1. General
The protection of your personal data is very important to us. Therefore, we process your data exclusively on the basis of the legal regulations (GDPR, TKG 2021). In this privacy policy, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing within the framework of our website.
Controller: Bogdan Stojanovic (bibesto)
Villacher Schächtestraße 38, 9500 Villach, Austria
Email: bogdan@rivalforte.com
2. Data Collection and Purposes
Waitlist & Communication: We collect your email address, hotel name and city to manage our "Founding Member" waiting list and send you market alerts. This is based on your explicit consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
Technical Logs: Our server provider (Hetzner Online GmbH, Germany) processes temporary connection data (IP addresses) for security and stability purposes.
Privacy-First Analytics: We use Plausible Analytics to understand how our site is used. Plausible does not use cookies, does not store personal data, and is fully compliant with GDPR/ePrivacy by design.
3. Third-Party Processors
We only share data with essential service providers bound by Data Processing Agreements (DPA):
Hosting: Hetzner Online GmbH (Germany) – Servers and database.
Email Services: MailerLite (EU) – Management of the waiting list and double opt-in.
4. Data Retention and Deletion
If you unsubscribe from our list, your email is moved to a "suppression list" to ensure we do not contact you again. If you request a full "Right to be Forgotten" (Art. 17 GDPR), we will permanently delete all your data unless we are legally required to keep it (e.g., for future billing records).
5. Your Rights
You have the right to access your data, correct inaccuracies, or withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise these rights, please contact the email address above.
6. Cookies
Our website does not use tracking or advertising cookies for which consent would be required. We only use technically necessary cookies or similar technologies (Local Storage) that are essential for the operation and functionality of the website (e.g., to store your language preference or the status of the reservation form).
Legal Basis: Our legitimate interest in a functioning website (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
7. Web Analytics (Plausible Analytics)
We use "Plausible Analytics" on this website, a privacy-friendly web analytics service provided by Plausible Insights OÜ (Estonia, EU).
- Why Plausible? Plausible does not use cookies and does not store personal data. No information is stored in the user's browser, and no data is passed on to advertising networks. Instead, your IP address is only processed briefly to create an anonymized "Daily Digest" identifier that changes every 24 hours. It is not possible for us to identify you personally.
- Processed Data: Only aggregated data is recorded, such as page views, time spent on the site, country of origin (not precise location), browser used, and operating system.
Legal Basis: Processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) in statistically analyzing and optimizing the use of our website without interfering with user privacy. Consent (cookie banner) is therefore not required.
Further information can be found in Plausible's privacy policy: https://plausible.io/data-policy