Privacy Policy

Who we are

Globally awarded brand and TOP 10 Vacation Rental Management Company with Software preferred by the major OTAs, packed as a Vacation Rental Franchise business model. In a few words, we are the team behind Direct Booker and we provide Vacation Rental Solutions.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

The personal information we are processing is your name, last name, e-mail address, because of the need to contact you, and we send you informative messages. There is also a case where we will ask you for more information such as your phone and address, due to the need for business cooperation. Because of the need to book property or activities, we can still ask for financial information, such as credit card numbers, which we keep in compliance with the PCI DSS security rules.

Contact forms

In our contact forms we request information such as First and last name, Address, City, E-mail, Phone, and we keep that information form submissions for a certain period for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.

Cookies

Direct Booker uses:

  • Session cookies – cookies that are removed from your computer after you close the Internet browser. Used for authorization purposes and temporary memory of user settings when viewing pages.
  • Persistent cookies – remain on your computer even after you close the program – Internet browsers to remove it from the program or user itself. Permanent “cookies” are used to better understand user habits and to improve web pages according to the habits of a particular user. This information is anonymous – no personal user information is stored, but only search engines or devices (such as IP addresses). These data are also not linked to other personal information that the user may have previously provided.

Analytics

There are several services that save a certain amount of “cookies” to the user. These “cookies” are not set up by this web site, but some serve the normal functioning of certain features that make it easier for users to access content.

Outside services are currently only used for measuring attendance. The web pages of direct-booker.com use the Google Analytics Analytics metering service.

Who we share your data with

Your personal information may be processed for different purposes, if this is necessary to comply with legal obligations (e.g. for the submission of data to courts or prosecuting authorities) if you have consented to appropriate processing or if the processing is otherwise legally binding under the binding regulations. If the data is processed for another purpose, before processing, we will provide you with information about that other purpose and any other relevant information.

How long we retain your data

We will process the collected data for the above purposes only as long as necessary for the above purposes, until you withdraw your privilege. If a court, administrative or out-of-court procedure is initiated, personal data may be stored by the end of such proceedings, including the time period for filing legal remedies.

What rights you have over your data

Your rights

If you have given your consent to any personal data processing activity, you can withdraw it at any time. Such withdrawal will not affect the legitimacy of processing on the basis of a privation prior to its withdrawal. Your rights are as follows:

  • Right to access: You have the right to receive from us a confirmation of whether your personal information is being processed and, if such personal data is processed, access to personal information. The Access information includes, inter alia, processing purposes, the personal data category, the recipients or categories of recipients to which the personal data were or will be disclosed. However, this is not an unconditional right, and the interest of other individuals may limit your right of access.
  • You have the right to receive a copy of the personal data processed. For further copies you have requested, we may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs.
  • Right to Correction: You have the right to get us corrected for your incorrect personal information. Taking into account the processing purposes you have the right to supplement incomplete personal information, including by providing additional statements.
  • Right to Delete (“Right to Forget”): Under certain conditions, you have the right to ask us to delete your personal data and in that case we will be allowed to delete such personal information.
  • Right to Restricting Processing: Under certain conditions, you have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information. In that case, the relevant data will be labeled and may only be processed for specific purposes.
  • Right to Objection: Under certain conditions, you have the right to object at any time for processing your personal information for reasons related to your specific situation or when personal data is processed for direct marketing and you may ask us not to process your personal information.
  • Right to Data Transferability: Under certain conditions, you have the right to receive the personal information that you refer to, which you provide us in a structured, customizable, and legally readable format, and you have the right to transfer this data to the other data manager without our interference.

Contact information

If you want to know more, or maybe want to use one or more of your rights above mentioned, be free to contact us – Direct booker d.o.o. on address Direct booker d.o.o., (GDPR department), Vukovarska 9, 20000 Dubrovnik, Hrvatska or send on e-mail dpo@direct-booker.com .

If you believe that your rights are violated, you also have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority regarding your personal information processing.

How we protect your data

Direct Booker d.o.o. has a data protection officer that works as a manager of your personal data. You can contact it over email dpo@direct-booker.com or send your written letter or visit us on address Direct Booker d.o.o., (GDPR department), Vukovarska 9, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Explanation for the e-mail address: DPO comes from the English word “Data Protection Officer”.

What third parties we receive data from

There are several services that save a certain amount of “cookies” to the user. These “cookies” are not set up by this web site, but some serve the normal functioning of certain features that make it easier for users to access content.

Outside services are currently only used for measuring attendance. The web pages of direct-booker.com use the Google Analytics Analytics metering service.

If you want to disable the “cookies” for your specified service, you can do so at the following link: