Generator Hostels Ltd and Generator Hostels Sweden AB

Privacy Notice

Version 4.0
Last Updated: 1st December 2024

Introduction

Generator Hostels Ltd and Generator Hostels Sweden AB and their affiliates, subsidiaries and related entities (“Generator”, “we”, “us”, “our”) are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal data we collect about end customers and users of our services (“you”, “your”).

Our Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) is Evalian Limited, West Lodge, Leylands Business Park, Colden Common, Hants, SO21 1TH, Tel: 03330 500 111, email dpo@staygenerator.com.

The purpose of this privacy notice is to explain what personal data we collect about you when you book with us or visit one of premises, use our services, contact us or where we otherwise have a relationship with you. When we do this, Generator Hostels Ltd and Generator Hostels Sweden AB are joint Controllers of the personal data. As required by the UK data protection supervisory authority, Generator Hostels Ltd is registered in the UK with the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), registration number ZA071136.

Please read this privacy notice carefully as it provides important information about how we handle your personal information and your rights. If you have any questions about any aspect of this privacy notice you can contact us using the information provided below or by emailing us at dpo@staygenerator.com.

Personal data we collect

The personal data we collect depends on the nature of our relationship with you, as set out below.

When you book with us

When you make a reservation, are booked to stay with us, or check-in at one of our hostels or other premises, we will collect the following Personal Data:

• Name

• Address

• Telephone Numbers (including mobile number)

• Email Address

• Nationality

• Gender

• Date of Birth

• Identification Documents & Details (e.g., your passport information)

• Bank/Payment Details (when you make a payment)

• Travel Destination(s)

• Dates of Arrival and Departure

Sometimes we may collect more sensitive personal data about you, such as information about disabilities or medical conditions, or if you need us to make special arrangements for your visit.

We collect personal data when you provide it to us or where someone provides it on your behalf, such as where you book through an agent or are included as part of a group booking.

Personal data is collected at the time a booking is made and during guest registration upon check-in at one of our premises.

When you use guest wi-fi at one of our premises

If you sign up to use the guest wi-fi available at our premises, we will collect your name and email address.

If you are a supplier or other business contact

We collect information about individuals working for current, former and potential suppliers, vendors, contractors and partners.

The Personal Data we collect typically includes your name, the name of your employer, your work contact details and any other personal information you provide to us during our relationship.

Visitors to our website and persons making contact

When you contact us by telephone, using the contact details on our website or via our social media channels, we collect the Personal Data you provide to us. This typically includes your name, your contact details and any additional Personal Data you include in your message.

When you visit our website or open marketing emails from us, we will automatically collect limited Personal Data through the use of cookies, web beacons and website analytics tools. For more information on these, please see the section on Cookies, Analytics and Social Links below.

Cookies, Analytics & Social Links

Generator uses cookies and web beacons on our website and web beacons in the marketing emails we send. Cookies are small text files and web beacons are small graphic images. They are downloaded to your device when you visit a website or receive marketing emails, unless you have set your browser or email client to stop them.

We use cookies to remember your preferences, display content that is more relevant to you and improve your overall experience on our site. We use web beacons to track the actions of individuals (such as email recipients) and measure the success of our marketing campaigns and response rates.

To learn more about the cookies and web beacons we use, and what you can do to opt out of receiving them, please view our Cookies Policy.

The premises website uses Google Analytics to better understand our users’ needs and to optimise their experience on our website. These tools help us understand things like how much time visitors spend on which page, which links they choose to click and what they do and don’t like about the site.

Our website also includes social media sharing buttons and links to enable you to share our content through your preferred social media site or by email direct from one of our web pages. These features may collect your IP address and the page you are visiting on our website and may set a cookie on your device.

When you use one of these buttons or links, you are sharing information to another website or service (such as X (formerly Twitter) or Facebook) and this privacy notice will no longer apply. Please read the privacy notices provided by the particular social media website you are sharing through before posting any personal data using these links.

Purposes for which we use personal data and the legal basis

When providing services to you, we may use your personal data for the following purposes and on the following lawful bases:

Where Personal Data is processed because it is necessary for the performance of an agreement to which you are a party, we will be unable to provide our services without the required information.

Sharing your data

Generator will share your Personal Data with entities within our group, including those in countries outside the UK and European Economic Area (the EU member states plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) (“EEA”).

We will also share your Personal Data with third parties who provide us with services relevant to our provision of services to you. This includes our professional advisers, IT service providers, cloud software provider, and other suppliers and sub-contractors.

All such third parties are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your Personal Data in line with our policies. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your Personal Data for their own purposes. We only permit them to process your Personal Data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. Our service providers may process your Personal Data outside the UK and EEA.

We may share your personal information with other third parties, for example in the context of the possible sale or restructuring of the business. In this situation we will, so far as possible, share anonymised data with the other parties before the transaction completes. Once the transaction is completed, we will share your personal data with the other parties if and to the extent required under the terms of the transaction.

Where we transfer Personal Data to countries outside the UK or EEA, we will only do so where the country we are transferring your data to is recognised by the UK or the European Commission as providing adequate data protection standards, or other appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure protection of your Personal Data. Appropriate safeguards include the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (“IDTA”) or the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) with supplementary measures (where appropriate).

It is possible that we may be required to share your data to comply with applicable laws or with valid legal processes, such as in response to a court order or with government or law enforcement agencies.

How long we keep your data

We will retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary to provide you with our services and for a reasonable period thereafter to enable us to meet our contractual and legal obligations and to deal with complaints and claims.

