Travelodge Leisure Privacy Policy
Introduction
This website is operated by Travelodge Hotels Limited (“we”, “us” or “Travelodge”) and we are a controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679. This means that we are responsible for, and control the processing of, the personal information you provide to us when using this website in accordance with this privacy policy.
Travelodge understands that customers care about the use and storage of their personal information and we value your trust in allowing us to do this in a careful and sensible manner. We have created this privacy policy statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to the privacy of our customers.
By using Travelodge hotels, our websites (including our mobile site), our mobile app, our social media pages, our dedicated telephone reservations line, our helpdesk functions and any other Travelodge service, you are acknowledging that we are processing your personal information and, where necessary consenting to such practices, as outlined in this statement.
If you are using our website or our recruitment portal to apply for vacancies, such activities are governed by a separate privacy policy which outlines how we process your personal information for these purposes and your rights in relation to the same. This separate privacy policy can be accessed at the bottom of the pages of our careers website.
Personal information which we collect
We collect personal information about you (and others if their personal information is provided by you) when you:
The personal information collected in the above manner may include the following about you (and others if their personal information is provided by you):
Personal information provided by third parties
We may receive information about you from other sources (such as the Mail Preference Service or from our authorised third party providers), which we will add to the information we already hold about you in order to help us provide our products and services in accordance with your requirements and to ensure that the quality of data we have on your account(s) is maintained properly. We may also obtain personal information about you from social media providers such as Twitter and Facebook or from third party websites where you have left commentary or feedback about us (for example on TripAdvisor).
How we use your information
We will collect personal information:
to protect against fraud:
adhere to government guidance:
* any reliance on legitimate interest shall not prejudice your interest or fundamental rights and freedoms.
Marketing and Communications
We may periodically send promotional material to you about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting based on the profile we have created about you to the email addresses and phone numbers which you have provided.
If these are similar to products, services and bookings previously supplied by us to you, we will assume, under our legitimate interests to promote similar goods and services, that you are willing to receive this information unless you tell us otherwise. Please note that we do not want to send you information that you do not want to receive and you can opt out at any time (please see ‘The right to ask us to stop contacting you with direct marketing’ below for further information).
We will always ask your permission before sending you email marketing information (unless your company is a member of Travelodge Business, in which case please refer to our Travelodge Business Privacy Policy, or you have already received similar services, products or bookings from us as mentioned above). We do this by asking for your positive confirmation (e.g. by providing a tick or inserting your contact details in the relevant boxes) indicating that you wish to receive marketing and you can opt out at any time (please see ‘The right to ask us to stop contacting you with direct marketing’ below for further information). This ensures you only receive information that you have given us permission to send and are willing to receive.
We may use your information to create a profile about you in order to tailor, by automated means, our communication and marketing to you.
From time to time, we (or a third party nominated by us) may also use your information to contact you for research purposes and/or to ask about your experience using our hotels and services as part of a continual programme of customer service improvement. Please note such communications are not seen as marketing and you may receive these from us even if you have unsubscribed from marketing. We may contact you by email, telephone, text, social media and/or mail. We may also use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
How long we will keep your personal information
We retain your information for a range of purposes which determine the period of time for which we need to keep such information. For example (list is not exclusive):
Data |
Retention Period |
|
Recorded telephone conversations |
7 days from the day of call received |
|
For the purposes of marketing |
3 years from the point of last contact with you, this may include use of our websites, stays in our hotels or responses to communications with you |
|
For compliance with legal obligations arising from contracts entered into with you, for example tax regulations |
7 years from date of last transaction |
|
We will remove your data from our systems at the end of the applicable data retention periods, unless we are required by current or future law to retain your personal information for a longer period.
Our approach to information security
To protect your information, Travelodge has policies and procedures in place to make sure that only authorised personnel can access the information, that information is handled and stored in a secure and sensible manner and all systems that can access the information have proportionate and reasonable security measures in place. To achieve this, employees, contractors, sub-contractors and third party suppliers have contracts, with defined roles and responsibilities.
While we take commercially reasonable measures to ensure the safety and security of your data, due to the inherent risks with the Internet, we are unable to warranty the absolute security of your data when using our services.
