Privacy Policy

Last updated on 9th July 2026 Version 1.1

INTRODUCTION

At Romègas, We are committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality and security of any personal data entrusted to Us.

This Master Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) relates to the website www.romegashotel.com and/or any sub-website and/or associated domains (and/or sub-domains) thereof (hereinafter referred to as the “Site”) the services (which may include sale of goods if applicable) provided by CG Ventures Ltd. (C 78879), the owner of the Site, ("We", "Us", "Our", “Ourselves” and/or “Romègas”) and any related software applications (‘Apps’), where Personal Data are processed by the same (via the Site, any of Our Apps or otherwise) relating to You.

In this Master Privacy Policy, "You" and "Your" and “User” refer to an identified or identifiable natural person being the User of the Site and/or client, or prospective client, of any of Our services including guests and/or prospective guests at Our premises, contractors, event attendees, partners and any other individual whose personal data are processed by Romègas.

Our full details, as the Data Controller, including Our contact details, can be read below.

You may be reading this Privacy Policy as a User or visitor of the Site or You may have been directed here by one (or more) of Our agreements, Our condensed privacy policies or Our other notices (digital or otherwise). Although this Privacy Policy provides detailed, layered information on how and why We generally process Personal Data (via the Site, any of Our Apps, or otherwise) as well as detailed information about Your various rights, the specific and tailor-made content of such condensed policies or other notices will, in most cases, provide You with more focused and detailed information on specific processing operations (for example, the specific legal basis for processing certain categories of Personal Data and the specific purpose for doing so depending on the matter at hand).

Although Our goal is to always be as clear and transparent as possible, We appreciate that legal documents can sometimes be difficult to read. However, We strongly encourage You to read this Privacy Policy (which is layered for Your convenience) with care.

Please do not hold back from contacting Us for any clarification You may need. For example, if You need clarification on a specific legal basis We are relying on to process Your Personal Data for a specific processing operation, We would be happy to provide You with any such information You may need.

CONTENTS OF THIS MASTER PRIVACY POLICY

APPLICABLE LAWS

As an entity established in Malta, EU, the main privacy laws that are applicable to Us in so far as You are concerned, are as follows:

  • The Maltese Data Protection Act (Chapter 586 of the Laws of Malta) as well as the various subsidiary legislation issued under the same – the ‘DPA’; and
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of Personal Data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) – the ‘GDPR’.

All the above, as may be amended from time to time, referred to together as the “Data Protection Laws”.

WHAT IS MEANT BY ‘PERSONAL DATA’?

PERSONAL DATA” means any information that identifies You as an individual or that relates to an identifiable individual.

Whenever it is not possible or feasible for Us to make use of anonymous and/or anonymised data (in a manner that does not identify any Users of the Site or customers of Our services), We are nevertheless committed to protecting Your privacy and the security of Your Personal Data at all times.

We collect Personal Data in various ways both digitally via the Site (either when You choose to provide Us with certain data, for example, in the case of hotel bookings or reservations, or in some cases, automatically or from third parties, for example, travel agents or booking platforms) as well as non-digitally (for example when You fill in a physical form to benefit from one or more of Our services at Our premises).

PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

There are various categories of Personal Data that We collect about You, namely:

CONTACT DETAILS:

  • Name
  • Surname
  • Mailing address
  • Email address
  • Telephone or mobile number
  • Residential or billing address
  • Emergency contact details

BOOKING DETAILS/ RESERVATION & STAY INFORMATION/REGISTRATION DATA

  • Contact Details (see above)
  • Country of origin/residence
  • Date of birth
  • Gender
  • Nationality
  • Passport details and/or other identification information (ID card number etc.)
  • Arrival and departure dates
  • Room preferences
  • Special requests
  • Guest history
  • Concierge and butler service preferences
  • Restaurant reservations
  • Incident reports
  • Signature
  • General communications with Romègas hotel
  • Vehicle registration details (where applicable)
  • Username and Password (where such functionality is available on Our Site)

MARKETING DATA:

  • Name & Surname
  • Email address
  • Mailing address
  • Interests
  • Proof of opt-in consent (where needed)
  • Objections to marketing
  • Website data
  • Online identifiers (including IP addresses and information generated via Your browser)

HEALTH DATA:

  • Nutritional Requirements (e.g. allergies and intolerances)
  • Special health conditions (e.g. disabilities that may require certain measures taken by Us) but see Additional Information section below.

