GoTOURgether Privacy Policy
Privacy statement
Tourgether solutions
takes the protection of your personal data as the Data Controller
very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in
accordance with the provisions of data protection law. This
privacy statement informs you about how, to what extent and for
what purposes we process the personal data of customers using the
GoTOURgether website and App.
Date: 01/04/2020
I. SUBJECT OF DATA PROTECTION
Subject of data protection is personal data. Data is personal if it can be assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers.
II. COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA ON REQUEST
The use of our website and App is generally possible without
providing personal data. You are neither obliged to visit this
website nor to provide any personal data. If you do not provide us
with personal data, you might not be able to use individual
functionalities of this website. Otherwise there will be no
consequences for you. The collection of users’ personal data on
our site is always on a voluntary basis, except in the cases
described in the following. We would like to point out that data
transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by email) can
have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access
by third parties is not possible.
We collect, process and use your personal data, which you have
provided us with when booking or registering an account for our
member area, to the extent necessary in each case for the
following purposes:
1. Registration and execution of the contract
2. Contact establishment
If you provide us with personal data for the purpose of contacting us, this data will be used by us as this is necessary for the purpose of the respective communication.
3. Marketing and Opinion Research
3.1 GoTOURgether may process and use your personal data for
marketing and opinion research purposes, e.g. to send emails with
general information or of an advertising nature (newsletter), on
the basis of the declaration of consent you have given us. You can
revoke the declarations of consent granted to us in this regard at
any time with effect for the future.
3.2 In addition to
that, if you are already our customer, we may send emails of an
advertising nature regarding products similar to the ones you
already booked, on the basis of GoTOURgether’s legitimate
interest. You can opt-out of receiving these emails at the moment
of booking or at any time after that.
3.3 If you wish to
revoke your declaration of consent to receiving e-mails from us
(3.1) or wish to opt-out (3.2), please follow the instructions
contained in an applicable email you receive from us in order to
revoke your consent or opt-out. In that case, you will no longer
receive these types of email communications from us (after a short
period in which your revocation or opt-out is technically
processed). In addition, you can object to the use of your
personal data for marketing purposes based on legitimate
interests, e.g. in case of marketing e-mails to existing customers
(3.2) or in case of postal marketing measures. In both cases, an
email to the following address is sufficient:
[email protected]
Exercising your right to revoke
consent, to opt-out or to object against the use of your data for
marketing purposes is free of charge.
4. Information you provide to Payment Processors
All payments made are processed by PayPal payment processing service engaged by us. All information collected by these third-party providers for purposes of processing your payments is not available to us unless you have otherwise provided this in-formation to us in connection with your use of the Websites or our products and services.
5. Aggregate Information
We may share your information with affiliated or unaffiliated third parties on an anonymous, aggregate basis. While this information will not identify you personally, in some instances these third parties may be able to combine this aggregate information with other data they have about you, or that they receive from third parties, in a manner that allows them to identify you personally.
III. DATA PROCESSING TO ENABLE THE USE OF THE WEBSITE
When you visit our website, we collect the necessary data to enable you to use it (usage data). This includes your IP address and data about the start, end and subject of your use of the website as well as any identification data (e.g. your login data when you log into a secure area). This data is used to provide and design the service according to users’ preference. This data is always deleted as soon as it is no longer required and if there are no storage obligations. For information on the processing of pseudonymous usage profiles, see item VII.
IV. DATA PROCESSING FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES
When you download data, use our mobile applications or access one
of our websites optimized for mobile devices, we may collect
information about you and your mobile device as described above in
this statement. This can include location data, for example, if
you release it for our mobile application. We use this information
to provide you with location-based services such as search results
and other personalized content, if approved by you and your
device. You can control or deactivate location services from the
settings menu on most mobile devices. If you have questions about
deactivating location services on your device, we recommend that
you contact your mobile service provider or the manufacturer of
your device.
If we collect other personal data that is
transferred as a result of your use of our mobile applications or
your access to our website with a mobile device, we will obtain
your express consent in advance.
