Privacy Policy

1. DATA PROTECTION AT A GLANCE.

General notes

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in the first place by you providing it to us. This can, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This includes primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, time of page visit). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the flawless provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain information at no cost at any time about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for any further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When visiting our website, your browsing behavior can be statistically analyzed. This is primarily done using cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your browsing behavior generally takes place anonymously; the browsing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.

You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the options for objecting in this privacy policy.

2. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and for what purposes we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can involve security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

Information about the responsible entity

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

IPARTMENT GMBH
Hohenstaufenring 62
D-50674 Cologne

Phone: +49 221 921 636 200
Email: welcome@ipartment.de

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke an already granted consent at any time. This can be done by sending an informal email to us. The legality of data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of data protection violations, the affected person has the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in data protection matters is the state data protection commissioner of the federal state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection commissioners and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/anschriften_table.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to yourself or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done as far as it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the website operator, this page uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address bar changes from “http://” http://“ to ”https://” https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Encrypted payment transactions on this website

If upon conclusion of a paid contract there is an obligation to provide us with your payment details (e.g., account number for direct debit), these details are required for payment processing.

Payment transactions using the common payment methods (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are carried out exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address bar changes from „“http://““ to „“https://““ and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

With encrypted communication, your payment data, which you transmit to us, cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion

Within the framework of applicable legal regulations, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and if applicable, the right to correct, block, or delete this data. For this purpose, as well as for any further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice.

3. Data Protection Officer

Statutory Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

External Data Protection Officer:
Niklas Hanitsch
secjur GmbH
Falkensteiner Ufer 40
22587 Hamburg

Email: datenschutzbeauftragter@ipartment.de

4. Data collection on our website

Cookies

The websites sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.

You can set your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and to automatically delete the cookies when you close the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are necessary for the implementation of the electronic communication process or for providing certain functions that you wish to use (e.g., the shopping cart function) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. As far as other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your browsing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.

Server log files

The provider of the sites automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:

Browser type and browser version
used operating system
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address (anonymized)

No merging of this data with other data sources will be carried out.

The collection of this data is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, server log files must be collected.

Contact form

If you submit inquiries to us via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not disclose this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered into the contact form is therefore carried out solely on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. This can be done by sending an informal email to us. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the time of the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been completed). Compulsory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Analysis Tools and Advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called „cookies“. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offerings and its advertising.

IP anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that your IP address is shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address submitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all the functions of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to data collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

More information about how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Order data processing

We have entered into a contract with Google for the processing of order data and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created that include statements about the age, gender, and interests of the site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising by Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be associated with any specific person. You can disable this function at any time through the display settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the “Objection to Data Collection” section.

Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a service for embedding advertising by Google Inc. („Google“). The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google AdSense uses so-called „cookies“, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages.

The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information can be passed on by Google to Google's contractual partners. However, Google will not associate your IP address with any other data stored about you.

The storage of AdSense cookies is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offerings and its advertising.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to the full extent. By using this website, you consent to the processing of the data collected about you in the previously described manner and for the previously named purpose by Google.

Google Analytics Remarketing

Our websites use the features of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device features of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This feature allows you to link the ad targeting groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing with the cross-device features of Google Ads and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been customized based on your previous usage and browsing behavior on one device (e.g., mobile phone) can also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g., tablet or PC).

If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalized advertising messages can be displayed on any device you log in to with your Google account.

To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated user IDs that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data in order to define and create target audiences for cross-device advertising.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by deactivating personalized advertising in your Google account; follow this link: https://myadcenter.google.com/home.

The summary of the collected data in your Google account is based solely on your consent, which you can give or revoke with Google (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). In data collection processes that are not combined with your Google account (e.g., because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the combination), the collection of data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymized analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.

Further information and the data protection regulations can be found in the Google privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google Ads. Ads is an online advertising program of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).

As part of Google Ads, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. When the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to that page.

Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be traced back to the websites of Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The customers are informed of the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page equipped with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of “conversion cookies” is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offerings and its advertising.

More information about Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Facebook Pixel

Our website uses the Visitor Action Pixel from Facebook to measure conversions. Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”).

This allows the behavior of website visitors to be tracked after they have been redirected to the provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook ad. This enables the effectiveness of Facebook ads to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes and future advertising measures to be optimized.

The data collected is anonymous to us as the operator of this website; we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible, and Facebook uses the data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with the Facebook Data Usage Policy This allows Facebook to enable the display of advertisements on Facebook pages as well as outside of Facebook. This use of data cannot be influenced by us as the page operator.

You can find further information about protecting your privacy in the Facebook privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

You can also use the “Custom Audiences” remarketing feature in the “Advertising settings” section under https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen deactivate. To do this, you must be logged in to Facebook.

If you do not have a Facebook account, you can disable usage-based advertising from Facebook on the website of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/.

THE HOTELS NETWORK

To optimize the user experience on our website, we use software from THE HOTELS NETWORK https://www.thehotelsnetwork.com(Muntaner 262, 3º, 08021 Barcelona, Spain). With the help of this software, we are able to evaluate user behavior in an anonymous manner in order to better understand how users interact with our website and to enable a more relevant user experience. To enable this, The Hotels Network generates a backend hash with the data of the website’s users. Since any analysis and processing always takes place in an anonymized manner, it is impossible to personally identify the user with it.

6. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Other data is not collected, or is collected only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for the delivery of the requested information and do not disclose it to third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter registration form is carried out solely on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke the consent given to store the data, the email address, and to use it to send the newsletter at any time, for example via the „unsubscribe“ link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. After the newsletter has been unsubscribed, the data will be deleted. Data that has been stored with us for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the member area) will remain unaffected by this.

7. Plugins and Tools

Google Maps

This page uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this page has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is carried out in the interest of presenting our online offerings in an appealing manner and facilitating the finding of the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

For more information about how user data is handled, please see Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

8. Online direct bookings

Booking system of the Hotelnetsolutions GmbH

On our website, we use the booking system of Hotelnetsolutions GmbH for apartment bookings. The system is integrated into our website, but is hosted by an external service provider. The personal data you provide is processed solely for strictly specified purposes and in accordance with the contractual conditions. Hotelnetsolutions processes the data on our behalf and selects it carefully, assigns it to our instructions and regularly checks it against the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. You can reach Hotelnetsolutions by postal mail at HotelNetSolutions GmbH, Genthiner Straße 8, 10785 Berlin or by e-mail at info@hotelnetsolutions.de