Data privacy

Data privacy

Thank you for visiting our homepage. Thank you for your interest in our hotel business. The protection of personal data is important to us. The use of our Internet pages is basically possible without any indication of personal data. However, if a user wishes to make use of the company’s special services via this website, the processing of personal data may become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Please contact: datenschutz@hotel-ascot.de. 

The processing of personal data (name, address, e-mail address or telephone number) of a user of this website always takes place on the basis of the basic data protection regulation and in accordance with the applicable national data protection regulations.

We inform in the data protection declaration about the type, purpose and scope of the personal data processed by it. In addition, data subjects are informed of their rights in this data protection declaration. This Privacy Statement uses the following terms used in the adoption of the EU Basic Regulation on Data Protection. In order to keep the data protection declaration simple and understandable, these terms are explained here.

Personal data – that is according to Art. 4 (1) DSGVO:

All information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). Identifiable is a natural person who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Person concerned

Any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.

Processing – that is according to Art. 4 (2) DSGVO:

Any operation or series of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures in connection with personal data, such as the collection, collection, organisation, sorting, storage, adaptation or modification, reading, querying, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, comparison or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction.

Restriction of processing

The marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing.

Profiling – that is according to Art. 4 (4) DSGVO:

Any automated processing of personal data consisting in the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to the work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, conduct, whereabouts or relocation of that natural person.

pseudonymisation

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

Responsible according to art. 4 (7) DSGVO:

The natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that alone or together with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are laid down by Union law or by the law of the Member States, the controller or the specific criteria for his appointment may be laid down in accordance with Union law or the law of the Member States.

recipients

A natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body to which personal data are disclosed, whether or not they are third parties. However, authorities which may receive personal data under Union law or the law of the Member States within the framework of a particular investigation mandate shall not be regarded as recipients.

third person

A natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body other than the data subject, the data controller, the processor and the persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the data controller or the processor.

Contractor – that is according to Art. 4 (8) DSGVO:

A natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the data controller.

Consent – that is according to Art. 4 (11) DSGVO:

Any statement of intent made voluntarily by the data subject, in an informed and unequivocal manner, in the form of a statement or other clear affirmative act, which the data subject indicates his or her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her.

the name and address of the controller:
The Ascot Hotel Cologne GmbH

Hohenzollernring 95
D-50672 Cologne

Phone 0 221-952965-0
Fax 0 221-952965-100
Email: info@hotel-ascot.de
Web: www.hotel-ascot.de

cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are sent from a web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Apart from the Internet protocol address, no personal data of the user is stored. This information is used to automatically recognize you the next time you visit our websites and to make navigation easier for you. When you visit our website, our web servers automatically store general information in anonymous form for marketing and optimization purposes. By default, this includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, the IP address assigned to you by your Internet service provider, the website from which you visit us, the websites you visit on our site and the date and duration of your visit. This is exclusively information which does not allow any further conclusions to be drawn about your person. Personal data is only stored if you provide it to us of your own accord, for example in the context of a registration, a survey or for the execution of a contract. By using cookies, visitors to this website can be provided with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without cookies.

Cookies can be used to optimise the information and offers on this website for the user’s benefit. The use of this website is made easier by the recognition of users. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to enter his or her access data each time he or she visits the site. Online shops can use cookies to remember the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping basket.

The visitor can prevent the use of cookies through this website at any time via the settings of his Internet browser and thus permanently object to the use of cookies. Cookies that have already been set can be deleted in all common Internet browsers or via other software programs. If the use of cookies is blocked or deactivated by the user, not all functions of this website may be usable.

Registration on this website (e.g. online booking)

The person involved has the option of registering on the website of those responsible by providing personal data. Which personal data is transmitted to the responsible person is determined by the respective input mask which is used for the registration. The personal data entered by the person concerned will be collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the person responsible and for his own purposes. The person responsible can arrange for the data to be passed on to one or more contract processors (for example a mailing service provider), who also uses the personal data exclusively for internal use attributable to the person responsible. Furthermore, the IP address assigned by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) of the person concerned, the date and time of registration are stored by registration on the website of the responsible persons. This data is stored against the background that this is the only way to prevent misuse of our services and, if necessary, to enable us to investigate criminal offences and copyright infringements. In this respect, the storage of this data is necessary to protect those responsible. A passing on of this data to third parties does not take place in principle, provided that no legal obligation exists for passing on or the passing on serves the criminal or legal prosecution.