For more information on our specific retention periods for your Personal Data, please contact us at dpo@staygenerator.com.

At the end of the retention period, your Personal Data will be securely deleted or anonymised, for example by aggregation with other data, so that it can be used in a non-identifiable way for statistical analysis and business planning.

How we protect your data

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the Personal Data we process from unauthorised disclosure, use, alteration or destruction.  These measures include internal policies, training, using cryptography where appropriate and implementing least privilege access control.

When collecting payment card information from you we will only collect the minimum information we need for the purposes of confirming or paying for your booking.

Your rights and options

• You have the following rights in respect of your Personal Data:

• You have the right of access to your Personal Data and can request copies of it and information about our processing of it.

• If the Personal Data we hold about you in incorrect or incomplete, you can ask us to rectify or add to it.

• Where we are using your Personal Data with your consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time.

• Where we are using your personal because it is in our legitimate interests to do so, you can object to us using it this way.

• Where we are using your Personal Data for direct marketing, including profiling for direct marketing purposes, you can object to us doing so.

• You can ask us to restrict the use of your Personal Data if:

  • It is not accurate.

  • It has been used unlawfully but you do not want us to delete it.

  • We do not need it any-more, but you want us to keep it for use in legal claims; or

  • if you have already asked us to stop using your data but you are waiting to receive confirmation from us as to whether we can comply with your request.

• In some circumstances you can compel us to erase your Personal Data and request a machine-readable copy of your Personal Data to transfer to another service provider.

• You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

You will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request for access is clearly unfounded or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with the request in such circumstances.

If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at dpo@staygenerator.com.

You may also lodge a complaint in the UK with the ICO by visiting their website here, if you are not satisfied with the way we have processed your Personal Data.

If you are in the EU, a list of local Supervisory Authorities can be found here.

Contact us

If you have any questions, or wish to exercise any of your rights, please write to us at:

FAO Data Protection Officer
Generator Hostels Limited
Macnaughton House
Compton Place
London, United Kingdom
WC1H 9SD

Alternatively, you can email us at dpo@staygenerator.com.

Changes to this privacy notice

We may update this notice (and any supplemental privacy notice), from time to time as shown below. We will notify of the changes where required by applicable law to do so.

Last modified: 1st December 2024

For additional provisions applicable to processing the Personal Data of California residents, please see Appendix A below.

APPENDIX A

California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)

This Appendix A (“Appendix”) applies to California residents and outlines your rights regarding the processing of the Personal Data we hold about you under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

1.        Introduction

Generator Hostels Limited (“Generator”) are responsible for determining the purposes and means of processing your data when:

• You visit our website or make general enquiries with us; 

• We communicate with you regarding your booking(s);

• We contact you for sales and marketing purposes; and

• During our standard business practices.

2.        Personal Data we collect, the purposes and legal basis

Please refer to the ‘Personal Data we collect’ and the ‘Purposes for which we use Personal Data and the legal basis’ sections in our main privacy notice to learn more about the Personal Data we collect and use.

In summary, we collect the following categories of Personal Data as classified under the CCPA:

• Online identifiers, such as your email address and IP address; 

• Personal information categories (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)), such as your first name, last name, home address, phone number(s), bank details, social security number and passport details.

• Internet or other similar network activity information, such as information regarding your interaction with our website; and

• Professional or employment-related information, such as your business contact information, job title, and company name if enquiring or booking on behalf of a group or organisation.

Personal Data does not include publicly available information. ‘Publicly available’ means information that is lawfully made available from federal, state, or local government records. ‘Publicly available’ does not mean biometric information collected by a business about a consumer without the consumer’s knowledge.

3.        Sharing your Personal Data

Generator shares your personal information with service providers such as technology service providers and other business partners as part of our business practices and to provide you with our Services.

Please see the ‘Sharing your data’ section in our Notice for additional details on how we disclose your personal information with selected recipients for specific purposes.

Generator does not sell your Personal Data to advertisers or other third parties.

In summary, Generator share the following categories of information as classified under the CCPA:

• Online identifiers, such as your email address and IP address;

• Personal information categories (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)), such as your first name, last name, home address and phone number(s);

• Internet or other similar network activity information, such as information regarding your interaction with our website; and

• Professional or employment-related information, such as your business contact information, job title, and company name if enquiring or booking on behalf of a group or organisation.

4.        Your rights

In addition to the rights mentioned in our main privacy notice, the CCPA provides California consumers with the following additional rights:

• Right to Opt-out of the Sale of Personal Data – You have the right to opt-out of the sale of the Personal Data we have collected about you. Although this right is available to you, Generator does not sell your Personal Data to third parties.

• Right to Non-Discrimination – You have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Generator will not treat you differently for exercising any of the rights described in this Appendix or the main privacy notice.

You can exercise any of your rights by emailing dpo@staygenerator.com. You may also authorize an individual to submit a verifiable consumer request relating to your personal information.

To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we take steps to verify your identity before responding to requests. To verify your identity and confirm the Personal Data relates to you, we may ask you to confirm your identity.

If you wish to use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf, you must provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you, the customer. We may deny a request from an authorized agent if the agent cannot provide your signed permission demonstrating that they have been authorized to act on your behalf.

Generally, we will respond to your rights request within one month of receipt, however the CCPA allows us to respond within 45 days. Your request and choices may be limited in certain cases, for example, if fulfilling your request is not permitted by law or if we have compelling legitimate interests to refuse your request.

5.        Contact us

If you have any questions about this Appendix, this privacy notice, your rights, or data protection in general, please contact us at dpo@staygenerator.com.