Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy / GDPR Notice
Last updated: 21 May, 2026
This website, francigena.yin.roma.it, presents Kinesis & Praxis: The Via Francigena Archive, a digital cultural archive and research project by YIN Renlong.
The project documents and interprets a bicycle journey undertaken in August 2017 along the Via Francigena. It includes photographs, GPS traces, written reflections, and AI-assisted metadata created during the retrospective development of the archive.
Data Controller
The data controller for this website is:
YIN Renlong
Contact: r(AT)yin.roma.it
What Personal Data This Website May Collect
This website does not sell personal data.
Depending on how you use the site, the following data may be processed:
Basic server logs, such as IP address, browser type, date and time of access, requested pages, and error logs.
Contact information, if you send a message through email or a contact form.
Cookie or analytics data, if analytics tools are enabled.
Technical data generated when embedded maps, images, fonts, or third-party services are loaded.
Server Logs
Like most websites, this site and its hosting providers may automatically collect technical logs. These logs are used for security, maintenance, debugging, and statistical understanding of website traffic.
The legal basis for this processing is legitimate interest: keeping the website secure and functional.
Cookies and Analytics
This website may use necessary cookies for WordPress functionality. If optional analytics or tracking tools are enabled, they should only be used with appropriate consent where required.
If a cookie banner is present, visitors can accept or reject non-essential cookies.
Embedded Maps and Third-Party Services
The interactive archive may load map tiles, scripts, fonts, or other resources from third-party providers, including but not necessarily limited to:
GitHub Pages
Esri / ArcGIS
OpenStreetMap-related data providers
WordPress plugins or hosting services
When these services are loaded, the third-party provider may receive technical information such as your IP address, browser information, and the page you visited.
The interactive map uses geographic data and visual sources credited within the project interface, including Esri, OpenStreetMap contributors, and other GIS data providers.
AI Processing
AI tools were used during the development of the archive to assist with image description, metadata generation, and narrative synthesis.
Visitor data from this website is not intentionally sent to AI services. The AI processing relates to the author’s archival materials, not to user tracking.
Photographs and Image Privacy
The archive contains photographs taken during a bicycle journey in public and semi-public spaces in 2017. Some images may include people, vehicles, buildings, signs, or public environments.
Where appropriate, identifiable faces have been blurred or minimized to respect privacy.
If you believe that an image includes you or personal information concerning you, and you would like it removed, blurred, or reviewed, please contact:
Contact Forms and Email
If you contact the author by email or through a form, your name, email address, and message content may be processed in order to reply to you.
This information will not be sold or used for marketing without your consent.
Data Retention
Server logs are retained according to the policies of the hosting provider.
Contact messages may be retained as long as necessary to respond to the inquiry and maintain project correspondence, unless deletion is requested.
Your Rights Under GDPR
If you are located in the European Union or European Economic Area, you may have the right to:
Access your personal data.
Request correction of inaccurate data.
Request deletion of your data.
Object to certain processing.
Request restriction of processing.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.
To exercise these rights, contact:
Security
Reasonable technical and organizational measures are used to protect the website and its content. However, no website or online transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
External Links
This website may link to external sites, including GitHub Pages, academic institutions, map providers, and cultural or technical references.
This privacy policy does not apply to external websites.
Changes to This Policy
This privacy notice may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the website, hosting, plugins, or legal requirements.