Data Privacy StatementAccording to the Church Data Protection Act (KDG)

The Hotel Franz in Essen (in service GmbH, Steeler Straße 261 in 45138 Essen, Tel. 0201 50 70 73 01) welcomes your visit to this website. Data privacy and security are very important to us when using our website. Therefore, we would like to inform you about which of your personal data we collect during your visit and for what purposes they are used.

Hotel Franz, operated by in service GmbH, is part of the Catholic Franz Sales Haus and is therefore subject to the Church Data Protection Act (KDG).

Since changes in laws or internal business processes might necessitate adjustments to this data protection statement, we ask you to review this statement regularly. The data privacy statement can be accessed, saved, and printed at any time.

§ 1. Responsible Entity
The responsible entity as per the Church Data Protection Act (KDG) and other data protection regulations is:

in service GmbH
Steeler Straße 261
45138 Essen

Tel. 0201 50 70 73 01
Email: info@spam protecthotel-franz.de

Objection to advertising emails:
The use of contact details published as part of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal steps in the case of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.

§ 2. Data Protection Officer
The data protection officer of the responsible entity is:

Seyhun Savas
Tel 0201 27 69 - 306
Fax 0201 27 69 - 270
Send Email

§ 3. Principles of Data Processing
Generally, personal data are all pieces of information that refer to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, information such as your name, age, address, telephone number, birth date, email address, IP address, or user behavior.

Information that we cannot associate with you (or only with disproportionate effort) such as anonymized data, is not considered personal data.

The processing of personal data (such as collection, querying, usage, storage, or transmission) always requires a legal basis or your consent. Processed personal data will be deleted once the purpose of the processing has been achieved and no longer needs to be preserved according to statutory retention requirements.

If we process personal data for the provision of certain offers, we will inform you below about the specific processes, the scope and purpose of the data processing, the legal basis for the processing, and the respective storage duration.

§ 4. Specific Processing Operations
1. Provision and Use of the Website
a. Type and Scope of Data Processing

When accessing and using our website, we collect personal data that your browser automatically transmits to our server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. When you use our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the site and ensure stability and security:

  • IP address of the requesting computer,
  • Date and time of access,
  • Name and URL of the retrieved file,
  • Website from which access is obtained (Referrer URL),
  • Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

b. Legal Basis
The legal basis for the data processing mentioned above is § 6 Abs. 1 lit. g) KDG. The processing of the mentioned data is necessary for the provision of a website and thus serves to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company.

c. Storage Duration
Once the data mentioned for displaying the website is no longer necessary, it will be deleted. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is essential for the website's operation. Consequently, users have no possibility to object. Additional storage may occur in some cases if this is legally required.

2. Contact Form and Booking Request
a. Type and Extent of Data Processing
On our website, we offer you the option to contact us via the following provided form: www.hotel-franz.de/kontakt/direktkontakt/
If you use the contact form, the following personal data will be processed:

  • Salutation (mandatory)
  • Last Name (mandatory)
  • First Name (mandatory)
  • Address
  • Email Address (mandatory)
  • Phone Number

You can also enter your individual message to us in the contact form's message field.

If you use our contact form to send us a message or inquiry, we use the collected data exclusively for responding or for recording and processing a booking. Your personal data will not be used for other purposes. Providing your email address serves to assign your inquiry and respond to you.

You can also send us a booking request via the following pages:
www.hotel-franz.de
www.hotel-franz.de/uebernachten/

We pass the following data on to the service provider of our booking tool:

  • Arrival day
  • Number of rooms needed
  • Number of people (adults and children)

As soon as you submit a booking request with the above data, you will be redirected to the onlineRES booking tool provider's pages:

Hotelfinder.de GmbH & Co KG
Landersumer Weg 40b
48431 Rheine
Telefon: +49 (0) 5971 / 980 93 82
E-Mail: info@spam protecthotelfinder.de

Your entered data will be transferred to and processed by this provider for automated booking processes: https://online-res.com/ressys/php/buchung.php?lang=de&orv=12&flagfromsystem=1&hid=481&apid=franz&anzTeilnGesamt=1&inpAntag=19&inpAnmonat=7&inpAnjahr=2018&tsVonDatum=1531951200&tsBisDatum=1532037600&anzZimmer=1#orstart.

