR

We process personal data solely in accordance with Article 6 of the GDPR:

Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): Explicit consent provided when opting in to optional non-essential analytics tracking or submitting voluntary communication forms.
Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): Maintaining server network defense, mitigating automated denial-of-service (DoS) attempts, and diagnosing application performance bugs across diverse client devices.

4. Data Retention Periods & Storage Security

We do not maintain permanent user accounts. Inquiries submitted via our contact terminal are retained in an encrypted archival repository for no longer than twenty-four (24) months for audit and customer resolution purposes, after which they are permanently expunged. Server access logs are automatically rotated and purged every thirty (30) calendar days.

5. Your Rights as a Data Subject

Under Chapter III of the GDPR and applicable international data statutes, you maintain the following non-waivable rights:

Right of Access (Art. 15): Obtain confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is processed and request copies.
Right to Rectification (Art. 16): Correct inaccurate or incomplete data records.
Right to Erasure / "Right to be Forgotten" (Art. 17): Demand immediate destruction of personal records where no overriding legal obligation exists.
Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18): Restrict processing under contested validity scenarios.
Right to Data Portability (Art. 20): Receive your submitted data in a structured, machine-readable JSON format.

To exercise any of these entitlements, email your signed request to [email protected].