TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE
By accessing and using the Site, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms and conditions:
SITE CONTENT
The Site and all content contained thereon including, images, photographs, logos and other materials, and the copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and other intellectual property rights in such materials are owned by Company or its licensors, including Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, “Starwood”).Sheraton Bucharest Hotel and certain other trademarks appearing on the Site are used by Company under license from Starwood. The Site or any portion of this Site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose that is not expressly permitted by Company and Starwood.
LINKS
The Site may contain links to other websites. Company provides such links for your convenience only and is not responsible or liable for the actions of such independent websites. The inclusion of these links in no way indicates Company’s endorsement, support or approval of the content, advertising, products, services, policies or other materials on or available from such websites.
DATA PROTECTION SAFETY
According to Law no. 677/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data, as amended, GRAND PLAZA SA headquartered in Bucharest, district 1, Dorobantilor St. 5-7, registered at the Trade Register J/40/25964/1994, CUI RO 6637518, operator of personal data registered in the Register of Personal Data Processing under number 34430, has an obligation to manage safely and only for specified purposes, the personal data you provide about yourself.
Completing your personal data on this site is your agreement that the information enters in the GRAND PLAZA S.A. database and is processed as personal data according to Law no. 677/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data.
GRAND PLAZA S.A can process and store during the contractual relations, and after the termination of these relationships, throughout the company’s activity, your personal data, including name, nationality, address, telephone, email address, signature, date and place of birth, obtained in the forms, declarations and documents of any kind submitted written or completed.
In order to carry advertising or marketing activities, GRAND PLAZA S.A. can process and store during the contractual relationships, personal data obtained under the forms, declarations and documents of any kind submitted written or supplemented as necessary to contact you in order to promote their own services and products.
You have the right to refuse or request without justification and for free, in writing, by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, that you do not want your personal data to be processed by GRAND PLAZA SA after the contractual relationship ends, with the aim of advertising or marketing activities and must not be disclosed to third parties for such purposes. GRAND PLAZA SA will keep this information confidential.
In accordance with Law no. 677/2001 on the rights of the person whose personal data are processed, you have the following rights that can be exercised according to law, by sending a request by GRAND PLAZA SA, Bucharest, district 1, Dorobantilor St. 5-7, made in writing, dated and signed, in which you provide the information on which action is requested, arguments and the methods of intervention (please attach a readable photocopy request of your ID):
- The right of data access: the right to obtain, on request and free of charge for one request per year, confirmation that data are or are not processed by an operator.
- Right of Intervention entitled to obtain, on request and free of charge, correction, updating, blocking, erasure or transformation into anonymous data, the information whose processing does not comply the law, especially the incomplete or inaccurate data.
- The right to object: to object at any time, on compelling legitimate grounds relating to your particular situation, the data that you intended to be processed, unless there are legislative provisions to the contrary.
GRAND PLAZA S.A through http://www.sheratonbucharest.com/ website is committed to protect your personal data. You can visit most of the site without introducing your personal data such as name, address or email. However, some information is obtained by automated means when you visit the site using cookies and pixel tags, which is standard in the Internet industry tools. The use of cookies and pixel tags allows us to find IP address, type of browser you use and general activity of the browser.
However, none of the information you provide will not be known to a third party, unless for marketing and all necessary measures have been taken that all personal information remain confidential.
You have the opportunity to review, modify or request deletion or unsubscribe from the newsletter by clicking on the “unsubscribe”.
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A cookie consists of 2 parts: the name and cookie value content. Moreover, the existence of a cookie is limited and can be determined; technically, only web server that sent the cookie can access it again when a user turns on the website associated webserver. Cookies themselves do not require personal information to be used and, in most cases, does not identify the internet users.
There are two cookies categories:
– Cookies session – they are stored temporarily in the web browser cookie file for it to store them until the user exits the web-site or close the browser window (eg when logging / unlogging on/from an account webmail or social networks).
– Persistent Cookies – these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (and generally depends on the default cookie lifetime). Persistent cookies include also those placed by another website than the one you visit at the time – known as the ‘third party cookies (cookies placed by third parties) – that can be used anonymously to store a user’s interests, so that relevant advertising could be delivered to users.
What are the advantages of cookies? – A cookie contains information that connects a web browser (user) and a web server (website). If a web browser accesses the server again, it can read information already stored and react accordingly. Cookies provide users a pleasant experience while browsing and support the efforts of many websites to provide comfortable services to users: ex – preferences regarding online privacy, language options on the website or advertising relevance.
What is the lifespan of a cookie? – Cookies are managed by webservers. The lifetime of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used only for one session (session cookies) and are not retained once the user has left the website and some cookies are retained and reused every time the user returns to that website (permanent cookies). Although, these cookies can be deleted by a user at any time via your browser settings.