TRACKING DATA/TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

When using Our Site and/or Wi-Fi services at Our premises, We may collect:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device information
  • Cookies and analytics data (see ‘Cookies’ section below)
  • Website usage behaviour

FINANCIAL/PAYMENT INFORMATION:

  • Billing information (including where applicable, bank account information)
  • Transaction history

Payment information is processed securely through approved payment providers who do NOT share Your credit/debit card information with Us.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

In some cases, (for example, if You are a client [or prospective client] of Our services, via the Site, any App or otherwise) We may request additional Personal Data as a means of securely identifying You or for another similar lawful purpose (which will be explained in the table below and/or in a condensed policy/notice that may have directed You here). The additional information We may request from You to be able to provide You with Our services includes:

  • More secure identification methods
  • Credentials/references
  • Details of Your next of kin
  • Certain special categories of data (sensitive Personal Data) such as health conditions/status that may be relevant in connection with Your stay at Our premises and/or otherwise in connection with the services We may provide You (only where necessary and with the necessary safeguards in place).

Many of the categories of Personal Data above are collected directly from You (for example, Your Contact Details). However, WE MAY ALSO COLLECT PERSONAL DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES, including data companies, publicly accessible databases, online booking companies, travel agents, joint marketing partners, social media platforms, any other accommodation establishments belonging to the CG Ventures group and other third parties.

We may also receive Personal Data about You from third parties when We need to confirm Your Contact Details or even certain Financial/Payment Information. Should this be the case, We will take all measures as required by law to further inform You about the source of such Personal Data as well as the categories of Personal Data We collect and process. There are certain instances at law where We are specifically forbidden from disclosing to You such activity (for example, when carrying out due diligence for anti-money laundering purposes and/or when cooperating with certain public authorities).

For a detailed description of the reasons why We process the categories of Personal Data above (and any other specific Personal Data We process) as well as the corresponding legal ground(s) for doing so please see the ‘What We Use Your Personal Data For (Purpose of Processing)’ below.

For information/Personal Data that We may collect automatically via the Site, please see the Cookies section below.

SOCIAL MEDIA

If You choose to connect one or more of Your social media accounts with Our Site (if this option is available) to enable the sharing of Personal Data via social media platforms, certain categories of Personal Data relating to You from Your social media account(s) will be shared with Us.

HOW AND WHY WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA

As a general rule, We do not collect any Personal Data, that is, information that identifies You as an individual other than that which You choose to provide to Us such as the data (including Contact Details and Booking Details/ Reservation & Stay Information/Registration Data) You provide when registering with Our Site (where this is available) or via a third party, when contacting Us with enquiries relating to Our goods and/or services, when requesting any service offered by Us or via Our Site (including hotel bookings or reservations), when subscribing to other services such as any newsletters as may be issued by Us from time to time or even when subscribing to any offers We (and/or Our affiliates and/or corporate partners) may offer from time to time (see Personal Data We Collect About You above).

For a detailed description of the reasons why We process specific categories of personal data as well as the corresponding legal ground(s) for doing so, please see the ‘What We Use Your Personal Data For (Purpose of Processing)’ below.

PERSONAL DATA RELATING TO THIRD PARTIES

By providing Us with or allowing Us to access Personal Data relating to individuals other than Yourself (for example, booking a stay with Us on behalf of Your family members), You are letting Us know that You have the authority to send Us those Personal Data or the authority to permit Us to access those data in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.

WHAT WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR (PURPOSE OF PROCESSING)

The following is a description (in a clear and plain manner) of what We use Your Personal Data for and the corresponding legal ground(s) We rely on for doing so.

For more detail on what is meant by terms such as ‘Contact Details’, ‘Booking Details/ Reservation & Stay Information/Registration Data’ and other categories of Personal Data used in the tables below, please see the section above relating to Personal Data We Collect About You.

Please note that WHERE WE RELY ON YOUR CONSENT, THIS CAN BE WITHDRAWN AT WILL (See Special Note on Consent below).

PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS/USERS OF THE SITE/NEW RECIPIENTS OF OUR SERVICES:

PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING

Evaluating Your application(s)/requests You send Us to use/receive any of Our services including:

- Managing booking and guest stays/guest check-ins
- Providing hospitality services
- Facilitating guest preferences and personalised experiences
- Managing restaurant and rooftop reservations (where Our involvement – usually as an intermediary – is required)
- Coordinating transfers and third-party experiences where requested

NB - See ‘Automated Decision-Making’ section below for more information.

Contact Details

Booking Details/ Reservation & Stay Information/Registration Data

Contractual Necessity

Our Legitimate Interests (detection and prevention of fraud)

Set up a record on Our systems

Contact Details

other communication data

Contractual Necessity

Our Legitimate Interests (to ensure We have an accurate record)

To process and manage payment transactions including deposits (where applicable) Financial/Payment Information

Contractual Necessity

Our Legitimate Interests (detection and prevention of fraud)

To manage Our relationship with You

Contact Details

Booking Details/ Reservation & Stay Information/ Registration Data

other communication data

data provided to Us about You by third parties

Contractual Necessity

Compliance with Our Legal Obligations

To establish and investigate any suspicious behaviour in order to protect Our business from any risk and/or fraud and to be in line with applicable laws and regulations including:

- Compliance with Maltese tourism, immigration, taxation, accounting and security legal obligations
- Identity verification
- Regulatory reporting

Contact Details

Booking Details/ Reservation & Stay Information / Registration Data

Tracking Data/Technical Information

Financial/Payment Information

Our Legitimate Interests (detection and prevention of fraud)

Compliance with Our Legal Obligations

Marketing communications or practices You request from Us (or which We are authorised by law to provide to You) including:

- Newsletters or mailing lists
- Promotional offers
- Event invitations
- Hotel updates

Marketing Data

Your Consent (where needed)

OR

Our Legitimate Interests (where Your Consent is not needed)

To cater for Your specific nutritional requirements (e.g. allergies and intolerances) prior to Your arrival at Our premises Health Data Your Explicit Consent
To cater (where possible) for Your special health or medical requirements (disabilities etc.) prior to Your arrival at Our premises Health Data Your Explicit Consent
To provide You with guest Wi-Fi services (and any services via Our Site)

username and password (as may be required)

Tracking Data/ Technical Information

Contractual Necessity

Our Legitimate Interests (see Cookies section)

To monitor Our premises via CCTV for purposes of safety, prevention/detection of crime, investigation of incidents, protection of property and legal claims CCTV footage (deleted after 7 days)

Our Legitimate Interests

Compliance with Our Legal Obligations

ONGOING CLIENTS/RECIPIENTS OF OUR SERVICES:

PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING

To continue providing You with Our Services including:

- Providing hospitality services
- Check-outs
- Facilitating guest preferences and personalised experiences
- improving services and operations
- quality assurance
- managing complaints and/or guest feedback (where not anonymised)
- Managing restaurant and rooftop reservations
- Coordinating transfers and third-party experiences where requested
- Processing payments and deposits

See ‘Automated Decision-Making’ section below for more information.

Contact Details

Booking Details/ Reservation & Stay Information/Registration Data

Financial/Payment Information

Contractual Necessity

Our Legitimate Interests (improving Our services and business interests)

Maintain records on our systems

Contact Details

other communication data

Contractual Necessity

Our Legitimate Interests (to ensure We have an accurate record)

To continue to manage Our relationship with You

Contact Details

Booking Details/ Reservation & Stay Information/ Registration Data

other communication data

data provided to Us about You by third parties

Contractual Necessity

Compliance with Our Legal Obligations

To establish and investigate any suspicious behaviour in order to continue to protect Our business from any risk and/or fraud and to be in line with applicable laws and regulations including:

- Ongoing compliance with Maltese tourism, immigration, taxation, accounting and security legal obligations
- Identity verification
- Regulatory reporting

Contact Details

Booking Details/ Reservation & Stay Information/Registration Data

Tracking Data/Technical Information

Financial/Payment Information

Our Legitimate Interests (detection and prevention of fraud)

Compliance with Our Legal Obligations

Your being able to participate in an online survey or poll relating to the services We have provided (where not anonymised)

Contact Details

Information You choose to share with Us for such purpose

Your Consent
To be able to provide housekeeping and/or maintenance services

Booking Details/ Reservation & Stay Information/Registration Data

Room access logs (where necessary)

Other communications with Us

Contractual Necessity (where You request the service)

Our Legitimate Interests (where We need to provide the service/maintenance on an urgent basis to protect Our and/or Your interests and/or a third party)

To process and manage payment transactions including deposits (where applicable) Financial/Payment Information Contractual Necessity

Marketing communications or practices You request from Us (or which We are authorised by law to provide to You) including:

- Newsletters or mailing lists
- Promotional offers
- Event invitations
- Hotel updates

Marketing Data

Your Consent (where needed)

OR

Our Legitimate Interests (where Your Consent is not needed)

To continue to cater for Your specific nutritional requirements (e.g. allergies and intolerances) including while You are a guest at Our premises Health Data

