This is the privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") that governs how Hospitality-startup.eu ("we", "our" or "us"), use Personal Information (defined below) that we collect, receive and store about individuals in connection with the use of our platform (“our site”).
1. INTRODUCTION. We have implemented this privacy policy because we recognize that your privacy is very important and take it seriously. This privacy policy explains our online information practices and the way your personal information is collected and used in connection with the site. "Personal information" means any information that may be used, either alone or in combination with other information, to personally identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a personal profile, an email address, a home or other physical address, or other contact information.
2. TERMS OF USE. This Privacy Policy forms part of our Terms of Use which is available at Terms of Use. Any capitalized but undefined term in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning given to it in the Terms.
3. CONSENT AND MODIFICATION. By using the Site, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and to our collection, processing and publishing of Personal Information for the purposes set forth herein. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not access or otherwise use the Site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change this Privacy Policy at any time.
4. PERSONAL INFORMATION. We do not currently require you to provide Personal Information in order to have access to general information available on the Site. However we do receive and/or collect Personal Information from you in the following ways:
4.1 Account. In order to use certain services that we offer via the Site, you may be required to create an account, including a contact person ("Account"). We may send an email to your nominated email address to instruct you how to confirm your registration.
4.2 'Contact Us' Information. If you contact us, whether by submitting an online form that we make available or by sending an email to an email address that we display, you may be required to provide us with certain information such as your email address. We may also retain information contained in your correspondence with us.
4.3 Log Files. We may make use of log files. Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you access a web page. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, clicked pages and any other information your browser may send to us. We may use such information to analyze trends, administer the Site, track users' movement around the Site, and gather demographic information.
5. ANALYTICS TOOLS. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies, i.e. text files stored on your computer to enable analysis of website usage by you. Information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. In case of activated IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address is previously truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is a full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On behalf this website's owner, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports about website activities, and provide the website's operator with further services related to website and Internet usage. The IP address sent from your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data by Google. You can prevent storage of cookies by appropriately setting your browser software; in this case, however, please note that you might not be able to fully use all functions offered by this website. In addition, you can prevent data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being collected and processed by Google, by downloading and installing a browser plug-in from the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout This website uses Google Analytics with the extension "anonymizeIP()", IP addresses being truncated before further processing in order to rule out direct associations to persons.
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6. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION. The Start-up Public Profile, including your name and other information you choose to make public via your Site, and any content that you post on or via the Site ('User Submissions' which may include Personal Information) are publicly available to other Site users, and may also be accessed and used by people off the Site. If you publish your contact information in any User Submissions or as part of your Public Profile, you may receive unsolicited messages from other users of the Site or the public. We therefore encourage you to only post information that you are sure you want to be accessible to anyone.
7. USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. If you submit or we collect Personal Information through the Site, then we may use such Personal Information in the following ways:
7.1 We will use your Personal Information to provide and improve our Site, to contact you in connection with the Site and certain programs or offerings that you may have registered for, and to identify and authenticate your access to the parts of the Site that you are authorized to access.
7.2 We may use your designated email address to: (i) send you updates or news regarding the Site and our products; and/or (ii) respond to a "Contact Us" or administrative request from you (for example, to change your password).
7.3 We may disclose your Personal Information or any information you submitted via the Site if we have a good faith belief that disclosure of such information is helpful or reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce our Terms and EULA, including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud or security issues; or (iv) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of our platform, our users, yourself or the public.
8. PERSONAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE. At all times, you may choose whether or not to provide or disclose Personal Information. If you choose not to provide mandatory Personal Information, you may still visit parts of the Site but you may be unable to access certain options, programs, offers, and services that involve our interaction with you.
9. ACCESS/ ACCURACY. To the extent that you do provide us with Personal Information through an Account, we wish to maintain accurate Personal Information. If you would like to delete or correct any of your other Personal Information that we may be storing through your Account, you may log in to your Account and use the tools that we make available on the Site.
10. SECURITY. The security of Personal Information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards, including the use of appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards, to protect the Personal Information submitted to us. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security or confidentiality.