Privacy Policy
1. Introduction and Scope
Pixelcabinetnavigator Media Ltd. ("Pixelcabinetnavigator", "we", "us", or "our") is dedicated to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and data sovereignty of our visitors. This Privacy Policy details how we collect, process, store, and safeguard personal data when you interact with our platform (pixelcabinetnavigator.pics), use our proprietary Social Score tools, subscribe to newsletters, or submit travel inquiries.
We operate strictly under the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR / UK GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).
2. Categories of Data We Collect
We only collect personal information when provided voluntarily or when strictly necessary for platform functionality:
- Direct Identity & Contact Information: Name, email address, preferred hostel travel style, and inquiry contents provided via our contact or review forms.
- Technical & Telemetry Data: IP address (anonymized at the edge), device browser agent, viewport dimensions, language preferences, and referral URL parameters.
- Interaction & Engagement Data: Pages navigated, hostel filter interactions (e.g., Party Hostel vs. Family Dinner filters), and time spent reviewing destination guides.
3. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR Article 6)
We process personal data solely on legitimate grounds including:
- Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): When you opt-in to our cookie preferences banner or newsletter dispatch.
- Contractual & Pre-Contractual Measures (Art. 6(1)(b)): To respond to your direct service inquiries, hostel recommendations, or editorial submissions.
- Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): To maintain website security, prevent fraudulent bot traffic, and optimize technical loading performance across European regions.
4. Cookies and Web Storage
We utilize local storage and minimal cookie headers to store your cookie consent preferences and session settings. For a comprehensive list of all cookie categories, technical lifetimes, and opt-out procedures, please visit our dedicated Cookie Policy.
5. Third-Party Processors and Infrastructure
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to advertising brokers. Data is processed exclusively via GDPR-compliant infrastructure partners:
- Hosting & Edge Delivery: Cloudflare Inc. and AWS EU (Frankfurt / Dublin) for DDoS mitigation and HTTPS encryption.
- Analytics: Privacy-focused aggregate metrics systems that do not record persistent fingerprint identifiers.
6. International Data Transfers
Where data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, we ensure adequate protection through Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission and supplementary technical encryption standards.
7. Your Statutory Privacy Rights
Under GDPR and applicable international data laws, you possess the right to:
- Request access to copies of your personal data held by us (Article 15).
- Demand rectification of inaccurate or outdated information (Article 16).
- Request erasure ("Right to be Forgotten") under qualifying legal criteria (Article 17).
- Restrict or object to processing activities (Articles 18 & 21).
- Request data portability in a machine-readable JSON format (Article 20).
To exercise any of these statutory rights, please contact our appointed Data Protection Officer at [email protected]. We respond to all verified requests within thirty (30) calendar days.
8. Data Retention Schedule
Contact inquiries and editorial submissions are retained for twenty-four (24) months from the last active correspondence before secure cryptographic deletion. Server access logs are routinely purged after ninety (90) days.