We have concluded a contract for order data processing with Hotelfinder.de GmbH & Co KG. When using the booking tool, the information in the privacy statement of onlineRES, which can be viewed via the URL above, applies.

b. Legal Basis
The previously described data processing for contact purposes occurs in accordance with § 6 Abs. 1 lit. b) KDG. By clicking the "Send Message" button in the contact form or requesting a booking via the "Inquiry" and "Book Now" buttons, you consent to the processing of the data you have entered. You can revoke your consent at any time.

You have the right, at any time, to obtain free information on the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to information (§ 17 KDG), the right to correction (§ 18 KDG), and the right to deletion (§ 19 KDG) of your data.

For this, and for further questions about data protection, you can always contact us at the address provided in the legal notice.

c. Storage Duration
Once your inquiry is completed and the matter conclusively resolved, the personal data processed through the contact form or booking tool will be deleted. Additional storage may occur in individual cases if legally required.

d. SSL or TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as a page operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. A secure connection is indicated by the browser's address line changing from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

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

§ 5. Data Transfer
We only transfer your personal data to third parties if:

  • You have given your express consent according to § 6 Abs. 1 lit. b) KDG,
  • a legal obligation for the transfer exists according to § 6 Abs. 1 lit. d) KDG, it is legally permissible and necessary for fulfilling a contract with you according to § 6 Abs. 1 lit. c) KDG,
  • the transfer is necessary according to § 6 Abs. 1 lit. f) KDG for performing a task in the church's interest or exercising public authority, which has been assigned to Franz Sales Haus,
  • the data transfer is necessary according to § 6 Abs. 1 lit. g) KDG for protecting the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, and there is no reason to assume you have an overriding, protectable interest in the non-transfer of your data.

§ 6. Use of Cookies
a. Type and Extent of Data Processing
We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small files sent from our server to the browser of your device during your visit to our website and stored there. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without technically necessary cookies. Other cookies enable various analyses. Cookies, for example, can recognize your browser when you visit our website again and transmit information to us such as the recognition of your browser at your next visit. With the help of cookies, we can make our web offer more user-friendly and effective for you. If third parties process information via cookies, they directly collect the information through your browser. Cookies do not harm your device, cannot execute programs, and do not contain viruses.

The anonymous session cookies on our website do not contain any personal data and are automatically deleted after your visit. On our website, technically necessary cookies (also transient cookies) are used, which are automatically deleted once you close your browser or after about one hour at the latest. This type of cookie allows capturing your session ID, thereby facilitating the association of various inquiries of your browser within a session. Additionally, persistent cookies are used on our website. These are cookies that are stored for a more extended period in your browser. You can delete persistent cookies independently via your browser settings.

b. Legal Basis
Based on the described purposes (see § 6. a.), the legal basis for processing personal data using cookies is § 6 Abs. 1 lit. g) KDG. If you have granted us your consent to use cookies according to a notice on our website ("cookie banner"), the legality of using cookies is additionally based on § 6 Abs. 1 lit. b) KDG.

c. Storage Duration
Once the data transmitted via the cookies are no longer necessary to achieve the purposes described above, this information is deleted. Additional storage may occur in individual cases if legally required.

d. Configuration of Browser Settings
Most browsers are preset to accept cookies by default. However, you can configure your browser to accept only specific or no cookies at all. However, please note that, possibly, some features of our website will not be available if cookies are disabled via your browser settings for our website. You can also delete cookies already stored in your browser via your browser settings. Furthermore, it is also possible to set your browser to notify you before cookies are stored. As various browsers can differ in their respective functions, please use the help menu of your browser for the configuration options.
If you wish a comprehensive overview of all accesses by third parties to your internet browser, we recommend installing specially developed plugins.