Your Explicit Consent

OR

Your Vital Interests (where You are incapable of giving Consent)

To continue to cater (where possible) for Your special health or medical requirements (disabilities etc.) including while You are a guest at Our premises Health Data

Your Explicit Consent

OR

Your Vital Interests (where You are incapable of giving Consent)

To be able to provide emergency assistance in the case of medical incidents or accidents (where possible)

Contact Details

Health Data

Your Consent (explicit in the case of Health Data)

OR

Vital Interests (where You are incapable of giving Your Consent and processing of Health Data is required)

To provide You with guest Wi-Fi services (and any services via Our Site)

Username and password (as may be required)

Tracking Data/ Technical Information

Contractual Necessity

Our Legitimate Interests (see Cookies section)

To be able to assist You with lost property/similar queries

Contact Details

Item descriptions possibly containing personal data

Contractual Necessity (where You request assistance)

Our Legitimate Interests

To be able to provide You with an improved (in some cases tailor-made) guest experience if You are a repeat or returning client/guest at Our premises

Booking Details/ Reservation & Stay Information/Registration Data

client feedback, communications, guest experience, ad hoc preferences (deleted after 5 years from Your last stay unless a longer retention period applies to the specific personal data in question OR unless You authorise Us to retain for longer periods of time)

Our Legitimate Interests

Your Consent (where You may authorise Us to retain for longer periods of time for the stated purpose)

To monitor Our premises via CCTV for purposes of safety, prevention/detection of crime, investigation of incidents, protection of property and legal claims CCTV footage (deleted after 7 days)

Our Legitimate Interests

Compliance with Our Legal Obligations

Should We need to process Your data for a new purpose in the future, which is entirely unrelated to the above, We will inform You of such processing in advance and You may exercise Your applicable rights (as explained below) in relation to such processing.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WITHOUT CERTAIN PERSONAL DATA RELATING TO YOU, WE MAY NOT BE IN THE POSITION TO PROVIDE SOME OR ALL THE SERVICES YOU EXPECT FROM US OR EVEN TO GUARANTEE THE FULL FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR SITE.

At times We may require or choose to rely on Your consent. In some cases, We will require Your explicit consent, for example, when, on the basis of Your explicit consent We will process special categories of data concerning You such as Your health data (such as when informing us about specific nutritional requirements such as allergies and intolerances as indicated above) or data that reveals Your race or ethnic origin (what was once referred to as ‘sensitive Personal Data’) that might be needed as part of Our processing of Your booking.

In those cases where We process on the basis of Your consent (which We will never presume but which We shall have obtained in a clear and manifest manner from You), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW YOUR CONSENT AT ANY TIME and this, in the same manner as You shall have provided it to Us.

Should You exercise Your right to withdraw Your consent at any time (by writing to Us at the physical or email address below or as otherwise indicated), We will determine whether at that stage an alternative legal basis exists for processing Your Personal Data (for example, on the basis of a legal obligation to which We are subject) where We would be legally authorised (or even obliged) to process Your Personal Data without needing Your consent and if so, notify You accordingly (unless legally precluded from doing so OR unless We would have already previously done so).

ACCURACY OF PERSONAL DATA

When We ask for such Personal Data, You may always decline, however should You decline to provide Us with necessary data that We require to provide requested services, We may not necessarily be able to provide You with such services (especially if consent is the only legal ground that is available to Us as in the case of processing Your health data).

Just to clarify, consent is not the only ground that permits Us to process Your Personal Data. In the last preceding section above We pointed out the various grounds that We rely on when processing Your Personal Data for specific purposes.

All reasonable efforts are made to keep any Personal Data We may hold about You up-to-date and as accurate as possible. You can check the information that We hold about You at any time by contacting Us in the manner explained below. If You find any inaccuracies, We will correct them and where required, delete them as necessary. Please see below for a detailed list of Your legal rights in terms of any applicable data protection law.

Should You be given the opportunity to create any account(s) and/or profile(s) with Us and/or third parties (such as booking companies), it is Your responsibility to update Your preferences in case of any significant changes thereto.

DIRECT MARKETING

We only send mail, messages and other communications relating to marketing where We are authorised to do so at law. In most cases We rely on Your consent to do so (especially where We use electronic communications). If, at any time, You no longer wish to receive direct marketing communications from Us please let Us know by contacting Us at the details below or update Your preferences on any of Our Site(s) or Apps (where applicable).

