Purpose for which data is used |
Data |
Source |
Legal basis |
To provide you with the Hotelsdating social networking service |
Name, email address, date of birth, location (CCPA Categories A and B) |
You provide your name, email address and date of birth to us. We obtain location data from the device that you use to access the service |
Contractual necessity |
To facilitate networking opportunities on the Hotelsdating site |
Optional information that you choose to provide in your profile, including through profile verification, which may include information about your sexual preferences, non-binary gender, religion, ethnic background, photos etc. (CCPA Categories C, H, I, J) |
You provide this information to us |
Consent |
To verify your identity and prevent fraud and to ensure the safety and security of Users |
Phone number and if requested or permitted, photo provided as part of profile verification (CCPA Category B and H) |
You provide this information to us |
Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to ensure that accounts are not set up fraudulently and to safeguard Users of the site |
To take payment for premium services (not applicable for Users making payments via the Apple App Store) |
Payment card details (CCPA Categories B and D) |
You provide this information to us |
Contractual necessity |
To allow our Advertising Partners to serve targeted advertisements on our App and Sites (this includes rewarded video ads) |
Advertising identifier associated with your device (Device ID), age, gender, and IP address (and your estimated locations based on your IP address) (CCPA Categories A, C and G) |
We obtain age and gender from you, and Device ID and IP address from the device that you use to access the service |
Consent – as indicated by you in your Privacy Settings/Cookie Settings preferences and via your browser or device privacy preferences (where required by your device manufacturer (for example Apple devices using iOS 14.5) |
To serve advertisements to Users of our Sites/App on third party networks and measure the effectiveness of such ads |
Data about your visit to our Sites or App and action taken on those (for example if you downloaded our App or created an account with Hotelsdating) IP address (and your estimated location based on your IP address) age, gender, Device ID (CCPA Categories A, C, G, F and K) |
We obtain age and gender from you and we obtain other information from the device or browser that you use to access the service |
Consent – as indicated by you in your Privacy Settings/Cookie Settings preferences and via your browser or device privacy preferences (where required by your device manufacturer (for example Apple devices using iOS 14.5) |
To serve promo cards and advertisements on the App |
Location, gender, age, and information that you have optionally provided us with via your profile (CCPA Categories A, C and G) |
We obtain age, gender and profile information from you, and location data from the device that you use to access the service |
Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to target advertisements so that Users see relevant advertisements and to allow us to generate income from advertising revenue |
To send you marketing information about our events, offers and services |
Name, email address, postal address, Instagram handle and mobile phone number (CCPA Categories A and B) |
You provide this information to us |
Consent or legitimate interests and in accordance with the laws applying to our marketing activities. We have a legitimate interest in promoting our business and products |
To contact you in order to run surveys for research purposes and to obtain feedback, and to find out if you want to take part in marketing campaigns |
Email address and mobile phone number (CCPA Category B) |
You provide this information to us |
Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to carry out research so that we can further develop the app and improve the service |
To enable Users to create and enhance their Hotelsdating profile and log into the app via third party accounts |
Data from Facebook and other third party accounts (see section 7 of this policy for more details) (CCPA Categories A, B, C, and H) |
We obtain this information from Facebook or the providers of any other accounts you use to log in or connect with your Hotelsdating account |
Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to facilitate access to our services |
To carry out research and analysis to help us improve the App |
Log and usage data, including IP address, browser type, referring domain, pages accessed, mobile carrier and search terms, images and videos (CCPA Categories F and H) |
You provide photos and videos to use. We obtain the log and usage information from the device that you use to access the service |
Legitimate interests – it is in our interests to analyse the way in which Users are accessing and using our services so that we can further develop the App, implement security measures and improve the service |
To respond to correspondence and queries that you submit to us, including social media queries |
Email address, IP address, social media name, phone number (CCPA Categories B and F) |
You provide your email address, social media name and phone number to us when you contact us and we obtain your IP address from the device that you use to contact us |
Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to respond to your queries to ensure that we provide a good service to Users and troubleshoot problems |
To investigate and block Users for reported infringements of our Terms and Conditions of Use |
Name and user registration details, profile information, content of messages and photographs; usage and device data such as IP address and IP session information (CCPA Categories A, B, C, F and H) |
You provide your registration details, profile information, messages and photographs to us. We obtain the other information from the device that you use to access the service. |
Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to prevent unauthorised behaviour to maintain the safety and integrity of our services. |
To block payment transactions as part of our anti-fraud procedures |
Name, IP address, email address, mobile number, cardholder name, payments received, type of payment, user ID, country (CCPA Categories, A, B, and D) |
You provide your name, email address, phone number and card details to us. We obtain your IP address from the device that you use to contact us. We obtain your payment information from your interactions with our service |
Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to prevent fraudulent transactions and to maintain the security of our services |
To enable video and audio call functions and the sending of images and video |
Video and audio call usage data, images and video (CCPA Categories F and H) |
We obtain this information from the device you use to access the service |
Legitimate interests - it is in our legitimate interest to provide these functionalities as part of the services. |
To build a more accurate profile of you, which helps us with matches and to personalise the service |
The apps installed on your device (Android only) (CCPA Categories F and K) |
We obtain this information from the device that you use to access our service |
Consent |
To defend legal claims, protect legal rights and to protect people from harm |
This could include any information that is relevant to the issue |
This information may be obtained directly from you, from your device or from third parties, depending on the information involved |
Legitimate interests – it is in our legitimate interests to protect our legal rights, defend legal claims and to protect our Users and third parties from harm |