Privacy Policy

We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection has a particularly high priority for the management of Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments. Using the internet pages of Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wants to use special services of our company via our website, processing of personal data might become necessary. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data subject.

Processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address, or telephone number of a data subject, is always in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments. With this privacy policy, our company aims to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, this privacy policy informs data subjects about their rights.

Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of protection for personal data processed through this website that is as complete as possible. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can generally have security vulnerabilities, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, it is also possible for any data subject to transmit personal data to us via alternative means, such as by telephone.

1. Definitions

The privacy policy of Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments is based on the terminology used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we want to explain the terminology used in advance.

In this privacy policy, we use among others the following terms:

• a) Personal Data

  Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

• b) Data Subject

  Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.

• c) Processing

  Processing is any operation or set of operations performed on personal data or sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.

• d) Restriction of Processing

  Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

• e) Profiling

  Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

• f) Pseudonymization

  Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

• g) Controller or Responsible Party

  Controller or responsible party is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

• h) Processor

  Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

• i) Recipient

  Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body to whom personal data is disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the course of a particular investigation under Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

• j) Third Party

  Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body other than the data subject, controller, processor, and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

• k) Consent

  Consent is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which they, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signify agreement to the processing of personal data relating to them.

2. Name and Address of the Controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union, and other data protection regulations is:

Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments

Steinweg 61, Andreas Wittig

06484 Quedlinburg

Germany

Phone: +49 3946-41 59 404

Email: info@steinweg61.de

Website: www.steinweg61.de

3. Cookies

The internet pages of Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments use cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via an internet browser.

Many internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a string of characters that allows internet sites and servers to be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables visited internet sites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers that contain different cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified by the unique cookie ID.

By using cookies, Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the setting of cookies.

With the help of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized in the sense of the user. Cookies allow us, as already mentioned, to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter their access data every time they visit the website, as this is taken over by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the internet browser used, it may not be possible to use all functions of our website to their full extent.

4. Collection of General Data and Information

The website of Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments collects a series of general data and information with each access to the website by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The data collected may include (1) the types and versions of browsers used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-websites that are accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information used to prevent risks in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using these general data and information, Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. This information is needed to (1) deliver the contents of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) ensure the permanent functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in the event of a cyberattack. These anonymously collected data and information are therefore evaluated statistically and further with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, ultimately to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

5. Contact Possibility via the Website

The website of Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments contains information that enables a quick electronic contact to our company and direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the controller by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the controller will be stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There will be no disclosure of this personal data to third parties.

6. Routine Deletion and Blocking of Personal Data

The controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or as provided by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

When the storage purpose no longer applies or a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely and in accordance with the legal provisions blocked or deleted.

7. Rights of the Data Subject

• a) Right to Confirmation

  Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether or not personal data concerning them is being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to confirmation, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.

• b) Right to Access

  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller, at any time, free information about the personal data concerning them stored and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject the right to be informed about the following:

  • the purposes of the processing
  • the categories of personal data being processed
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations
  • if possible, the intended duration for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that duration
  • the existence of the right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller, or the existence of a right to object to such processing
  • the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • where the personal data is not collected from the data subject: All available information about the source of the data
  • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, according to Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and—at least in those cases—meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject

  Furthermore, the data subject has the right to be informed whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards related to the transfer.

  If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to access, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.

• c) Right to Rectification

  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to obtain, taking into account the purposes of the processing, the completion of incomplete personal data—including by means of a supplementary statement.

  If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.

• d) Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten)

  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning them without undue delay, provided that one of the following reasons applies and to the extent that the processing is not necessary:

  • The personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
  • The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  • The data subject objects to the processing according to Article 21(1) GDPR, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing according to Article 21(2) GDPR.
  • The personal data has been unlawfully processed.
  • The erasure of personal data is required for compliance with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of Member States to which the controller is subject.
  • The personal data was collected in relation to the offer of information society services according to Article 8(1) GDPR.

  If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments will ensure that the erasure request is complied with promptly.

  If the personal data has been made public by the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments and our company is obliged to erase the personal data according to Article 17(1) GDPR, the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments will, considering available technology and implementation costs, take reasonable measures, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data, to the extent that the processing is not necessary. The employee of the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments will take necessary actions in individual cases.

