Privacy & your information

This notice explains how personal data is processed on croatiaeventvenues.com, the Croatia Event Venues website, in English and Croatian, under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Croatian Act on the Implementation of the GDPR.

Who we are

Data controller: The Directory Network, LLC, 8051 N. Tamiami Trail STE E6, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA. Email: info@croatiaeventvenues.com.

What we process

• Enquiries and quote requests: your name, email, optional phone number, guest count, date and message.
• Listing claims and venue submissions: business contact details and evidence of your relationship to the venue.
• Owner accounts: email address and sign-in records.
• Public business information about venues: name, address, phone, website, category, opening hours, a rating summary and public photos. Some businesses, such as family farms (OPG) or sole traders, carry a person’s name; we publish nothing beyond the public business listing.
• Technical and security data: server logs and the Cloudflare Turnstile check.
• Analytics: only if you accept analytics cookies.

Purposes and legal bases

• Enquiries, claims and accounts: steps you ask us to take (GDPR art. 6(1)(b)).
• Public venue listings: our legitimate interest in helping people find event venues, balanced against the businesses’ interests (art. 6(1)(f)). You can object at any time.
• Security and abuse prevention: legitimate interest (art. 6(1)(f)).
• Analytics: your consent (art. 6(1)(a)), which you can withdraw in the cookie settings.

Recipients

Your enquiry goes only to the venues you selected (at most five) or, on pages without a named venue, to suitable venues or businesses for that request. Processors: Cloudflare (hosting, email, Turnstile) and Google (Analytics, only with your consent).

International transfers

Cloudflare and Google may process data outside the European Economic Area under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.

How long we keep data

Enquiries and claims: 24 months after the last activity. Server logs: up to 30 days. Analytics: 14 months. Removal requests are kept as a minimal record so a removed listing is not published again.

Cookies and local storage

Under the Croatian Electronic Communications Act, we store or read information on your device only when it is strictly necessary or when you consent. Strictly necessary: the security check, your shortlist (kept in this browser’s local storage) and your cookie choice. Analytics cookies are set only after you accept them, and you can change your choice at any time in the cookie settings in the footer.

Your rights

You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability and objection, and you can withdraw consent at any time. We reply within one month and confirm requests through your email address.

Complaints

If you believe your data has been processed unlawfully, you can lodge a complaint with the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka, AZOP), Selska cesta 136, 10000 Zagreb: azop.hr.

Children

We do not ask for information about children. Enquiries for children’s parties ask only for the guest count.

Contact and changes

For privacy questions, data requests or corrections, email contact@croatiaeventvenues.com. Version 1, October 2026. The version you agreed to is stored with each enquiry.