legal notice of carat hotels

Legal Notice

Here you receive all legal information of the carathotels.

carathotel München & hotelmüller München

carathotel Frankfurt Airport

carathotel Düsseldorf

carathotel Basel (former atlashotel Basel / Weil am Rhein)

Link information

In spite of the fact that all external links are very carefully checked, we are unable to accept any responsibility for their content. The linked sites´ operators are solely responsible for their content.

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Data protection declaration

We, the carathotels take the protection of your personal data very seriously and adhere strictly to data protection legislation regulations. Personal data is only collected on this website in so far as it is technically necessary to do so. In no case will the data collected be sold or passed on to third parties for other reasons.

The following declaration gives an overview of how we ensure this protection and which data is collected for what purpose.

Data processing on this website

The carathotels automatically collects and saves information in its server log files that your browser transmits to us. This includes:

  • Browser type / version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL (the site visited beforehand)
  • Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
  • Time of server request.

The carathotels are unable to match this data to specific individuals. This data will not be combined with other data sources and will be deleted after it has been statistically evaluated.

Cookies

The web site uses what are known as cookies in several places. They serve to make our site more user-friendly, effective and safe. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. The majority of the cookies used by us are known as session cookies. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit.

Cookies do no harm to your computer and do not contain viruses.

Google Analytics

"This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above."

We have taken the standard code from Google Analytics one step further, so that IP addresses will only be passed on in an abridged form. As a result, there is no way that personal identification can take place.

In addition, users are able to download the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. This add-on informs the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) that no information concerning the website visit should be sent to Google Analytics. Click here >> to download.

Facebook Social Plugins

Our web site uses social plugins (“plugins”) provided by the social networking site, facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are identified by a Facebook logo or the phrase “Facebook social plugin”. If you call up a page containing a plugin of this nature from our website, a direct link is established between your browser and Facebook's servers. The content of the plugins is transmitted directly to your browser by Facebook and included by it in the web page. When you access the plugins, Facebook is notified of the fact that you have called up the corresponding page on our website. If you are logged in to Facebook, your visit can be assigned to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking “Like”, or entering a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser directly to Facebook and stored by it. The reason for and scope of the data acquisition and information about the way in which the data is processed and used by Facebook, as well as your rights in this respect and settings options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's privacy policy. If you do not wish to have data collected about you by Facebook via our website, you need to log out of Facebook before visiting the site.

Newsletter

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on our website, we need a valid email address from you, together with information that will enable us to check that you are the owner of the address provided, or that its owner agrees to the newsletter being sent. No additional data is collected.

You may withdraw your consent for the data and email address to be saved and used to send the newsletter to you at any time.

Right to information

You are entitled at any time to access information regarding the data held about you, its origin and recipient, as well as the purpose for which it has been saved. Information on the saved data can be provided by the carathotels data protection officer.

Further information

Your trust is important to us. We will therefore be glad to provide you with any information that you require regarding the processing of your personal data at any time. If you have questions that are not answered by this data protection declaration, or if you wish to receive more in-depth information on any point, please feel free to contact the carathotels data protection officer.

Questions and suggestions

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our data protection declaration, please contact: