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Privacy policy
We take data protection seriously and process personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Swiss Data Protection Act (FADP). This policy tells you how we process the data we collect from you, and what claims and rights you have under the data protection regulations.
1. Data categories
1.1
Personal data means personal information that enables you to be identified. Examples of this include information such as name, address, telephone number, e‑mail address and also information about your behaviour on the internet, provided that it can be directly or indirectly attributed to you.
Unless otherwise explained in the following sections, this website can generally be used without entering personal data.
1.2
Data controller
7Days Group GmbH & Co. KG
Am Martinszehnten 13
D‑60437 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone: +49 (069) 50004 222
E‑mail: info@7days-group.com
1.3
Data protection officer
Mr Markus Strauss
Tacticx Consulting GmbH
Walbecker Str. 53
D‑47608 Geldern, Germany
Tel. +49 2831 12191 ‑0
datenschutz@pvg-group.com
1.4
Each time this website is accessed, we automatically record and temporarily store certain data regarding the end device used to do so. The following data are collected:
IP address
internet browser, language settings
date and time of access
operating system
type of device used
location
1.5
When you contact us by e‑mail, phone or using the contact form, we store the data you provide (name, contact details) in order to answer your questions about the services we offer. We delete the data collected in this context once the purposes of the processing have ceased to apply, or if there are legal obligations to retain them we restrict data processing.
1.6
Further data may be gathered and processed by the services we use if you give your consent. You can find out more about this in section 6.
2. Purposes of data processing
The processing of data in accordance with section 1.4 serves exclusively to ensure the functionality and user-friendliness of the website. It is thus carried out within the framework of a legitimate interest pursued by us (Art. 6 para. 1f) GDPR). These data are not collected or evaluated for any other purposes.
The processing of data pursuant to section 1.5 is carried out for the purpose of taking steps prior to entering into a contract and/or for the performance of the contract (Art. 6 para. 1b) GDPR).
The processing of data pursuant to section 1.6 is carried out with your consent (Art. 6 para. 1a) GDPR)
3. Recipients or categories of recipients of your data
Within our company your data is passed on to those internal bodies or organizational units that need it to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations, or in the context of processing and implementing our legitimate interests. Your data will only be passed on to external bodies
insofar as external service companies process data on our behalf by processing orders or taking over functions (e.g. external data centres, support/maintenance of IT applications, archiving, website management (design, maintenance and further development), data disposal companies)
on the basis of our legitimate interests or those of the third party for the purposes mentioned in section 2 (e.g. affiliated companies)
if you have consented to the transfer of data to third parties.
Otherwise we will not pass your data on to third parties. Insofar as we commission service providers within the scope of order processing, your data are subject to the same security standards there as they are with us. In other cases, recipients may use the data only for the purposes for which it was transmitted to them.
4. Retention period
Unless otherwise stated, we process and store your personal data for as long as we consider it necessary for the purposes for which they are processed. In addition, we are subject to various statutory documentation obligations and retention periods. We delete your data as soon as they are no longer required, and in any case when the maximum retention period prescribed by law has expired.
5. Use of cookies
As well as the services explained in section 6 if you have given your consent, we also use cookies on our website.
These are small files that are installed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website and are retained by them for later retrieval. These files identify your computer as a technical unit when you visit our website, making it easier for you to use our services, including repeat visits.
Cookies do not allow a server to read private data from your computer, or data stored by another server. Cookies cause no damage to your computer and do not contain viruses.
As cookies improve the functioning of our website, they are necessary to protect our legitimate interests.
You have the option of setting your internet browser to notify you of the use of cookies so that you can allow or exclude them. You can also delete existing cookies. Please note that individual website functions may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Information on how to change cookie settings can be found on your browser provider’s website:
As well as the services explained in section 6 if you have given your consent, we also use cookies on our website.
These are small files that are installed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website and are retained by them for later retrieval. These files identify your computer as a technical unit when you visit our website, making it easier for you to use our services, including repeat visits.
Cookies do not allow a server to read private data from your computer, or data stored by another server. Cookies cause no damage to your computer and do not contain viruses.
As cookies improve the functioning of our website, they are necessary to protect our legitimate interests.
