Hello mycasaincuba.com-user!
Here you find our terms + conditions and our data privacy statements.
We know that these passages are generally not terribly exciting to read. Still and for your own good you should have a careful look at the following details since it is about knowing what we are doing and how we are doing it.
Data Privacy statements MY CASA IN CUBA*
We, MY CASA IN CUBA*, take the protection of your personal data very seriously since we want you to feel comfortable using MY CASA IN CUBA* (Pregones BGB company, Project MY CASA IN CUBA*, Rambatzweg 7, 22303, Hamburg, Deutschland). That is why we inform you hereinafter how we collect data and how we deal with them. By logging in at MY CASA IN CUBA* you explicitly express per opt-in your consent to these Data Privacy Statements; if not we cannot offer you the extensive use of our website.
We treat your personal data confidentially and according to the legal data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.
Extent of the data collection and -storage
The use of our website mycasaincuba.com is usually possible without providing personal data. Personal data, such as names, addresses or e-mail addresses, are always provided on a voluntary basis if possible. Those data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit permission.
If you want to use our services to book accommodation on Cuba you have to register leaving the following personal details:
– first and last name
– your email-address
– your credit card or bank details
If you want to use our services actively to advertise your private accommodation we additionally need the following for the business transaction:
– the location of the accommodation you want to advertise
– your credit card or bank details
It goes without saying that none of the mentioned details, except your first name, are publicly available on our website.
Contact details (email-address and possibly phone number) of you as guest or host will be exchanged between guest and host only when a firm reservation has been completed. Before that you can easily communicate with the guest or host via the internal messaging-system which we provide on our website.
MY CASA IN CUBA* reserves the right, to automatically analyse messages which are being exchanged between guest and host by random sampling to review whether guest and host are interacting to the detriment of MY CASA IN CUBA*. For example: Guest and host are concluding contracts about the using of accommodations without actually intending to really do that but instead constituting fraud against the interests of MY CASA IN CUBA*.
If in any case the suspicion of interaction can be confirmed by the spot-check procedure the complete conversation of guest and host will be assessed. Guest and host agree to the use of their personal data for the purpose of fraud prevention and law enforcement. If the error signal vanishes the details will be immediately deleted.
Bank or credit card details will never be passed on to guest or host.
Furthermore you can complete your personal profile with additional personal details, like e.g. your telephone number, your profession, your twitter-, facebook-account, your birthday and other personal keywords as well as a photograph. These details can be provided by you additionally and voluntarily to give the guests or hosts a better idea who you are.
The only mandatory indication which is always open to the public is your first name.
However, we would like to point out that data transmissions via internet (e.g. e-mail communication) cannot be entirely secure and may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of personal details against unauthorised access by third parties is not possible.
Cookies
This website partially uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause damages to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies allow us to make our offer more user-friendly, more efficient and more secure. Cookies are small text files, stored by your browser on your computer.
The most cookies that we use are so-called “session cookies”. They will be deleted automatically after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain on your terminal device. Those cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
You can adjust your browser that way in order to be informed when cookies are placed, to individually allow cookies or to generally exclude cookies in certain cases as well as to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. The deactivation of cookies may impair the functionality of this website.
Server-log-files
The provider of these website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files which your browser automatically transmits to us, such as:
– browser type/version
– used operating system
– referrer URL
– host name of the accessing computer
– time of query
Those data cannot be associated with individual persons. A merging with other data sources does not take place. We reserve the right to retrospectively check the data if reasonable evidences concerning illegal use become known.
Contact form
If you send enquiries to us via the contact form, your data entered into the contact form, including the stated contact data, are stored for the purpose of dealing with your enquiry and in case of additional enquiries. Those data will not be passed on without your permission.
Newsletter (NOT YET IN USE)
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on our website, we require your email address as well as information which allow us to check that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you agree to the reception of the newsletter. Further data will not be collected. We use those data exclusively for the sending of the requested information and do not transmit them to third parties.
