{"id":987514489,"date":"2023-11-30T13:58:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T12:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elephantjourney.com\/privacy-policy"},"modified":"2026-07-22T21:35:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:35:56","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elephant-tours.de\/en\/privacy-policy","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Privacy policy of Elephant Special Tours<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The controller within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is<\/p>\n<p>Elephant Special Tours<br \/>\nMae Sapok 62\/3 mu. 11 T. Mae Win<br \/>\n50360 Chiang Mai, Thailand<br \/>\nManaging Director: Bodo Jens F\u00f6rster<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_0 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><div class='fluentform ff-default fluentform_wrapper_6 ffs_default_wrap'><form data-form_id=\"6\" id=\"fluentform_6\" class=\"frm-fluent-form fluent_form_6 ff-el-form-top ff_form_instance_6_1 ff-form-loading ffs_default\" data-form_instance=\"ff_form_instance_6_1\" method=\"POST\" ><fieldset  style=\"border: none!important;margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;background-color: transparent!important;box-shadow: none!important;outline: none!important; min-inline-size: 100%;\">\n                    <legend class=\"ff_screen_reader_title\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;height: 0!important;text-indent: -999999px;width: 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class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Your rights as a data subject<\/h2>\n<p>You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),<\/li>\n<li>Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),<\/li>\n<li>Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),<\/li>\n<li>Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),<\/li>\n<li>Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and<\/li>\n<li>Data portability, provided that you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.<\/p>\n<p>You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.<\/p>\n<p>A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfdi.bund.de\/DE\/Service\/Anschriften\/Laender\/Laender-node.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.bfdi.bund.de\/DE\/Service\/Anschriften\/Laender\/Laender-node.html.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Collection of general information when visiting our website<\/h2>\n<h3>Nature and purpose of the processing:<\/h3>\n<p>When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and similar.  <\/p>\n<p>They are processed for the following purposes in particular:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring the smooth use of our website,<\/li>\n<li>Evaluation of system security and stability and<\/li>\n<li>to optimize our website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind may be processed by us. anonymized and statistically evaluated in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.  <\/p>\n<h3>Legal basis and legitimate interest:<\/h3>\n<p>The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.<\/p>\n<h3>Recipient:<\/h3>\n<p>Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Storage duration:<\/h3>\n<p>The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Provision prescribed or required:<\/h3>\n<p>The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. Without the IP address, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may be unavailable or restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Cookies<\/h2>\n<p>Like many other websites, we also use so-called \"cookies\". Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.  <\/p>\n<p>You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mozilla Firefox: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/de\/kb\/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/de\/kb\/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Internet Explorer: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/de-de\/help\/17442\/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/de-de\/help\/17442\/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google Chrome: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/accounts\/answer\/61416?hl=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/accounts\/answer\/61416?hl=de<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Opera: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/de\/help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.opera.com\/de\/help<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Safari: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/PH17191?locale=de_DE&amp;viewlocale=de_DE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/PH17191?locale=de_DE&amp;viewlocale=de_DE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Storage duration and cookies used:<\/h3>\n<p>If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:<\/p>\n<p>Cookie \"WP_PREFERENCES_USER_*\" (Only logged in users, will be ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"wpEmojiSettingsSupports\"<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"wordpress_test_cookie\" (Only logged in users, will be ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"wp_lang\" (Only logged in users, will be ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"wp-settings-time-*\" (Only logged in users, will be ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"wordpress_logged_in_*\" (Only logged in users, will be ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"wp-settings-*\" (Only logged in users, will be ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Divi (Elegant Themes)<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"etfb-autosave-*\" (administrator cookie, will be ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"et_*\" (administrator cookie, is ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"et-cloud.viewMode\" (administrator cookie, is ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"et-editor-available-post-*\" (administrator cookie, will be ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookies without selected service<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"bid_1_password_protected_auth\"<br \/>\n<br \/>Custom Field Bulk Editor<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"bulkSecret\" (administrator cookie, is ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Admin<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"lastClipboardTimestamp\" (administrator cookie, is ignored)<br \/>\n<br \/>Google Maps<br \/>\n<br \/>Google Maps API\" cookie<br \/>\n<br \/>YouTube<br \/>\n<br \/>GPS\" cookie<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE\"<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"YSC\"<br \/>\n<br \/>Cookie \"PREF\"<\/p>\n<h2>Technically necessary cookies  <\/h2>\n<h3>Nature and purpose of the processing:  <\/h3>\n<p>We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. This requires the browser to be recognized even after a page change.<\/p>\n<p>We need cookies for the following applications:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Legal basis and legitimate interest:  <\/h3>\n<p>The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.