Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Go Visit Lyon (“we,” “us,” or “our”), accessible at www.govisitlyon.com, collects, uses, and protects information when you visit our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Cyprus data protection law.

1. Who We Are

Go Visit Lyon is an independent travel guide website providing information for visitors to Lyon, France. The site is operated as part of a network of geo-targeted travel guide websites managed from Cyprus. Go Visit Lyon is not affiliated with any governmental agency or official tourism board.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, you can contact us via the details on our Contact page or by email at 4mk80@proton.me.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information when you use our website:

• Usage data: pages visited, time spent on the site, browser type, device type, and referring URLs, collected automatically through analytics tools.
• Cookies and similar technologies: used for site functionality, analytics, and personalisation of advertising (see Section 5).
• Contact information: if you email us directly, we will process the information you voluntarily provide, such as your name and email address, solely to respond to your enquiry.

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data, and we do not require account registration to browse the site.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use collected information to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve the website and its content;
• Understand how visitors use the site so we can improve navigation and content relevance;
• Respond to enquiries sent through email or our contact channels;
• Display relevant advertising and measure advertising performance;
• Comply with legal obligations.

4. Advertising and Google AdSense

This site may display advertisements served by Google AdSense and other third-party advertising networks. These providers may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.

5. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to operate the site, remember your preferences, analyse traffic, and support advertising. You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings; however, doing so may affect the functionality of the website. Where required by law, we display a cookie consent banner allowing you to manage your preferences for functional, statistics, and marketing cookies before non-essential cookies are set.

6. Affiliate Links and Third-Party Partners

Go Visit Lyon participates in affiliate marketing programmes, including but not limited to GetYourGuide, Stay22, and Bounce. When you click on an affiliate link and make a booking or purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. These third-party partners may set their own cookies and collect data in accordance with their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review. Further detail is available on our Affiliate Disclosure page.

7. Analytics

We may use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how visitors engage with the site. These services may collect information such as your IP address (which may be anonymised), device type, and browsing behaviour. This data is used in aggregate and is not used to personally identify you.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal data, such as emails sent to us, only for as long as necessary to address your enquiry or comply with legal obligations, after which it is deleted or anonymised.

9. Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have certain rights regarding your personal data, including the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you;
• Request correction of inaccurate data;
• Request erasure of your personal data;
• Object to or restrict certain processing;
• Request data portability;
• Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent;
• Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 1.

10. Third-Party Links

Our website contains links to third-party websites, including tourism providers, booking platforms, and affiliate partners. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party website you visit.

11. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. The “Creation Date” and any subsequent revision date will be updated accordingly. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

13. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Cyprus, without regard to its conflict of law provisions, insofar as such application does not conflict with mandatory GDPR provisions applicable to EU-based visitors.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please get in touch via our Contact page or by email at 4mk80@proton.me.