Non-Legal Summary for Those in a Hurry
Three Little Pigs Hostel respects data protection regulations and your rights. We only collect and process data when necessary for specific reasons. We store your data only as long as needed. You can use our website without providing personal information. However, if you fill out a contact form or send us an email, we store this data to process your request or respond to you. Some data must be stored for tax reasons or because it is necessary to fulfill contracts. When you visit our site, a cookie may be stored on your computer. This allows our server to uniquely identify your browser. This ensures the security of our systems and offers more convenience for users—for example, passwords do not need to be entered each time. We also store statistical data (log files) on the server regarding website usage.
Because electronic communication can be inherently insecure, you can also contact us by non-electronic means.
Upon request, we will inform you which data we have stored about you. We delete or correct incorrect data. Upon request, we will also inform you to whom we may have transmitted data. However, Three Little Pigs Hostel does not share your data with third parties unless there is a valid reason to do so. Three Little Pigs Hostel does not make automated case decisions and does not use profiling technologies.
The following privacy policy provides detailed information about which data is stored and processed, what rights you have, and whom you can contact.
Beginning of Privacy Policy
You can generally use our websites without providing personal data. However, if you use contact forms, registration forms, or similar features, it may be necessary for us to process your personal data. In this case, we obtain your consent unless there is a legal basis for data processing.
Personal data includes, for example, name, address, email address, or phone number. We process your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in compliance with country-specific data protection regulations that apply to Three Little Pigs Hostel.
This privacy policy informs you about the type, scope, and purpose of the data we collect, use, and process. It also informs you about your rights in connection with the use of your data.
Technical and organizational measures ensure that your data is secure. However, data transmission over the internet can have security vulnerabilities. Absolute protection therefore does not exist. For this reason, you can also transmit your data to us by other means, such as by mail, telephone, or fax.
1. Definitions
In this privacy policy, we use terms that are used in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This privacy policy should be easy to understand. Therefore, we explain some technical terms below.
1a) Personal Data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). A data subject is considered identified if they can be directly or indirectly associated with characteristics that allow conclusions about their identity. This includes, among other things, names, customer numbers, location data, or the combination of various characteristics.
1b) Processing
Processing describes operations or series of operations in connection with personal data. Processing can be automated, semi-automated, or manual. Examples include: storing, reading, modifying, querying, deleting, disclosing, transmitting.
1c) Restriction of Processing
The goal of a restriction is to mark data records so that their processing is restricted in the future.
1d) Profiling
In profiling, data is automatically processed so that personal data is linked to an evaluation. The evaluation can be made, for example, with regard to behavior, reliability, economic situation, preferences, work performance, etc.
1e) Pseudonymization
In pseudonymization, personal data is processed so that the data can no longer be attributed to a person unless additional information is used. This additional information must be stored separately. Technical and organizational measures ensure that personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
1f) Controller or Person Responsible for Processing
The natural or legal person, authority, institution, or other body that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data is the responsible person.
1g) Processor
A natural or legal person, authority, institution, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller is a processor.
1h) Recipient
A natural or legal person, authority, institution, or other body to whom personal data is disclosed is the recipient—regardless of whether they are a third party. Authorities to whom data is disclosed under EU or national law in the context of investigations are not considered recipients.
1i) Third Party
A natural or legal person, authority, institution, or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor, and persons authorized under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor to process personal data are third parties.
1j) Consent
A freely given and unambiguous expression of will by the data subject is consent when the expression of will relates to the agreement to process their personal data. Consent can be a statement or other clearly affirmative action.
2. Name and Address of the Controller
The controller within the meaning of the GDPR, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union, and other provisions with data protection character is:
Three Little Pigs Hostel
Blessing & Schoenermark GbR
Management: Thomas Blessing
Stresemannstraße 66
10963 Berlin
Phone: 030 / 26 39 588 0
Fax: 030 / 26 39 588 26
[email protected]
3. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on a computer system via the browser.
Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID, a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which the website or a server can be associated with the specific browser. This allows visited websites to distinguish the browser of a specific person from other browsers. A specific internet browser can thus be identified and recognized via the cookie ID.
Cookies enable us to provide user-friendly services to website users that would not be possible without cookies.