Transfers of your information out of the EEA
We may from time to time need to transfer your personal information to support partners which are located outside the European Economic Area, for the purpose of ensuring our websites are operating correctly or in relation to third parties to whom we share your data. Any transfer of your data will be subject to adequate levels of protection that will safeguard your privacy rights and give you remedies in the unlikely event of a security breach.
Your rights
In order to process any of the requests listed below, we may need to verify your identity for your security. In such cases your response will be necessary for you to exercise this right. To the extent we are unable to comply with your request in any way, we will let you know as soon as possible.
The right to access information we hold about you
At any point you can contact our customer services team to request details concerning the information we hold about you, why we have that information, who has access to the information and where we got the information. In most cases you may be entitled to copies of the information we hold concerning you. Once we have received your request we will respond within 30 days.
The right to correct and update the information we hold about you
If the data we hold about you is out of date, incomplete or incorrect, you can inform us and we will ensure that it is updated.
The right to have your information erased
If you feel that we should no longer be using your data or that we are illegally using your data, you can request that we erase the data we hold. When we receive your request, we will confirm whether the data has been deleted or tell you the reason why it cannot be deleted.
The right to object to processing of your data
You have the right to request that Travelodge stops processing your data. Upon receiving the request, we will contact you to tell you if we are able to comply or if we have legitimate grounds to continue. If data is no longer processed, we may continue to hold your data to comply with your other rights.
The right to ask us to stop contacting you with direct marketing
You have the right to request that we stop contacting you with direct marketing. On promotional emails we provide an ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of the email which will unsubscribe you from that service. You can also unsubscribe by updating your profile preference center or via your My Travelodge account on our website or via our unsubscribe link. If you wish to opt out with respect to more than one email address, you must complete a separate request for each email address.
Please note it is not possible to ‘opt-out’ of receiving communication from us which relates to your bookings or customer satisfaction surveys sent as part of the booking (which are not considered marketing for these purposes). This ensures that we can always contact you as a result of circumstances that may affect your stay with us and in order for us to improve our services going forward.
The right to data portability
You have the right to request that we transfer your data to another controller. Once we have received your request, we will comply where it is feasible to do so.
The right to object to automated decision making / profiling
You have the right to request that we stop automated decision making and profiling in relation to our direct marketing practice. You can inform us and we will deal with your request accordingly. Please note that on receipt of the request we will update our systems without undue delay, however you may still receive marketing material unless and to the extent you opt out of the marketing itself (see above).
The right to complain
You can make a complaint to us by contacting us via datacontroller@travelodge.co.uk or to the data protection supervisory authority – in the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office, at https://ico.org.uk/.
Consent
In those cases where we need your consent to process your information, we will ask you to make a positive indication (e.g. to tick a box or insert your contact details on the relevant form or web page requiring consent). By actively providing us with your consent, you are stating that you have been informed as to the type of personal information that will be processed, the reasons for such processing, how it will be used, for how long it will be kept, who else will have access to it and what your rights are as a data subject and that you have read and understood this privacy policy.
Sharing your information
The information and data we collect is important for Travelodge and we understand that you care about the use and storage of your personal information and we value your trust in allowing us to do this. We will not share this with anyone else unless we have a lawful basis for doing so, we will never disclose, rent, trade or sell your personal information to any third parties for their marketing purposes.
We may disclose or transfer your personal information and data (e.g. contact details as well as arrival and departure dates) in order to support NHS Test and Trace. In the event that we do this we will adhere to then current government guidance (please refer to the government guidance on maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors to support NHS track and trace here ).
We do disclose or transfer your data or personal information to other companies, data processors or agents employed by us to perform any necessary functions on our behalf (such as hosting and maintaining our website, providing us with data management systems, market research, customer satisfaction surveys and support services and to help us analyse and tailor our marketing to you), but they are bound by similar terms to those set out in our privacy policy and may not use this information for their own purposes.
In the event that Travelodge or any part of its business is sold to or integrated with another business, Travelodge may disclose your personal information to the new owners (and their professional advisers on the transaction) to be used by the new owners and their group of companies in the same ways as set out in this privacy policy, including to continue providing you with the same services and marketing information services as are currently provided by Travelodge.
We may also provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns and related site information to reputable third parties in order to better understand our services, website and overall customer satisfaction which may include personally identifying information.
Contact details
If you have any queries about this policy, need further information or wish to lodge a complaint you can use the details below to contact us.
