General Notes
This privacy policy provides detailed information about what happens to your personal data when you visit our website www.enter-thecircle.com. Personal data refers to any information that can be used to identify you personally. We strictly adhere to legal regulations when processing your data, especially the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and place great importance on ensuring that your visit to our website is completely secure.
Responsible Party
The entity responsible for data protection regarding the collection and processing of personal data on this website is:
Name: The Circle Concept Hotel GmbH
Street, House Number: Audre Lorde Straße 49
Post Code, City: 10997, Berlin
Country: Deutschland
Email: come@enter-thecircle.com
Tel.: 01631872040
Access Data (Server Logfiles)
When you access our website, we automatically collect and store access data in so-called server logfiles, which your browser transmits to us. This includes:
* Browser type and version of your PC
* Referrer URL (source/reference from which you accessed our website)
* Date and time of the server request
In general, we are not able to associate this data with specific individuals, nor is it our intention to do so. The processing of such data is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Cookies
To make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain features, we use so-called cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer system.
Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process or to provide certain features you desire are stored based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Any other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your browsing behavior) are addressed separately in this privacy policy.
Most of the cookies we use are called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can configure your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Please note that disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.
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Web Analytics Tools and Advertising
1.1. WordPress Stats
Our website uses the tool WordPress Stats to statistically analyze visitor access. WordPress Stats is a sub-function of the Jetpack plugin. The provider is Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA.
WordPress Stats uses cookies that are stored on your computer and allow for an analysis of the use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our online services is stored on a server in the USA. User profiles can be created from the processed data, which are used solely for analysis and not for advertising purposes. Your IP address is anonymized after processing and before storage.
“WordPress Stats” cookies remain on your device until you delete them. For more information, please refer to the privacy policies of Automattic: https://automattic.com/privacy/ and information on Jetpack cookies: https://jetpack.com/support/cookies/.
The storage of “WordPress Stats” cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior to optimize both our web offering and our advertising.
Newsletter
If you have expressly consented, we will regularly send our newsletter to your email address. To receive our newsletter, you must provide us with your email address and subsequently verify it. No additional data is collected, or is such data voluntary. The data will be used solely for sending the newsletter.
The data provided during the newsletter registration is processed exclusively based on your consent according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time. To revoke, a simple informal notification via email is sufficient, or you can unsubscribe using the ‘Unsubscribe’ link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of the already completed data processing operations remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted in the event of unsubscription. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and at other locations, it will remain with us.
Contact Formular
If you contact us via email or through a contact form, the transmitted data, including your contact details, will be stored in order to process your request or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be shared without your consent.
The processing of the data entered into the contact form is based solely on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. A simple informal notification via email is sufficient for the revocation. The lawfulness of the data processing operations carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected.
Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or there is no longer a need for data storage. Mandatory legal provisions, particularly retention periods, remain unaffected.
Data Use and Disclosure
The personal data you provide to us, for example via email (such as your name, address, or email address), will neither be sold to third parties nor otherwise marketed. Your personal data will only be processed for correspondence with you and for the purpose for which you provided the data. For processing payments, we will share your payment information with the financial institution responsible for the transaction.
The use of data collected automatically during your visit to our website will occur only for the purposes mentioned above. No other use of the data will take place.
We assure you that we will not disclose your personal data to third parties, unless we are legally obligated to do so or you have given us your prior consent.
SSL or TLS Encryption
Our website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change of the address line in the browser from ‘http://’ to ‘https://’ and by the padlock symbol in your browser bar.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
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Storage Duration
Personal data that has been provided to us through our website will be stored only as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was entrusted to us. In cases where commercial and tax retention periods apply, the storage duration for certain data may be up to 10 years.
§3 Rights of the Data Subject
Regarding your personal data, as the data subject of the processing, you have the following rights against the data controller in accordance with legal regulations:
3.1. Right of Withdrawal
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. If the processing of your data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data at any time with future effect in accordance with Article 7(3) GDPR. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on the consent until the withdrawal. Data storage for billing and accounting purposes remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
3.2. Right of Access
You have the right to request confirmation from us, in accordance with Article 15 GDPR, regarding whether we are processing personal data that concerns you. If such processing occurs, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, including the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned retention period or the criteria for determining the retention period, the existence of the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, the source of your data if it was not collected by us, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and where applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the intended effects of such processing on you, and your right to be informed about the guarantees in accordance with Article 46 GDPR when your data is transferred to third countries.
