Privacy Policy

Cheaperthanhotels is committed to ensuring our customers' privacy and security of all information collected, and to explain it in as simple and comprehensive manner as possible. If at the end of this page you feel we could have made some improvements, feel free to send us an email.

Here’s some background as to what we do.

We regularly review guidelines from authorities in the major countries and follow recommendations to improve privacy compliance and disclosure. While we cannot cover all the combined complexity and variances for 180 countries and different States and territories, we do follow standards outlined in the US, Canada, EEC, UK, Australia by privacy authorities.

In accordance with privacy guidelines and requirements, this Privacy Policy attempts to outline as simply as possible the information and collection practices adopted by Cheaperthanhotels , how that information is used and the choices that you can make about the way the information you provide to us is collected and used. We do hope you find it useful.

1. the information we collect and share

2. how we use the information

3. our commitment to data security

4. cookies

5. when does Cheaperthanhotels send you emails?

6. opting out of promotional information

7. how to contact us

1. the information we collect and share

Bookings:

When you make a booking via the Cheaperthanhotels web site, we need to collect information about you to process the transaction and fulfil your order. This information includes, but is not limited to, details such as your name, your contact details (email, phone, address) and your credit card details. When you submit a request via our email support forms, we also collect your name and email so that either we, or our accommodation and booking partners may respond to your request or query as quickly as possible.

Booking Partners:

The information you provide us in the booking process is then passed to our booking partners for the completion of your transaction with payment and the management of your reservation. The process with our partners is a separate process. Our partners are Booking.com and their privacy policy can be found here (http://www.booking.com/content/privacy.en-gb.html ) . We pass this information according to strict data security standards as outlined below.

Third Party Logins:

We use social media plugin’s, such as, but not limited to Facebook to promote our accommodation partners’ properties and also to promote, improve and facilitate our own services. When you click on one of the buttons and register with your social media account, information is shared with your social media provider, and possibly presented on your social media profile to be shared with others in your network. We do this because it is popular with customers to share information that we have on our website. You should check with your social media account website’s privacy policy to make sure you are comfortable doing this.

2. how we use the information

When you become a member of Cheaperthanhotels or submit a booking request, we use the collected information in several ways:

• For personal identification and verification

• to complete your hotel or accommodation reservation

• to allow us or our booking partners to contact you for customer service, if required

• to make improvements to the Cheaperthanhotels web site

• to improve your user experience on the web site

• to send you marketing material

In addition, if you have opted to sign up for membership offered by our website, your email address will be used to send you an email message confirming your new member registration. As a member you, will occasionally receive updates from us about special rate offers, newsletters and any noteworthy changes to the website.

We disclose your information to third parties (such as the accommodation providers you have booked with or booking partners) only for the purpose of completing your transaction with those third parties, who are providing the above services to you and for the purposes of the associated administration. We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

Unless otherwise prohibited by law or our contractual obligations, we may disclose personal information if required to do so by law, court order, or as requested by a governmental or law enforcement authority, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable.

Such situations may include: to perform, maintain or enforce contracts with our customers; to protect the rights or properties of Cheaperthanhotels our business affiliates, our customers, or others; or when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing, or who may be threatening to cause, interference with or damage to our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise; or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities.

Like most web sites, there is certain information we automatically track, including the URL that you just came from, the browser you are using and your IP address. This data is utilised to improve the services of Cheaperthanhotels and does not include any personally identifying information.

3. our commitment to data security

We believe it is important for us and our booking partners to keep the personal information that we hold about you secure from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

While being transmitted over the Internet, your credit card details and identity are protected using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption which scrambles those details so that the information remains secure. Credit card details are only used to pay for accommodation booked through our service. These details are stored securely at all times, are not used for any other purpose and will never be provided to any unauthorised third parties.

Cheaperthanhotels has also obtained a digital certificate from Go Daddy, an industry leader in the protection and management of data transmission and storage.

4. Cookies

“Cookies” are pieces of information that our Web page transfers to your computer’s hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can make the website more useful to you by storing information about your preferences. The use of cookies is an industry standard and many web sites including ours use them to provide useful features for you. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify you, only your computer.

We may, from time to time, use “cookies” to store your preferences, record session information and collect information on how you visit and access our web pages. We collect information on the web pages visited by our customers in order to help us to continue improving our services and your user experience by adjusting personalised features, such as the properties you have previously searched.

Here’s a few more things about the types of “cookies that we use:

• Technical cookies :

We think it’s important to give our visitors a technically advanced website that can adapt to your needs and choices. To achieve this we use “technical cookies” to make it function correctly and show our website, to sign you in and to manage your bookings. These cookies are absolutely necessary for our website to function correctly.

