Last Updated: 01.10.2024
HOMEHOSTER™ ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website, mobile application, and services (collectively, the "Service").
We are based in Austria and our services are available globally. As such, we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Service.
For the purposes of the GDPR, HOMEHOSTER™ NORDSPITZ Digital Solutions is the Data Controller of your personal data. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Lukas Ransmayr - lukas@nordspitz.com
Data Protection Officer: Lukas Ransmayr
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Service, including:
3.1. Personal Data: Personally identifiable information such as your name, email address, and username ("Personal Data").
3.2. Event Data: Information related to events you create or attend, including event details, addresses, guest lists, and dietary preferences.
3.3. Guest Data: Information about your guests, including their names, email addresses, dietary restrictions, and allergies.
3.4. Usage Data: Information about how you use our Service, including log data, device information, location data, and cookies.
We collect data from you when you:
4.1. Register for an account
4.2. Create or modify an event
4.3. Invite guests or respond to invitations
4.4. Use interactive features of our Service
4.5. Contact us directly
We process your personal data under the following legal bases:
5.1. Consent: You have given us consent to process your personal data for specific purposes.
5.2. Performance of a Contract: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
5.3. Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
5.4. Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
6.1. To provide and maintain our Service
6.2. To notify you about changes to our Service
6.3. To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service
6.4. To provide customer support
6.5. To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
6.6. To monitor the usage of our Service
6.7. To detect, prevent and address technical issues
We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside Austria and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Austria and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
HOMEHOSTER™ will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
9.1. Comply with a legal obligation
9.2. Protect and defend the rights or property of HOMEHOSTER™
9.3. Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
9.4. Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
9.5. Protect against legal liability
The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including:
10.1. Encryption of sensitive data both in transit and at rest
10.2. Regular security assessments and penetration testing
10.3. Access controls and authentication mechanisms
10.4. Regular backup procedures
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. HOMEHOSTER™ aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
You have the following data protection rights:
11.1. The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you
11.2. The right of rectification
11.3. The right to object
11.4. The right of restriction
11.5. The right to data portability
11.6. The right to withdraw consent
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Our Service is not intended for use by children under the age of 14. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 14. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
By email: lukas@nordspitz.com
By visiting this page on our website: www.nordspitz.com
By phone number: +43 664 2314 339
By mail: Götzwiesenstraße 14, 3032 Eichgraben