3.3. Right to Rectification
You have the right to request the immediate correction of inaccurate personal data concerning you and/or the completion of incomplete data at any time in accordance with Article 16 GDPR.
3.4. Right to Erasure
You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data in accordance with Article 17 GDPR, provided that one of the following reasons applies:
* Your personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
* You withdraw your consent on which the processing is based according to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
* You object to the processing according to Article 21(1) GDPR, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object according to Article 21(2) GDPR.
* The personal data has been processed unlawfully.
* The erasure of personal data is required to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member State to which we are subject.
* The personal data was collected in relation to offered services of the information society in accordance with Article 8(1) GDPR.
This right does not apply where processing is necessary:
* To exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
* To comply with a legal obligation that requires processing under Union law or the law of the Member State to which we are subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us;
* For reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Article 9(2)(h) and (i) as well as Article 9(3) GDPR;
* For archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right of the data subject is likely to make the achievement of the objectives of that processing impossible or seriously impair it; or
* For the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
If we have made your personal data public and are obliged to erase it as mentioned above, we will take reasonable steps, taking into account available technology and implementation costs, to inform data controllers who are processing the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure of all links to your personal data or of copies or replications of such personal data.
3.5. Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of processing (blocking) of your personal data in accordance with Article 18 GDPR. You can contact us at any time using the address provided in the imprint. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
* If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
* If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
* If we no longer need your personal data but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
* If you have lodged an objection according to Article 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of interests must be carried out between yours and our interests. As long as it is not clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
* If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may only be processed – aside from their storage – with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the EU or a Member State.
3.6. Right to Notification
If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against us, we are obliged to inform all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed of this rectification or deletion of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right, according to Article 19 GDPR, to be informed about these recipients upon request.
3.7. Right Not to Be Subject to a Decision Based Solely on Automated Processing – Including Profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – that produces legal effects concerning you or significantly affects you in a similar way, in accordance with Article 22 GDPR.
This does not apply if the decision:
* Is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and us;
* Is permissible under Union or Member State law to which the data controller is subject and which contains appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests; or
* Is based on your explicit consent.
However, decisions in cases (a) to (c) must not be based on special categories of personal data under Article 9(1) GDPR, unless Article 9(2)(a) or (g) applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.
In cases (a) and (c), we will take appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, which at a minimum includes the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to present your own viewpoint, and to contest the decision.
3.8. Right to Data Portability
If the processing is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, or on a contract according to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, and is carried out using automated processes, you have the right, in accordance with Article 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit it to another controller or to request the transmission to another controller, where technically feasible.
3.9. Right to Object
If we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests according to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on this provision. The specific legal basis for processing can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection under Article 21(1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing purposes; this also applies to profiling to the extent it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection under Article 21(2) GDPR).
You have the option to exercise your right to object in connection with the use of services of the information society – regardless of Directive 2002/58/EC – by automated means using technical specifications.
3.10.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority According to Article 77 GDPR
In the event of violations of the GDPR, affected individuals have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, their workplace, or the location of the alleged violation. This right to complain is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
The supervisory authority responsible for us is:
Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
Friedrichstr. 219
10969 Berlin
Visitor entrance: Puttkamer Straße 16 – 18 (5th floor)
Phone: 030/138 89-0
E-Mail: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de
Internet: https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de
Validity and Changes to This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is valid from September 1, 2024. We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time in compliance with applicable data protection regulations. This may be necessary, for example, to comply with new legal requirements or to reflect changes to our website or new services offered on our website. The version available at the time of your visit applies.
Should this privacy policy be changed, we intend to announce the changes on this page so that you are fully informed about what personal data we collect, how we process it, and under what circumstances it may be shared.
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