The given permission to the storage of the data, the email address as well as the use of such for the purpose of sending the newsletter can be withdrawn at any time via the “unsubscribe”-link within the newsletter.
Privacy Policy for the use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a website analysis service by Google Inc. (“Google”). Provider of these services are Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer to analyse your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is sent to and stored at a Google server in the U.S.A.
Browser Plugin
You may prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting the settings of your browser. However, if you do so, you may be unable to use all features of this website. Further, you may prevent the collection of data generated by cookies and related to the use of this website by downloading and installing the plug-in under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
Objection against data collection
You may prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. Doing so, an Opt-Out-Cookie will be placed which prevents future data collection when visiting our website: Disable Google Analytics
IP-anonymisation
We are using the service of IP-anonymisation on this website. Your IP-address will be shortened priory within the member states of the European Union or other contractual states of the Treaty on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases your complete IP-address will be transmitted to a server in the U.S.A. and shortened there. Commissioned by the operators of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities for website operators and to provide other services related to website and internet activities. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
Privacy Policy for the use of Facebook-Plugins (Like-Button)
On our website plugins of the social network Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA are integrated. You recognise these plugins by the Facebook logo or the Like-Button on our site. For an overview of Facebook plugins, please see here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
If you visit our website, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established by this plugin. By that Facebook receives information that you have visited our website with your IP-address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged on to your Facebook account you may link the contents of our website to your Facebook account. Thereby Facebook can associate your visit of our website to your Facebook account. We would like to point out that we as providers of this website do not obtain knowledge about the contents of the transmitted data as well as the use of such by Facebook. For further information, please check the Privacy Policy of Facebook under https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not wish that Facebook associates your visit of our website to your Facebook account, please log out of your Facebook account.
Privacy Policy for the use of Twitter
On our website functions of the service Twitter are integrated. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter as well as the function “Re-Tweet” websites visited by you are linked to you Twitter account and posted to other users. In doing so, data will be transmitted to Twitter.
We would like to point out that we as providers of this website do not obtain knowledge about the contents of those data. For further information, please check the Privacy Policy of Twitter: http://twitter.com/privacy.
The privacy settings of your Twitter account can be adjusted under http://twitter.com/account/settings
Privacy Policy for the use of Google+ (NOT YET IN USE)
Our website integrates services of Google+. Provider of these services are Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Collection and forwarding of Information: By using the Google+ button you may publish information worldwide. Via the Google+ button you and other users receive personal-related contents from Google and our partners. Google stores the information that you have voted +1 for contents as well as information about the website that you were visiting as you clicked the +1 button. Your +1 votes may be published or displayed as notices together with your profile name and your picture at Google services, such as search results, your Google profile or at other places on websites.
Google records information about your +1 activities in order to improve the Google services for you and others. To be able to use the Google+ button you need a globally visible, public Google profile which must contain at least the user name chosen for this profile. This name will be used for all Google services. In some cases this name may be replaced by another name which you used when sharing contents via your Google account. The ID of your Google account can be displayed to users who know your e-mail address or possess any other information identifying you.
Use of collected information:
Besides the above mentioned designated purposes, the details provided by you are treated according to current Google data protection regulations. Google may publish summarised statistics about +1 activities of users or pass those statistics on to users and contractual partners like publishers, advertisers or linked websites, respectively.
Privacy Policy for the use of Instagram (NOT YET IN USE)
On our website functions of the service Instagram are embedded. These functions are offered by the Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged in to your Instagram account, you can link contents of our website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. By this ,Instagram will associate the visit of our website with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as providers of this website, do not obtain knowledge about the contents of transmitted data as well as their use by Instagram.
For further information, please review the Privacy Policy of Instagram: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
Privacy Policy for the use of LinkedIn
Our website uses functions of the network LinkedIn. The provider of Linked in is the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. On every access to one of our websites which contain LinkedIn functions, a connection to the servers of LinkedIn will be established. LinkedIn will be informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click the “recommend”-button of LinkedIn when being logged in to your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit of our website with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as providers of these website, do not obtain knowledge about the contents of transmitted data as well as their use by LinkedIn.
