Privacy Policy

Data Protection Statement of RIMC Schweiz Hotels & Resorts AG

We are committed to handling your personal data responsibly. Consequently, we consider it a matter of course to comply with the legal requirements of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), the Ordinance to the Federal Act on Data Protection (OFADP), the Telecommunications Act (TCA) and other provisions of Swiss data protection law. With regard to the processing of personal data of data subjects located in the EU, we will also comply with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Rights of the data subject

In principle, you have the rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, objection and cancellation with regard to your data. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

Please note that the law stipulates that certain data must be stored for a certain period of time. Such data must therefore remain stored by us until the expiry of these periods. We block this data in our system and only use it to fulfil legal requirements.

Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The controller processes (in this connection also: stores) the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of the storage or,

if the processing is required by the European legislative and regulatory authorities, or laid down in another law or regulation to which the controller is liable.

If the purpose of the storage ceases to apply, or if a storage period prescribed by the European directives and regulations or by any other relevant legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Privacy in recruitment and in the application process

The controller collects and processes personal data for the purposes of the application procedure. The processing can also be done electronically. This is particularly the case where an applicant submits the corresponding documents to the controller by means of electronic communications, e.g. by e-mail. If the controller concludes a contract of employment with one applicant, the transmitted data are stored for the purpose of executing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude a contract of employment with any of the applicants, the application documents will automatically be deleted six months after the notification of letter of rejection, provided that deletion does not conflict with any other legitimate interests of the controller.

Security of personal data

Our company shall take numerous technical and organizational measures in order to protect your personal data against accidental or illegal destruction, alteration, loss, unlawful disclosure or unauthorized access.

Nevertheless, for instance internet-based data transfer can principally bear gaps in the security, and therefore absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, any data subject is free to communicate personal data to us in an alternative way, for instance by telephone.

Website Encryption

This site TLS-encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http: //" to "https: //" and by the lock symbol in the browser line.

If encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Collection of general data and information

Our website collects a number of general data and information each time the website is accessed by data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. Following data can be collected:

• browser types and versions used
• operating system used by the accessing computer
• website from which an accessing system gets to our website (so called referrers)
• sub-websites, which are accessed via an accessing system on our website
• date and time of access to our website
• web protocol address (IP address)
• Internet service provider of the accessing system
• other similar data and information, which is used to protect our information technology systems against possible attacks

When using this general data and information, our company does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. In fact, this information is needed in order:

• to deliver the contents of our website correctly
• to optimize the content of our website as well as possibly the advertising for it
• to ensure long-term functionality of our information technology systems and of the technology on our website
• to provide law enforcement authorities with necessary information related to criminal prosecution in case of a cyberattack

This collected data and information is therefore evaluated by our company on the one hand statistically, and on the other hand to increase data protection and data security in our company, and last but not least to ensure the best possible level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by the data subject.

This data is not amalgamated with other data sources.

Request by E-Mail, Phone or Fax

If you contact us by e-mail, phone or fax, your request, including all personal data resulting from it (name, request), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - especially legal storage periods - remain unaffected.

Data transmission via web form

Data subject has an option to register on the website of the controller stating his or her personal data. During the registration process the respective entry windows indicate, which personal data are transmitted to the controller. The personal data entries made by the data subject are exclusively intended for internal use of the controller, this data is collected and stored for the purposes of own use. The controller can transmit the data to one or to several third parties, e.g. to parcel service which also makes only internal use of the personal data and acts under the responsibility of the controller.

By registration on the website of the controller the following data is also stored: data subject’s IP address, which the internet service provider has assigned, the date and the exact time at the moment of the registration. These data are stored against the background of being the only way to prevent misuse of our services. If necessary, these data can enable clearing up offences or copyright infringements committed. Insofar it is necessary to store this data as to protect the controller. In general, these data are not transmitted to a third party, unless there is a legal obligation to a transmission, or the data transmission serves legal pursuit of rights or criminal prosecution.

When the data subject registers himself or herself on the website and voluntarily supplies personal data, it enables the controller to offer to him or her content and services, which can by the very nature of the issues only be offered to registered users.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - especially legal storage periods - remain unaffected.

Booking system

We use the online booking system of Marriott International, Inc, 7750 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA (hereinafter referred to as ‘Marriott’) for room reservations on this website. Clicking on the corresponding button opens an input mask with which you can make a room reservation.

If you would like to book a room with us, it is necessary for the conclusion of the contract that you provide your personal data, which we need to process your booking. Mandatory information required for the execution of the contracts is marked separately, further information is voluntary. The data is entered in an input mask and transmitted to us and saved.

The compulsory information collected is required to fulfill the contract with the user (for the purpose of providing the goods or service and confirming the content of the contract). We therefore use the data to answer your inquiries, to process your booking, if necessary, to check the creditworthiness or recovery of a claim and for the purpose of technical administration of the website. The voluntary information is provided to prevent abuse and, if necessary, to investigate crimes.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. We are obliged by commercial and tax law to store your address, payment and order data after fulfilment of the contract. If the data is required for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, premature deletion of the data is only possible insofar as contractual or legal obligations do not prevent deletion. Otherwise, you are free to have the personal data provided during registration completely deleted from the controller's database. Regarding the voluntary data, you can declare your cancellation to the controller at any time. In this case, the voluntary data will be deleted immediately.

Information on data protection at Marriott can be found here: https://www.marriott.com/about/privacy.mi

Links to other websites

Our websites contain links to other websites (so called external links).

Our company is as a supplier responsible for the contents of our own as required by the European and national legislation in force. Our own contents are to be distinguished from links to contents provided by other suppliers. We have no influence over whether or not operators of other websites comply with the European and national data protection regulations in force. Please learn more about the data protection statements on the websites of the respective suppliers.

Cookies

We use cookies in order to further improve our internet presentation for you, make it more user-friendly and to tailor it as well as possible to meet your needs. Cookies are small text data files, which a webserver sends to your internet browser when you visit a website. The cookies are stored locally on your terminal (personal computer, notebook, tablet, smartphone etc.).

Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain so called cookie ID, which is a unique identifier of the cookie. Cookie ID consists of a string of characters through which websites and servers can trace back the actual web browser, on which the cookie is stored. This allows the visited web pages and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other web browsers that contain other cookies. A specific web browser can be recognized and identified by the unique cookie ID. The purpose of this information is to automatically recognize you and to facilitate your navigation, when you visit the website again with the same device.

You can also consent or reject cookies - also for web tracking - via the settings of your web browser. You can configure your web browser so that it blocks cookies generally, or you will be warned in advance when a new cookie is about to be stored. In this case, however, the functionality of the website may be impaired (for example when placing orders). Your browser also offers a function to delete cookies (for instance by choosing “Clear browsing data”. This is possible in all common web browsers. Further information can be found in the user manual or in the settings of your browser.

First-party cookies: First-party cookies are permanent cookies that are stored on the computer and only lose their validity when the expiry date assigned to them has expired. The word "party" refers to the domain from which the cookie originated. In contrast to third-party cookies, first-party cookies usually come from the website operator itself. They are therefore not accessible to browsers across domains. For example, website A assigns a cookie A, which is not recognized by website B, but can only be recognized by website A. This means that data cannot be passed on to third parties.

Third-party cookies: With a third-party cookie, the cookie is set and recorded by a third party. These cookies are mostly used by advertisers who use their cookies on other websites to collect information about website visitors using the cookies. These are data records that are stored in the user's web browser when he visits a page with the advertisement. If he visits a page with advertising from the same provider again, he will be recognized.

Other distinguishing characteristics:

Transient cookies: Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session. This allows your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser.

Cookiebot

A web service from Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, DK (hereinafter referred to as "Cookiebot") is loaded onto our website. Through Cookiebot we can inform you exactly and transparently about the use of cookies on our website. You will receive an up-to-date and data protection-compliant cookie notice and decide for yourself which cookies you want to allow.

For this purpose, Cookiebot shows you a cookie list divided into function groups when you visit it for the first time. Here you can activate the cookies by clicking the appropriate box. Please note that the technical cookies are already saved when the website is accessed and that the relevant box is preset. If you deselect technical cookies, the use of the website or individual functions on the website may be restricted or even impossible.

If you allow cookies, the following data will be transmitted to Cybot:

• IP address (in anonymous form, the last 3 digits are set to 0)
• The date and time of your consent
• our website url
• technical browser data
• encrypted, anonymous key
• the cookies that you have allowed (as proof of consent)
  • Page views
  • First visit to the website
  • Start of the session
  • Visited web pages
  • Your “click path”, interaction with the website
  • Scrolls (whenever a user scrolls to the end of the page (90%))
  • Clicks on external links
  • Internal search queries
  • Interaction with videos
  • file downloads
  • Viewed / clicked ads
  • language setting

If you consented to the use of cookies when visiting this website, you can revoke your consent by calling up Cookiebot (see below) and deselecting the relevant cookie category. In addition to the revocation option via Cookiebot, you can deactivate cookies directly with a cookie provider or prevent the processing of data by browser plug-ins. You can also use the appropriate settings to control the use of cookies in most browsers.

Further information about "Cookiebot" and the company behind it, Cybot, can be found in the data protection declaration at https://www.cookiebot.com/de/privacy-policy/

Google Analytics 4

If you have given your consent, Google Analytics 4, a web analysis service of Google LLC, is used on this website. The controller for users in the EU/EEA and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

Nature and purpose of processing

Google Analytics uses cookies that enable your use of our website to be analyzed. The information collected by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

In Google Analytics 4, the anonymization of IP addresses is activated by default. Due to IP anonymization, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. According to Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

During your visit to the website, your user behavior is recorded in the form of “events”. Events can be

Also recorded:

Purposes of the processing

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyze the performance of our website and the success of our marketing campaigns.