• Functional cookies :

We use functional cookies to remember your preferences and to help you to use our website efficiently. The types of functions it remembers are currency settings and accommodation you previously searched on. These types of cookies are not essential for the running of the website, but they do enhance your personalised experience when on our website.

• Third party marketing and analytics cookies :

We use the services of trusted and recognised online advertising and marketing companies. We also use third party providers for analytics purposes. To enable these services, these companies need to place cookies.

We only use third party providers that comply with the responsibility of the highest standards and practices in data management.

With third party online advertising and marketing services, we aim to work only with companies that are members of recognised organisations that conform to codes of conduct. The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and/or the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) are two of these. Members of NAI and IAB comply to strict industry standards and codes of conduct. NAI and IAB members allow you to easily opt out of the behavioural advertising. You can visit www.networkadvertising.org and www.youronlinechoices.com to see if any of the NAI members may have placed an advertising cookie file on your computer, To opt out of an NAI or IAB member’s behavioural advertising programme, simply check the box that corresponds to the company from which you wish to opt out.

We use Google analytics to track the behaviour of users. It does not identify you personally or any of your personal details. It does track the IP address of your computer, with such generic information as time on site, the pages visited, devices used, country and city of enquiry. This type of information is gathered across the many visitors to our site and we use this information to inform us on how to make improvements to our website and our marketing tactics. In order to control the collection of data for analytical purposes by Google Analytics, you may want to visit the following link: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

• Third party commercial cookies :

We may use third-party cookies as well as our own to display personalised advertisements on our website and on other websites. This type of activity is called “ retargeting “ and it is based on browsing activities such as the destinations you have been searching for and the accommodation you have viewed, as well as the prices you may have been displayed. Cookies may also be used to display products and service through our website.

• The lifespan of cookies :

The cookies we use have varying lifespans. The maximum lifespan we set on some of them is five years from your last visit to our website. You can erase all cookies from your browser any time you want to. (See below)

A few more things about “cookies “:

• Cookies are necessary for our website to function correctly.

• Only Cheaperthanhotels has access to the data from your cookies.

• Using your browser settings in for example Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox or Chrome you can set which cookies to accept and which to reject. Where you find these settings depends on the browser that you are using. Use the Help function to locate the settings that you need.

• You can find our cookies in your browser settings.

• If you choose not to accept certain cookies, you may not be able to use some functions on our website.

5. When does Cheaperthanhotels send you emails?

After you have made a booking, you will receive a confirmation message with all the information about your booking. To the extent that you have "Opted in" you may receive from time to time our newsletter or other information.

We may use your information for marketing activities, as permitted by law. For example:

You can opt out, or unsubscribe, from marketing communications at any time using the "Unsubscribe" link in each newsletter

Based on the information you share with us, individualized offers may be shown to you on the Cheaperthanhotels website, in mobile apps or on third-party websites, including social media sites. These might be offers that you can book directly on the Cheaperthanhotels website, or third-party offers or products we think you might find interesting.

If we believe that a particular offer may be of interest to you, we may attempt to contact you by phone.

If you have any suggestions, for the improvement of this privacy statement, please send us an email to privacy@Cheaperthanhotels.com

We are at all times entitled to change the way we that we collect, transmit and process the personal information and such other information, as we may consider necessary. At all times we will do this in accordance with the privacy standards adopted in most major countries and update our privacy policy to reflect those changes where necessary.

This Privacy Statement may therefore be amended from time to time in order to reflect the latest changes.

6. opting out of promotional information

We at Cheaperthanhotels Australia work hard to provide our clients with the best possible rates at all hotels and accommodation we feature. From time to time, we will send our members newsletters, updates and specials in certain areas. You will only receive this correspondence if you have chosen to do so and we hope that you will find these items informative and useful. However, should you choose to not receive them in the future, you will have the ability to unsubscribe from the email database by clicking on the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email.

7. how to contact us

This policy may be revised from time to time, as new features are added to the site or guidelines change. Please check back periodically for updates and additions. If you have any concerns or queries about the Privacy Policy of Cheaperthanhotels or would like more information, please contact us on privacy@Cheaperthanhotels.com. We will attempt to respond to all reasonable concerns or inquiries within 48 hours of receipt.

Last updated 22 July 2015

CUSTOMERS - Please DO NOT submit booking enquiries to the above email address, as they will not be answered. If you have a question about an existing or new booking, please go our Customer Service Center