Privacy Terms
Liability for contents
The contents of our pages were created with the greatest care. For the correctness, completeness and topicality of the contents we can take over however no guarantee. As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general laws. As soon as we become aware of infringements, we will remove the content immediately.
Data we store
- Account: name, e-mail address, public username, password (stored only as a secure hash), language and settings.
- O-Editor: objects you draw, with time of entry, symbol, coordinates and your username (see the conditions).
- O-Analyser: the track from your GPX file (positions, elevation and times; the file itself is not kept), map images, title and comment. Private activities are only visible to you. If you allow it in the settings, your tracks are used anonymously for the worldwide activity heatmap.
- O-Manager: your events with their courses, controls, classes, map settings and uploaded background maps, the team members and invitations (e-mail address of the invited person), and team comments. Where other members' mouse pointers are is only passed on live and not stored.
- Route choice of the day: your answer and the time you needed, and the route you drew yourself if you chose your own. To allow one try per person, we store it with a random ID from a cookie, your account if you are logged in, and a one-way hash of your IP address and browser identification (not the IP address itself).
- Contact form and feedback: the content of your message and your e-mail address.
Accounts whose e-mail address is not confirmed within 7 days of registering are deleted automatically.
We will not pass on your data to third parties without your express consent. The data is stored on our own server in Switzerland.
Cookies
We use the following cookies. Necessary cookies need no consent; everything else is only set after you agree in the cookie banner.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
omap_session |
Keeps you logged in | 30 days | necessary |
omap_lang |
Remembers the language you chose (only set when you choose one) | 1 year | necessary |
rc_device |
Random ID so that each person gets one try per day in the route choice game (only once you play) | 400 days | necessary |
omap_consent |
Stores your cookie choice | 6 months | necessary |
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Google Analytics: counts visits and page views | up to 2 years | statistics, only with your consent |
Google Analytics (Google Ireland Ltd.) is only loaded if you allow statistics cookies; before that your browser makes no request to Google. It tells us how many people visit which pages, so we can improve the O-Map. Google receives your IP address and information about your browser; data may be processed in the USA. Account, dashboard and admin pages are not measured, and we never send parameters from links (such as tokens). If your browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control, Google Analytics stays off.
You can change or withdraw your choice at any time: Cookie settings.
External services
To display the map, your browser loads data directly from these services, which therefore see your IP address:
- Base map tiles: OpenFreeMap
- Terrain data for contours and hillshading: AWS Open Data terrain tiles
- Place search: Photon by komoot
- O-Editor and O-Analyser backgrounds: Esri World Imagery, OpenStreetMap tiles and MapAnt.fi
- Newsletter: Mailchimp (only if you subscribe); feedback survey: Google Forms (only if you open it)
- Donations: PayPal (only if you donate)
- Visitor statistics: Google Analytics (only with your consent, see Cookies)
Your rights
You can view and change your data in the settings at any time. To delete your account or for any other request, contact us at info@o-map.ch.