Legal Notice (Impressum)

Restaurant Kintaro

Owner: Takusaburo Arakawa

Contact Information:

Friesenstraße 16

50670 Cologne, Germany

Phone: +49 221 135255

Fax: +49 221 135256

Email: k-info@kintaro.de

VAT Identification Number (according to § 27a German VAT Act):

DE122734645

EU Commission Platform for Online Dispute Resolution (ODR):

www.ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr

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Privacy Policy

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously and treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you visit our website.

1. Collection of Personal Data

We collect personal data only to the extent necessary. Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (e.g., name, address, email address, usage behavior). We process personal data based on the following legal grounds pursuant to Art. 6(1) GDPR:

• (a) Consent

• (b) Performance of a contract or steps prior to entering into a contract

• (c) Legal obligation

• (f) Legitimate interest

The legal basis for each specific processing activity is identified accordingly.

When you contact us via email or a contact form, we store the information you provide (your email address, and optionally your name and phone number) to answer your questions. These data are deleted once the purpose of the communication is no longer applicable.

In cases where data are collected:

• with your explicit consent → Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR

• for contract performance or pre-contractual steps → Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR

• due to a legitimate interest (e.g., responding to inquiries, providing information) → Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR

2. Informational Use of the Website

When using our website for informational purposes only (i.e., without registration or active data transmission), we collect only the data your browser transmits to our server. This includes:

• IP address

• Date and time of the request

• Time zone difference to GMT

• Content of the request (specific page)

• Access status/HTTP status code

• Amount of data transferred

• Referring website

• Browser type

• Operating system and interface

• Language and version of browser software

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in ensuring technical functionality and security of the website)

3. Data Controller

For the purposes of Art. 4(7) GDPR, the data controller is the entity named in the Legal Notice (Impressum).

4. Purpose of Use

We use your personal data solely to provide you with the products or services you request or for purposes to which you have consented, provided no legal obligations to the contrary exist.

5. Rights of Data Subjects

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

• Right of access

• Right to rectification or erasure

• Right to restriction of processing

• Right to object to processing

• Right to data portability

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes data protection regulations.

6. Right to Withdraw Consent or Object to Processing

If you have given us consent to process your data, you may withdraw it at any time. Such withdrawal will affect the lawfulness of processing from the time it is communicated to us.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill our contractual and pre-/post-contractual obligations. Your rights to deletion or restriction of processing remain unaffected. We may retain data further only if legally required (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) or based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), such as the enforcement or defense of legal claims.

Log files used for technical security purposes are automatically deleted after four days.

8. Use of Cookies

This website uses cookies to enhance usability and functionality. Cookies are small text files stored on your device, associated with your browser, and used to transmit certain information to the entity that set the cookie (us, in this case).

Types of cookies used:

• Transient cookies (e.g., session cookies): Automatically deleted when the browser is closed.

• Persistent cookies: Automatically deleted after a specified duration. You can delete them anytime via your browser settings.

You may configure your browser to block cookies entirely or selectively. However, doing so may limit the functionality of the website.

9. Data Security

We implement technical and organizational security measures to protect your data from accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or unauthorized access. When personal data is transmitted, encryption technologies are used to protect it from misuse.

Our security measures are continually improved in line with technological developments.

10. Updates to this Privacy Policy

Due to ongoing developments in technology and law, we reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy as needed.

11. Web Analytics / Usage Statistics

We collect anonymized statistics on how users reach and interact with our website (e.g., via search engine, direct link, ads). These statistics are used purely for quantitative evaluation and not for identifying individuals. We do not track user behavior across other websites. If you have disabled cookies in your browser, your visits are not tracked. Otherwise, these cookies are deleted automatically after 7 days.

12. Third-Party Content

Our website may include third-party content (e.g., news, booking systems, fonts such as Google Fonts, technical libraries). These elements are loaded from external servers, which may receive your browser’s IP address and information about your browser. Please refer to the respective third-party providers’ privacy policies for more details.