Data Protection Officer
Travelodge Hotels Ltd
Sleepy Hollow
Aylesbury Road
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 3AT
datacontroller@travelodge.co.uk
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this policy from time to time. You should check this policy occasionally to ensure that you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access the website.
Travelodge Business Privacy Policy
Introduction
Travelodge Business Members (Member Companies) are for the purposes of this privacy statement defined as, those companies who have agreed to be bound by the Travelodge Business Terms and Conditions of use of this website. Any reference to Member Companies within this privacy statement also includes any authorised individual who has opened a Travelodge Business account and all staff members, Authorised Individuals, representatives and guests of any Member Companies.
This website (https://www.travelodge.co.uk/business) is operated by Travelodge Hotels Limited ("we", "us" or "Travelodge") and we are a controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679. We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to the privacy of all customers, including our Member Companies and those using Travelodge Business.
Travelodge is responsible for, and controls the processing of, the personal information provided to us when Member Companies use this website in accordance with this privacy statement. Please note that when a Member Company shares personal data with us, Travelodge processes such data in the capacity of a Controller. This is because Travelodge has a number of requirements and responsibilities that arise through the booking process such as determining the data needed to book rooms and how long this is kept for. These responsibilities dictate that Travelodge is a controller (rather than acting as a processor on behalf of the Member Companies).
In accepting these terms, Travelodge and Member Companies agree that they will comply with all applicable obligations under data protection legislation and agree to assist each other in complying with their respective obligations under this legislation.
Defined terms used in this statement are as set out in the Travelodge Business Terms and Conditions unless stated otherwise. This privacy statement supplements the terms of the Travelodge Business Terms and Conditions. In the event of any conflict between any term of this privacy statement and the Travelodge Business Terms and Conditions, the Travelodge Business Terms and Conditions shall take priority. All other terms in Travelodge Business Terms and Conditions shall continue to govern use by the Member Companies of the services supplied by Travelodge.
References to personal information provided by Member Companies in this statement shall include personal information of any of the Member Company's staff members, representatives of the Member Company, or guests staying in our hotels using the Member Company's Travelodge Business membership.
Scope of Application
As a member of Travelodge Business, Member Companies acknowledge that they are responsible for ensuring that those individuals that the Member Company shares information about are aware that their information will be processed in accordance with the practices outlined in this statement, this applies when Member Companies use Travelodge hotels, our websites (including our mobile site), our mobile app, our social media pages, our dedicated telephone reservations line, our helpdesk functions and any other Travelodge service.
If you are using these services other than as a Member Company, please refer to our Travelodge Leisure privacy policy which outlines how we process your personal information in such circumstances.
If you are using our website or our recruitment portal to apply for vacancies, such activities are governed by a separate privacy policy which outlines how we process your personal information for these purposes and your rights in relation to the same. This separate privacy policy can be accessed at the bottom of the pages of our careers website.
Personal information we collect
We collect certain personal information from Member Companies and guests staying in our hotels using Travelodge Business. It is necessary for us to process this personal information in order to carry out our business.
Specifically, we collect personal information about Member Companies and/or guests when they:
The personal information collected in the above manner may include the following about Member Companies:
Personal information provided by third parties
We may receive personal information about Member Companies from other sources (such as the Mail Preference Service or our authorised third party providers), which we will add to the information we already hold about them in order to help us provide our products and services in accordance with their requirements and to ensure that the quality of data we have on our accounts is maintained properly. We may also obtain information about Member Companies from social media providers such as Twitter and Facebook or from third party websites where they have left commentary or feedback about us (for example on TripAdvisor).
Member Companies, booking agents and travel management companies acknowledge and agree that, by using Travelodge hotels, our websites (including our mobile site), our mobile app, our social media pages, our dedicated telephone reservations line, our helpdesk functions and any other Travelodge service as a member of Travelodge Business, they shall be responsible for ensuring that they have the relevant legal basis for the processing of personal data and have notified their staff members, representatives and guests that their personal information will be processed in this manner.
How we use personal information
We will collect personal information from Member Companies:
protect against fraud:
adhere to government guidance:
*any reliance on legitimate interest shall not prejudice your interest or fundamental rights and freedoms.