V. DATA COLLECTED FROM OTHER SOURCES
We may obtain additional information about you from third parties to supplement our account information to the extent permitted by law. This includes demographic and navigation data, credit check data and other information from credit agencies, to the extent permitted by law.
VI. COOKIES
When you visit our website, information may be stored on your
computer in the form of a cookie.
This Section describes the
cookies we use and explains why we use cookies and how we deal
with the collected information. It also explains how cookies
enable our website and App to function properly and why you may
not be able to experience the full functionality of the website if
you disable the use of cookies. By visiting our website without
changing your settings, you agree to receive all cookies and other
data collection tools; however, if you do not accept the use of
these cookies, you can change your cookie settings at any time.
All the companies or networks that we work with have their own
privacy policies and offer a mechanism for users to opt out
tracking and behavioral targeting available through the ad itself
or through the opt out mechanisms listed in the 'How to control or
delete cookies' section.
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information
which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you
visit a certain webpage. Cookies are then sent back to the
originating webpage on each subsequent visit, or to another
webpage that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are widely used to
make our website work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to
provide information to the owners of the website.
Cookies do
lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages
efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving
the user experience. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you
have visited our website before or whether you are a new visitor.
They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more
relevant to you and your interests.
There are two broad
categories of cookies:
• first party cookies served directly
by us to your computer or mobile device;
• third party
cookies, which are served by a third party on our behalf. We may
use third party cookies for functionality, perfor-mance/analytics,
advertising/tracking and social media purposes.
Cookies can
remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of
time. Some cookies are session cookies, meaning that they are
stored only temporarily during a browsing session and expire when
you close your browser. Other cookies are persistent cookies,
meaning that they are saved on your computer or mobile device for
a fixed period and are not deleted when browser is closed. They
can be used by our website to recognize your computer or mobile
device when you open your browser and browse the Internet again.
2. Why do we use Cookies?
We use cookies for a variety of reasons, including to:
3. What types of Cookies do we use?
The types of cookies used by us and our partners in connection with our website can be classified into one of five categories, namely “cookies necessary for our essential purposes”, “functionality cookies”, “performance and analytics cookies”, “advertising and tracking cookies”, and “social media cookies'. We have set out some further information about each category, and the purposes of the cookies we and third parties set in the following table.
Cookies necessary for our essential purpose:
These cookies are essential in providing you with our website and all services available through the website. These cookies also support with features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, such as transactional pages and secure login accounts, would not be possible.
Functionality Cookies:
Functionality cookies record information about choices you have
made and allow us to tailor our website to you. These cookies mean
that when you continue to use or come back to the website, we can
provide you with our services as you have asked for them to be
provided. For example, these cookies allow us to:
- Save
your location preference if you have set your location on your
homepage, and, if applicable, to receive a local weather forecast;
- Remember settings you have applied, such as layout, text
size, preferences, and colors;
- Show you when you are
logged in;
- Store accessibility options
Performance and Analytics Cookies:
We use performance/analytics cookies to analyze how our website is
accessed, used, or is performing to provide you with a better user
experience and to maintain, operate and continually improve the
website. For example, these cookies allow us to:
- Better
understand the visitors of our website in order to improve and
insure present and relevant content;
- Test different design
ideas for particular pages, such as our homepage;
- Collect
information about our website visitors, such as where they are
located and what browsers they are using;
- Determine the
number of unique users that visit our website;
- Improve our
website by measuring any errors that occur;
- Conduct
research and diagnostics to improve product offerings.
We
use Google Analytics and many other analytics tools to helps us
understand how users engage with the website. These web analytics
services use first-party cookies to track user interactions, in
our case, this means they are used to collect information about
how are visitors are using our website. This information is used
to compile reports and create services to help us improve our
website and the services associated with it. The reports disclose
website trends without identifying individual visitors. Some
services will allow you to opt out of tracking with their services
directly. For instance, while you cannot opt out of use of cookies
with our site, you can opt out of Google Analytics without
affecting how you visit our site – for more information on opting
by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google
page.