With a cookie, information and offers on our website can be optimized. The purpose of recognizing browsers through cookies is to make it easier for users to use the website, since, for example, login credentials do not have to be entered again with each visit.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies at any time through a corresponding setting of the internet browser and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via the internet browser. If the data subject deactivates cookies in the internet browser, not all functions of the website may be usable.
4. Collection of General Data and Information
Our website collects some general data and information with each access to the website by a data subject or an automated system. This data is stored in the server’s log files. The following may be collected:
When using this data, Three Little Pigs Hostel cannot draw conclusions about the data subject. The data is needed to
This anonymous data and information is evaluated by us statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security. The anonymous data from the server log files is stored separately from all other personal data.
5. Registration on Our Website
The data subject can register on the website or fill out contact forms by providing personal data. Which personal data is transmitted is determined by the respective form. The entered personal data is collected and stored exclusively for internal use by Three Little Pigs Hostel and for our own purposes. Three Little Pigs Hostel may arrange for transmission to one or more processors. This processor will use the personal data exclusively for internal purposes attributable to the purposes mentioned here.
When using a form on this website, the IP address of the data subject is stored along with the date and time. This prevents misuse of services, as this data makes it possible to investigate crimes if necessary. Therefore, storing this data is necessary for our protection. This data is generally not passed on to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to do so or the transmission serves criminal prosecution.
The data from the forms that the data subject voluntarily enters serves to offer the data subject services that, by their nature, can only be offered to users who provide data and information. Data subjects can have their personal data changed or completely deleted at any time.
Upon request, Three Little Pigs Hostel provides each data subject with information at any time about which personal data is stored about the data subject. Furthermore, Three Little Pigs Hostel corrects or deletes personal data upon request, provided that legal retention obligations do not prevent this.
6. Contact Options via the Website
Our website contains, among other things, due to legal requirements, information that enables quick contact with us and direct communication with us, including by electronic means. This includes a general email address.
If a data subject contacts us by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject is automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted to us on a voluntary basis is stored for the purposes of processing or contacting. This personal data is not passed on to third parties.
7. Routine Deletion and Blocking of Personal Data
The controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for as long as necessary to achieve the storage purpose or if this is provided for by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which we are subject.
If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal regulations.
8. Rights of the Data Subject
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the following rights granted by the European legislator:
8a) Right to Confirmation
Every data subject has the right to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right, they can contact an employee of Three Little Pigs Hostel at any time.
8b) Right to Access
Every data subject has the right to obtain free information at any time about the personal data stored about them and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:
Furthermore, the data subject has the right to information as to whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to access, they can contact an employee of Three Little Pigs Hostel at any time.
8c) Right to Rectification
Every data subject has the right to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, they have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data—including by means of a supplementary statement—taking into account the purposes of processing.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right, they can contact an employee of Three Little Pigs Hostel at any time.
8d) Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten)
Every data subject has the right to request that Three Little Pigs Hostel erase personal data concerning them without undue delay, provided that one of the following reasons applies and processing is not necessary:
If one of these reasons applies and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of data stored at Three Little Pigs Hostel, they can contact an employee of Three Little Pigs Hostel at any time. The employee will ensure that the erasure request is complied with without undue delay.
If personal data has been made public by Three Little Pigs Hostel and the company is obliged as a controller pursuant to Art. 17(1) GDPR to erase personal data, Three Little Pigs Hostel, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, takes reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the published data that the data subject has requested the erasure of all links to this data or of copies and replications, insofar as processing is not necessary. The employee of Three Little Pigs Hostel will arrange what is necessary on a case-by-case basis.
8e) Right to Restriction of Processing
Every data subject has the right to request that the controller restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met:
If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data, they can contact an employee of Three Little Pigs Hostel at any time. The employee will arrange for the restriction of processing.
8f) Right to Data Portability
Every data subject has the right to receive the personal data concerning them in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format from the controller. They also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
Furthermore, in exercising their right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
To exercise the right to data portability, the data subject can contact an employee of Three Little Pigs Hostel at any time.
