Privacy notice
Last updated: 8 November 2026
This notice explains how The House of Houdini™ uses personal data collected through this website and by the cameras at the House, as required by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Who is responsible
The data controller is Houdini House Kft. (tax number 25009776-2-41), which operates The House of Houdini™, 11 Dísz tér, H-1014 Budapest. Phone: +36 1 951 8066. Email: info@houseofhoudinibudapest.com.
What we collect and why
- Booking form. First name, surname, email, phone, date of visit, preferred time, programme language and tickets chosen. We use these to arrange and confirm your visit, send your ticket details and contact you about your booking. Legal basis: taking steps towards and performing a contract with you (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)). We cannot handle a booking without the required fields.
- Payments and shop orders. Payments are made on the pages of myPOS, our payment provider. We never see or store your card details. We receive the payment confirmation and keep the details needed for our accounts. Legal basis: contract (Art. 6(1)(b)) and our legal duties under Hungarian accounting and tax law (Art. 6(1)(c)).
- Emails to us. If you write to one of our addresses, including about groups, events, press, support or the Friends of The House, we use your name, address and message to reply. Legal basis: your request and a possible contract (Art. 6(1)(b)), otherwise our legitimate interest in answering correspondence (Art. 6(1)(f)).
- Letters from the House. If you sign up in the footer or ask to hear news from us, we use your email address to send research findings, programmes and announcements. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)), which you can withdraw at any time by writing to us. We keep your address until you unsubscribe.
- Job applications. We use the details you send us to assess your application. Legal basis: steps before a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)).
- Website operation. Our web server records technical data such as IP address, browser type and pages requested, to deliver the site and keep it secure. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in a working, secure website (Art. 6(1)(f)).
Camera surveillance at the House
The House is monitored by security cameras that make recordings. We do this to protect visitors, staff, the collection and our property, and to investigate incidents. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in these purposes (Art. 6(1)(f)). You may object to this processing and ask us about the assessment behind it. Recordings can be viewed only by authorised staff, and are passed on only to authorities or courts where the law allows or requires it, or to deal with an incident.
Cookies
This website itself sets no cookies and uses no analytics or advertising tools. Its typefaces are part of the website, so your browser does not contact any outside service for them. The myPOS payment pages may use their own cookies, described by myPOS.
Who receives your data
- Our website hosting and email providers, which act on our instructions.
- myPOS, which processes your payment as a separate controller under its own privacy policy, available at mypos.com.
- Our accountants and public authorities, where the law requires it.
We do not sell your data. We make no automated decisions about you.
How long we keep it
- Booking details: up to 1 year after your visit date, or after your request if no visit takes place.
- Accounting records, including invoices and payment records: at least 8 years, as required by Hungarian accounting law.
- Correspondence: up to 1 year after the matter is closed.
- Job applications: until the position is filled, unless you agree to a longer period.
- Camera recordings: up to 3 working days, unless needed for proceedings before an authority or court, or to investigate an incident.
- Server records: only for the short period needed for security, then deleted on the hosting provider's regular cycle.
We may keep data longer where it is needed to establish or defend a legal claim.
Your rights
You may ask us for access to your data, and for its correction, erasure or restriction. You may also ask for a copy in a portable format, and object to processing based on our legitimate interests. Write to info@houseofhoudinibudapest.com. We reply within one month.
Complaints
You may complain to the Hungarian data protection authority: Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH), Falk Miksa utca 9-11, 1055 Budapest, phone +36 1 391 1400, ugyfelszolgalat@naih.hu, naih.hu. You may also complain to the authority in your own EU country, or go to court. In Hungary, the regional court (törvényszék) hears such cases.
Children
Bookings should be made by an adult. The form asks only for the number and type of tickets for children, not their names.