Advertising and Tracking Cookies:
We may allow third party companies, including advertising companies (such as Google), to place cookies on our website. These cookies enable such companies to track your activity across various sites where they display ads and record your activities, so they can show ads that they consider relevant to you as you browse the Internet. These Cookies store information about the content you are browsing together with an identifier linked to your device or IP address. These Cookies also allow us and third parties to know whether you've seen an ad or a type of ad, and how long it has been since you've last seen it. This information is used for frequency capping purposes, to help tailor the ads you see, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.
Third Party Cookies:
There are various pages on our website where third parties provide applications of their own cookies to track the success of their services (applications) or customize applications for you. Due to how these cookies work, we cannot access the cookies, nor can the third parties access the data in cookies used by us. Some pages of our website may also contain embedded content and these third-party sites may set their own cookies.
4. How to control or delete Cookies
You have the right to accept or stop cookies from being stored on
your device at any time by modifying the settings in your web
browser to reflect your cookie preferences.
Please be aware
that you may not be able to use all the interactive features of
the website and/or online courses and content once cookies are
disabled.
Most browsers offer instructions on how to change
your cookie settings. These settings will typically be found in
the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.
If you
only want to limit third party advertising cookies, you can turn
such cookies off by visiting the following links:
• Your
Online Choices (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/)
• Network Advertising Initiative (http://www.networkadvertising.org/)
• Digital Advertising Alliance (http://www.aboutads.info/consumers)
Please bear in mind that there are many more companies
listed on these sites than those that drop cookies via our
website.
5. Cookies that have been set in the past
If you have disabled one or more Cookies, we may still use information collected from cookies prior to your disabled preference being set, however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information.
VII. PSEUDONYMOUS USAGE PROFILES FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKET RESEARCH (WEB TRACKING AND ANALYSIS)
GoTOURgether uses web tracking systems for advertising, market research and to make your use of our website as pleasant as possible. This allows us to further develop our website and tailor content to your needs. GoTOURgether and third-party businesses may use the information collected through the Sites using cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies to help manage online advertising programs. This information may enable us and our third-party advertising services and other third-party businesses to track the actions of users online over time and across different websites or platforms to measure statistics relating to marketing efforts, and to deliver electronic advertisements that may be more relevant to individual consumers and that will improve the consumer experience. For information about how tracking works for online advertising purposes, and what happens when you elect a do-not-track option, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices. In addition, some third-party businesses may provide a mechanism to opt-out of their technology. For more information about the opt-out process, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative website, available at: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
VIII. LEGAL BASIS FOR DATA PROCESSING
If you reside within the European Economic Area (EEA), our
processing of your personal information will be legitimized as
follows:
(i.) Whenever we require your consent for the
processing of your personal information such processing will be
justified pursuant to Article 6(1) lit. (a) of the General Data
Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”). This article in the
GDPR describes when processing can be done lawfully.
(ii.)
If the processing of your personal data is necessary for the
performance of a contract between you and GoTOURgether or for
taking any pre-contractual steps upon your request, such
processing will be based on GDPR Article 6(1) lit. (b).”). If this
data is not processed, GoTOURgether will not be able to execute
the contract with you.
(iii.) Where the processing is
necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation, we will
process your information on basis of GDPR Article 6(1) lit. (c),
for example complying in the fields of employment law.
(iv.)
And where the processing is necessary for the purposes of
GoTOURgether’s’ legitimate interests, such processing will be made
in accordance with GDPR Article 6(1) lit. (f), for example to
detect fraud.
IX. SOCIAL NETWORKS
Our website contains links to social networks (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn). These social networks are operated exclusively by third parties. If you follow the links, information may be transmitted to these third parties. We use the so-called 2-click solution. This means, in general, that no personal data will be passed on if you visit our site.
X. TRANSMISSION TO THIRD PARTIES
Your personal data will only be transmitted to third parties if this is legally permitted or if you have given your prior consent. In particular, we will not sell your data to third parties or market it in any other way. We will only disclose your data to government authorities as part of legal obligations or as a result of an official order or court decision. We have bound our employees and partners to secrecy and to comply with data protection regulations.