The registration of the data subject by voluntarily providing personal data serves the persons responsible to offer the data subject content or services which, due to the nature of the matter, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to have the personal data provided during registration completely deleted from the database of those responsible. Upon request, the data controller will inform each data subject at any time which personal data relating to the data subject is stored. Furthermore, the person responsible corrects or deletes personal data at the request or notice of the person concerned, insofar as there are no legal obligations to store such data.

contact

Personal data are also processed by our company if you provide them of your own accord. This happens, for example, every time you contact us. The personal data transmitted in this way will of course only be used for the purpose for which you made them available to us when contacting us. A communication of this information takes place expressly on voluntary basis and with your consent. If this involves information on communication channels (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number), you also agree that we may contact you via this communication channel in order to respond to your request.

secureness

We take numerous technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unintentional or unlawful deletion, alteration or loss and against unauthorised disclosure or access. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions, for example, can always have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every person concerned is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.

Links to other websites

This website contains links to other websites (so-called external links). As a provider, our company is responsible for its own content in accordance with the applicable European and national laws. Links to contents provided by other providers are to be distinguished from these own contents. We have no influence on whether the operators of other websites comply with the applicable European and national legal provisions. Please inform yourself about the data protection declarations provided on the respective website. Our company accepts no responsibility for external content that is provided for use via links and is specially marked and does not adopt its content as its own. For illegal, incorrect or incomplete contents as well as for damages, which result from the use or non-use of the information, alone the offerer of the web page, to which one referred, is responsible.

Collection of general data and information

The website of our company collects a series of general data and information each time a person or an automated system accesses the website. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. We may record (1) the browser types and versions 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 subwebsites which 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 providers of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information used for security purposes in the event of attacks on our information technology systems. When using this general data and information, our company does not draw any conclusions about the person concerned. Rather, this information is required to (1) correctly deliver the contents of our website, (2) optimize the contents 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 criminal prosecution in the event of a cyber attack. These anonymously collected data and information are therefore evaluated by our company statistically and with the aim of ensuring data protection and the processed personal data. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a person concerned.

Registration on our website:

The person concerned has the option of registering on the website of those responsible by providing personal data. Which personal data is transmitted to the responsible person is determined by the respective input mask which is used for the registration. The personal data entered by the person concerned will be collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the person responsible and for his own purposes. The person responsible can arrange for the data to be passed on to one or more contract processors, for example a mailing service provider, who also uses the personal data exclusively for internal use attributable to the person responsible. Furthermore, the IP address assigned to the person concerned by the Internet service provider (ISP), the date and time of registration are stored when the person responsible registers on the website. This data is stored against the background that this is the only way to prevent misuse of our services and, if necessary, to enable us to investigate criminal offences committed. In this respect, the storage of this data is necessary to protect those responsible. This data will not be passed on to third parties unless required to do so by law or for the purpose of criminal prosecution. The registration of the data subject by voluntarily providing personal data serves the persons responsible to offer the data subject content or services which, due to the nature of the matter, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to change the personal data provided during registration at any time or to have it completely deleted from the data stock of those responsible. Upon request, the data controller will inform each data subject at any time which personal data relating to the data subject is stored. Furthermore, the person responsible corrects or deletes personal data at the request or notice of the person concerned, insofar as there are no legal obligations to store such data. All the employees of the persons responsible are available to the person concerned as contact persons in this context.

Contact via the website:

Due to legal regulations, our company’s website contains information that enables us to contact our company electronically quickly and to communicate directly with us, which also includes a general address for so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a person concerned contacts the person responsible via e-mail or a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the person concerned are automatically stored. Such personal data voluntarily transmitted by a data subject to the data controller will be stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. This personal data is not passed on to third parties.

Routine deletion and blocking of personal data:

The data controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or insofar as this has been provided for by the European Directive and Regulation Giver or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the data controller is subject. If the storage purpose ceases to apply or if a storage period prescribed by the European Directive and Regulation Giver or another competent legislator expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Rights of the person concerned:
Right to confirmation

Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to request confirmation from the data controller as to whether personal data concerning him/her are processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he may contact an employee of the controller at any time.

Rights to information

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to obtain, at any time and free of charge, information from the data controller concerning his or her personal data and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European regulator has granted the data subject the following information:

  • the processing purposes
  • the categories of personal data to be processed
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or are still being disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations
  • if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration
  • the existence of a right of rectification or deletion of personal data concerning him or of a restriction on processing by the controller or of a right of opposition to such processing
  • the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
  • if the personal data is 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) DS-GMO and, at least in these cases, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject

Furthermore, the data subject has a right of access to information as to whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information on the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.  If a person concerned wishes to make use of this right to information, he or she can contact an employee of the person responsible at any time.

