We are pleased that you visit our website and thank you for your interest in our hotels. The protection of personal data is important to us. Therefore, the processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject, is in accordance with applicable European and national legislation.
If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally seek the consent of the data subject.
Of course, you can withdraw your consent (s) at any time with effect for the future. Please contact the responsible person for this. The contact details can be found at the bottom of this privacy policy.
This Privacy Policy applies to Grimm's at Potsdamer Platz GmbH & Co. KG (hereinafter referred to as "Grimm's Hotels" or "Company").
In the following, the companies mentioned above would like to inform the public about the nature, extent and purpose of the personal data they process. Furthermore, data subjects will be informed about their rights under this privacy policy.
DEFINITIONS:
The company's privacy policy is based on the terminology used by the European legislature and legislature in adopting the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as "EU GDPR"). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand, both for the public and for our guests and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain in advance the terminology used.
We use the following terms in this privacy policy and on our website, including but not limited to:
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as "the person concerned"). A natural person is considered to be identifiable who, directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special features, expresses the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person can be identified.
Affected person is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.
Processing means any process or series of operations related to personal data, such as collecting, collecting, organizing, organizing, storing, adapting or modifying, reading, querying, using, with or without the aid of automated procedures; disclosure by submission, dissemination or other form of provision, reconciliation or association, restriction, erasure or destruction.
Restriction of the processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim to limit their future processing.
Profiling is any kind of automated processing of personal data that consists in using that personal information to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to job performance, economic situation, health, personal To analyze or predict preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or relocation of that natural person.
Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a way that personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the need for additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separate and subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data not assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.
The controller or controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, body or body that, alone or in concert with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or the law of the Member States, the controller or the specific criteria for his designation may be provided for under Union or national law.
The processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
Recipient is a natural or legal person, agency, agency or other entity to whom Personal Data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data under Union or national law in connection with a particular mission are not considered as beneficiaries.
Third is a natural or legal person, public authority, body or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorized under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor to process the personal data.
Consent is any voluntarily given and unambiguously expressed in the form of a statement or other unambiguous confirmatory act by the data subject for the particular case, by which the data subject indicates that they consent to the processing of the personal data concerning him / her is.
REGISTRATION:
The data subject has the option of registering on the data controller's website, providing personal data. The personal data to be sent to the controller is derived from the respective input mask used for the registration. The personal data entered by the data subject shall be collected and stored solely for internal use by the controller and for his own purposes. The controller may initiate the transfer to one or more processors (for example, a parcel service) who also uses the personal data only for internal use attributable to the controller.
By registering on the controller's website, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) of the data subject, the date and time of registration are also stored. The storage of this data takes place against the background that this is the only way to prevent the misuse of our services and, if necessary, to use this data to investigate past crimes and copyright infringements. In this respect, the storage of this data is required to secure the controller. A transfer of these data to third parties is generally not, unless there is a legal obligation to pass on or the disclosure of the criminal or legal prosecution serves.
By registering the data subject voluntarily providing personal data, the data controller serves to provide the data subject with content or services that, due to the nature of the case, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to delete the personal data provided during registration completely from the database of the data controller.
The controller shall, at any time upon request, provide information to each data subject as to which personal data about the data subject is stored. Furthermore, the data controller corrects or deletes personal data at the request or reference of the data subject, insofar as this does not conflict with any statutory storage requirements.
Contact
Personal information is also processed by the companies if you provide it by yourself. This happens, for example, every time you contact us. Of course, we will only use the personal data transmitted in this way for the purpose for which you provide us with these in the course of contacting us. Any communication of this information is expressly made on a voluntary basis and with your consent. As far as this information about communication channels (eg e-mail address, telephone number), you also agree that we may also contact you via this communication channel to answer your request.
safety
Companies take numerous technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unintentional or unlawful deletion, alteration or loss, and against unauthorized disclosure or access.
Nevertheless, for example, Internet-based data transmissions can in principle have security gaps so that absolute protection can not be guaranteed. For this reason, every person concerned is free to submit personal data to us in alternative ways, for example by telephone.
Links to other websites
This website contains links to other websites (so-called external links).
