§ 1 General information

Your personal data (e.g. title, name, address, E-mail address, telephone number, bank account details, credit card number) will be processed by us exclusively in accordance with the regulations of German data protection legislation. The following regulations provide you with information on the manner, scope and purpose of the collection, processing and use of personal data. This data protection declaration refers only to our websites. If you are forwarded to other sites via the links on our sites, please obtain information there on how your data are handled.

§ 2 Inventory data

(1) Insofar as they are required to justify, structure the contents or change the contractual relationship, your personal data (inventory data) will be used exclusively to process the contract. To deliver goods, for example, your name and your address have to be provided to the supplier of the goods.

(2) Your personal data will not be forwarded to third parties not involved in the processing of the contract without your express permission or without legal justification. Following complete processing of the contract, your data will be blocked for further use. Unless you have expressly approved further use, these data will be deleted following the expiry of the statutory retention periods specified according to the tax and commercial law regulations.

§ 3 Web analysis with Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies" - text files which are stored on your computer and which enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie on your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for the website operators and to provide further services related to use of the website and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties insofar as this is legally prescribed or insofar as third parties process these data on behalf of Google. Under no circumstances will Google combine your IP address with other Google data. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we are bound to point out that not all of this website's functions may be available to you to their full extent in this case. Through the use of this website, you express your consent to the processing of data collected by Google about you in the manner described above and for the above specified purposes. You may refuse to allow Google Analytics to collect and use your IP address at any time with effect for the future. More detailed information is available at: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

This website uses Google Analytics with the "anonymizeIP()" extension so that IP addresses are only processed in shortened form in order to rule out the possibility of direct reference to persons.

§ 4 Information on cookies

We use cookies to optimise our Internet site. These are small text files which are temporarily stored in your computer's working memory. These cookies are deleted again after closing your browser. You can prevent cookies from being saved by selecting "Block cookies" in your browser settings. However, this may result in limiting the functions of our offers.

§ 5 Social plug-ins from Facebook

We use social plug-ins from facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. The plug-ins can be recognised by the Facebook logo or the suffix "Facebook social plug-in". If e.g. you click onto the "I like this" button or submit a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser directly to Facebook, where it is stored. Please refer to the Facebook data protection notices for details on the manner in which Facebook handles your personal data and your rights in this regard: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php

If you do not want Facebook to collect data on you using our websites, you should log off from Facebook before visiting our websites.

§ 6 Social plug-ins from Twitter

In the form of Twitter and the re-tweet functions, we use so-called "social plug-ins" from twitter.com, operated by Twitter Inc. 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. If you use the re-tweet functions, the websites which you visit will be announced to third parties and linked to your Twitter account. Please refer to the Twitter data protection notices for details on the way in which your data are used by Twitter and on your rights and settings options for protecting your personal data: http://twitter.com/privacy 

§ 7 Information/changes regarding data processing/revocation 

The customer may demand free, written information on personal data processed at COLUMBIA Hotels & Resorts at any time.

The data usage permission which you have issued may be revoked at any time without specifying reasons. Revocation must be forwarded in writing or via e-mail to the following address: 

info@columbia-hotels.de

or to

COLUMBIA (Deutschland) GmbH

COLUMBIA Hotels & Resorts

Kaiserallee 2

23570 Lübeck-Travemünde

GERMANY

COLUMBIA Hotels & Resorts is entitled to make changes to these data protection regulations at any time. You should therefore call up this page on a regular basis to obtain information on the current status.

Status: August 2011