Privacy Policy
1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy provided 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. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include data you enter into a contact form, for example.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of the page request). 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 proper functioning 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 request information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint for this and other questions regarding data protection. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting our website, your browsing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually done anonymously; the surfing 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 objection in this privacy policy.
2. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose it is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information on the Responsible Authority
The responsible authority for data processing on this website is:
Lothar Lindner
Georg-Kreuzberg-Straße 8-10
D-53474 Bad Neuenahr
Phone: (02641) 9430
Email: info@aurora.de
The responsible authority is the natural or legal person who, alone or in conjunction 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 explicit consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Complain to the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the case of data protection violations, the affected person has a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is located. A list of the data protection officers and their contact details can be found in the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to obtain data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
SSL or TLS Encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential contents, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as site operators. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change of the address line of the browser from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Encrypted Payment Transactions on This Website
If, after the conclusion of a paid contract, you are required to provide us with your payment data (e.g., account number for direct debit), this data is required for payment processing.
The payment transactions using the common payment methods (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are carried out exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. An encrypted connection can be recognized by the change of the address line of the browser from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
In the case of encrypted communication, your payment data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, Blocking, Deletion
You have the right to request information about your stored personal data, the origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing at any time free of charge, as well as the right to rectification, blocking, or deletion of this data within the framework of the applicable legal provisions. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint for this and other questions regarding personal data.
Objection to Advertising Emails
The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages explicitly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example, through spam emails.
3. Data Collection on Our Website
Cookies
The websites partially use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and that your browser saves.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser during your next visit.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Cookies that are necessary for the performance of the electronic communication process or to provide certain, user-desired functions (e.g., shopping cart function) are stored based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically flawless and optimized provision of its services. If other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, these will be dealt with separately in this privacy policy.
Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
A consolidation of this data with other data sources is not carried out.
The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass these data on without your consent.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations that occurred until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to the storage, or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.
Processing of Data (Customer and Contract Data)
We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent necessary for the establishment, content-related design, or change of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. Personal data about the use of our websites (usage data) is collected, processed, and used only to the extent necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill it.
The collected customer data will be deleted after the conclusion of the contract or termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.
Bookings
You can book various rooms on the website. For this, you need to provide the following data:
First name
Last name
Full address
Phone number
Email address
If applicable, first and last name of accompanying person
Your data will be used for processing your booking.
Provider:
The product OnlineRes is distributed by
Hotelfinder.de GmbH & Co KG
Birkenallee 135
48432 Rheine
Phone: 05971-80826-66
Fax: 05971-80826-26
Email: info@hotelfinder.de
Data Transmission upon Conclusion of Contract for Services and Digital Content
We only transmit personal data to third parties if this is necessary for the execution of the contract, for example, to the credit institution commissioned with payment processing.
Further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. A transfer of your data to third parties without express consent, for advertising purposes, does not take place.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
4. Social Media
Facebook Plugins (Like & Share Button)
Our pages incorporate plugins from the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like Button" (“Like”) on our page. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
If you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. This allows Facebook to receive the information that you visited our page with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like Button" while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign the visit of our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Facebook. For more information, please consult Facebook's privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not wish for Facebook to assign your visit to our pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
5. Analysis Tools and Advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis 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 allow 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 takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.
IP Anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization feature on this website. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within 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 is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website use and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework 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 software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website in full. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at 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 the button "No, I do not agree" in the cookie notice. An opt-out cookie is set that prevents the collection of your data on subsequent visits to this website.
For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
Demographic Features in Google Analytics
This website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created that contain statements about the age, gender, and interests of the site visitors. These data come from interest-based advertising from Google as well as from visitor data from third parties. These data cannot be attributed to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time through the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the section “Objection to Data Collection.”
6. Plugins and Tools
Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts, which are provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. When calling up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to correctly display texts and fonts.
To do this, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. This allows Google to learn that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.