Privacy Policy

In short: gourmaris sets no cookies, uses no analytics services, loads nothing from third-party servers and does not know who you are unless you write to us.

Controller

NexTao GmbH, Königsallee 27, 40212 Düsseldorf, Germany, info@gourmaris.com, phone +49 1577 5588 888.

Visiting the site

When you visit, our host (Hostinger International Ltd., Cyprus, data centre in the EU) processes technically necessary data: IP address, time, page requested, browser. This data is kept in server logs and deleted after 14 days at the latest. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in secure operation (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

No cookies, no tracking, no third-party content

gourmaris sets no cookies and uses no analytics, advertising or social media services. Fonts, images, videos and maps are stored on our own server. While you read, no connection is made to Google, Meta, Instagram, TikTok or other third parties. Maps are our own graphics, not embedded map services.

Tools and quiz

Table Finder, Dinner Budget, Gourmet Weekend Planner, Table Roulette, City Duel, Wine Pairing Finder, Tipping Guide, Legendary Tables and the quiz run entirely in your browser. Your input is not sent to us. So that you find your settings and your bucket list again on your next visit, the browser stores them locally (Local Storage) on your device. This is not a cookie, we have no access to it, and you can delete the data at any time in your browser settings.

Sharing

The share buttons are plain links. Only when you click WhatsApp, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest or Telegram does the respective service open with the text and the link, and its own privacy rules then apply. When you save a result image, the image is generated in your browser and downloaded directly.

Poll

If you take part in the poll, your vote is stored anonymously on our server as a count per answer, together with a shortened, salted hash of your IP address that prevents double voting for one month and cannot be traced back to you.

Contact, restaurant tips and newsletter

If you write to us via a form or submit a restaurant tip, we process the details you provide (name, email address, message, phone number if given) in order to answer your enquiry (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR). The message is delivered to our editorial team by email and stored in a log file on the server, which is deleted after 12 months. For the newsletter we store your email address until you unsubscribe, which is possible via a link in every email (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). We do not pass data on to third parties.

Your rights

You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection. Write to info@gourmaris.com at any time. You may also complain to a data protection supervisory authority; the one responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia.