Privacy Policy

Controller

Guiding-Ventures (Mussie Haile). Controller details are available in theSite Notice. Email: admin@guidingventures.com.

Overview of Processing

hotels.tools provides free hotel revenue and operations calculators. We do not require an account to use the tools. This policy explains how we process personal data under the GDPR.

• Log data (IP address, device, browser, timestamp, referrer).
• Analytics data via Google Analytics (only with your consent).
• Advertising data (cookies, device identifiers, IP address) processed by Google AdSense to show and measure ads.
• Optional data you provide in forms or emails.
• Calculator inputs are processed locally in your browser and are not stored by default.

Legal Bases (Art. 6 GDPR)

• Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR: operating, securing, and improving the site (legitimate interests).
• Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR: analytics cookies and Google Analytics (consent).
• Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR: advertising cookies and personalised ads via Google AdSense (consent).
• Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR: responding to your inquiries.

Server Logs and Hosting

When you access the site, the hosting provider processes log data to deliver the website and protect against abuse. This data is used for technical security and is not combined with other data.

Cookies and Consent

• Essential cookies may be used to provide core functionality.
• Visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland are asked for consent through Google's consent message (a Google-certified consent management platform under the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework). Analytics and advertising cookies are only set after you consent.
• If you do not consent, Google may still show non-personalised ads, which use cookies only for frequency capping, aggregated reporting, and fraud prevention, as far as permitted by law.
• In other regions, analytics and advertising cookies are enabled by default. You can opt out of personalised ads using the links in the Advertising section below.
• You can change your choice at any time via "Cookie settings" in the site footer.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, analytics is enabled only with your consent. Google may process data in the United States. We rely on standard contractual clauses for such transfers. You can withdraw consent at any time.

Advertising (Google AdSense)

This site is funded by advertising served through Google AdSense, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google's Ads Settings, and opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies at aboutads.info or, in the EU, youronlinechoices.eu.
• Learn more in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

Google may process data in the United States; transfers rely on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses.

Recipients and Transfers

We do not sell personal data. We may share data with service providers that support hosting, security, analytics, and advertising under data processing agreements.

Retention

We store data only as long as necessary for the stated purposes or legal obligations.

Your Rights

• Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, and data portability.
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior processing.

Supervisory Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority. For Berlin, this is the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information: https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/.

Contact

Privacy requests can be sent to admin@guidingventures.com.