Thank you for your interest in the topic of data protection. As the operator of this website, we, Sommertage GesbR – Katharina Werni & Romeo Felsenreich, take the protection of your data extremely seriously. Below we would like to inform you about what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. You can find detailed information on the subject of data protection in our data protection declaration.
1. Data protection at a glance
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operators: Sommertage GesbR, Katharina Werni and Romeo Felsenreich. You can find our contact details in the imprint of this website.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This includes, for example, data that you enter in our contact form. On the other hand, certain data is automatically recorded by IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you visit our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that our website is provided and displayed error-free. We use other data to analyze user behavior in order to continually improve our website.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time about this or if you have any further questions about data protection. You can find our contact details in the imprint of this website. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.
Analytics and Third Party Tools
When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with the help of cookies and so-called analysis programs (Google Analytics). The analysis of your user behavior is usually carried out anonymously. Your user behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can find further details on this in our data protection declaration under the heading “Analysis tools and advertising”.
2. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We therefore treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.
When you use our website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. In this data protection declaration we provide insight into what data we collect and what we use it for. It also reveals how and for what purpose this happens.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating via email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Responsible party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Sommertage GesbR
Katharina Werni & Romeo Felsenreich
Wattmanngasse 62
1130 Vienna
Telephone: +43 (0) 676 4308786
Email: info @ sommertage . com
A responsible party is the person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority
In the event of a data protection violation, the person affected has the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the data protection authority of the Republic of Austria.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the data to be transferred directly to another person responsible, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries that you send to us as the operator of this website, this site uses an SSL or. TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser address bar changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
Information, blocking, deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, the right to correct, block or delete this data. If you have any further questions about personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in the legal notice.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Our website uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Rather, cookies serve to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored and stored on your computer system via your Internet browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They will be 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 the next time you visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases. You can also exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. However, we would like to point out that if you deactivate cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you require are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest in storing cookies serves the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are treated separately in this data protection declaration.
Server log files
The provider of our website 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
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of server request
- IP address
This data will not be merged with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Comment function on this website
We would like to give our readers on our website the opportunity to give direct feedback on our articles. For this comment function, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created, your email address, your website address (optional) and the user name (pseudonym) you chose are stored.
Storage of the IP address
Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who write comments. Since we only partially check comments on our site before they are activated, we need this data in order to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.
Storage period for comments
The comments and the associated data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).
Legal basis
The comments are stored based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
4. Social media
Share content via social media
The content on our pages can be shared on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest in accordance with data protection regulations. Direct contact between the networks and users is only established when the user actively clicks on one of these buttons.
There is no automatic transfer of user data to the operators of these platforms. If you are logged in as a user to one of the social networks, when you use the social media buttons from Facebook, Twitter & Pinterest on our website, an information window will appear in which you can confirm the text before sending it.
We do not use any plugins on our website that are provided by social media platforms. Our users can therefore share the content of our website on social networks in compliance with data protection regulations without complete surfing profiles being created by the network operators.
A plugin is integrated into our website that shows our photos that we have posted on the social media platform Instagram. The provider of Instagram is Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
The plugin does not store any personal data. However, it may be that your IP address is stored on Instagram’s server. We include our Instagram images on our website to keep our readers up to date with our current travel destinations. In addition, the display of our Instagram images serves to provide the best possible and complete representation of our travel content. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR.
Further information on how to handle user data can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy at: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388.
5. Analytics tools and advertising
VG WORT
VG WORT tracking pixels are integrated into some articles on our website. They help to determine the likelihood of individual texts being copied in order to compensate authors and publishers for legal claims. These statistical parameters are determined using the “Scalable Central Measuring Method” (SZM) from INFOnline GmbH. Anonymous measurements are collected. To recognize computer systems, the access number measurement alternatively uses a session cookie or a signature, which is created from various automatically transmitted information from your browser. IP addresses are only processed in anonymized form. The sole aim of the procedure is to determine the likelihood of individual texts being copied.
Google Analytics with IP anonymization
Our website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. We have activated the anonymization of your IP (details in the next chapter). The provider of our analysis service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. We use these statistics to continually optimize our website, for example by allowing us to see which articles are clicked on particularly frequently or rarely.
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are text files that are stored on the information technology system and enable the use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookies about your use of our website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As website operators, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior so that we can present our content in the best possible way and continually optimize it.
IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization function on our website. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
Objection against data collection
You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your web browser accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all of the functions of our website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of our website and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools .google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
You can find more information about how Google Analytics handles user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Order data processing
We have concluded a contract with Google for data processing and fully implement the requirements of the Austrian data protection authority when using Google Analytics.
Ezoic
Our website uses Ezoic. Ezoic is a service certified by Google to provide personalization and analytics services on this website. Ezoic’s data protection declaration in connection with this website as well as information on data usage by Ezoic and the cookies used can be found below at https://www.ezoic.com/de-lang/privacy-policy/.
6. Newsletter
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive our newsletter, we need an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected or only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively to send our newsletter and do not pass it on to third parties.
The processing of your data entered in the registration form for our newsletter takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, the email address and their use to send the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link that we integrate in every newsletter. Of course, you can contact us directly at any time if you no longer want to receive the newsletter.
The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the member area) remains unaffected.
Rapidmail
We use the Rapidmail tool to create and send our newsletter. The provider is rapidmail GmbH, Augustinerplatz 2, 79098 Freiburg i.Br., Germany.
Rapidmail is a service that can be used, among other things, to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored on Rapidmail’s servers in Germany.
Data analysis through Rapidmail
With the help of Rapidmail we are able to analyze our newsletters. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message was opened and which links, if any, were clicked. In this way, we can determine, among other things, which links were clicked particularly often and which links were clicked less frequently.
Legal basis
Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
Storage period
The data you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from both our servers and Rapidmail’s servers after you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
7. Plugins and tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from the video portal YouTube, operated by Google. The website is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged in with your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of the best possible and most user-friendly presentation of our content. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR
Further information on how to handle user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Google Maps
Our website uses the Google Maps map plugin. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
If you visit one of our pages equipped with a Google Map, your IP address will be stored on Google servers in the USA. As the site operator, we have no influence on this storage.
We integrate Google Maps to visualize our travel tips and to make travel planning as easy as possible for our readers using interactive maps. The integration of Google Maps on our website therefore represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Further information on how to handle user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Google Web Fonts
To ensure a uniform display of fonts on our website, we use so-called web fonts, which are provided by Google. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform, best possible and user-friendly presentation of our content. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, your computer will use a standard font. You can find further information about Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
8. Online marketing and affiliate programs
Affiliate programs
As the operator of this website, we participate in several partner programs. If we recommend certain products or services, we sometimes provide links to various online shops or booking platforms. We currently work with the following providers:
- Amazon
- Booking.com
- Awin
- GetYourGuide
- jrailpass.com
- 12go.asia
- Tradedoubler
The partner programs sometimes set cookies in order to be able to trace the origin of the orders or bookings. This allows the partner programs to recognize that you have clicked the respective partner link on our website and can therefore allocate the respective commission to us.
You can find further information about the data use of our partner programs in the respective data protection declaration:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401
Booking.com: https://www.booking.com/content/privacy.de.html
Awin: https://www.awin.com/de/datenschutzerklarung
GetYourGuide: https://www.getyourguide.at/privacy_policy
jrailpass.com: https://www.jrailpass.com/privacy
12go.asia: https://12go.asia/de/terms
Tradedoubler: https://www.tradedoubler.com/de/privacy-policy