Destino Blue recognises that privacy is important to our customers and we want you to know how we collect, use and disclose data.

As such, this Privacy Statement outlines and explains the privacy practices of Destino Blue, including what information we collect about you when you visit our site and/or when you make a reservation. This statement also tells you how we ensure that your rights are always respected.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement and related business practices at any time. We will notify you appropriately when we make changes to this privacy statement and we will amend the revision date.

COPYRIGHT

All copyright and other intellectual property rights subsisting on this website and its content, including without limitation all text, images, graphics and code contained on this website, and in its look and feel are owned and managed by Destino Blue, or by third-party providers. You may view, copy and print the content only for your own use, provided that all copies and print-outs of the content bear the copyright and other proprietary notices and disclaimers displayed on them on this website – unless otherwise specified. Destino Blue reserves the right to change the content at any time.

COOKIES

This website uses cookies to enhance user experience and for functionality reasons. Read our Cookie Policy below to find out more about how we use cookies.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

“Personal Data” are data that identify you as an individual or relate to an identifiable individual.

We may ask you to provide certain personal information including your full name, identity card, passport, physical and email address, credit card number, telephone number, registration, payment details when you directly register to make a reservation or use our services and upon your check-in.

This site uses Google Analytics to monitor your use of our site. This includes what pages you access and visit, the website from which you were directed to our site, changes you make to information you provided to us and your transactions including by use of cookies.

CHILDREN'S DATA

As our website is not for children, we do not knowingly collect data from children.

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Any personal data we collect is done so in accordance with the EU Regulations for one or more of the following reasons:

    Necessary for the performance of a contract:
        To process a hotel reservation.
        To process your check-in.
        To process your payment.
        To carry out our obligations with respect to any contractual agreements between us with respect to information and services that you may request from us.
    Necessary for Destino Blue to comply with a legal obligation, including fulfillingour tax, accounting and reporting obligations.
    To serve our (and third party) legitimate business interests. For example:
        To execute business transactions with you.
        To respond to your requests.
        To operate CCTV systems to prevent illegal actions, to protect you and our staff and our property.
        To provide you with effective customer service and support.
        To improve the security and usability of our website and services.
        To keep you updated on our new services and offers.
    You have given us your consent
        Subject to a valid consent you have freely provided the lawfulness of such processing is based on that consent.

HOW WE SHARE YOUR DATA

In accordance with our contractual and legal obligations, your personal data may be provided to various service providers and suppliers. Those service providers and suppliers are bound by Data Processing Agreements, and they are obliged to safeguard confidentiality and data protection according to the data protection regulation.

These  service providers and suppliers include, but are not limited to:

    Third parties you have used to contact us
    Travel Agencies
    Card payment companies
    Law enforcement agencies
    External auditors and accountants
    External legal consultants.

TRANSFERS OF DATA OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (EEA)

Personal data is only transferred to third countries to fulfil legal or contractual obligations or if you have given us your consent. Should this be the case your data must be processed under European data protection regulations and processors are obliged to provide appropriate safeguards in relation to the transfer of your data in accordance with GDPR Article 46.

DATA RETENTION

We will process and store your Personal Data for the duration of our relationship with you, and as long as necessary to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations.

We will delete your data:

    Upon your request or objection, provided there are no overriding legal grounds requiring Destino Blue to maintain that information.
    Upon the withdrawal of your consent, if you consented for your data to be collected, provided there are no overriding legal grounds.
    When it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which that information was collected and processed.
    When necessary to comply with our legal obligations.

AUTOMATED DECISION AND PROFILING

In executing our business activities, we do not use any automated decision-making. We may from time to time process some aspects of your data automatically, in order to enter into a business relationship with you.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR MARKETING ACTIVITIES

We can only use your personal data for marketing purposes if we have your consent or it is considered in our legitimate interest to do so. We may use your personal data to tell you about products, services and offers that may be of interest to you. These data consist of information you provide to us and the data we collect when you use our website or hotel. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes, which includes profiling.

YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

You have the following rights in terms of your personal data:

    Have your Personal Data corrected or erased.
    Object to or restrict the processing of your Personal Data, for example where such information is not accurate or no longer serve the purpose for which they were collected,
    Request access to your Personal Data, you can ask to receive a copy of your data and to check if they are lawfully processed.
    The right to data portability, i.e. to receive a copy of your data in electronic form or to have your Personal Data transferred from us to another party.
    The right to object automated decision-making or profiling based on your Personal Data.
    The right to withdraw your consent, this will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before it was withdrawn by you.
    The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (DPA) if you have exercised any of your data protection rights and still feel that your concerns about how we use your personal data have not been adequately addressed by us.

OUR COOKIE POLICY

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. Cookies alone cannot be used to disclose your individual identity to us, though in some cases we may tie Destino Blue or third-party Cookies to personal information you have provided to us or that we have otherwise obtained about you. Cookies may be used on this website to improve your experience.

As with many other websites, destinoblue.com may use Cookies or other Technologies,such as pixel tags,, links in emails, JavaScript or device IDs (assigned by Google or Apple, or similar technologies), to allow us and third parties to obtain information about your visits to our website to analyze your visiting patterns.

 Destino Blue may use Cookies for the following purposes:

    To remember your language and other preferences.
    To Ensure you obtain all requested information.
    To provide a safe and secure service for online transactions.
    To track your response to advertisements and website or app content for analysis and the number of times we send you the same advertisement.
    To measure how many people use the website, and how they use it, so that we may keep it running quickly and efficiently.

Below we explain the different types of Cookies that may be used on the Site.

Essential Cookies are necessary for the website to work, and enable you to move around it and use its services and features. If you disable these Cookies, some of the services and features may become unavailable.

Functional Cookies are used to save your settings, such as your language preference, or your booking information you have previously used when booking your holiday with us.

Session Cookies are stored only during your browsing session, and are deleted from your device when you close the browser. We use Session Cookies to support the functionality of the website and to understand how you use and move around the website.

Persistent Cookies: are not deleted when you close your browser, and get  saved on your device for either a fixed period of time or, more commonly,  until you delete them yourself. Each time you visit this website, the server that set the Cookie will recognise the persistent Cookie saved on your device. Persistent Cookies store your preferences for your next visit. This type of Cookie can also  keep a more accurate account of how often you visit our website, including how often you return, how your use varies over time and tell us how effective our advertising efforts have been.

Advertising Cookies. As noted below, some Analytics Cookies and Other Technologies are used in part to facilitate advertising.

Social Plug-In Cookies are usually set by a social networking provider and enable sharing content from this website to members and non-members of social media networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Analytics Cookies give us aggregated information to help us monitor site performance, count page visits, spot technical errors, see how users reach the our website., They also measure the effectiveness of advertising (including emails we may send to you) and enable us to improve the way our website works.Analytics Cookies do this by collecting information about your use of this website.

Other Technologies may be used for the same purposes as our Cookies, to allow us and third parties to know when you visit our website, and to help us understand how you interact with emails or advertisements. Non-personal information such as your operating system, your browser , and the URL from which you arrived at our website,or aggregate information, may be used to enhance user and understand site traffic patterns.

Note that, to the extent that information collected through Cookies and Other Technologies constitutes personal information, the provisions in the Privacy Policy apply and complement this Statement.

MANAGING COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

You can remove or block Cookies from your device at any time by updating your browser settings. Check your browser's help menu to find out how.

Destino Blue is not responsible for your browser settings.

Please be aware that rejecting Cookies may affect your ability to perform certain transactions on this website, and our ability to recognise your browser.

You can also control tracking Cookies by installing browser extensions like Ghostery.

If you want to clean out all of the Cookies left behind by the websites you have visited, here are links where you can download programs that clean out tracking Cookies:

    Lavasoft
    Spybot

You can learn more about interest-based advertising and opt out of our vendors' and other advertisers' use of Cookies to tailor content or advertising to you by visiting Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA).

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Polity or how Destino Blue processes your personal information, or if you wish to either provide a compliment or a complaint, please contact us by email at [email protected].

Head Office: Sidari, 49081 Corfu, Greece

VAT Number (Α.Φ.Μ.): 094461897

S.A. Register Number (ΑΡ.Μ.ΑΕ): 36881/92/B/96/21