TRANSFERS TO THIRD COUNTRIES

In the case of direct marketing sent by electronic communications (where We are legally authorised to do so) You will be given an easy way of opting out (or unsubscribing) from any such communications.

Please note that even if You withdraw any consent You may have given Us or if You object to receiving such direct marketing material from Us (in those cases where We do not need Your consent), from time to time We may still need to send You certain important communications from which You cannot opt-out.

As a general rule, the data We process about You (collected via the Site, any of our Apps or otherwise) will be stored and processed within the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) or any other non-EEA country deemed by the European Commission to offer an adequate level of protection (the so-called ‘white-listed’ countries listed here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection_en).

In some cases, it may be necessary for Us to transfer Your Personal Data to a non-EEA country not considered by the European Commission to offer an adequate level of protection (for example to one or more of Our data processors located there). For example, for the implementation of Your desired transaction it can be necessary that We disclose Your Personal Data to banks outside the EEA.

In such cases, apart from all appropriate safeguards that We implement, in any case, to protect Your Personal Data, We have put in place additional adequate measures. For example, We have ensured that the recipient is bound by the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (the EU Model Clauses) designed to protect Your Personal Data as though it were an intra-EEA transfer. You are entitled to obtain a copy of these measures by contacting Us as explained below.

INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS

You will be aware that data sent via the Internet may be transmitted across international borders even where sender and receiver of information are located in the same country. We cannot be held responsible for anything done or omitted to be done by You or any third party in connection with any Personal Data prior to Our receiving it including but not limited to any transfers of Personal Data from You (or a third party such as an online bookings website) to Us via a country having a lower level of data protection than that in place in the European Union, and this, by any technological means whatsoever (for example, electronic messaging platforms etc.).

Moreover, We shall accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the security of Your data while in transit through the Internet unless Our responsibility results explicitly from a law having effect in Malta.

WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

The categories of recipients to whom We may disclose and/or with whom We may share Your Personal Data (on the basis of contractual necessity), compliance with Our legal obligations and/or on the basis of Our legitimate interests) are, at the date of this Privacy Policy, the following:

CATEGORY OF RECIPIENT PURPOSE OF PROCESSING
Cloud Service Providers Hosting of data under state-of-the-art security protocols and Our exclusive control based on Our Legitimate Interests
IT Service Providers Maintenance and support of Our IT systems/website(s) - with restricted access and under our strict controls based on Our Legitimate Interests
Data Processors (sub-contractors) if pertinent to any of the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, including to/with Our service providers who facilitate the functionality of the Site and/or any service You may require To be able to provide the services You request from Us and/or for Us to be able to operate Our business and this on the basis of Contractual Necessity or Our Legitimate Interests.
Auditors Compliance with Our auditing obligations – with access granted only to essential personal data based on Our Legal Obligations
Legal Advisors Compliance with Our legal obligations or when necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Public Authorities (for example, where necessary, the Malta Tourism Authority)

Compliance with Our Legal Obligations and only after verifications are made into necessity of disclosure.

For the purpose of preventing, detecting or suppressing fraud (for example, if You provide false or deceptive information about Yourself or attempt to pose as someone else), We may disclose any information We may have about You in Our possession so as to assist any type of investigation into Your actions and this on the basis of compliance with Our Legal Obligations and/or on the basis of Our Legitimate Interests (as the case may be).

Other competent authorities (such as the police, enquiring magistrates and/or the relevant Court(s) )

to comply with any Legal Obligations imposed on Us such as may arise by way of response to any Court subpoena or order or similar official request sent to Us for Personal Data

to protect and defend Our rights (including the right to property), safety, or those of Our affiliates, of Users of Our Site or even Your own and/or to protect against abuse, misuse or unauthorised use of Our Site and this as necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and/or otherwise as necessary for the purposes of Our Legitimate Interests.

Third party sellers, acquirers or similar entities in the event of CG Ventures Ltd being involved in a merger, sale, restructure, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, transfer and this on the basis of Our Legitimate Interests and in certain cases on the basis of mandatory disclosures imposed on Us as necessary for compliance with Our Legal Obligations
Third-party services providers requested and/or required by You (taxi services, tour guides, restaurants etc.) Providing You with services You request (including intermediary services We may choose to provide) where sharing of personal data is required on the basis of Contractual Necessity.
Other categories of recipients (including certain agencies, bodies or regulators) As may otherwise be specifically allowed or required by or under any applicable law (for example, under anti-money laundering legislation)

YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NEVER BE SHARED WITH THIRD PARTIES FOR THEIR MARKETING PURPOSES (UNLESS YOU GIVE YOUR CONSENT THERETO).

