Privacy Policy
With this privacy policy, we aim to be transparent about what personal data we collect and for what purposes we use it. We process all personal data in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereinafter, the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR). Party Rent Franchise GmbH (hereinafter “Party.Rent”) only stores personal data that comes directly from the data subject and has been provided by that person. This privacy policy applies when you visit our website or use our services.
Person in Charge
The data protection officer is:
Party Rent Franchise GmbH
Daimlerstraße 3
61239 Ober-Mörlen/Frankfurt
Germany
T: +49 69 560031-13
E: datenschutz@party.rent
We have appointed a data protection officer:
Data Protection Officer for Party Rent Franchise GmbH
T: +49 69 560031-13
E: datenschutz@party.rent
Server Log Files
Purpose, Legal Basis, and Legitimate Interest
When you access our website—that is, even if you do not register or otherwise provide any information—general information is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address, and similar data.
This data is processed, in particular, for the following purposes:
- Ensure a seamless connection to the website,
- To ensure a smooth experience on our website and
- Assess the system’s security and stability.
In addition, we reserve the right to review server log files at a later date if there are specific indications of illegal use.
The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1) of the GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipients of the data
We use technical service providers to operate and maintain our website; these providers act as data processors on our behalf.
Storage period
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. This primarily applies to data used to provide the website once the respective session has ended.
Planned or Required Supply
Providing the personal data mentioned earlier in the text is neither required by law nor contractually mandatory. However, without the IP address or cookie identifier, we cannot guarantee the service and functionality of our website. In addition, some services and features may not be available or may be restricted.
Opposition
Please read the information below regarding your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR.
Newsletter
Purpose and Legal Basis
You can subscribe to our newsletter, in which we provide updates on our services. You can subscribe to the newsletter via our website by providing your email address, first name, and last name.
The legal basis for these processes is your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation).
Recipients of the data
Both Party.Rent and the service provider involved can access this personal data. We have a data processing agreement
with the designated service provider to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality for your personal data.
Storage period
The data will only be processed in this context as long as the relevant consent remains in effect. After that, it will be deleted.
Mandatory or Necessary Supply
Your personal information will only be added to the mailing list with your express consent. You give your consent by clicking on a link in the email you will receive immediately after subscribing to the newsletter.
External Program
We use the third-party service MailChimp to send out the newsletter. For this purpose, we share your personal data with them. Of course, you can review MailChimp’s privacy policy.
Withdrawal of Consent
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. You can do this by clicking the link in the newsletter itself.
Contact Request
Purpose and Legal Basis
If you would like to contact us, you can fill out a contact form on our website. The personal data you enter in the contact form is processed in encrypted form.
When you fill out a contact form, we need the following personal data from you:
- Locations
- First Name
- Last Name
- Company
- Email address
- Phone number
Event Information:
- Reason for the event
- Number of people
- Event Location
- Date of the event
- Your message
This way, we can get in touch with you and stay in touch.
The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) and for the purpose of entering into, performing, or terminating a contractual relationship (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
Recipients of the data
Both Party.Rent and the service provider involved can access this personal data. We have a data processing agreement
with the designated service provider to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality for your personal data.
Storage period
Once your contact form has been processed, we will delete your personal information within 5 business days.
Mandatory or Necessary Supply
Providing your personal information is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, phone number, email address, and the reason for your request.
Opposition
Please read the information below regarding your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR
Callback Request Form
Purpose and Legal Basis
If you would like to request a callback, you can do so by filling out a form on the website. The personal information you enter in the callback form is processed in encrypted form. When you fill out a callback form, we need the following personal information from you:
- Locations
- First Name
- Last Name
- Company
- Email address
- Phone number
Event Information:
- Reason for the event
- Number of people
- Event Location
- Date of the event
- Your message
With this personal information, we can call you back and provide you with preliminary information about the event.
The processing of data entered in the callback form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) and for the purpose of entering into, performing, or terminating a contractual relationship (Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR).