For further information, please review the Privacy Policy of LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Privacy Policy for the use of Pinterest (NOT YET IN USE)
On our website we use social plugins of the social network Pinterest which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103-4904, USA (“Pinterest”). If you access a website which contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of Pinterest. The plugin in transmits protocol data to the servers of Pinterest in the U.S.A. These protocol data might contain your IP-address, the address of the visited website, which also contain this plugin, type and setting of the browser, date and time of query, your way of using Pinterest as well as cookies.
For further information concerning purpose, extend and further processing and use of the data by Pinterst as well as your respective rights and possibilities for the protection of your privacy, please read the Privacy Policy of Pinterest: https://about.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
Privacy Policy for the use of YouTube
Our website uses plugins of the Google-operated website YouTube. Provider of the website is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our website having a YouTube-plugin embedded, a connection to YouTube servers will be established. The YouTube server will then be submitted the information that you have visited our website.
If you are logged on to your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your browsing behaviour with your personal profile. You may prevent this by logging out of YouTube.
You find further information concerning the treatment of user data in the Privacy Policy of YouTube under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
Privacy Policy for the use of Google Adsense
This website uses Google AdSense, a Google Inc. service to embed commercial information. Provider of these services are Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Adsense uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer to analyse the use of the website. Further, Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible images). These web beacons help to process information, such as visitor traffic on this website.
The information generated by cookies and web beacons about your use of this website (including your IP address) and dispatch of advertising formates is sent to and stored at a Google server in the U.S.A. Google may also transfer this information to their contractual partners. However, Google will not associate your IP address with any other data stored at Google’s.
You may prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting the settings of your browser; however, if you do so, you may be unable to use all features of this website. By using this website you agree to the processing of the collected information by Google, according to the above mentioned purpose.
Privacy Policy for the use of Google Analytics Remarketing
Our website use retargeting technologies by Google. Provider of these technologies are Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
This enables to address visitors of our website with customised, interest-related commercial information. The display of commercials takes place according to the cookie-based analysis of previous usage and browsing behaviour. According to our present stat of knowledge, no person-related data will be stored when visiting our website. On access, a cookie will be placed to collect anonymous data about interests of the user and so to adapt commercials to such information. These cookies are small text files which will be stored onto your computer or terminal device.
You can permanently object to the use of cookies for retargeting by deactivating customised commercials by Google here: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/
Further information and data protection regulations you find in Google’s Privacy Policy under http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
Registration at this website
You can register at this website to be able to use additional functions on this website. The data entered for this purpose will only be used for purpose of use of the respective offer or service for which you have registered.
We also use the provided e-mail address to inform you about important changes, such as change of the offer range or in case of technical changes.
Processing of data (customer data and contract data)
We collect, process and use person-related data only as far as necessary for the establishment, content-related arrangement or change of the legal relationship (stock data). We only collect, process and use person-related data about the use of our websites (usage data) insofar it is necessary for enabling, improving or invoicing the use of the service.
Transmission of data to third parties
We transmit person-related data to third parties only if it necessary to fulfil the contract, e.g transmitting data to the commissioned credit institution in charge with the payment.
A further transmission of data to third parties does not take place unless you have given your explicit permission. A transmission of data to third parties for commercial purposes does not take place.
Right to information, deletion, blocking
You have the right to be informed about your person-related data, their origin and addressee and the purpose of data processing as well as the right to correction, blocking or deletion of those data at any time and free of charge. For further questions and questions concerning person-related data, feel free to contact us under the address published in the impressum/legal notice.
Objection to commercial mails
Providers are obligated to publish contact information in the Legal Note/Impressum. The use of such contact information by third parties for the purpose of distributing unsolicited advertisements or other commercial information is prohibited. The operators of this website reserve the right to take legal measures in case of being sent unsolicited commercial information, e.g. spam mails etc.