Relevant data will also be disclosed or shared as appropriate to/with members and staff of Romègas, to/with other entities within the CG Ventures Group and/or to/with affiliated entities. Personal information will only be shared by Us to provide the services You request from Us or for any other lawful reason (including authorised disclosures not requiring Your consent).

Any such authorised disclosures will be done in accordance with the Data Protection laws (for example all Our data processors are contractually bound by the requirements in the said Data Protection Laws, including a strict obligation to keep any information they receive confidential and to ensure that their employees/personnel are also bound by similar obligations). The said service providers (Our processors) are also bound by several other obligations (in particular, Article 28 of the GDPR).

Without prejudice to anything contained in this Privacy Policy and in the interest of full transparency, We reserve the right to disclose (and otherwise process) any relevant Personal Data relating to You which We may be processing to other authorised third parties in or outside the EU/EEA if such disclosures are mandated or allowed under the Data Protection Laws (whether or not You have provided Your consent).

SECURITY MEASURES

The personal information which We may hold (and/or transfer to any affiliates/partners/subcontractors as the case may be) will be held securely in accordance with Our internal security policy and the law.

We use reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of any and/or all Personal Data that We may process relating to You and regularly review and enhance Our technical, physical and managerial procedures so as to ensure that Your Personal Data is protected from:

  • unauthorised access
  • improper use or disclosure
  • unauthorised modification
  • unlawful destruction or accidental loss.

To this end We have implemented security policies, rules and technical and organisational measures to protect the Personal Data that We may have under Our control. All our members, staff and data processors (including specific subcontractors, including cloud service providers established within the European Union), who may have access to and are associated with the processing of Personal Data, are further obliged (under contract) to respect the confidentiality of Our Users’ or clients’ Personal Data as well as other obligations as imposed by the Data Protection Laws.

Despite all the above, We cannot guarantee that a data transmission or a storage system can ever be 100% secure. For more information about Our security measures please contact Us in the manner described below.

Authorised third parties, and external/third party service providers, with permitted access to Your information (as explained in this Privacy Policy) are specifically required to apply appropriate technical and organisational security measures that may be necessary to safeguard the Personal Data being processed from unauthorised or accidental disclosure, loss or destruction and from any unlawful forms of processing.

As stated above, the said service providers (Our data processors) are also bound by a number of other obligations in line with the Data Protection Laws (particularly, Article 28 of the GDPR).

RETENTION PERIODS

We will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary (taking into consideration the purpose for which they were originally obtained). The criteria We use to determine what is ‘necessary’ depends on the particular Personal Data in question and the specific relationship We have with You (including its duration).

Our normal practice is to determine whether there is/are any specific EU and/or Maltese law(s) (for example tax or corporate laws) permitting or even obliging Us to keep certain Personal Data for a certain period of time (in which case We will keep the Personal Data for the maximum period indicated by any such law). For example, any data that can be deemed to be ‘accounting records’ must be kept for ten (10) years.

We would also have to determine whether there are any laws and/or contractual provisions that may be invoked against Us by You and/or third parties and if so, what the prescriptive periods for such actions are (this is usually five (5) years in those cases where Our contractual relationship with You terminates or two (2) years in those cases where no such contractual relationship exists). In these cases, We will keep any relevant Personal Data that We may need to defend Ourselves against any claim(s), challenge(s) or other such action(s) by You and/or third parties for such time as is necessary.

Where Your Personal Data are no longer required by Us, We will either securely delete or anonymise the Personal Data in question.

Please see the ‘WHAT WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR (PURPOSE OF PROCESSING)’ section above for other specific processing operations with their respective retention periods (e.g. CCTV).

PROCESSING FOR RESEARCH AND STATISTICAL REASONS

Research and statistics using User or client information is only carried out so that We may understand Our Users' and/or clients’ needs, to develop and improve Our services/activities and/or for any philanthropic and/or cultural goals representative of Romègas’ purpose. In any case, We will always ensure to obtain any consent We may legally require from You beforehand. As in all other cases, We will also ensure to implement all appropriate safeguards as may be necessary.

THIRD PARTY SOURCES/SERVICES

From time to time, the Site, Our communications, concierge services, booking flows or other services may refer to, display or make available content, services, offers, booking functionality, payment facilities, reservation systems or links provided by third parties. These may include, for example, restaurants or other dining venues, transport providers, tour operators, event organisers, booking platforms, payment providers, travel agents or other third-party service providers which are legally and operationally separate from Romègas.