Right to correction

Any person data subject to the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to request the immediate correction of inaccurate personal data concerning him/her. Furthermore, taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.  If a person concerned wishes to make use of this right of correction, he or she can contact an employee of the person responsible at any time.

Right to cancellation (right to be forgotten)

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to require the data controller to request that the personal data concerning him/her be deleted immediately, provided that one of the following reasons applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:

  • The personal data have been collected or otherwise processed for such purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
  • The data subject withdraws his/her consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) DS-GMO or Article 9(2)(a) DS-GMO, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  • The data subject opposes processing under Article 21(1) DS-GMO and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for processing or the data subject opposes processing under Article 21(2) DS-GMO.
  • The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
  • The deletion of personal data is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation.

Obligation required by Union law or by the law of the Member States to which the person responsible is subject.

  • The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 para. 1 DS-GMO.

If one of the above-mentioned reasons applies and a person concerned wishes to have personal data stored at our company deleted, he or she can contact an employee of those responsible at any time. The employee of our company will arrange for the request for deletion to be complied with immediately.

If the personal data have been made public by our company and if our company, as data controller, is obliged to delete the personal data pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 DS-GMO, our company shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform other data processors who process the published personal data, that the data subject has requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data from these other data processors, insofar as the processing is not necessary. The employee of our company will do what is necessary in individual cases.

Right to limitation of processing

Any person data subject to the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to require the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met:

The accuracy of the personal data is disputed by the data subject for a period that enables the data controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.

The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses to delete the personal data and instead requests that the use of the personal data be restricted.

The data controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

The data subject has lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 DS-GMO and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of those responsible outweigh those of the data subject.

If one of the above conditions is fulfilled and a person concerned wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by our company, he or she can contact an employee of those responsible at any time. The employee of our company will cause the restriction of the processing.

Right to data transferability

Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to receive personal data relating to him/her provided by the data subject to a data controller in a structured, current and machine-readable format. It shall also have the right to transmit such data to another data controller without obstruction by the controller to whom the personal data have been made available, provided that the processing is based on the consent provided for in Article 6(1)(a) DS GMO or Article 9(2)(a) DS GMO or on a contract in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) DS GMO and that the processing is carried out using automated procedures, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of public authority conferred on the data controller.

Furthermore, in exercising his right to data transferability pursuant to Article 20(1) DS-GMO, the data subject has the right to obtain that the personal data be transferred directly by a data controller to another data controller, provided this is technically feasible and provided that the rights and freedoms of other persons are not affected thereby. In order to assert the right to data transferability, the person concerned may contact an employee of our company at any time.

Right of disagreement:

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European legislator for reasons arising from their particular situation to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them under Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the DS-GMO. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Our company will no longer process personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can prove compelling grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. If our company 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 the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected with such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to our company processing for direct marketing purposes, our company will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes at our company in accordance with Article 89(1) of the DS-GMO for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, unless such processing is necessary to fulfil a task in the public interest.

In order to exercise the right of objection, the person concerned may contact any employee of our company directly. The data subject shall also be free to exercise his right of opposition in relation to the use of information society services by means of automated procedures using technical specifications, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling

Any person data subject to the processing of personal data shall have the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations not to be subject to a decision based exclusively on automated processing, including profiling, which has legal effect against him or significantly affects him in a similar manner, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the data controller, or (2) is admissible under Union or Member State law to which the data controller is subject and that such law contains appropriate measures to safeguard the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, or (3) with the express consent of the data subject.

If the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the data controller or (2) is taken with the express consent of the data subject, our company shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a data controller, to state his own position and to challenge the decision.

If the person concerned wishes to assert rights relating to automated decisions, he or she can contact an employee of the person responsible at any time.

Right to revoke consent under data protection law

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator of directives and regulations to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the person concerned wishes to exercise his/her right to withdraw his/her consent, he/she may contact an employee of the person responsible at any time.

Data protection for applicants and in the application procedure:

The person responsible collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application procedure. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant sends the relevant application documents to the person responsible by electronic means, for example by e-mail or via a web form on the website. If the person responsible concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the person responsible does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after the decision of rejection has been announced, provided no other legitimate interests of the persons responsible stand in the way of deletion. Other legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

Privacy policy for the use of Facebook:

The person responsible has integrated components of Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network. A social network is an Internet-based social meeting place, an online community that usually enables users to communicate with each other and interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences or enables the Internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Facebook enables social network users to create private profiles, upload photos and network via friendship requests, among other things.