The companies are responsible for their own content according to the applicable European and national legislation. From these own contents, links to the content provided by other providers are to be distinguished. We have no control over the fact that the operators of other websites comply with the applicable European and national legal regulations. Please inform yourself about the privacy statements provided on the respective website. For external content, which are provided via links to use and are specially marked, the companies take no responsibility and make their content not too own. For illegal, incorrect or incomplete contents as well as for damages resulting from the use or non-use of the information, the provider of the website, which was referred to, is liable.
cookies
In order to make our website user-friendly and to optimally match your needs, we use cookies. Cookies are small text files that, as soon as you visit a website, are sent from a web server to your browser and stored locally on your device (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.).
Many websites 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 through which web pages and servers can be assigned to the specific web browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows the visited web pages and servers to distinguish the individual person's browser from other web browsers that contain other cookies. A particular web browser can be recognized and identified by the unique cookie ID. This information is used if you visit the website again with the same device, automatically recognize you and make navigation easier for you.
The consent or rejection of cookies - also for web tracking - can be done through the settings of your web browser. You can configure your browser to refuse the acceptance of cookies in principle or to inform you in advance if a cookie is to be stored. In this case, however, the functionality of the website may be impaired (for example, in the case of orders). Your browser also offers a function to delete cookies (for example, "delete browser data"). This is possible in all common web browsers. Further information can be found in the user manual or in the settings of your browser.
Collection of general data and information
The corporate website collects a set of general data and information each time the website is accessed by an affected person or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. Can be recorded:
• the browser types and versions used
• The operating system used by the accessing system
• the website from which an accessing system is uploaded to our website (so-called referrers)
• the sub-websites, which are accessed via an accessing system on our website
• the date and time of access to the website
• a web protocol address (IP address)
• the Internet service provider of the accessing system
• other similar data and information used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems
When using this general data and information, companies do not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to:
• to deliver the contents of our website correctly
• to optimize the content of our website as well as the advertising for it
• To ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and the technology of our website
• Provide law enforcement with the necessary information for law enforcement in the event of a cyberattack
These anonymously collected data and information are therefore statistically and also evaluated by the companies with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our companies in order to ultimately ensure the best possible 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 an affected person.
Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The controller processes (in this sense also: stores) the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of the storage or, if so required by law or regulation, by the European Directives and Regulators, provided for by the controller.
If the storage purpose is omitted or if a storage period prescribed by the European directives and regulations or any other relevant legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
Rights of the person concerned
Right to confirmation:
Each data subject has the right to ask the controller for confirmation of the processing of personal data concerning him or her. If an affected person wishes to make use of this right of confirmation, they can contact the controller at any time.
Right to information:
Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right at any time to obtain from the controller any information free of charge concerning the personal data stored about him or her and a copy of such information. Furthermore, the European legislator and regulator has provided the data subject with the following information:
• the processing purposes
• the categories of personal data being processed
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or are still being disclosed, in particular to recipients in third countries or to international organizations
• if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining that duration
• the right of rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning them, or the limitation of the controller's processing or the right to object to such processing
• the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
• if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: all available information about the origin of the data
• the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22 (1) and (4) of the GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended impact of such processing on the data subject
In addition, the data subject has a right of access as to whether personal data has been transmitted to a third country or to an international organization. If that is the case, then the data subject has the right to obtain information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.
If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right to information, he can contact the controller at any time.
Right to rectification:
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration, taking into account the purposes of the processing.
If an interested party wishes to exercise this right of rectification, it may at any time contact the controller.
Right to be erased (right to be forgotten):
Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right to require the controller to immediately delete the personal data concerning him, provided that one of the following reasons is satisfied and the processing is not required:
• The personal data has been collected for such purposes or otherwise processed for which they are no longer necessary.
• The data subject revokes their consent, on which the processing was based in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) EU GDPR or Article 9 (2) (a) EU GDPR, and lacks an alternative legal basis for processing.
• The data subject submits an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 (1) EU GDPR, and there are no legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects according to Art. 21 (2) EU GDPR the processing.
• The personal data were processed unlawfully.
• The deletion of personal data is required to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
• The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 (1) EU GDPR.
If one of the above reasons is correct and a data subject wishes to arrange for the deletion of personal data held by companies, they may, at any time, contact the controller. The deletion request of the person concerned is then complied with immediately.
If the personal data have been made public by the companies and if they are required to delete personal data as controllers in accordance with Art. 17 (1) EU GDPR, the undertakings shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the costs of implementation; to inform other data controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested that these other data controllers delete all links to such personal data or copies or replications of such personal data, as far as the processing is not necessary. The controller then will arrange the necessary in individual cases.