• e) Right to Restriction of Processing

  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

  • The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
  • The processing is unlawful, the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of its use.
  • The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
  • The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

  If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments will implement the restriction of processing.

• f) Right to Data Portability

  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning them, which they have provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on consent according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract according to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

  Furthermore, the data subject has the right, when exercising their right to data portability according to Article 20(1) GDPR, to request that the personal data be transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible, and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

  To exercise the right to data portability, the data subject may contact an employee of the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments at any time.

• g) Right to Object

  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.

  The Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments shall no longer process the personal data in the event of such an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

  Where the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments processing for direct marketing purposes, the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

  Moreover, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning them by the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes according to Article 89(1) GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

  To exercise the right to object, the data subject may directly contact any employee of the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments or another employee. The data subject also has the option to exercise their right to object in the context of the use of services of the information society, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, through automated procedures, using technical specifications.

• h) Automated Decisions in Individual Cases Including Profiling

  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning them or similarly significantly affects them, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the data controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

  If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express their point of view and contest the decision.

  If the data subject wishes to exercise rights related to automated decisions, they may contact an employee of the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments at any time.

• i) Right to Withdraw Data Protection Consent

  Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

  If the data subject wishes to exercise their right to withdraw consent, they may contact an employee of the Steinweg 61 Holiday Apartments at any time.

8. Legal Basis for Processing

Article 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations where we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, such as processing operations required for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to processing operations necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures, such as in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as for compliance with tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, processing of personal data may be necessary to protect vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our facility were to be injured and their name, age, health insurance details, or other vital information needed to be disclosed to a doctor, hospital, or other third parties. In such cases, the processing would be based on Article 6(1)(d) GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations may also be based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. This legal basis covers processing operations not covered by any of the above legal bases, if the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override those interests. Such processing operations are particularly permitted because they are specifically mentioned by the European legislator, who considered that a legitimate interest could be presumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

9. Legitimate Interests in Processing Pursued by the Controller or a Third Party

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest is to conduct our business operations for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.

10. Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The criterion for the duration of personal data storage is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer necessary for the performance of the contract or the initiation of a contract.

11. Legal or Contractual Requirements for Providing Personal Data; Necessity for Contract Conclusion; Obligation of the Data Subject to Provide Personal Data; Possible Consequences of Non-Provision

We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or may also arise from contractual arrangements (e.g., details about the contracting party). It may sometimes be necessary to provide personal data for the conclusion of a contract, which will then be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company enters into a contract with them. Failure to provide personal data would result in the inability to conclude the contract with the data subject. Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contractually or necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what consequences the non-provision of the personal data would have.

12. Booking System

Booking System: beds24

We manage and process our bookings using the Channel Manager and online booking system Guestidea. The provider of this booking system is book your key GmbH, Podbielskistraße 338, D-30655 Hannover.

We have entered into a data processing agreement with book your key and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities in the use of book your key.

For details, please refer to the privacy policy of book your key: https://beds24.com/privacypolicy.html?lang=de.

13. Payment Services

We integrate third-party payment services on our website. When you make a purchase with us, your payment data (e.g., name, payment amount, account details, credit card number) is processed by the payment service provider for the purpose of payment processing. The respective contractual and data protection provisions of the respective providers apply to these transactions. The use of payment service providers is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract execution) and in the interest of a smooth, convenient, and secure payment process (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). If your consent is requested for certain actions, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the data processing; consents can be revoked at any time with future effect.

We use the following payment services/payment service providers on this website:

PayPal

The provider of this payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal").

Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/pocpsa-full.

For details, please refer to PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

Stripe

The provider of this payment service is Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (hereinafter "Stripe").

When paying via Stripe, your payment data is transmitted through an interface on our site to Stripe to complete the payment. Details can be found in Stripe's privacy policy at the following link: https://stripe.com/de/privacy.

The transmission of your data to Stripe is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract execution) and on our legitimate interest in using reliable and secure payment processes (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

14. Existence of Automated Decision-Making

As a responsible company, we refrain from automated decision-making or profiling.

This privacy statement was created using the Privacy Policy Generator of the German Society for Data Protection, in cooperation with the Media Law attorneys WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE | Rechtsanwälte.