Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
General information and mandatory information
Designation of the responsible body
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:
Marcel Franke Travel The World
Franz-Ehrlich-Str. 12
12489 Berlin
The responsible body decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact details, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Some data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your previously granted consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient for revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority in the event of a data protection violation. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is headquartered. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html .
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 to third parties. This will be provided in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if technically feasible.
Right to information, correction, blocking, deletion
Within the scope of applicable law, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as, if applicable, the right to correct, block, or delete this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions regarding personal data using the contact options listed in the legal notice.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the website operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This ensures that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" address bar in your browser and the lock symbol in the browser bar.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in server log files. This includes:
- Visited page on our domain
- Date and time of the server request
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- IP address
This data will not be merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or for pre-contractual measures.
Data transmission when concluding a contract for the purchase and dispatch of goods
Personal data will only be transferred to third parties if necessary for contract processing. Third parties may include, for example, payment service providers or logistics companies. Further transfer of data will not occur, unless you have expressly consented to it.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for pre-contractual measures.
Contact form
Data submitted via the contact form, including your contact details, will be stored in order to process your request or to answer any follow-up questions. This data will not be shared without your consent.
The data entered into the contact form will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke your previously granted consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient for revocation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Data submitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or until data storage is no longer necessary. Mandatory legal provisions—in particular, retention periods—remain unaffected.
Storage period of posts and comments
Posts and comments, as well as related data such as IP addresses, are stored. The content remains on our website until it has been completely deleted or has been legally required to be deleted.
Posts and comments are stored based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke your previously granted consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient for revocation. The
legality of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
Subscribe to comments
As a user of our website, you can subscribe to comments after registering. We will send you a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address. You can
unsubscribe from the comment subscription function at any time using a link included in a subscription email. Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted upon unsubscribing. If this data was transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain
with us.
Newsletter data
To send our newsletter, we require an email address from you. Verification of the provided email address is necessary, and consent to receive the newsletter is required. Additional data is not collected or is voluntary.
The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter.
The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke your previously granted consent at any time. To revoke your consent, simply
send an informal email or unsubscribe using the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
Data entered to set up your subscription will be deleted upon cancellation. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.
YouTube
Our website uses YouTube plugins to integrate and display video content. The provider of this video portal is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit a page with an integrated YouTube plug-in, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. YouTube learns which of our pages you have visited.
YouTube can assign your browsing behavior directly to your personal profile if you are logged into your YouTube account. You can prevent this by logging out beforehand.
We use YouTube in the interest of providing an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Details on how user data is handled can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy .
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us make our service more user-friendly, effective, and secure.
Some cookies are "session cookies." These cookies are automatically deleted after your browser session. Other cookies, however, remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies help us
recognize you when you return to our website.
With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict, or prevent cookies from being set. Many web browsers can be configured to automatically delete cookies when you close the program. Disabling cookies
may result in limited functionality on our website.
Cookies necessary for electronic communication or the provision of certain functions you request (e.g., shopping cart) are set on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. As the operator of this
website, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and smooth provision of our services. If other cookies are set (e.g., for analysis functions), these will be
treated separately in this privacy policy.
We use the "Real Cookie Banner" consent tool to manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents. Details on how "Real Cookie Banner" works can be found at https://devowl.io/de/rcb/datenverarbeitung/ .
The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR and Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.
Providing personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obligated to provide personal data. If you do not provide personal data, we cannot manage your consent.
Google Analytics
Our website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider of the web analysis service is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Google Analytics uses "cookies" These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and encole on analysis of website use. Information about your use of our website generated by cookie are transmitted to a Google server and stored there. Server location is usually the USA.
The setting of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 5 (1) (1) GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimase interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise our website and, if necessary, advertising.
IP anonymization
We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymisation function, it warrants that Google will crecite your address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting stotes to the Agreement on the European Economic Arec shortened before transmission to the USA. There may be exceptional cases in which Google transfers the full IP address to a server in the USA and shortens there. On our behall, Google will use this information to use your website to create reports on website activity and to provide us with further services related to weosite activity and internet use. it does not find any merging of the IP address with other data held by Google.
Browser Plugin
The setting of cookies by your web browser is preventable. However, some of the features of our website may be restricted. You can also view the collection of data regarding your use of the website, including your IP address.
subsequent processing by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plugin accessible via the following linkc
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Opposition to data collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookin is set to prevent your data from being collected when you visit our websita in future: Deactivate Google Analytics.
Details on the handling of Google Analytics can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl-de
Contract processing
To fully comply with the statutory dota protection specifications, we have concluded a contract with Google for order processing.
Demographic lectures in Google Analytics
Our website uses the "demographic characteristics" function of Google Analytics. It can be used to create reports that contain statements cabout the age, gender and interests of the site visitors. This clata comes from interest-based advertising from Google and from visitor clato from third-party providers. It is not possible to assign the data to a specific person. You can deactivate this feature of any time. This is possible vic the ad preferences in your Google account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as explained in the item "Cojection to data collection".
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Anclytics uses so-called, text files that ore stored on your computer ond enable on analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie cbout your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Only in exceptional coses w the ful IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and snortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the oppropriate settings on your browser; however, plecse note that if you clo this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
You can also collect the dota generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google and to prevent the processing of this cata by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Browser Add On for deactivation of Google Analytics.