Right to restriction of processing:
Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right to require the controller to restrict the processing if any of the following conditions apply:
• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period of time that enables the person responsible to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
• The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses to delete the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of personal data.
• The data controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject requires them to assert, exercise or defend their rights.
• The data subject has objection to the processing acc. Art. 21 (1) EU-DSGVO and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the person responsible outweigh 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 held by companies, they may at any time contact the data controller. The restriction of processing is then promptly initiated.
Right to data portability:
Any person affected by the processing of personal data shall have the right to receive in a structured, common and machine-readable format personal data relating to him / her provided to a controller by the data subject. It also has the right to transfer this data to another person without hindrance by the controller to whom the personal data have been provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) EU GDPR or Art. 9 para 2 (a) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6 (1) (b) EU GDPR and processing by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task of public interest; or in the exercise of public authority, which has been assigned to the responsible person.
Furthermore, in exercising their right to data portability under Article 20 (1) of the EU GDPR, the data subject has the right to obtain that the personal data are transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically feasible and if so this does not affect the rights and freedoms of others.
In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may, at any time, contact the controller.
Right to objection:
Any person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right, at any time and for reasons arising out of their particular situation, to prevent the processing of personal data relating to them pursuant to Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) of the EU GDPR, Objection. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
In the event of an objection, companies will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing is intended to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
Where companies process personal data in order to operate direct mail, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purposes of such advertising. This also applies to the profiling, as far as it is associated with such direct mail. If the data subject objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the companies will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from his / her particular situation, against the processing of personal data concerning him or her, for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes under Article 89 (1) EU GDPR objection, unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a public interest task.
In order to exercise the right of opposition, the data subject may directly contact the controller. The data subject is also free, in the context of the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58 / EC, to exercise his right of opposition by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling:
Any person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which has a legal effect on it or which, in a similar manner, significantly affects it, provided that the decision:
• is not required for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller or;
• is permitted by Union or Member State legislation to which the controller is subject, and where such legislation contains appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject; or
• with the express consent of the data subject.
If the decision to conclude or execute a contract between the data subject and the controller is required or is made with the express consent of the data subject, the undertakings shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, for which at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person by the person responsible, to a statement of one's own position and to a contestation of the decision, belongs.
If the data subject wishes to rely on automated decision-making rights, they can contact the controller at any time.
Right to revoke a data protection consent:
Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to assert their right to withdraw consent, they may at any time contact the controller.
Data protection in applications and in the application process
The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application process. The processing can also be done electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits corresponding application documents by electronic means, for example by e-mail, to the controller. If the controller concludes a contract of employment with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purposes of the employment relationship in accordance with the law. If no employment contract is concluded with the candidate by the controller, the application documents will be automatically deleted six months after the announcement of the rejection decision, provided that deletion does not prejudice any other legitimate interests of the controller. Other legitimate interest in this sense, for example, a burden of proof in a procedure under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser's address line when it changes from "http://" to "https://" and the lock icon is displayed in your browser's address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
Google Web Fonts
For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
When you call up a page of our website that contains a social plugin, your browser makes a direct connection with Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
Further information about handling user data, can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Social plugins
Our website offers as an additional service so-called social plugins, which enable interaction with the social services Facebook and Instagram. To prevent unwanted transmission of your usage data, please log out of these services beforehand.
Use of Facebook social plugins
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social network Facebook operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition "Social Plug-in of Facebook" or "Facebook Social Plugin". An overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins
When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser connects directly to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are currently not logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) will be transmitted from your browser directly to a Facebook server in the US and stored there.
If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can immediately assign the visit to our website to your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example, click the "Like" button or leave a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information will also be published on your Facebook profile and displayed to your Facebook friends.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy can be found in the Facebook privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
If you do not want Facebook to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can completely prevent the loading of Facebook plugins even with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the "Facebook Blocker" (http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/).
Name and address of the person responsible:
Grimm's Hotel at Potsdamer Platz GmbH & Co. KG
Flottwellstr. 45
10785 Berlin
Management: Bersa Consult GmbH
Managing Director: Munib Preljevic
Changes to the privacy policy
We reserve the right to modify our privacy practices and this policy to adapt it to changes in relevant laws or regulations, or to better serve your needs. Possible changes to our privacy practices will be announced accordingly. Please note the current version date of the privacy policy.
Berlin, May 2018
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