Last updated: August 2026.
This privacy policy explains how furnessway.co.uk ("we", "us", "our", "the site") collects, uses and protects information when you visit https://www.furnessway.co.uk. The site is an independent walking guide published under the name furnessway.co.uk and operated from the United Kingdom. For any privacy question, or to reach the site owner, you can contact us at blacktipsheets@gmail.com.
Information we collect
We do not ask you to create an account and we do not knowingly collect information that directly identifies you. The information involved when you use the site falls into two groups:
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, our hosting provider and the services we use automatically record standard technical information when you visit — including your IP address, browser type and version, device type, the pages you view, the date and time of your visit, and the site you came from. This is used to keep the site secure, diagnose problems and understand general traffic patterns.
Information you give us
If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to put in your message. We use it only to reply to you and we do not add you to any marketing list.
Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use them to make the site work and, where you allow it, to support advertising. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings, and you can change your advertising choices at any time using the consent controls described below. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the site function.
Advertising
We use Google AdSense, a third‑party advertising service provided by Google, to display adverts on this site. When adverts are served:
- Third‑party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve adverts based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve adverts to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
- Google and its partners may use device identifiers, cookies and similar technologies to collect and process data as described in Google's policies.
You can learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and you can review or opt out of personalised advertising in your Google account at myadcenter.google.com. You can opt out of personalised advertising from many other vendors at aboutads.info/choices and youronlinechoices.eu.
Your advertising and privacy choices (UK, EEA and Switzerland)
If you are visiting from the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area or Switzerland, we use a Google‑certified consent management platform to ask for your consent before any advertising or measurement cookies that are not strictly necessary are set. You can accept, reject, or manage your choices when you first visit, and you can reopen the consent controls at any time to change your decision. Where you do not consent, you may still see non‑personalised advertising.
Analytics
We may use privacy‑respecting analytics to understand aggregate, anonymous traffic (for example, how many people visit each page). If and when analytics that use cookies are enabled, they will be covered by the consent controls above and this policy will be updated to name the provider.
GPX and route downloads
GPX and GeoJSON route files are provided free and do not require sign‑up. Downloading them does not require you to give us any personal information.
Links to other websites
The site links to third‑party websites (for example transport operators, accommodation and official council pages). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites; please review their own policies.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law (UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018) you have rights over personal data we hold about you, including the right to access it, to ask us to correct or delete it, and to object to or restrict its processing. To exercise any of these rights, email blacktipsheets@gmail.com. You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
Children's privacy
This site is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised "last updated" date.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data: blacktipsheets@gmail.com.