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Privacy policy
In short: this website sets no cookies, uses no third-party analytics and loads nothing from other people's servers. The only data processed are the logs every web server keeps, from which I count page views and clicks on booking links without identifying anyone, and your own email, if you write to me.
This site is operated from Germany. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and German data protection law apply, wherever you read it from.
1. Controller
Rauch Media, owner Kai-Michael Rauch, Schlegelstraße 24, 10115 Berlin, Germany, phone +49 30 93622540, email kai@rauch-media.de. No data protection officer has been appointed, because the legal requirements for doing so are not met. This statement covers the German and the English version of the website, and the German version prevails.
2. Visiting the site (server logs)
When you open a page, your browser necessarily transmits your IP address, the date and time, the address requested, the page you came from (referrer), your browser type and your operating system. These data are processed in the hosting provider's logs in order to deliver the page, secure its operation and detect faults. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in secure operation). The hosting provider deletes its logs after about 14 days. Before that, I copy them to the same server in Germany and keep the copies for up to 90 days. After that they are deleted automatically. The copies contain the same data as above, including the IP address. I do not combine them with other data and do not pass them on.
Once a day, I count from these logs how often each page was opened, roughly where visitors came from, for example a search engine, and how often a booking link was clicked. The result is a set of totals per day and page. No individuals are identified and no user profiles are created. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, my legitimate interest in knowing which pages are read.
When you click a booking link, your browser also sends a short notice to this server (address /pk). It contains only the campaign name from the link and the partner's name, for example getyourguide.com, and ends up in the same log. The link itself is not changed, and nothing is stored on your device.
Hosting: Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG, Königsberger Straße 4–6, 32339 Espelkamp, Germany. The servers are located in Germany. A data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR is in place with Mittwald.
3. No cookies, no tracking
This website sets no cookies and uses no third-party analytics, tracking or advertising services. No user profiles are created. That is why there is no cookie banner. The filters on the city pages work only in your browser and store nothing.
4. Third-party content and affiliate links
Fonts, stylesheets, photos and graphics are served from this site's own server. Nothing is embedded from Google, social networks, map services, booking platforms or advertising networks.
The pages contain links to GetYourGuide and Viator for booking (affiliate links, marked as advertising) and to the sources named. The other provider's privacy rules only apply once you click such a link. Both platforms can tell from a parameter in the link that you came from this site. What they process themselves is set out in the privacy policies of GetYourGuide and of Viator (Viator, Inc., USA, where data may also be processed in the United States).
5. Contact by email
If you send me an email, I process what you write in order to answer your enquiry (Art. 6 (1) (b) or (f) GDPR) and delete it once the matter is settled and no statutory retention periods apply.
6. Your rights
You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20) and objection to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21). To exercise them, write to the address given above.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, for example the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Alt-Moabit 59–61, 10555 Berlin, datenschutz-berlin.de.
7. Visitors outside the EU
The site is delivered from servers in Germany. Because no tracking, no advertising network and no external content is involved, no transfer of your data to third countries takes place on my side. If you follow a booking link, the data protection terms of that provider apply from that point on.
8. Security
The website is delivered over an encrypted connection (HTTPS).
9. Changes
This statement applies from November 12, 2026. If the site changes, for example by adding an enquiry form or visitor statistics, this statement will be updated beforehand.
10. Language
This English text is provided for convenience. In case of doubt, the German version at foodtour-guide.com/de/datenschutz/ prevails.