Marketing and Communications
We may send electronic marketing messages to the email addresses provided to promote Travelodge Business and related benefits. We undertake this marketing on the basis that we have a legitimate interest to market and promote our services. This includes offering products and services that we think our contacts at Member Companies will be interested in. Recipients can opt out of such marketing at any time by following the link provided in the marketing message.
We may use information provided to us to create profiles in order to tailor, by automated means, our communication and marketing.
From time to time, we (or a third party nominated by us) may also use information provided to us to contact Member Companies for research purposes and/or to ask about customer experience using our hotels and services as part of a continual programme of customer service improvement. Please note such communications are not seen as marketing and you may receive these from us even if you have unsubscribed from marketing. We may contact these persons by email, telephone, text, social media and/or mail. We may also use the information to customise the website.
How long we will keep personal information.
We retain personal information for a range of purposes which determine the period of time for which we need to keep such information. For example (list is not exclusive):
Data |
Retention Period |
Recorded telephone conversations |
7 days from the day of call received |
For the purposes of marketing |
3 years from the point of last contact with you, this may include use of our websites, stays in our hotels or responses to communications with you |
For compliance with legal obligations arising from contracts entered into with you, for example tax regulations |
7 years from date of last transaction |
For business continuity for example backups |
Up to 8 years depending on the processing |
We will remove data from our systems at the end of the applicable data retention periods, unless we are required by current or future law to retain personal information for a longer period.
Information Security
To protect personal information, both Travelodge and the Member Company agree to have policies and procedures in place to make sure that only authorised personnel can access such information, that information is handled and stored in a secure and sensible manner and all systems that can access the information have proportionate and reasonable security measures in place. To achieve this, employees, contractors, subcontractors and third party suppliers should have contracts, with defined roles and responsibilities.
While we take commercially reasonable measures to ensure the safety and security of personal information, due to the inherent risks with the Internet, we are unable to warrant the absolute security of personal data when using our services.
We expect Member Companies to have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to ensure that personal data is kept secure as required by applicable data protection legislation.
Transfers of information out of the UK and EEA
We may from time to time need to transfer personal information to support partners which are located outside the UK and the European Economic Area, for the purpose of ensuring our websites are operating correctly or in relation to third parties to whom we share data. Any transfer of data will be subject to adequate levels of protection that will safeguard the privacy rights of data subjects and give them remedies in the unlikely event of a security breach.
Data subject rights
Travelodge recognises and respects that data subjects have certain rights under data protection legislation. These rights are listed in our Leisure privacy policy. All requests to exercise these rights will be administered in accordance with our Leisure privacy policy.
Sharing your information
The information and data we collect is important for Travelodge and we understand that our Members care about the use and storage of our users' personal information and we value your trust in allowing us to do this. We will not share this with anyone else unless we have a lawful basis for doing so, we will never disclose, rent, trade or sell your personal information to any third parties for their marketing purposes.
We do disclose or transfer personal information and data (e.g. contact details as well as arrival and departure dates) about Member Companies to support NHS Test and Trace. In the event that we do this, we will adhere to then current government guidance (please refer to the government guidance on maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors to support NHS track and trace here).
We do disclose or transfer personal information about Member Companies to other companies, data processors or agents employed by us to perform any necessary functions on our behalf (such as hosting and maintaining our website, providing us with data management systems, market research, customer satisfaction surveys and support services and to help us analyse and tailor our marketing to you), but they are bound by similar terms to those set out in our privacy policy and may not use this information for their own purposes.
In the event that Travelodge or any part of its business is sold to or integrated with another business, Travelodge may disclose personal information about Member Companies to the new owners (and their professional advisers on the transaction) to be used by the new owners and their group of companies in the same ways as set out in this privacy policy, including to continue providing our Member Companies with the same services and marketing information services as are currently provided by Travelodge.
We may also provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns and related site information to reputable third parties in order to better understand our services, website and overall customer satisfaction which may include personally identifying information.
Contact details
Please contact us using the below details regarding queries about this statement, further information, or complaints:
Data Protection Officer
Travelodge Hotels Ltd,
Sleepy Hollow,
Aylesbury Road,
Thame,
Oxfordshire,
OX9 3AT
datacontroller@travelodge.co.uk
Changes to this Privacy Statement
We may change this statement from time to time. You should check this statement occasionally to ensure that you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access the website.