🌐Introduction

Welcome to lupnicing.com, an affiliate website dedicated to searching and booking cheap flights. Protecting your personal data is our highest priority.

This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, share, and protect your information when you visit our website. By browsing lupnicing.com, you accept the practices described below.

👤Data Controller

The site lupnicing.com is operated as an independent affiliate website. The data controller is:

📋Data Collected

We may collect the following categories of data:

• Browsing data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, visit duration, traffic source, links clicked.
• Analytical data: aggregated statistics on site usage (via third-party tools such as Google Analytics).
• Cookies and trackers: session cookies, affiliate cookies (click identifiers for commission tracking), third-party advertising cookies.
• Form data (if applicable): name and email address, if you contact us via a form.
• Conversion data: click on an affiliate link and tracking of bookings made on the partner's site (anonymised data).

We never collect banking details, credit card numbers, or passwords. Such information is handled exclusively on the platforms of our certified partners.

🎯Purposes of Processing

Your data is processed for the following purposes:

• Ensuring the proper functioning of the website and improving the user experience.
• Measuring audience and analysing site performance (anonymous statistics).
• Managing the affiliate programme and correctly attributing commissions to our partners.
• Displaying personalised advertising through partner networks (Google Ads, affiliate networks).
• Responding to your support or contact requests.
• Complying with our legal obligations.

✈️Affiliate Links and Partners

Lupnicing.com participates in affiliate programmes with partners specialising in flights and travel. When you click on an affiliate link and make a booking, we receive a commission at no additional cost to you.

Our partners may include, non-exhaustively:

• Low-cost and full-service airlines
• Online travel agencies (OTAs): Booking.com, Kayak, Skyscanner, eDreams, Rumbo, etc.
• Affiliate networks: Travelpayouts, Commission Junction, Awin, Tradedoubler, etc.
• Flight comparison platforms

🍪Cookie Policy

We use cookies to improve your experience and ensure affiliate tracking. The types of cookies used are:

• Strictly necessary cookies: essential for the functioning of the site. They cannot be disabled.
• Analytical cookies: used to measure audience (e.g., Google Analytics 4 with IP anonymisation).
• Affiliate cookies: record clicks on affiliate links to attribute commissions (duration varies by partner: from 24 hours to 90 days).
• Advertising cookies: used to display personalised ads (Google Ads, affiliate networks).

On your first visit, a consent banner allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies, in accordance with the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive.

You can also manage your preferences directly from your browser settings.

⚖️Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – EU 2016/679), the processing of your data is based on the following legal grounds:

• Your consent — for analytical and advertising cookies.
• Our legitimate interest — for security measures, fraud prevention, and site improvement.
• Performance of a contract — for handling a contact request.
• Legal obligation — for compliance with applicable regulations.

🔗Data Sharing

We never sell your personal data to third parties. Your data may be shared in the following cases:

• With our affiliate partners for conversion tracking (anonymised or pseudonymised data).
• With technical service providers (hosting, analytics tools) acting as data processors under contract.
• If required by a competent legal authority (courts, public administration).

🌍International Transfers

Some of our partners (in particular Google Analytics and affiliate networks) may process data outside the European Union, especially in the United States. Such transfers are covered by appropriate mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.

⏱️Retention Periods

• Browsing data / logs: maximum 13 months.
• Analytical cookies: maximum 13 months.
• Affiliate cookies: from 24 hours to 90 days depending on the partner programme.
• Contact data: 3 years from the last contact.
• Accounting / tax data: 7 years in accordance with applicable Spanish legislation.

🔐Your Rights

In accordance with the GDPR and Organic Law 3/2018 on Personal Data Protection (LOPDGDD), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access: obtain a copy of your data.
• Right of rectification: correct inaccurate data.
• Right of erasure: request deletion ("right to be forgotten").
• Right to object: object to the processing of your data.
• Right to restriction: temporarily suspend processing.
• Right to portability: receive your data in a machine-readable format.
• Right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise your rights, contact us via the site's contact form. We will respond within a maximum of 30 working days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) at www.aepd.es.

🛡️Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. This includes HTTPS (TLS) encryption of communications, restriction of access to personal data, and regular monitoring of our systems.

🚸Protection of Minors

Lupnicing.com is not intended for persons under the age of 14 (in accordance with the Spanish LOPDGDD). We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If we become aware that a minor has provided us with data without parental consent, we will delete it immediately.

📝Policy Modifications

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable regulations. The date of the last update appears at the top of this page. Continued use of the site following any modification constitutes acceptance of the updated version.