PayPal
Our website allows payment via PayPal. The payment service is based on PayPal (Europe) S.A.r.Let Cie, S.C.A, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, 1-2449 Luxembourg
If you pay with Paypal the payment cletails you enter will be transmitted to Payol.
The transmission of your data to PayPal is based on Art. 8 (1) (a) GDPR (consent) and Art 6 (1) (b) GOPR (processing for the fulfilment of a contract). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time.
Data processing operations in the past remain affective in the event of a revocation.
Immediate transfer
Our website allows payment via "Sofortüberweisung." The provider of the payment service is Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 00338 Munich.
With the help of the "Sofortüberweisung" procedure, we receive a payment confirmation from Sofort GmbH in real time and can immediately begin to fulfill our licibilities.
When paying by "Sofortüberweisung your PIN and TAN will be transmitted to Sofort GmbH. The payment provider legs into your online banking account, automatically checks your account balance and makes the transfer. There follows a immediate transaction confirmation, Your sales, the credit line of your overdraft facility and the existence of other accounts as well as their holdings will also be automatically onecced after logging in.
In addition to PIN and TAN, the transmission to Sofort GmbH also includes payment date and data about your person. The personal data includes your first and last name, address, telephone number(s), email address, IP address and, if applicable, other for payment processing necessary dota. There is a need for this data transmission to uncioubtedly determine your identity and prevent fraud.
The transmission of your clate to Sofort GmbH is based on Art 6 (1) (0) GDPR (consent) and Art. 8 (1) (0) GDPR (processing for the fulfillment of a contract). A revocation of your already given consent is at any time possible. Data processing operations in the past remain effective in the event of a revocation.
For details on payment with Scfortüberweisung, please visit: https://www.sofort.de/catenschutzhtml and https://www.klarna.com/scfort/.
Amazon affiliate program
As the operator of this website, we participate in the Amazon Ell Partner Program. Our pages include Amazon advertisements as well as links to Amazon to earn money through odvertising reimbursements. Amazon cookies are used.
where Amazon recognizes that you hove clicked a partner link on our website.
The storage of "Amazon cookies" is based on Art, 6 liL I GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in this, since only the cookies can determine the amount of advertising costs.
For details on Amazon's use of data, please visit the Amazon Privacy Policy:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display/html/ref-footer_privocy?le-UTTBS.nodeld-3312401.
Google AdSense
Our website uses Google AdSense. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94048, USA.
Google AdSense serves to integrate odvertisements and sets cookies. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your
device to analyse the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses web beacons. Web Beacons
are invisible graphics that encible on analysis of visitor traffic on our website.
Information generated by cookies and web beacons is transmitted to Google servers and stored there. The server location is the USA Google may pass this information on to contractual partners. However, Google will not
Merge with other data stored by you.
AdSense cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. As a website operator, we have a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to opt mise our website and our odvertising.
With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict and prevent the setting of cookies. Disabling cookies may result in a limited
functionality of our website. By using our website declare
You agree to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the manner described above and the purposes set out cibove
Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
Our website uses Google AdWords. The provider is Google Inc, 1800 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.
AdWords is on online advertising program. As part of the online advertising program, we work with conversion racking. After clicking on on ad placed by Google, o cookie for conversion tracking is set. Cookies are small text files,
which your web browser saves on your device. Google AdWords cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to personally identily users. Google and we can recognise on the cookie that you click on an advertisement
and have been redirected to our website.
Every Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies connot be traced through websites of AdWords customers.
Conversion cookies create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who use conversion tracking Adwords customers
learn how many users clicked or their ad and were redirected to pages with a conversion trocking tog. However, AdWords customers do not receive any information that enables personal identification of users. If you don't
You may be able to object to a use. Here is the conversion cookie to be deactivated in the user settings of the browser. This means that there is no inclusion in the conversion trocking stotistics
The storage of "conversion cookies" is based on Art. 6 (1) (1) GDPR. As a website operator, we have a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise our website and our advertising.
For details on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking, please refer to Google's privacy policy:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy).
With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Disabling cookies may result in a limited functionality of our website.
Google Web Fonts
Our website uses web fonts from Google. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
By using these web fonts, it is possible to present you the desired presentation of our website, regardless of which fonts are available to you locally. This is done by retrieving the Google Web Fonts from a Google server in the USA and the associated transfer of your clata to Google. This is your IP address and which poge you have visited us. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art 6 (') (1) GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the optimal presentation and transfer of our website.
The company Google is certified for the US-European Privacy Shield Agreement. This data protection agreement is intenced to ensure compliance with the level of dota protection applicable in the EU.
For details about Google Weo Fonts, please visit: https://fonts.google.com/about and more information in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy/poriners?hl=de
Trust Pilot
Travel The World may contact you by email to invite you to evaluate the service and/or products you have received from us to obtain your feedback and improve our service [and our products]] (the "Purpose"). As we work with an external company. Trustpilot A/S (Trustpilot'). we will share your name, email address and reference number with Trustpilot for this purpose. If you would like to learn more about how Trustpilot processes your date, you con view the company's privacy policy here.