GDPR Privacy policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller for the data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Romy Schade, Gaststätte und Pension Polenztal, Polenztal Nr. 2, 01848 Hohnstein, Germany, Tel.: 03597580826, Fax: 03597580828, E-mail: info@polenztal.de. The controller of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1

When using our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the page server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • Our visited website
  • Date and time at the time of access
  • Amount of transmitted data in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you came to the site
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (possibly in anonymised form)

The processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. No disclosure or other use of the data takes place. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively should there be specific indications of illegal use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or SSL. TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Cookies

In order to make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called “session cookies”), some of these cookies remain on your device longer and allow you to save page settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

Insofar as individual cookies used by us also process personal data, the processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the event of consent given or pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the website visit.

You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally.

Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) Contacting

When contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the event of the use of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for contacting us and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been finally clarified and if there are no statutory retention obligations to conflict.

5) Rights of the data subject

5.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the stated legal basis for the respective exercise requirements:

  • Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
  • Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to revoke granted consents pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;
  • Right to complain pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

5.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO SUCH PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU MAKE USE OF YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED. FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED, HOWEVER, IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING REASONS WORTHY OF PROTECTION FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU MAKE USE OF YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

6) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined on the basis of the respective legal basis, the processing purpose and – if applicable – additionally on the basis of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods).

When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

Are there statutory retention periods for data that are subject to legal or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, these data are routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, unless they are no longer required for the performance or initiation of a contract and/or there is no longer a legitimate interest on our part in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, these data are stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, these data are stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information contained in this statement on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted if they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.