Privacy Policy

BachaMap ("we", "us", or "our") operates the website bachamap.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website.

Information We Collect

Information you provide

• Contact form submissions (name, email, message)
• Festival suggestion submissions (festival details, corrections, artist requests)

Information collected automatically

• Usage data through analytics (pages visited, clicks, sessions, referral source)
• Device information (browser type, operating system, screen size)
• IP-based country detection for locale and content personalization
• Cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Cookies section below)

How We Use Your Information

• To operate and improve BachaMap
• To respond to your inquiries and support requests
• To analyze website usage and optimize the user experience
• To process festival suggestions and contributions
• To detect your country for language and content personalization

Cookies & Consent

When you first visit BachaMap, we ask for your cookie preferences. You can accept all cookies or limit them to essential only. Your choice is stored for one year and can be changed at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the site.

Essential cookies

These are required for the website to function and are always active. They include your locale preference and a country-detection cookie (bachamap-detected-country) derived from your IP address via Cloudflare headers. This cookie stores only a two-letter country code (e.g., "PL", "US") and expires after 7 days.

Analytics cookies

If you accept analytics cookies, we use a privacy-focused analytics service hosted in the EU to understand how visitors use BachaMap — pages visited, clicks, and session data. This helps us improve the platform. If you decline, no persistent identifiers are stored.

Third-Party Links

BachaMap includes links to external travel services such as Booking.com, Kiwi.com, Google Flights, and Go&Dance for travel planning purposes. Some of these links may be affiliate links in the future. When you click these links, those services may collect data according to their own privacy policies. Third-party relationships never influence how festivals are curated or ranked on BachaMap.

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process data:

• Vercel: Website hosting and edge delivery
• Cloudflare: CDN and IP-based country detection
• Supabase: Database and authentication hosting
• Resend: Transactional email delivery (contact form)
• BuyMeACoffee: External donation processing
• Booking.com, Kiwi.com, Go&Dance, Google Flights: Travel planning links

Each of these services has its own privacy policy governing how they handle your data. We do not sell your personal data to any third party.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy. Contact form submissions and festival suggestions are kept as long as needed to process your request. Analytics data is retained in aggregate, anonymized form. Cookie consent preferences are stored for one year.

Your Rights

BachaMap operates from Poland and is subject to EU data protection law (GDPR). Regardless of your location, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
• Object to or restrict processing of your data
• Data portability — receive your data in a structured format
• Withdraw consent at any time (e.g., cookie preferences)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We will respond within 30 days.

Children's Privacy

BachaMap is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please reach out through our contact form or email us at [email protected].