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What information is collected about you? How do we use it?
We take the utmost care to ensure that the personal information we obtain from you
is not used in a way that you may be unaware of or not agreeable to. You may wish
to submit an information request about our Hotel, participate in one of our promotions
or subscribe to our e-mail or postal mail lists. In response, we may ask for information
such as your name and postal address. In the event you opt to provide us with this
information, we will only use it for the purpose specified by you at the bottom
of the information gathering form.
Information collected on the Site may be used to:
- Register you as a Hotel member
- Plan and purchase hotel accommodations
- Enter your email in our promotions or sweepstakes
- Send marketing communications or surveys to you
- Respond to your questions or suggestions
- Improve the quality of your visit to our site
All forms will provide an opt-out button to allow you to choose not to participate
in Hotel lists and future online marketing. In deciding whether or not to join such
lists, please note that they are only used for Hotel purposes or in joint promotions
with a Hotel partner. We do not sell, rent or share any of your personal information
with any other party including any third-party joint promoters, nor use it for unapproved
commercial purposes. You may request to be removed from our lists at any time. All
emails distributed to our lists will contain easy, online access to unsubscribe.
Permission for Use
The Hotel may collect and use personal information that you submit at the Site in
any manner that is consistent with uses stated in this Privacy Policy or disclosed
elsewhere at the Site at the point you submit such personal information. At the
time you submit personal information or make a request, the intended use of the
information you submit will be apparent in the context in which you submit it and/or
because the Site states the intended purpose. By submitting personal information
at the Site, you are giving your consent and permission for any use that is consistent
with uses stated in this Privacy Policy or disclosed elsewhere at the Site at the
point you submit such personal information, and such consent will be presumed by
the Hotel, unless you state otherwise at the time you submit the personal information.
Please do not request any such communications on behalf of an individual or company
if you are not authorized to make the request.
Secure Reservations
If you decide to make an online reservation at the Site, you will be linked to a
reservation interface and a third party booking engine (“Booking Engine”)
provided by our property management system vendor LMS. While it appears to be part
of our site, the booking engine is in fact provided by a third party and is governed
by its privacy practices. We understand that security remains the primary concern
of online consumers and have chosen the Booking Engine Vendor carefully. The Booking
Engine Vendor participates in the VeriSign Secure Site Program, a top security certification
program, and:
- Has a VeriSign Secure Server ID.
- All information sent to this site, if in an SSL session, is encrypted, protecting
against disclosure to third parties.
Protecting your information
We would like our Site visitors to feel confident about using the Site to plan and
purchase their accommodations, so Hotel is committed to protecting the information
we collect. Hotel has implemented a security program to keep information that is
stored in our systems protected from unauthorized access. Our Site is hosted in
a secure environment. The Site servers/systems are configured with data encryption,
or scrambling, technologies, and industry-standard firewalls. When you enter personal
information during the reservation process, or during a customer email sign-up,
your data is protected by Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to ensure safe transmission.
Withdrawing Consent to Use
If, after permitting use of your personal information, you later decide that you
no longer want the Hotel to include you on its mailing list or otherwise contact
you or use your personal information in the manner disclosed in this Privacy Policy
or at the Site, simply tell us by sending an e-mail, or by clicking on the “Unsubscribe”
button at the bottom of our email communication to you.
Use of Aggregated Data
The Hotel is interested in improving the Site and may develop and offer new features
and services. We monitor aggregated data regarding use of the Site for marketing
purposes and to study, improve and promote use of the Site. In connection with such
purposes, the Hotel may share aggregated data with third parties collectively and
in an anonymous way. Disclosure of aggregated data does not reveal personal information
about individual Site users in any way that identifies who they are or how to contact
them.
Exceptions to the Privacy Policy
The Hotel has two exceptions to these limits on use of personal information:
- The Hotel may monitor and, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required,
disclose information to protect the security, property, assets and/or rights of
Hotel from unauthorized use, or misuse, of the Site or anything found at the Site.
- The Hotel may disclose information when required by law; however, only to the extent
necessary and in a manner that seeks to maintain the privacy of the individual.
Use of Cookies
To enable features at the Site, Hotel may assign one or more "cookies"
to your Internet browser. Cookies, among other things, speed navigation through
our Site, keep track of information so that you do not have to re-enter it each
time you visit our Site, and may provide you with customized content. A cookie is
an Internet mechanism composed of a small text file containing a unique identification
number that permits a web server to send small pieces of information or text by
means of your browser and place them on your computer's hard drive for storage.
This text lets the web server know if you have previously visited the web page.
Cookies by themselves cannot be used to find out the identity of any user.
We use cookies to collect and maintain aggregated data (such as the number of visitors)
to help us see which areas are most popular with our users and improve and update
the content on our site. While in the process of browsing our site, you also provide
us with information that doesn't reveal your personal identity -- what type of destination
you're exploring, for example. We use this aggregated data only as explained in
this Privacy Policy. We do not connect aggregated data to any name, address, or
other identifying information.
You may occasionally receive cookies from unaffiliated companies or organizations,
to the extent they place advertising on our Site or are linked to the Site. These
third-party cookies may collect information about you when you "click"
on their advertising or content or link. This practice is standard in the Internet
industry. Because of the way in which the Internet operates, we cannot control collection
of this information by these third parties, and these cookies are not subject to
this Privacy Policy.
Children's Privacy & Parental Consent
Please be aware that Hotel has not designed this Site for, and does not intend for
it to be used by, anyone under age 18. Accordingly, this Site should not be used
by anyone under age 18. Our privacy policy prohibits us from accepting users who
are under the age of 18. The Hotel specifically requests that persons under the
age of 18 not use this Site or submit or post information to the Site. Should the
Hotel inadvertently acquire personal information or other data from users under
the age of 18, the Hotel will not knowingly provide this data to any third party
for any purpose whatsoever, and any subsequent disclosure would be due to the fact
the user under age 18 used the Site and submitted personal information without solicitation
by or permission from the Hotel.
Links Provided To Other Sites
The Hotel may provide links to a number of other web sites that we believe might
offer you useful information and services. However, those sites may not follow the
same privacy policies as the Hotel. Therefore, we are not responsible for the privacy
policies or the actions of any third parties, including without limitation, any
web site owners whose sites may be reached through this Site, nor can we control
the activities of those web sites. We urge you to contact the relevant parties controlling
these sites or accessing their on-line policies for the relevant information about
their data collection practices before submitting any personal information or other
sensitive data.
Your Consent To This Privacy Policy
Use of the Site signifies your consent, as well as the consent of the company for
whom you use the Site and whose information you submit (if any), to this on-line
Privacy Policy, including the collection and use of information by the Hotel, as
described in this statement, and also signifies agreement to the terms of use for
the Site. Continued access and use of the Site without acceptance of the terms of
this Privacy Policy relieves the Hotel from responsibility to the user.
Policy Modifications & Contacting Hotel
The Hotel reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time; notice of
changes will be published on this page. Changes will always be prospective, not
retroactive. If you have questions about our policies, please contact:
Hotel Contact Information:
Cristina Sierra
E-Commerce Manager
The New Yorker Hotel
(212) 244-0719 ext. 4639
cristinas@NYhotel.com
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