Unless We expressly state otherwise, such third-party websites, platforms, services, content and terms are not owned, operated or controlled by Romègas. Romègas does not accept responsibility for, and shall not be liable in respect of, the accuracy, availability, security, legality, quality or content of any such third-party websites, platforms, services, offers, terms and conditions, privacy policies, notices or processing activities. Any reference or link to a third party does not imply that Romègas endorses that third party or accepts responsibility for its acts, omissions, terms or data processing practices.

It is Your responsibility to carefully read, understand and satisfy Yourself with any third-party terms and conditions, privacy policies, cookie policies and other notices before accessing, using, booking through, purchasing from, paying through or otherwise interacting with any such third party. This is particularly important whenever You click on a link that takes You away from the Site to a third-party website or platform, including where the third party is a restaurant, booking provider or other service provider that is separate from Romègas.

Where You make a booking, reservation, payment or other request through a third-party platform or provider (in some cases even before interacting with Us), that third party may process Your Personal Data as a separate data controller and may apply its own terms and conditions, privacy policy, cookie policy and other notices. In such cases, You should read and understand those documents before proceeding, since Romègas is not responsible for the content of those documents or for processing carried out independently by such third party, except to the extent that Romègas is required to do so under applicable law and/or as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.

COOKIES

When You visit Our Site, We collect certain categories of Personal Data automatically through the use of cookies and similar technologies.

For more detailed information including what cookies are and how and why We process such data in this manner (including the difference between essential and non-essential cookies) please read Our detailed but easy-to-read Cookie Policy.

MINORS

The Site and Our services are not intended to be used directly by any persons under the age of eighteen (18) and therefore We will never intentionally collect any Personal Data from such persons, unless under a specific legal exemption (if any) or as part of family bookings. If You are under the age of consent, please consult and get Your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to use the Site and to use Our services.

We shall consider that any Personal Data of persons under the age of eighteen (18) received by Us, shall be sent with the proper authority and that the sender can demonstrate such authority at any time, upon Our request.

AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING

If You are a prospective client trying to book a room with Us, You may be subject to decision making taken solely by automated means (in other words, without significant human intervention), including profiling. Such automated decision making will be based on Our contractual obligation with You and will be carried out for the purposes of matching Your booking criteria with Our room availabilities.

Please note that in this regard, You shall always have the right to:

  • Request that a human being acting on Our behalf intervenes in the above automated decision-making process; OR
  • Express Your own point of view regarding such automated decision-making and/or the outcome thereof; OR
  • Contest the outcome of such automated decision-making.

YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION LAWS

Before addressing any request You make to Us, We may first need to verify Your identity. In all cases We will try to act on Your requests as soon as reasonably possible.

As explained in the Retention Periods section above, We may need to keep certain Personal Data for compliance with Our legal retention obligations but also to complete transactions that You requested prior to the change or deletion that You requested.

Your various rights at law include:

Your Right of Access

You may, at any time, request Us to confirm whether or not We are processing Personal Data that concerns You and, if We are, You shall have the right to access that Personal Data and to the following information:

  • What Personal Data We have,
  • Why We process them,
  • Who We disclose them to,
  • How long We intend on keeping them for (where possible),
  • Whether We transfer them abroad and the safeguards We take to protect them,
  • What Your rights are,
  • How You can make a complaint,
  • Where We got Your Personal Data from and
  • Whether We have carried out any automated decision-making (including profiling) as well as related information.

Upon request, We shall (without adversely affecting the rights and freedoms of others including Our own) provide You with a copy of the Personal Data undergoing processing within one month of receipt of the request, which period may be extended by two months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests. We shall inform You of any such extension within one month of receipt of the request, together with the reasons for the delay.

Your Right to Rectification

You have the right to ask Us to rectify inaccurate Personal Data and to complete incomplete Personal Data concerning You. We may seek to verify the accuracy of the data before rectifying it.

Your Right to Erasure (The Right to be Forgotten)

You have the right to ask Us to delete Your Personal Data and We shall comply without undue delay but only where:

  • The Personal Data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected; or
  • You have withdrawn Your consent (in those instances where We process on the basis of Your consent) and We have no other legal ground to process Your Personal Data; or
  • You shall have successfully exercised Your right to object (as explained below); or
  • Your Personal Data shall have been processed unlawfully; or
  • There exists a legal obligation to which We are subject; or
  • Special circumstances exist in connection with certain children’s rights.

