Finlandia Park Hotel Helsinki

In short, rude and threatening staff. Willfully in breach of every single GDPR policy/law. With a flipper and 5-10min you could easily cause enough GDPR related fines to down the entire company and then some.

I should note early that while I had a reservation I've not stayed. When they refused to help and started getting hostile. I took them up on their constant taunts of "if you don't want to do as we say just walk away we don't care". Ended up leaving and finding another hotel.

Because their reception is staffed but you're still required to use a dodgy app on an Android tablet nearby to fill in all your personal information and then some. There's nothing preventing you from exiting the app or doing whatever you want.

As they say, some of the information they're asking for is indeed required by local law. But the standard is to request a paper form be filled in. And typically either your passport or private home adress - not both.

They also gleefully refuse to help or answer any questions. Threatened to throw me out and call the police when I asked them to direct me to their policies on how they handle my personal data and for how long.

If you don't care about any of that I still wouldn't recommend it as the "free parking" is just that the people living in houses beside the hotel park along the street and there's nothing stopping you from doing the same. Except it's almost always 95% ful already.

Interior is brown tiles and white walls. Some called it "cozy" but it's honestly just old and ugly. Everything gives of the impression of sketchy motel.

Book literally anything else - the staff don't care about you or your privacy. They also can't even be bothered to show the slightest hint of courtesy or assistance.