Booking.com restructured its privacy notice to reorganize sections and clarify data collection practices. The updated policy expands the description of personal data collected to explicitly include date of birth, current location, work travel status, traveling companion names and dates of birth, dietary and accessibility preferences, and passport/ID information for certain trips. The policy also reorganizes how it describes data sharing and processing purposes, separating 'Trip & payments management' from 'Platform services & operations' and removing some prior marketing-focused language while adding detail about review collection and communication services.
The updated privacy notice expands the explicit disclosure of personal data Booking.com collects during trip reservations. Previously, the policy described collection of 'contact details' and 'reservation identifiers and dates' in general terms. The revised policy now itemizes collection of date of birth, current location, whether you are traveling for work, names and dates of birth of traveling companions, dietary and accessibility preferences, and passport or ID information for certain trip types. The policy also clarifies that this data is used for trip and payment management, platform operations, and review collection. These are disclosures of existing or expanded collection practices; the policy does not state when this expanded collection began or whether it applies retroactively to prior bookings.
→ Review the updated privacy notice to understand what personal data Booking.com collects during trip reservations, including date of birth, location, and travel companion information.
→ Check your account settings to see what personal data you have provided and what preferences you can manage.
Expanded to explicitly list date of birth, current location, travel companion names and dates of birth, dietary and accessibility preferences, and passport/ID information for certain trips.
Revised to explicitly include processing for insurance product purchases and associated payments, in addition to trip reservation administration.
Added new section describing data processing for platform infrastructure, search functionality, and communication services.
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Booking.com revised its privacy notice to provide more granular disclosure of personal data categories collected during trip reservations, including date of birth, current location, travel companion details, dietary preferences, and passport/ID information. The change appears …
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