You have the option of setting your internet browser to notify you of the use of cookies so that you can allow or exclude them. You can also delete existing cookies. Please note that individual website functions may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Information on how to change cookie settings can be found on your browser provider’s website:
6. Available services
6.1 Google Ads / Conversion Tracking
Our websites use Google Ads and, within the framework of Google AdWords, Conversion Tracking – an analytical service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).
We ourselves do not collect or process any personal data in the course of the aforementioned advertising activity. We receive only statistical evaluations from Google, which enable us to identify which advertising activities are particularly effective. We receive no further data from the use of advertising tools. In particular, this information does not enable us to identify you. The marketing tools used automatically establish a direct connection between your browser and the Google server.
The processing of data pursuant to section 1.5 is carried out with your consent (Art. 6 para. 1a) GDPR)
Right of revocation
You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. No reasons need be given.
If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of our websites, you have the option of deactivating Google Ads in your browser settings (see section 5 above). Furthermore, you have the option of objecting to interest-based advertising by Google by going to https://adssettings.google.com and selecting your settings. In this case it is possible that not all of our website functions will be fully available to you.
You can find further information on Google’s data protection at https://policies.google.com/.
You are not obliged to provide your personal data. There is no legal or contractual requirement to provide these data, nor are they needed to conclude contracts. However, failing to provide such data could result in your being unable to use our website to its full extent or at all.
6.2 Google Analytics
Our websites use Google Analytics, provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies that enable your use of our websites to be evaluated (including your IP address). The information generated by cookies is transferred to a Google server, possibly in the USA or in another third country, and stored there. Further information can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks?gl=de.
The IP anonymization function has been activated on our websites. This means that your IP address is truncated by Google before any transmission to the USA, so that personal identification can be ruled out.
The processing of data pursuant to section 1.5 is carried out with your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 a) GDPR)
Right of revocation
You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. No reasons need be given.
If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of our websites, you have the option of completely deactivating Google Analytics in your browser settings (see section 5 above). Data processing by Google can also be prevented by using a browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. Further information and the add-on can be found at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
In this case it is possible that not all of our website functions will be fully available to you.
You can find further information on data protection at Google Analytics at https://www.policies.google.com.
You are not obliged to provide your personal data. There is no legal or contractual requirement to provide these data, nor are they needed to conclude contracts. However, failing to provide such data could result in your being unable to use our website to its full extent or at all.
7. Social media services
On our website we refer to our presence on the LinkedIn and YouTube social media platforms. We do not use plug-ins, only a link via corresponding buttons.
Personal data may be transmitted to these social media platforms when you visit our presence on them.
If you are logged in to the social media platform with your personal user account when visiting a social media site, the provider of the social media platform may be able to associate the visit with your user account. You can prevent this by logging out of your social media user account before visiting our social media sites.
It is also possible that, in addition to the specific data entered by you on this social media platform, further information will also be processed by the provider (e.g. the browser version used by you, your processor type, plug-ins and your IP address).
Please note that user data may also be transferred to servers in a third country, which may include countries without an adequate level of data protection, and may therefore be processed outside the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
Further information on the purpose and scope of the collection and processing of data by the provider of the social media platform, as well as on your rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, can be found in the following social media platform terms and conditions:
LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland) Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
YouTube (Google Ireland Unlimited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
8. Your data privacy rights
If the legal preconditions are met, you can assert your data privacy rights against us.
You are entitled, for example, to receive information from us about the data we store about you.
On your request, we will correct the data we hold about you if they are inaccurate or incorrect.
We will delete your data if you wish, unless other legal provisions (e.g. statutory retention obligations or restrictions) or an overriding interest on our part (e.g. for the defence of our rights and claims) prevent us from doing so.
Taking account of the legal preconditions, you can ask us to restrict the processing of your data.
Furthermore, you can object to your data being processed, in which case we must stop doing so. This right of objection only applies in the case of very special personal circumstances, however, whereby there may be a possible conflict with the rights of our company.
You also have the right to receive your data in a structured, common and machine-readable format, or to transfer them to a third party.
Furthermore, you have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future.
You also have the right to file a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority if you believe that your data are not being processed lawfully.
Requests to exercise your rights should be addressed to us, in writing if possible.
9. Changes to privacy policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time with effect for the future. The date of the last update can be found at the end of the privacy policy.
February 2023