# Privacy Policy
Last updated: 06 Nov 2026
This privacy policy explains how River Rats GbR (“we”, “us”) collects and processes personal data when you visit https://riverrats.berlin or contact us by email.
## 1. Controller
The controller responsible for the processing of your personal data is:
**River Rats GbR**
Hasenheide 115
Berlin, Germany
Email: theriverratsberlin@gmail.com
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at the email address above.
## 2. Email enquiries
If you contact us by email, we process the personal data you provide, including:
- Your name, if provided
- Your email address
- The content of your message
- Any other information you choose to share with us
We use this information solely to read, process and respond to your enquiry, for example regarding bookings, press enquiries, collaborations or general questions.
We do not use your contact details for newsletters, marketing or any other purpose unless you have separately agreed to this.
**Legal basis:**
We process your data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest), because we need to respond to enquiries addressed to us. Where your enquiry concerns a potential booking or another contractual arrangement, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures) may also apply.
**Retention period:**
We store email correspondence only for as long as necessary to deal with your enquiry and any follow-up communication. Thereafter, we delete the data unless legal retention obligations require longer storage.
## 3. Server log files
When you visit this website, our hosting provider automatically collects certain technical data, including:
- IP address
- Date and time of access
- Requested page or file
- Referring website
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
This data is processed to deliver the website, ensure its security and stability, and diagnose technical problems.
**Legal basis:**
Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the secure and reliable operation of our website).
## 4. Cookies and third-party services
This website uses only technically necessary cookies and similar technologies where required for its operation, security or essential functions.
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We also use the following services, which may set cookies or transfer data to third parties:
- YouTube
These services are only activated after you have given your consent through our cookie banner. You may withdraw or change your consent at any time.
**Legal basis:**
Technically necessary cookies are used on the basis of Section 25(2) TDDDG in conjunction with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Non-essential cookies and comparable technologies are used only with your consent, pursuant to Section 25(1) TDDDG and Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
## 5. Service providers
We use the following service providers to operate this website:
- **Hosting provider:** Ionos
Depending on the services used, data may be transferred to service providers located outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where this occurs, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, for example standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.
## 6. Your rights
You have the following rights under the GDPR:
- Right of access (Article 15 GDPR)
- Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
- Right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
- Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
- Right to object to processing (Article 21 GDPR)
- Right to withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent (Article 7(3) GDPR)
To exercise these rights, please contact us at: **theriverratsberlin@gmail.com**.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection (Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit).
## 7. Data security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure. These measures include encrypted data transmission via HTTPS and restricted access to personal data.
## 8. Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time, for example when our services, technical infrastructure or legal requirements change. The current version is always available on this page.
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