<\/p>\n<h3>Recipient:  <\/h3>\n<p>Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Provision prescribed or required:<\/h3>\n<p>The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. Without this data, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may be unavailable or restricted.<\/p>\n<h3>Contradiction<\/h3>\n<p>Please read the information on your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Technically unnecessary cookies<\/h2>\n<p>Furthermore, we use cookies to better tailor the offer on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical evaluations.<\/p>\n<p>To find out which providers set cookies, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.<\/p>\n<h3>Legal basis:<\/h3>\n<p>The legal basis for this processing is your consent in each case, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.<\/p>\n<h3>Recipient:<\/h3>\n<p>Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.  <\/p>\n<p>For further recipients, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.<\/p>\n<h3>Third country transfer:<\/h3>\n<p>For more information, please refer to the lists of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers.<\/p>\n<h3>Provision prescribed or required:<\/h3>\n<p>Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Revocation of consent).<\/p>\n<p>Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.<\/p>\n<h3>Withdrawal of consent:<\/h3>\n<p>You can revoke your consent at any time via our cookie consent tool.  <\/p>\n<h3>Profiling:<\/h3>\n<p>To what extent we analyze the behavior of website visitors with pseudonymized user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Newsletter<\/h2>\n<h3>Nature and purpose of the processing:<\/h3>\n<p>For the delivery of our newsletter, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via an input mask.<\/p>\n<p>We require a valid e-mail address for effective registration. We use the \"double opt-in\" procedure to check that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address. For this purpose, we log the registration for the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the response requested herewith. No further data is collected.  <\/p>\n<h3>Legal basis:<\/h3>\n<p>On the basis of your express consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided.  <\/p>\n<p>You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your revocation via the contact option provided at the end of this data protection notice.<\/p>\n<h3>Recipient:<\/h3>\n<p>Recipients of the data may be processors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Storage duration:<\/h3>\n<p>The data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given. They are then deleted.<\/p>\n<h3>Provision prescribed or required:<\/h3>\n<p>The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.<\/p>\n<h3>Withdrawal of consent:<\/h3>\n<p>You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. You can unsubscribe via the link contained in each e-mail or by contacting the data protection officer listed below or the person responsible for data protection.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Contact form<\/h2>\n<h3>Nature and purpose of the processing:<\/h3>\n<p>The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, a valid e-mail address and your name are required. This is used to assign the request and then answer it. The specification of further data is optional.<\/p>\n<h3>Legal basis:<\/h3>\n<p>The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).<\/p>\n<p>By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and for possible follow-up questions.<\/p>\n<p>If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).<\/p>\n<h3>Recipient:<\/h3>\n<p>Recipients of the data may be processors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Storage duration:<\/h3>\n<p>Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the request has been processed.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.  <\/p>\n<h3>Provision prescribed or required:<\/h3>\n<p>The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for the request.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Use of Google Maps<\/h2>\n<p>We use Google Maps on this website. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter \"Google\"). This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.<br \/>You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google privacy policy: <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy.<\/a> You can also change your personal data protection settings there in the data protection center.<\/p>\n<p>You can find detailed instructions on managing your own data in connection with Google products here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataliberation.org\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.dataliberation.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you visit the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This takes place regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account.  <\/p>\n<p>If you do not want the assignment in your Google profile, you must log out of Google before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and\/or the needs-based design of its websites. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.  <\/p>\n<h3>Withdrawal of consent:<\/h3>\n<p>The provider does not currently offer the option of simply opting out or blocking data transmission. If you wish to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may be able to use our website. or only to a limited extent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Embedded YouTube videos<\/h2>\n<p>We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter referred to as \"YouTube\"). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter \"Google\"). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is informed which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.  <\/p>\n<p>When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.  <\/p>\n<p>Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the provider's privacy policy, where you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy<a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\">(https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy)<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<h3>Withdrawal of consent:<\/h3>\n<p>The provider does not currently offer the option of simply opting out or blocking data transmission. If you wish to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may be able to use our website. or only to a limited extent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>SSL encryption<\/h2>\n<p>To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Information about your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR<\/h2>\n<h3>Individual right of objection<\/h3>\n<p>You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.<\/p>\n<p>If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.<\/p>\n<h3>Recipient of an objection<\/h3>\n<p>Elephant Special Tours<\/p>\n<p>Mae Sapok 62\/3 mu. 11 T. Mae Win<br \/>\n<br \/>50360 Chiang Mai, Thailand<br \/>\n<br \/>Managing Director: Bodo Jens F\u00f6rster<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Changes to our privacy policy<\/h2>\n<p>We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.<\/p>\n<h2>Questions for the data protection officer<\/h2>\n<p>If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:<\/p>\n<p>Elephant Special Tours<\/p>\n<p>Mae Sapok 62\/3 mu. 11 T. 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