Facebook is operated by Facebook, Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. The person responsible for the processing of personal data if a data subject lives outside the USA or Canada is Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the controller and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the person’s information technology system is automatically prompted by the respective Facebook component to download a representation of the corresponding Facebook component of Facebook. An overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. As part of this technical process, Facebook is informed about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned.

If the person concerned is logged on to Facebook at the same time, Facebook recognizes which specific subpage of our website the person concerned visits with every visit to our website by the person concerned and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the respective Facebook account of the person concerned. If the person concerned clicks one of the Facebook buttons integrated on our website, for example the “Like” button, or the person concerned makes a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the personal Facebook user account of the person concerned and stores this personal data.

Facebook receives information via the Facebook component that the person concerned has visited our website whenever the person concerned is logged on to Facebook at the same time as accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on the Facebook component or not. If the person concerned does not want this information to be transmitted to Facebook, they can prevent it from being transmitted by logging out of their Facebook account before calling up our website.   The data policy, published by Facebook at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/ and accessible, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains what setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the person concerned. In addition, various applications are available that make it possible to suppress data transmission to Facebook. Such applications can be used by the person concerned to suppress data transmission to Facebook.

Privacy policy for the use of Twitter

The person responsible has integrated components of Twitter on this website. Twitter is a multilingual public microblogging service on which users can publish and distribute so-called tweets, i.e. short messages limited to 140 characters. These short messages are available to everyone, including people who are not registered on Twitter. The tweets are also displayed to the so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user’s tweets. Furthermore, Twitter makes it possible to address a broad audience via hashtags, links or retweets.

Twitter is operated by Twitter, Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

Every time one of the individual pages of this website is called up, which is operated by the responsible persons and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically prompted by the respective Twitter component to download a representation of the corresponding Twitter component from Twitter. Further information on the Twitter buttons can be found at https://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons As part of this technical process, Twitter is informed about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned. The purpose of integrating the Twitter component is to enable our users to disseminate the content of this website, to make this website known in the digital world and to increase our visitor numbers. If the person concerned is logged on to Twitter at the same time, Twitter recognizes which specific subpage of our website the person concerned visits with every visit to our website by the person concerned and for the entire duration of the respective stay on our website. This information is collected by the Twitter component and assigned to the respective Twitter account of the person concerned by Twitter. If the person concerned presses one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our website, the data and information thus transmitted will be assigned to the personal Twitter user account of the person concerned and stored and processed by Twitter.

Twitter receives information via the Twitter component that the person concerned has visited our website whenever the person concerned is logged on to Twitter at the same time as accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on the Twitter component or not. If such a transmission of this information to Twitter is not desired by the person concerned, he can prevent the transmission by logging out of his Twitter account before calling our website.  The current data protection regulations of Twitter are available at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en.

Privacy policy regarding the use and application of Shariff

The controller has integrated the Shariff component on this website. The Shariff component provides social media buttons that comply with data protection regulations. Shariff was developed for the German computer magazine c’t and is published by GitHub, Inc.

Developer of the component is GitHub, Inc. 88 Colin P. Kelly Junior Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

Usually, the button solutions provided by social networks already transfer personal data to the respective social network when a user visits a website into which a social media button has been integrated. By using the Shariff component, personal data is only transmitted to social networks when the visitor to a website actively presses one of the social media buttons. Further information on the Shariff component can be found in the computer magazine c’t at http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutz-und-Social-Media-Der-c-t-Shariff-ist-im-Einsatz-2470103.html The purpose of using the Shariff component is to protect the personal data of visitors to our website and at the same time to enable us to integrate a button solution for social networks on this website.   Further information and GitHub’s current privacy policy can be found at https://help.github.com/articles/github-privacy-policy/

Privacy policy for the use and application of Google Analytics (with anonymisation function)

Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/,
Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

The responsible person has integrated the component Google Analytics (with anonymisation function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analysis is the collection, collection and evaluation of data on the behaviour of visitors to Internet sites. A web analysis service collects, among other things, data on the website from which a person concerned has accessed a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website have been accessed or how often and for how long a subpage has been viewed. A web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and for cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The Google Analytics component is operated by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

The person responsible uses the suffix “_gat._anonymizeIp” for the web analysis via Google Analytics. By means of this addition, Google shortens and anonymizes the IP address of the Internet connection of the person concerned when accessing our Internet pages from a member state of the European Union or from another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.  The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyse the flow of visitors to our website. Google uses the data and information collected to evaluate the use of our website, among other things, to compile online reports for us that show the activities on our website and to provide other services in connection with the use of our website.

Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyse the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is called up, which is operated by the person responsible and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically caused by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical procedure, Google obtains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the person concerned, which serves Google, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently enable commission statements.

Cookies are used to store personal information, such as access time, the location from which access came and the frequency of visits to our website by the person concerned. Whenever you visit our website, this personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the person concerned, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may disclose personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.

The person concerned can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time, as already described above, by means of an appropriate setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from placing a cookie on the information technology system of the person concerned. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, it is possible for the person concerned to object to and prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website and the processing of this data by Google. To do this, the person concerned must download and install a browser add-on from the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information on visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered a contradiction by Google. If the person’s information technology system is deleted, formatted or reinstalled at a later time, the person concerned must reinstall the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the person concerned or another person within their control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.

Further information and Google’s current privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html Google Analytics will be explained in more detail under this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_en/analytics/.

Privacy policy for the use and application of YouTube

The person responsible has integrated components of YouTube on this website. YouTube is an Internet video portal that allows video publishers to post video clips and other users to view, rate and comment on them free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and television programmes, music videos, trailers or videos produced by users themselves can be called up via the Internet portal.

YouTube is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, which is operated by the data controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a representation of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. More information about YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/ In the course of this technical procedure, YouTube and Google are informed which specific subpage of our website is visited by the person concerned.  If the person concerned is logged on to YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognizes which specific subpage of our website the person concerned visits by calling up a subpage that contains a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the person concerned

YouTube and Google receive information via the YouTube component that the person concerned has visited our website whenever the person concerned is logged on to YouTube at the same time as accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such a transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not desired by the person concerned, this can prevent the transmission by logging out of their YouTube account before calling up our website.

The data protection regulations published by YouTube, which can be accessed at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

Privacy policy regarding the use of Vimeo

The responsible person has integrated plugins of the video portal Vimeo of Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. Each time you visit a site that offers one or more Vimeo video clips, a direct connection is established between your browser and a Vimeo server in the USA. Information about your visit and your IP address is stored there. By interacting with the Vimeo plugins (e.g. clicking the start button), this information is also transmitted to Vimeo and stored there.

If you have a Vimeo account and do not want Vimeo to collect information about you through this website and link to your Vimeo membership information, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting this website.  For Vimeo’s privacy policy and more information about Vimeo’s collection and use of your information, please visit http://vimeo.com/privacy. In addition, Vimeo uses an iFrame in which the video is called up to call up the tracker Google Analytics. This is Vimeo’s own tracking system to which we have no access. You can stop tracking by Google Analytics by using the opt-out tools that Google offers for some Internet browsers. Users can also prevent Google from collecting data generated by Google Analytics and relating to their use of the website (including their IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

the legal basis of the processing:

Art. 6 I lit. a DS-GMO serves our company as a legal basis for processing operations for which 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, as is the case for example with processing operations necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b DS-GMO. The same applies to such processing processes that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of enquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, for example to fulfil tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c DS-GMO. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may become necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, a hospital or other third parties. The processing would then be based on Art. 6 I lit. d DS-GMO. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f DS-GMO.

Processing operations which are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail. Such processing procedures are permitted to us in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, it took the view that a legitimate interest could be presumed if the person concerned is a customer of those responsible (recital 47, second sentence, DS-GMO).

Entitled interests in the processing pursued by the controller or a third party

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f DS-GMO, it is in our legitimate interest to conduct our business for the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.

Duration for which the personal data is stored:

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective legal retention period. After the expiry of this period, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer necessary for the fulfilment or initiation of the contract.

Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide them

We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also result from contractual regulations (e.g. information on the contractual partner). In some cases, it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded if a data subject provides us with personal data which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the person concerned is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company enters into a contract with him/her. Failure to provide personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Prior to the provision of personal data by the data subject, 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 contract or required for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and what consequences the failure to provide the personal data would have.

Existence of automated decision making

Automatic decision making or profiling is dispensed with.

Our data protection officer, name and address:

Winfried Beumers
Benrather Str. 7a
40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
datenschutz@hotel-ascot.de

For all questions regarding data protection law, please contact our data protection officer directly. We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and this policy to adapt it to changes in relevant laws and/or regulations or to better meet your needs. Possible changes to our data protection practices will be announced here. Please note the current version date of the data protection declaration.