XI. HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES
Except as set forth in this Privacy Statement or when specifically
agreed to by you, we will not disclose personal information we
gather from you to third parties unless we are required to share
this information to complete your request or for legitimate
business purposes. GoTOURgether shares personal information in the
following circumstances:
We may share your information with
vendors or third parties who deliver or provide goods and services
or otherwise act on behalf of or at the direction of GoTOURgether.
These third parties may include, for example, our third-party
(technology) providers, Suppliers and partners. These third-party
service providers will only have access to the information needed
to perform these limited functions on our behalf.
XII. DATA TRANSMISSION TO COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU
As far as this is necessary for the initiation or execution of the contract - e.g. to process bookings for activities in countries outside the EU - we will transmit your data outside the EU. The same applies if such a transmission turns out to be necessary for our purposes. In this respect, we ensure that the data recipient guarantees an appropriate level of data protection and that no other interests worthy of protection conflict with the data transmission. GoTOURgether relies on derogations as set forth in Article 49 of the GDPR in the event no “adequacy” decision and no other safeguards under the GDPR are in place (for example binding corporate rules on the transfer outside the EEA). In particular, we collect and transfers to countries outside the EU personal data only: with your explicit consent; to perform a contract with you; in a manner that does not outweigh your rights and freedoms. If this data is not processed and transferred, GoTOURgether will not be able to execute the contract with you or you will not have access to any or all of the benefits and features associated with your transaction. We endeavor to apply suitable safeguards to protect the privacy and security of your personal data and to use it only consistent with your relationship with GoTOURgether and the practices described in this Privacy Statement. In the event that you have any questions to this end, please contact our Data Protection Officer.
XIII. DELETION OF DATA
We retain data for the duration of your business relationship with
us and otherwise as required under applicable law. Personal data
will be kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for
which your personal data are processed. We will retain your
personal data as long as you have a member account or require our
services so that we can provide these services to you.
If
you are in the European Economic Area, at the moment you withdraw
your consent for the processing of your personal data, all your
personal data received and stored are erased if no longer needed
by us. Unless we are required to retain this personal data by law
or to comply with our regulatory obligations. In such a case, we
will only keep this personal data for as long as necessary.
XIV. DATA SECURITY
GoTOURgether has taken the necessary technical and organizational
measures to protect the personal data provided by you against
loss, destruction, manipulation and unauthorized access. Our
employees and all persons involved in data processing are obliged
to comply with the data protection laws and to treat personal data
confidentially. Our employees have been trained accordingly. Both
internal and external audits ensure compliance with all data
protection processes at GoTOURgether.
We use a secure online
transmission procedure, the so-called 'Secure Socket Layer' (SSL)
transmission, to protect the personal data of our users. You can
see this from the fact that an 's' (https://) is added to the
address component http://, or a green, closed lock icon is
displayed. By clicking on the icon, you will receive information
about the SSL certificate used. The display of the icon depends on
the browser version used by you. The SSL encryption guarantees
that your data is transmitted in an encrypted and complete way.
XV. NO AUTOMATED INDIVIDUAL DECISION
We do not use your personal data for automated individual decisions.
XVI. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US?
You will find our contact details as the responsible body in the
imprint.
If you wish to exercise your rights mentioned under
item XIV or if you have any questions about our privacy policy or
this privacy statement, you can contact us:
XVII. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY STATEMENT
From time to time, we may need to update or modify this Privacy Statement, to reflect changes in our business practices, data collection practices or organization. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Statement at any time, for any reason, without notice to you, other than the posting of the amended Privacy Statement on our website, or, if you have provided your email address to us, sending you an email notifying you of the amended Privacy Statement. It is strongly recommended to check the Website often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the top. We will in any case not reduce your rights under this Privacy Statement without your explicit and informed consent. If you do not agree to the changes, you should discontinue your use of the Website, and cease providing personal information to us, prior to the time the modified Privacy Statement takes effect. If you continue using the Website or provide personal information after the modified Privacy Statement takes effect, you will be bound by the modified Privacy Statement.