What are cookies placed by third parties?– Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided by third parties / suppliers (eg news box, a video or an advertisement). These third parties may also place cookies through the site and they are called “third party cookies” because they are not placed by the owner of the website in question. Suppliers also must respect others applicable law and the privacy policies of the website owner.
How are cookies used by this site? Visiting this site may place cookies with the following purposes:
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
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| Session / persistent | TACds, TAUnique, TATravelInfo, TASession, ServerPool, Cm | These cookies are provided by a third party. These cookies belong Trip Advisor and enable the writing, reading reviews or articles about your experience in terms of our hotel. Learn more information about these cookies by clicking this link:http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/CookiePolicy |
| Language selection | 02b6ed8a2b1212f2020bd26be210e914 | This cookie is used by our site to remember the user’s option in terms of language selection. This cookie expires after two years. |
| Sitecore Analytics | SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE | This cookie is used to identify individual revisits by the same user. Expires after a certain time and is not set again unless the user changes the setting of cookies. |
| Sitecore Analytics | SC_ANALYTICS_SESSION_COOKIE | This cookie is used to track traffic information for a single user. This cookie is deleted when the website is closed. |
| Session/ persistent | Facebook Cookies | Connection – this cookie is used to identify when the connection to Facebook is made, so the users receive relevant information, but also information on the social network when visiting other sites. Security and integrity of the site – it helps protecting your account, so that it is not accessed by anyone but the user. Cookies and similar technologies help Facebook to find out when more people were connected on the same computer. Location – Facebook stores information in a cookie that is placed in your browser or on your device, so you see the site in your preferred language. To find out more information about the types of cookies used by Facebook, as well as their functionings, please click on the following link:https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies/ |
| Session | JSESSIONID | Is a session cookie, automatically generated, which is used to manage web applications (HTTP protocol, completion of the notification online, accessing online registry of notifications). This cookie is deleted automatically when you close your browser. |
| Session/ persistent | Youtube Cookies | The site allows the user to watch video clips of public information, on Youtube channel or through the enhanced privacy mode (privacy-enhanced). It may install cookies (session or persistent) on your computer when you want play the video. Learn more here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780?hl=ro-RO. |
| Session | PEPSESSID | This cookie (session type and that is erased when the browser closes) saves data navigation and page id information and important variables for the website operation. |
| Session | copyadvice-font-size | This cookie is minimally intrusive. Remembers the font size selection for the session. This cookie is deleted automatically after closing the browser. |
| Session | copyadvice-css | This cookie is minimally intrusive. Remembers the color size selection for the session. This cookie is deleted automatically after closing the browser. |
| Temporarily, 6 months | cScapeCookiesAccept | This cookie is minimally intrusive. Remember the user’s selection to close the notification message of used cookies policy. |
| Temporarily | CookieBannerAccepted | This cookie controls the appearance of a banner on the same subject while browsing the website. It is automatically set when entering the website. Expires after a certain time and is not set again unless a user changes the cookies settings. |
| Session | CGISESSID | This cookie is used in certain areas of our website to provide alerts about the latest content and relevant information available. Our goal is to keep you informed about the latest developments in our industry and this cookie allows us to share with you this information on our website. |
| Temporarily, minimum 24 months | _ga | This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics – is an important update to the Google analytics service. This cookie is used to identify unique users based on their association with randomly generated numbers as a customer identifier. It is included in each request for a web page and is used to find data about visitors, sessions and campaign analytics report site. It is initially set to expire after two years, although it can be customized by site owners. |
| Temporarily, 10 minutes | _gat | This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to the documentation used to accelerate the rate request – to limit data collection for sites with high traffic. Expires after 10 minutes |
| Session | AddThis | This cookie appears in the situation that our site will propose a series of buttons sharing personal information on your accounts (share). And this cookie can be blocked if a user changes settings for cookies in Internet browsers used. |
| Session | Optimizely | This session cookie is and is necessary in order to better understand how our site is used. Optimizely service allows us to use web analytics services or ways to test multiple choice, so we can provide services closer to the wishes of our users. Through this service, our site identify the type of browser used by visitors and monitor traffic to partner sites. |
DISCLAIMER
The Site and the content provided thereon is provided on an “AS IS” basis, without representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties or title and implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event shall Starwood Company or Grand Plaza S.A or their respective affiliates, agents, agencies, representatives or licensors be liable to you for any loss or injury or any damages, either direct, indirect, punitive, special incidental, consequential or otherwise (including, but not limited to, lost profits or lost savings) resulting from or in any way connected to the site or these terms & conditions, even if you have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Starwood or Grand Plaza S.A and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Site, your breach of these terms and conditions or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
MODIFICATIONS
These terms and conditions may at any time be amended, modified or supplemented, and your continued use of the Website will constitute your acceptance of any such amendment, modification, or supplementation.