Recipients

Recipients of the data are/may be

- Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR)

- Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

- Alphabet Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

Third country transfer

For the USA, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on July 10, 2023. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Framework. Since Google servers are distributed worldwide and a transfer to third countries (for example to Singapore) cannot be completely ruled out, we have also concluded the EU standard contractual clauses with the provider.

Storage duration

The data sent by us and linked to cookies is automatically deleted after 14 months. The maximum lifespan of Google Analytics cookies is 2 years. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.

Legal basis

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TTDSG.

Revocation

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by accessing the cookie settings at the bottom left of the screen and changing your selection there. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

You can also prevent the storage of cookies from the outset by setting your browser software accordingly. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may restrict the functionality of this and other websites. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by

a. Not giving your consent to the setting of the cookie or

b. downloading and installing the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics HERE.

You can find more information on the terms of use of Google Analytics and on data protection at Google at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analyti... and at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

Google Ads with enhanced conversions

We use the remarketing and conversion tracking function of Google Ads on our website, a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’).

The remarketing function is used to present interest-based adverts to website visitors within the Google advertising network. The conversion tracking function in turn enables us to measure how effective the adverts placed by us and clicked on by website visitors are.

When Google Ads is used, the following data is collected and transmitted to Google in the USA: Data on the device and browser (host name, browser type, referrer, language), IP address and the respective user interaction on our website as well as on other websites on which our adverts are placed (e.g. which page a user visits or which adverts a user clicks on). In addition, a cookie is used to assign a random, pseudonymous ID to a user, to which the aforementioned information is assigned.

We also use conversion tracking as part of the Google Ads service. When you click on an advert placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is stored on your end device. These cookies lose their validity after 30 (our setting at Google) or a maximum of 90 days (according to Google itself), do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. The information collected with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics.

We have set up Enhanced Conversions for this purpose.

Enhanced Conversions is a feature that can improve the accuracy of conversion tracking while protecting user privacy by supplementing existing conversion tags with the hashed first-party conversion data from the website. Hashing the first-party data before sending it to Google Ads ensures data protection, as personal information such as (here: email address) is converted into a hashed / pseudonymised (SHA256) character string.

The data collected is stored and processed in the USA, i.e. a third country for which there is no adequacy decision by the European Commission.

However, Google bases the data transfer to the USA on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework of the European Commission.

You can prevent the installation of these cookies by refusing your consent to the storage of these cookies when you enter the website, deleting existing cookies or deactivating the storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent. You can also prevent the storage of cookies by setting your web browser to block cookies from the domain ‘www.googleadservices.com’ (https://www.google.com/settings/ads ). We would like to point out that this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies. You can also deactivate interest-based adverts via the link http://optout.aboutads.info . Please note that this setting will also be deleted if you delete your cookies.

Information on data protection at Google Ads can be found at: https://ads.google.com/home/ads-experts-support/

Our social media presences

Data processing through social networks

We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The social networks used by us in detail can be found below.

Social networks such as Facebook, ‘X’, etc. can generally analyze your user behavior extensively when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or advertising banners). By visiting our social media presences, numerous data protection-relevant processing operations are triggered. In detail:

If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. However, your personal data may also be collected under certain circumstances if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data collection takes place, for example, via cookies that are stored on your end device or by recording your IP address.

With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, you can be shown interest-based advertising inside and outside the respective social media presence. Provided you have an account with the respective social network, the interest-based advertising may be displayed on all devices on which you are or were logged in.

Please also note that we cannot track all processing on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, further processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. For details, please refer to the terms of use and data protection provisions of the respective social media portals.

Storage period

The data collected directly by us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies, you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).

Facebook

We have a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Facebook"). According to Facebook, the collected data is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

You can adjust your advertising settings independently in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:

https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads

For details, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/center/

Instagram

We have a profile on Instagram. The provider is Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. For details on how they handle your personal data, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/

LinkedIn

We have a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies. If you wish to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link:

https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

Name and address of the controller:

Party responsible for the processing of personal data for the purposes of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), or of other applicable data protection laws in the Member States of the European Union, and of other provisions relating to protection of personal data, is

RIMC Schweiz Hotels & Resorts AG

Neue Jonastrasse 66

8640 Rapperswil (SG)

Phone: +41 (0) 21 925 22 22

Email: info(at)moderntimeshotel.ch

Managing: Marek N. Riegger

Rapperswil, January 2025

Amendments in Data Protection Statement

We reserve the right to amend our data protection practices and this data protection statement in order to adjust the aforesaid to reflect possible changes in relevant laws or regulations, or to meet your needs better. Possible amendments in our data protection practices will correspondingly be published here. Please inform yourself about the current date of our data protection policy.