1. Data protection at a glance
Protecting your personal data is important to us. We handle your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as this privacy policy.
Below, we inform you about which personal data is processed when you visit our website and when you contact us or submit a booking request.
Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally.
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2. Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Katja and Gabriel Schätzle
Vordertal 13
77716 Fischerbach
Germany
Email: info@ferienwohnung-schaetzle.de
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3. Hosting and WordPress.com
Our website is provided via WordPress.com.
The service provider is:
Automattic Inc.
60 29th Street #343
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
When you access our website, technically necessary data is processed. This may include in particular:
* IP address of the accessing device
* Date and time of access
* Pages and files accessed
* Browser type and version
* Operating system used
* Referrer-URL
* Technical information about the device used
This data may be processed in so-called server log files.
This processing serves the technical provision as well as the security, stability, and functionality of our website.
Insofar as processing falls within our area of responsibility, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure, reliable, and technically flawless provision of our website.
In connection with the use of WordPress.com, personal data may also be processed outside the European Union, in particular in the USA.
Where personal data is transferred to countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, such transfers are carried out in compliance with the applicable legal requirements for transfers to third countries.
Further information on data processing by WordPress.com/Automattic can be found in WordPress.com's privacy information.
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4. Booking and availability enquiries via our website / Jetpack Forms
Our website allows you to submit an enquiry regarding the availability and booking of our holiday apartment.
For this purpose, we use Jetpack Forms, a service provided by Automattic. If you send us an enquiry via the form, the data you enter will be processed for the purpose of handling your enquiry and stored in connection with the form functionality.
This may include in particular:
* First and last name
* Email address
* Phone number, if provided
* Desired arrival and departure dates or travel period
* Number of guests
* Content of your message
* Any other information you voluntarily provide
* IP address
* Date and time of submission
We use this data to check the availability of our holiday apartment, respond to your enquiry and, where applicable, prepare and perform an accommodation or rental agreement with you.
The processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR insofar as it is necessary to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract or to perform a contract.
For other enquiries submitted via the form, processing may be based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in properly handling and responding to enquiries addressed to us.
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5. Akismet Anti-Spam
To protect our website and our forms against spam and abusive submissions, we use Akismet Anti-Spam, a service provided by Automattic.
When forms or similar input functions are used, data may be processed for the automated detection of spam. This may include, in particular, the IP address, technical browser information and the submitted form or communication data.
The processing serves to protect our website and our communication systems against spam and misuse.
Insofar as the processing is carried out under our responsibility, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in protecting our website and communication channels against unwanted or abusive submissions.
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6. Contact by email
If you contact us by email, we process the personal data you provide in order to process and respond to your inquiry.
This includes in particular your email address, your name (if provided), and the content of your message.
If your message relates to a booking request, a planned stay, or an existing contract, processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
For other inquiries, processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the appropriate handling and response to inquiries addressed to us.
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7. Data processing in connection with a booking
If a booking results from your inquiry, we process the personal data required to carry out the contract.
This may include in particular:
* Name and address
* Contact details
* Arrival and departure dates
* Number of accompanying guests
* Agreed nightly rate
* Payment and billing information
* Other information required to carry out the stay
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Insofar as we are legally required to store or process certain data, processing is additionally based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
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8. Cookies and technically necessary functions
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies insofar as they are necessary for technical functions and the operation of the website.
These may include, in particular, session cookies that are required during a session to provide technical functions of the website.
Technically necessary cookies and similar technologies are used in particular for the technical provision and functionality of our website. Insofar as personal data is processed in this context, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the technically error-free and secure provision of our website.
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9. Storage period
We store personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose or as required by statutory retention obligations.
Inquiries that do not result in a booking are deleted as soon as further storage is no longer necessary to process the inquiry and there are no legal or legitimate grounds for further retention.
If a contract is concluded, the data required for contract processing is stored in accordance with the applicable statutory retention periods.
For data processed by service providers we use, the respective deletion and retention policies of those service providers may also apply.
After the respective retention period has expired, the data is deleted unless there is a legal basis for further processing.
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10. Disclosure of personal data
We generally do not disclose personal data to third parties unless this is necessary to carry out a contract, there is a legal obligation, or another legal basis permits disclosure.
In the course of operating our website, service providers may process personal data on our behalf. This includes in particular the provider of our website/hosting, WordPress.com/Automattic.
In connection with the website functions we use, services provided by Automattic, such as Jetpack and Akismet, may also process data.
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11. Transfer of data to third countries
When using services provided by internationally operating providers, personal data may be processed in countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area.
This applies in particular to the use of WordPress.com and services provided by Automattic.
Where personal data is transferred to a third country, such transfer is carried out in compliance with the legal requirements of the GDPR.
Where required, the transfer is carried out in particular on the basis of an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 44 et seq. GDPR.
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12. SSL/TLS encryption
Our website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons.
You can recognize an encrypted connection in particular by the fact that the website address begins with "https://".
Encryption serves to protect transmitted data from unauthorized access by third parties.
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13. Your rights
Under the applicable statutory requirements, you have various rights regarding your personal data.
These include in particular:
Right to information
You may request information as to whether and which personal data we process about you.
Right to rectification
You may request the correction of inaccurate or the completion of incomplete personal data.
Right to erasure
Under the statutory requirements, you may request the deletion of your personal data.
Right to restriction of processing
Under certain conditions, you may request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
Right to data portability
Insofar as the statutory requirements are met, you may request to receive personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to object
Insofar as personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you may, under the statutory requirements, object to the processing.
Withdrawal of consent
You may withdraw any data protection consent given at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of processing carried out up to the withdrawal remains unaffected.
To exercise your rights, you may contact us at:
Katja and Gabriel Schätzle
Vordertal 13
77716 Fischerbach
Email: info@ferienwohnung-schaetzle.de
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14. Right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR.
For controllers based in Baden-Württemberg, the competent supervisory authority is generally the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg.
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15. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy if changes to our website, the services we use, or legal requirements make this necessary.
The version published on this website at any given time shall apply.
As of August 2026
In case of discrepancies between this English translation and the original German version, the German version shall prevail.