Recipients of the data
Both Party.Rent and the service provider involved can access this personal data. We have a data processing agreement
with the designated service provider to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality for your personal data.
Storage period
Once the callback form has been processed, we will delete your personal information within 5 business days.
Mandatory or Necessary Supply
Providing your personal information is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, phone number, email address, and the reason for your request.
Opposition
Please read the information below regarding your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR.
Create a “My Party.Rent” account
Purpose and Legal Basis
You can create a “My Party.Rent” account through the Party.Rent website. The personal information you enter in the form is processed in encrypted form. When you fill out a form, we need the following personal information from you:
- Treatment
- First Name
- Last Name
- Company
- Email address
- Phone number
- Password
We cannot see your passwords. With this personal information, we can create your account. With this account, you can place orders, view order status, and modify an order, as well as add furniture to your favorites.
The legal basis for these processes is your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation).
Recipients of the data
Both Party.Rent and the service provider involved can access this personal data. We have a data processing agreement
with the designated service provider to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality for your personal data.
Storage period
If your “My Party.Rent” account has been inactive for 1 year, we will notify you by email. If you do not log in to your “My Party.Rent” account within 5 business days, we will delete your personal data within 24 hours (business days).
You also have the option to delete your “My Party.Rent” account using a button in “My Party.Rent.” After clicking this button, you will need to confirm the deletion again. After you consent to deleting your “My Party.Rent” account, your personal data stored in your account will be deleted within 24 business hours.
Mandatory or Necessary Supply
Providing your personal information is voluntary. However, we can only set up your account if you provide us with your name, phone number, and email address.
Opposition
Please read the information below regarding your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR.
Download the white paper
Purpose and Legal Basis
You can download white papers from the Party.Rent website. The personal data you enter in the white paper download form is processed in encrypted form. When you fill out a white paper download form, we need the following personal data from you:
- Treatment
- First Name
- Last Name
- Company
- Position
- Email address
With this personal information, we can send you the appropriate white paper that interests you.
The legal basis for these processes is a legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation) and for the initiation, performance, or termination of a contractual relationship (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR).
Recipients of the data
Both Party.Rent and the service provider involved have access to this personal data. We have a data processing agreement
with the designated service provider to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality for your personal data.
Storage period
Once the white paper download form has been processed, we will delete your personal data within 1 month.
Mandatory or Necessary Provision The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only send you the appropriate white paper if you provide us with your name and email address.
Mandatory or Necessary Supply
Providing your personal information is voluntary. However, we can only set up your account if you provide us with your name, phone number, and email address.
Opposition
Please read the information below regarding your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR.
Order or inquire at the online store
Purpose and Legal Basis
If you would like to place an order or make an inquiry through our online store, we need the following personal information from you:
- Treatment
- First Name
- Last Name
- Company
- Street
- House number
- ZIP Code
- City
- State or province
- Country
- Phone number
- Shipping Information
We need this information to process your order or inquiry.
The processing of data entered in the order form is based on a legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) and for the negotiation, performance, or termination of a contractual relationship (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR).
Recipients of the data
Both Party.Rent and the service provider involved have access to this personal data. We have entered into a data processing agreement with the service provider to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality for your personal data.
Storage period
After you complete your order or inquiry, we will delete your personal information from our online store within 1 year.
Mandatory or Necessary Supply
Providing your personal information is voluntary. However, we can only process your inquiry if you provide us with your name, address, and phone number.
Objection
Please read the information below regarding your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR.
Cookies
We use cookies on our website both to ensure the proper functioning of our website and for analytical purposes. Below, we explain which cookies are used and for what purposes. If you need more information about cookies, please see our cookie policy.