8g) Right to Object
Every data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them which is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
In the event of an objection, Three Little Pigs Hostel will no longer process personal data unless compelling legitimate grounds for the processing are demonstrated that override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
If Three Little Pigs Hostel processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such marketing. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to direct marketing. If the data subject objects to Three Little Pigs Hostel processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.
Furthermore, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning them at Three Little Pigs Hostel for statistical, scientific, or historical research purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR. This does not apply if such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the data subject can contact any employee of Three Little Pigs Hostel directly. The data subject is free, in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise their right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
8h) Automated Individual Decision-Making, Including Profiling
Every data subject has the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing—including profiling—which produces legal effects concerning them or similarly significantly affects them, provided that the decision (a) is not necessary for entering into or performing a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (b) is authorized by EU or national law to which Three Little Pigs Hostel is subject and which contains appropriate measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (c) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent.
If the decision (a) is necessary for entering into or performing a contract between the data subject and the controller or (b) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, Three Little Pigs Hostel takes appropriate measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express their point of view, and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to exercise rights with regard to automated decisions, they can contact an employee of Three Little Pigs Hostel at any time.
8i) Right to Withdraw Data Protection Consent
Every data subject has the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to exercise their right to withdraw consent, they can contact an employee of Three Little Pigs Hostel at any time.
9. Data Protection in Applications and the Application Process
Three Little Pigs Hostel collects and processes personal data of applicants to handle application processes. Processing may also be carried out electronically, particularly when an applicant submits application documents electronically. If an employment contract is concluded with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with legal regulations. If no employment contract is concluded with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller prevent deletion. Other legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, an obligation to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
10. Legal Basis for Processing
Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for the processing of data for a specific purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to processing operations necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures. If Three Little Pigs Hostel is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data (for example, fulfilling tax obligations), the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured at our premises and their name, age, or other vital information had to be passed on to a hospital. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR. Finally, processing operations may be based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. This applies to processing operations not covered by any of the legal bases mentioned here if processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests or those of a third party. This applies provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override. This is permitted for us primarily because it was specifically mentioned by the European legislator, as a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, sentence 2 GDPR).
11. Legitimate Interests in Processing Pursued by the Controller or a Third Party
If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest is to conduct our business for the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.
12. Duration for Which Personal Data Is Stored
The respective legal retention period is the decisive criterion for the duration of storage of personal data. After the period expires, we routinely delete the corresponding data, provided we no longer need it to fulfill contracts or initiate contracts.
13. Legal, Contractual Provisions Regarding the Provision of Personal Data; Necessity for Contract Conclusion; Obligation of the Data Subject to Provide Personal Data; Possible Consequences of Non-Provision
We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law or may result from contractual provisions. It may be necessary for a contract conclusion that a data subject provides us with personal data that we must also process. Failure to provide this data would mean that the contract could not be concluded. Before transmitting personal data, the data subject can contact one of our employees, who will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of a contract, whether there is an obligation to provide personal data, and what the consequences would be if the data is not provided.
14. Existence of Automated Decision-Making
We do not use automated decision-making or profiling.
Of course, despite the great public transport links, you can also reach the Three Little Pigs Hostel by car.
Set the address “Stresemannstr. 66, 10963 Berlin (Kreuzberg)” in your GPS to reach your destination easily.
Once you arrive, you can park on either side of Stresemannstraße. There is also free parking available in the neighboring streets.
Please keep the environmental zone in mind when arriving by private car!
Due to its central location, the Three Little Pigs Hostel is located within this zone.
You can find more information here
You can also conveniently order the environmental badge online: www.plakette24.de
It’s best to take care of this one or two weeks in advance so that the badge reaches you in time.
The hostel team wishes you a happy and relaxed journey!
Arrival at ZOB (Central Bus Station)
Arrival at Südkreuz (Station)
Arrival at Main Station
Take the RE20 or FEX train towards “Südkreuz”.
Get off at “Südkreuz” station.
Take the S2 S-Bahn towards “Buch” or the S25 towards “Hennigsdorf”.
Get off at “Anhalter Bahnhof” station.
Take the “Stresemannstraße/Martin-Gropius-Bau” exit.
Cross at the traffic lights and walk about 200 m straight ahead to the Three Little Pigs Hostel.
You’ll find us in the courtyard.