§ 7. Plugins and Tools
Google Web Fonts

This page uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google's servers. Google thus becomes aware that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

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 site has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and an easy findability of the locations indicated by us on the website. More information on handling user data can be found in Google's data protection declaration: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

§ 8. Social Media
Static Links to Facebook, Twitter & Xing
We use various social media buttons for an engaging presentation of our pages.

The social media icons typically displayed in the footer of our website and recognizable by the logo of the respective social network (Facebook, Twitter, Xing, LinkedIn, and YouTube) are merely static links referring to our respective corporate channels there.

All other social media buttons are typically deployed in the blog, news, and event areas of our pages. These buttons are so-called sharing buttons, allowing users to easily share the content of our pages in their respective social networks. The sharing buttons are embedded in a data protection-compliant manner. More information can be found in the following explanations about individual social sharing buttons.

Facebook Page Hotel Franz
a. Type and Extent of Data Processing
On our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Hotel.Franz we report on current events at the Hotel Franz. We publish personal data, photos, and video recordings only with written consent from the persons concerned.

b. Legal Basis
The processing of the personal data presented is based on § 6 Abs. 1 lit. b) KDG on the consent you voluntarily provide below.

c. Storage Duration
We delete published photos and videos according to the guidelines specified by case law, provided we have not received a revocation of consent from the affected persons earlier.

§ 9. Hyperlinks
Our website contains so-called hyperlinks to websites of other providers. When activating these hyperlinks, you will be directly forwarded from our website to the websites of the other providers. You can recognize this by the change of URL, among other things. We cannot take responsibility for handling your data confidentially on these third-party websites, as we have no influence on whether these companies comply with data protection regulations. Please inform yourself directly on these websites on the handling of your personal data by these companies.

§ 10. Rights of Data Subjects
As a data subject of the processing of personal data, the following rights result for you from the KDG:

  • According to § 17 KDG, you can request information about your personal data processed by us. You can, in particular, request information about the processing purposes, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration, the existence of a right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to complain, the origin of your data, if this was not collected by us, about transmission to third countries or international organizations, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details.
  • According to § 18 KDG, you can immediately request the correction of incorrect or the completion of your personal data stored with us.
  • According to § 19 KDG, you can request the deletion of your personal data stored with us, provided the processing is not required for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, fulfilling a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
  • According to § 20 KDG, you can request the restriction of processing your personal data, as far as you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful, we no longer need the data, and you refuse to delete it, because you need it for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims. The right according to § 18 KDG also applies if you objected to the processing following § 23 KDG.
  • According to § 22 KDG, you can request your provided personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, or you can request the transmission to another controller.
  • According to § 78 Abs. 6 KDG, you can revoke your once-given consent at any time to us. This results in us not being allowed to continue data processing based on this consent for the future.
  • According to § 48 KDG, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. Typically, you may contact the supervisory authority at your usual residence, workplace, or our company's headquarters. If you believe your data has been unlawfully processed by the controller or your "rights as a data subject" have been violated, please contact the supervisory authority:

    Catholic Data Protection Center – Corporation under public law
    Brackeler Hellweg 144
    44309 Dortmund
    Phone: 0231/13 89 85-0
    Fax: 0231/13 89 85-22
    Email: info@spam protectkdsz.de

§ 11. Right to Object
In the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests according to § 6 Abs. 1 lit. g) KDG, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data according to § 23 KDG for reasons arising from your particular situation or if the objection relates to direct advertising. In the case of direct advertising, you have a general right of objection, which we implement without specifying a particular situation.

§ 12. Data Security and Security Measures
We are committed to protecting your privacy and treating your personal data confidentially. To avoid manipulation or loss or misuse of your stored data with us, we take extensive technical and organizational security measures, which are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological progress. However, we point out that, due to the internet's structure, it is possible that the rules of data protection and the aforementioned security measures are not observed by other persons or institutions outside our responsibility. In particular, data disclosed unencrypted – e.g., by email – can be read by third parties. We have no technical control over this. It is the user's responsibility to protect the provided data against misuse by encryption or other means.