Google Analytics
Party.Rent uses Google Analytics features provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. This service allows us to gather information about how the website is used and to optimize it for users. Google Analytics cookies store pseudonymized personal data about visitors in Google Analytics. The pseudonymized personal data includes:
- Location
- Operating System
- Browser
- Device type (tablet, cell phone, or desktop computer)
- Page views
- How the visitor arrived at the website
- Length of the visit
- The IP address
It is not, for example, visible. Therefore, the data cannot be attributed to a specific person. You can find information about the security of your personal data in Google’s privacy policy. Party.Rent has a data processing agreement with Google
Analytics to ensure the same level of security and confidentiality for your data.
Microsoft Clarity
We use Microsoft Clarity to gather information about website usage and optimize the site for users. Clarity is used to store pseudonymized personal data from visitors in Microsoft Clarity. Pseudonymized personal data consists of visit logs. Clarity captures interactions such as mouse movements, clicks, scrolling, etc., that a user performs on the website. The data is stored for up to one year. You can find information about the security of your personal data in Microsoft’s privacy policy.
Google reCAPTCHA
On this website, we also use the reCAPTCHA feature provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). This feature is primarily used to distinguish whether an entry is made by a human or, in an abusive manner, through automated and mechanical processing.
The service involves sending the IP address and, possibly, other data necessary for the reCAPTCHA service to Google, and is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility on the Internet and preventing abuse and spam. In connection with the use of Google reCAPTCHA, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC in the U.S.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=es.
Notice Regarding Data Transfers to the U.S.
Our website contains links to companies based in the United States, among other places. If you use these links and click on them, personal data may be transferred to the respective companies’ servers in the United States. We would like to point out that the United States is not a “safe third country” within the meaning of EU data protection law. U.S. companies are required to provide personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, having any legal recourse to challenge this. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that U.S. authorities (such as intelligence agencies) may process, evaluate, and permanently store your data located on U.S. servers for surveillance purposes.
We have no control over these processing activities.
This website uses the following social media plugin:
“Facebook-I-Like” and/or Facebook’s “Like” button, operated by: Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States.
This social media plugin is software developed and provided by the social media service mentioned above, which enables the automatic exchange of data between the website and the social media service. As a result, data can be dynamically transferred from the social media service to the website, among other things.
It is also possible that user data from this website may be transferred to the social media service, including the IP address. You can recognize the use of these social media plugins by the specially marked buttons. Even when loading the website, personal data may be exchanged with the corresponding social media service. In such cases, users have the option to opt out of this data exchange by adjusting their user account settings on the website of the social media service mentioned above.
The use of the Facebook plugin on the website is indicated by the Facebook symbol (a white “f” in a blue box or a thumbs-up icon) on the corresponding button. By clicking this button, you consent to the use of this plugin and, therefore, to the transfer of personal data to the aforementioned social media service. We have no control over the type and scope of the data transmitted or its subsequent processing. To the best of our current knowledge, during this process, the aforementioned social media service is informed of your IP address and the website on which the plugin is being used.
If you are logged in to the platform of the aforementioned social media service at the same time, this information may be directly associated with your user profile. If you wish to prevent the collection of information from your profile, we recommend that you log out of the corresponding social media service’s platform.
You can find more information on Facebook about how to manage
the plugin and the social media service at: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. You can also find more information about Facebook’s data usage policies at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.
X (Twitter)
Our website incorporates features from the Twitter service, provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States. When you use Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” feature, the web pages you have visited will be linked to your Twitter account and shared with other users. This also involves the transfer of data to Twitter. Please note that we, as the providers of these web pages, have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Twitter uses it. For more information, please see Twitter’s privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/en/privacy.
You can change your privacy settings in your account at: https://twitter.com/settings/account.
Our pages include Instagram features provided by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. If you are logged into your Instagram account, clicking the Instagram button will allow you to link the content on our pages to your Instagram profile. Instagram can then associate your visit to our pages with your user account. Please note that we, as the providers of these pages, have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Instagram uses it. For more information, please see Instagram’s privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.