In any case, We shall not be legally bound to comply with Your erasure request if the processing of Your Personal Data is necessary:

  • or compliance with a legal obligation to which We are subject (including but not limited to Our data retention obligations); or
  • for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

There are other legal grounds entitling Us to refuse erasure requests although the two instances above are the most likely grounds that may be invoked by Us to deny such requests.

Your Right to Data Restriction

You have the right to ask Us to restrict (that is, store but not further process) Your Personal Data but only where:

  • The accuracy of Your Personal Data is contested (see the right to data rectification above), for a period enabling Us to verify the accuracy of the Personal Data; or
  • The processing is unlawful and You oppose the erasure of Your Personal Data; or
  • We no longer need the Personal Data for the purposes for which they were collected but You need the Personal Data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
  • You exercised Your right to object and verification of Our legitimate grounds to override Your objection is pending.

Following Your request for restriction, except for storing Your Personal Data, We may only process Your Personal Data:

  • Where We have Your consent; or
  • For the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
  • For the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or
  • For reasons of important public interest.

Your Right to Data Portability

You have the right to ask Us to provide Your Personal Data (that You shall have provided to Us) to You in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, or (where technically feasible) to have it 'ported' directly to another data controller, provided this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others. This right shall only apply where:

  • The processing is based on Your consent or on the performance of a contract with You; and
  • The processing is carried out by automated means.

Your Right to Withdraw Consent (when We rely on consent)

See Our Special Note on Consent for detailed information on this right (which You may exercise at any time).

Your Right to Object to Certain Processing

In those cases where We only process Your Personal Data when this is 1.) necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or 2.) when processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Us or by a third party, You shall have the right to object to processing of Your Personal Data by Us. Where an objection is entered, the processing of data shall cease, unless We as data controller provide compelling and legitimate grounds requiring the continuation of the data processing which outweigh the objections You may have raised.

When Your data is processed for direct marketing purposes, You have the right to object at any time to the processing of Your Personal Data, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

For the avoidance of all doubt, when We process Your Personal Data when this is necessary for the performance of a contract, when necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which We are subject or when processing is necessary to protect Your vital interests or those of another natural person, this general right to object shall not subsist.

Your Right to lodge a Complaint

You also have the right to lodge complaints with the appropriate Data Protection Supervisory Authority. The competent authority in Malta is the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (OIDPC).

We kindly ask that You please attempt to resolve any issues You may have with Us first (even though, as stated above, You have a right to contact the competent authority at any time).

Your Rights in respect of Automated Decision-Making

For information on your rights relating to how We make use of automated decision-making to more efficiently process Your data, please see AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING section above.

WHAT WE MAY REQUIRE FROM YOU

As one of the security measures We implement, before being in the position to help You exercise Your rights as described above We may need to verify Your identity to ensure that We do not disclose to or share any Personal Data with any unauthorised individuals.

TIME LIMIT FOR A RESPONSE

We try to reply to all legitimate requests within one month from receiving them. In some particular cases (for example, if the matter is particularly complex or if You send Us multiple requests), it may take Us longer than a month. In such cases, We will notify You accordingly and keep You updated.

DATA CONTROLLER DETAILS

CG Ventures Ltd., a company registered in Malta with company registration number (C 78879) and whose registered office address is at 56, Level 2, Tower Road, Sliema, Malta is the data controller responsible for processing Your Personal Data that takes place via the Site or in the manner explained above (or in the condensed privacy policy or notice that may have directed You here).

If You have any questions/ comments about privacy or should You wish to exercise any of Your individual rights, please contact Us at: hello@romegashotel.com or by writing to Us using the following address Romègas Hotel, 41-47 Old Bakery Street, Valletta, VLT1454, Malta, by phoning Us using telephone number (+356)21311130 (during normal office hours) or by contacting Our Data Contact Person.

Romègas’ Data Protection Contact Person is who can be contacted directly at dataprotection@romegashotel.com.

UPDATES

We reserve the right, at Our complete discretion, to change, modify, add and/or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. If You are an existing client with whom We have a contractual relationship You shall be informed by Us of any changes made to this Privacy Policy (as well as other terms and conditions relevant to the Site). We shall also archive and store previous versions of the Privacy Policy for Your review.

As a User of the Site with which We have no contractual relationship or even a lawful way of tracing, it is in Your interest to regularly check for any updates to this Privacy Policy (which are usually deemed to be effective on the date they are published on the Site), in the event that Our attempts to notify You of such updates do not reach You.

Last Updated on 9th July 2026