Cookie Policy

INFORMATION REGARDING COOKIES

1. Introduction
2. Who is the controller of your data?
3. What are cookies?
4. What categories of your data do we collect and use?
5. Types of cookies used on our Website
6. Why do we collect your data?
7. How long do we retain your data?
8. Cookie management
9. What are your data protection rights and how can you exercise them?
10. Contact details of the data controller
11. Contact details of our data protection officer (DPO)

1. Introduction

This information sheet serves to inform you about our website’s ("Website") Cookie Policy so that you may better understand the use of cookies during your navigation.

2. Who is the controller of your data?

When this policy mentions "Company", "we," "us," "our" or "Data Controller", it refers to:

LASTMINUTE.COM NV, business register no. 34267347 and with registered office at Prins Bernhardplein 200, 1097 JB Amsterdam, which is responsible for the processing of Users’ and/or Customers’ personal data under this Privacy Policy (hereinafter, referred to as the "Company", "we", "us", "our", "Data Controller").

3. What are cookies?

Cookies are small files which are stored on your computer, they hold a modest amount of data specific to you and allows a server to deliver a page tailored to you on your computer, hard drive, smartphone or tablet (hereinafter referred to as, "Device"). Later on, if you return to our Website, it can read and recognise the cookies. Primarily, they are used to operate or improve the way our Website works.

4. What categories of your data do we collect and use?

When you visit the Website (you as a "User") we collect the categories of personal data as follows:

Personal data collected automatically from our Website

• Information about your visits to and use of the Website, such as information about the device and browser you are using, your IP address or domain names of the computers connected to the Websites, uniform resource identifiers for requests made, the time of request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the archive obtained as a response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response given by the server (correct, error, etc.) and other parameters relative to the operating system and the computer environment used, the date and time that you visited, the duration of your visit, the referral source and website navigation paths of your visit and your interactions on the Website including the Services and offers you are interested in. Please note that we may associate this information with your account.

Please see the following clause of this Policy for further information on the purposes for which we collect and use this information.

5. Types of cookies used on our Website

5.1. Types of cookies according to the managing entity:

• First party cookies: these are sent to your Device from a computer or domain managed by us and from which the service you requested is provided.

5.2. Types of cookies according to the length of time you stay connected:

Depending on the amount of time you remain active on your Device, these are the following types of cookies:

• Session cookies: these are designed to receive and store data while you access the Website. These cookies do not remain stored on your Device when you exit the session or browser.
• Persistent cookies: these types of cookies remain stored on your Device and can be accessed and processed after you exit the Website as well as when you navigate on it for a pre-determined period of time. The cookie remains on the hard drive until it reaches its expiration date. The maximum time we use persistent cookies on our Website is 2 years. At this point the browser would purge the cookie from the hard drive.

5.3. Types of cookies according to their purpose

Cookies can be grouped as follows:

• Technical cookies: these cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our Website and are essential for browsing and allow the use of various features. Without them, you cannot use the search function, compare tool or book other available services on our Website.
• Analytical cookies for statistical purposes and measuring traffic: these cookies gather information about your use of our Website, the pages you visit and any errors that may occur during navigation. We also use these cookies to recognise the place of origin for visits to our Website. These cookies do not gather information that may personally identify you. All information is collected in an anonymous manner and is used to improve the functioning of our Website through statistical information. Therefore, these cookies do not contain personal data. In some cases, some of these cookies are managed on our behalf by third parties, but may not be used by them for purposes other than those mentioned above.

6. Why do we collect your data?

Why?

A. To create and maintain the contractual relation established for the provision of the Service requested by you in all its phases and by way of any possible integration and modification.

On which legal basis?

To provide a requested service

Why?

B. To meet the legal, regulatory and compliance requirements and to respond to requests by government or law enforcement authorities conducting an investigation.

On which legal basis?

To comply with the law

Why?

C. To carry out anonymous, aggregative statistical analyses so that we can see how our Website, products and services are being used and how our business is performing.

On which legal basis?

To pursue our legitimate interest(i.e. improving our Website, its features and our products and services)

7. How long do we retain your data?

We retain your personal data for as long as is required to achieve the purposes and fulfil the activities as set out in this Cookies Policy, otherwise communicated to you or for as long as is permitted by applicable law. Further information about the retention period is available here:

Data collected via tag
Technical cookies
Retention period
Max 3 years
Starting date
From the date of browsing on our websites

8. Cookie management

You must keep in mind that if your Device does not have cookies enabled, your experience on the Website may be limited, thereby impeding the navigation and use of our services.

8.1.- How do I disable/enable cookies?

There are a number of ways to manage cookies. By modifying your browser settings, you can opt to disable cookies. You can also erase all cookies installed in your browser’s cookie folder. Keep in mind that each browser has a different procedure for managing and configuring cookies. Here’s how you manage cookies in the various major browsers:

• MICROSOFT WINDOWS EXPLORER
• GOOGLE CHROME
• MOZILLA FIREFOX
• APPLE SAFARI

If you use another browser, please read its help menu for more information.

If you would like information about managing cookies on your tablet or smartphone, please read the related documentation or help archives online.

9. What are your data protection rights and how can you exercise them?

You can exercise the rights provided by the Regulation EU 2016/679 (Articles 15-22), including the right to:

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Right of access

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To receive confirmation of the existence of your personal data, access its content and obtain a copy.

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Right of rectification

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To update, rectify and/or correct your personal data.

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Right to erasure/right to be forgotten and right to restriction

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To request the erasure of your data or restriction of your data which has been processed in violation of the law, including whose storage is not necessary in relation to the purposes for which the data was collected or otherwise processed; where we have made your personal data public, you have also the right to request the erasure of your personal data and to take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other data controllers which are processing the personal data that you have requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.

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Right to data portability

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To receive a copy of your personal data you provided to us for a contract or with your consent in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (e.g. data relating to your purchases) and to ask us to transfer that personal data to another data controller.

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Right to withdraw your consent

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Wherever we rely on your consent, you will always be able to withdraw that consent, although we may have other legal grounds for processing your data for other purposes.

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Right to object, at any time

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You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data in some circumstances (in particular, where we don’t have to process the data to meet a contractual or other legal requirement, or where we are using your data for direct marketing.

You can exercise the above rights at any time by:

• Contacting us via email at privacy.en@lastminutegroup.com.
• As for direct marketing, please note that you can also object at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link which we provide in each communication sent to you
• As for online targeted ads and the withdrawal of your consent please refer to Article 10 of this Cookie Policy.

Your rights in relation to your personal data might be limited in some situations. For example, if fulfilling your request would reveal personal data about another person or if we have a legal requirement or a compelling legitimate ground we may continue to process your personal data which you have asked us to delete.

You also may have the right to make a complaint if you feel your personal information has been mishandled. We encourage you to come to us in the first instance but, to the extent that this right applies to you, you are entitled to complain directly to the relevant Data Protection Supervisory Authority.

10. Contact details of the data controller

The contact details of the Data Controller of the data processing described hereinabove are:

LASTMINUTE.COM NV, business register no. 34267347 and with registered office at Prins Bernhardplein 200, 1097 JB Amsterdam

11. Contact details of our data protection officer (DPO)

Our Data Protection Officer (or "DPO") is available at:

• dpo.en@lastminutegroup.com
• Prins Bernhardplein 200, 1097 JB Amsterdam