On our website, we use social media plugins from the social network Pinterest, operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, United States (“Pinterest”). When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest’s servers. The plugin transmits log data to Pinterest’s server in the United States. This log data may include your IP address, the addresses of the websites you have visited that also contain Pinterest features, your browser type and settings, the date and time of the request, how you use Pinterest, and cookies.
For more information about the purpose, scope, and further processing and use of data by Pinterest, as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy, please see Pinterest’s privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy.
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from the YouTube website, which is operated by Google. The operator of these pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, United States. When you visit one of our pages that includes a YouTube plugin, a connection is established to YouTube’s servers. During this process, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you sign in to your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to link your browsing activity directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by signing out of your YouTube account.
For more information on how user data is handled, please see YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=es.
Our website uses features from the social network XING. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Every time you access one of our pages that contains XING features, a connection is established with XING’s servers. To the best of our knowledge, no personal data is stored during this process. In particular, IP addresses are not stored, and usage behavior is not analyzed.
For more information about data protection and the XING share button, please see XING’s privacy policy at: https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy.
Information about children under 16
Our website and/or our services are not intended to collect personal data from visitors under the age of 16 unless they have permission from their parents or legal guardians. However, we cannot verify whether a visitor is over 16 years of age. Therefore, we recommend that parents participate in their children’s online activities to prevent the unauthorized collection of children’s personal data. If you believe we have collected personal data from a minor without the necessary consent, please contact us using the contact information at the end of this privacy policy. The data will be deleted immediately.
Privacy Rights
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Information Under Article 15 of the GDPR
- Right to rectification under Article 16 of the GDPR
- Right to erasure under Article 17 of the GDPR
- Right to restriction of processing under Article 18 of the General Data Protection Regulation (
, GDPR) - Right to data portability under Article 20 of the
GDPR - Right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact our data protection officer. We will respond to your request as soon as possible and, in any case, within four weeks. Please attach a copy of your ID to your request. Be sure to black out your personal identification number. In addition, you must indicate on the copy that it is being provided for the purpose mentioned above. Only in this way can we ensure that only you have access to your personal data.
Party.Rent has no control over how social media platforms use data. We cannot access or modify personally identifiable data from Google Analytics on your behalf
We would also like to point out that you have the option to file a complaint with the national supervisory authority, the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (“Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit”). You can do so via the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/EN/Buerger/Inhalte/Allgemein/Datenschutz/BeschwerdeBeiDatenschutzbehoerden.html.
Right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (data processing based on a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4(4) of the GDPR.
If you object, we will not process your personal data unless we can demonstrate legitimate and compelling grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.
The address or other identifying information can be sent to:
Party Rent Franchise GmbH
Daimlerstraße 3
61239 Ober-Mörlen/Frankfurt
Germany
T: +49 69 560031-13
E: datenschutz@party.rent
Data Security
Party Rent takes the protection of your personal data seriously and takes appropriate measures to prevent misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unauthorized disclosure, and unauthorized alteration. For example, Party Rent uses:
- encryption using an SSL layer
- in addition to ensuring that only the necessary individuals have access to the data and
- that access to the data is protected and
- that our security measures be reviewed regularly
If you believe your personal information is not secure or you have reason to suspect misuse, please contact us using the contact information at the end of this privacy policy.
Questions and/or comments
If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy, please contact us using the contact information at the end of this privacy policy.
Contact Information
Party Rent Franchise GmbH
Daimlerstraße 3
61239 Ober-Mörlen/Frankfurt
Germany
T: +49 69 560031-13
E: datenschutz@party.rent
Website: https://www.party.rent
Company headquarters: Ober-Mörlen
Commercial register: AG Coesfeld HRB 9028
Tax ID number: DE220979443
Managing Partners: Christian Eichenberger & Charles Schroeder
Responsible for content: Christian Eichenberger (Managing Partner) & Charles Schroeder (Managing Partner)
Data Protection Officer: datenschutz@party.rent (Bernhard Wewering)