- Update our name and our Affiliates
- Clarify how our various entities may have different privacy practices
- Update how we may share Personal Information among Affiliates
- Update how we process "Rights Requests" with our advertisers
- Clarify the purposes for collection of other categories of Personal Information
- Clarify our collection of "Customer Record" information for California residents
- Clarify our collection of "Geolocation" information for California residents
- Update to whom we may "sell" information for California residents
- Update "How Can You Contact Us" information
Last Updated: February 10, 2021
Click to read the Special Notice for Collection of Personal Information Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Introduction to this Privacy Notice
Travel + Leisure Co., its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Affiliates") (collectively “we”, “us”, or “our”) care about privacy issues and want you to be familiar with how we collect, disclose, and otherwise use (“Process”) information about you. This privacy notice (“Privacy Notice”) describes our practices in connection with information we collect through our websites (“Websites”), social media pages we control (“Social Media Pages”), and software applications we make available for use on or through computers and mobile devices (“Apps”), that include a link to this Privacy Notice, and through any of our offline activities, such as when you provide your information on the phone via our call centers or in person (“Offline Activities”) (collectively, including the Websites, Apps, Social Media Pages, and Offline Activities, the “Services”).
Our privacy practices may vary among the countries in which we operate to reflect local practices and legal requirements, such that our practices may be more limited in such jurisdictions.
Our privacy practices also may vary among our Affiliates and brands depending upon their function and their offered products and services. Please review the privacy notices linked to or referenced in their respective Services and note that the data controller of your Personal Information will be the Affiliate which provides the Services to you. For more information about Travel + Leisure Co., including a list of our Affiliates, please click here.
Travel + Leisure, which includes all print and digital editions and any related mobile applications (“T+L Properties”), is owned by Travel + Leisure Co. and operated by Meredith Corporation (“Meredith”). Pursuant to a licensing agreement between us and Meredith, we will receive user information collected by Meredith from Travel + Leisure’s print and newsletter subscribers. For more information about Meredith's privacy practices, please visit their privacy policy at https://www.meredith.com/nmg/privacy/travelandleisure.
Click here to read about “Your California Privacy Rights”.
NOTICE TO TIMESHARE OWNERS/FINANCING CUSTOMERS: You may receive a separate notice regarding “Your Financial Privacy” at time of purchase and/or by mail. If a Service provides you the ability to access your account online, and you agree to receive annual notices online, we will provide you with annual notices through such Service. Further, if we provide you with updated notices online, we will require you to acknowledge receipt of the updated notice through such Service or another identified Service.
What Information Is Collected and How Is It Collected?
· From Other Sources: We may receive your Personal Information from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, data firms, social media platforms, from people with whom you are friends or otherwise connected on social media platforms, as well as from other third parties.
· Mobile Devices: When you use or access our Services from a mobile device, we may collect information such as your unique device ID and your location. If you download and use an App, we and our service providers may track and collect App usage data, such as the date and time the App on your device accesses our servers and what information and files have been downloaded to the App based on your device number, as well as any other Personal Information specified by the App in its terms or notices.
· Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to help us get a better understanding of how visitors use this Website and to facilitate interest based advertising associated with your Google Account and other devices you use. The information generated by the Google Analytics cookie about your use of this Website is transmitted to and stored by Google. If you do not want your activity on this Website to be tracked by Google Analytics, you may opt out by using this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
· Internet Based Advertising: We may use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements regarding goods and services that may be of interest to you when you access and use our Services and other websites, apps or online services, based on information relating to your access and use of our Services and other websites, apps and services on any of your devices, as well as information received from third parties. To do so, these companies may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser (including through the use of pixel tags). They may also use these technologies, along with information they collect about your online use, to recognize you across the devices you use, such as a mobile phone and a laptop. If you would like more information about this practice, and to learn how to opt out of it in desktop and mobile browsers on the particular device on which you are accessing this Privacy Notice, please visit www.aboutads.info and www.networkadvertising.org to opt out in mobile apps. You may also opt out in Twitter by going to your account privacy settings and unchecking the box next to “Tailor ads based on information shared by ads partners.”
o Do Not Track Signals: At this time, we do not respond to browser ‘do not track’ signals, as we await the work of interested stakeholders and others to develop standards for how such signals should be interpreted. Third parties, including our service providers, may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites, including when you visit our website. You can learn about how to exercise choice regarding the collection of information about your online activities over time and across third party websites or online services by visiting http://www.aboutads.info/ and http://www.networkadvertising.org/.
· Data Collected Automatically: In addition to any Personal Information or other information you choose to provide to us or that we otherwise collect about you as described in this Privacy Notice on the Services, we and our third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies, now and hereafter devised, that automatically collect certain website usage information whenever you visit or interact with the Services. This information may include browser type, operating system, the page served, the time, the source of the request, the preceding page view, and other similar information. We may use this usage information for a variety of purposes, including to enhance or otherwise improve the Services. In addition, we may also collect your IP address or some other unique identifier for the particular device you use to access the Internet, as applicable. When analyzed, usage information helps us determine how our Services are used, such as what types of visitors arrive at the Services, what type of content is most popular, what type of content you may find most relevant and what type of visitors are interested in particular kinds of content and advertising. We may associate your website usage information with the Personal Information you provide, but we will treat the combined information as Personal Information.
We use information in a variety of ways, including to analyze site traffic, understand customer needs and trends, carry out targeted promotional activities and to improve our services.
As aggregated, de-identified or anonymized information does not constitute Personal Information, we may use it for any purpose.
Why and How We Use Your Information
We may Process Personal Information in connection with any of the following:
When We Disclose Your Information
We may disclose your information as follows:
How Do We Safeguard Your Information?
Other Important Information
Your Choices and Rights
How Can You Contact Us?
Your Nevada Privacy Rights
Notice to Nevada Residents: If you are a resident of Nevada, under certain circumstances, Nevada Civil Code Section NRS 603A.340 allows you to request operators of websites not to sell your Personal Information. To make such a request, please send an email to our Privacy Group at TandLPrivacy@wyn.com or send a letter to (please indicate our Affiliate or brand you typically do business with):
Travel + Leisure Co.
Attn: Legal Services-Privacy
6277 Sea Harbor Drive
Orlando, FL 32821
Your California Privacy Rights
Personal Information Category | Identifiers: Identifiers such as your real name, alias, title, military or other service rank, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver's license number, passport number, account number, rewards program number, and other similar identifiers. |
Purposes of Collection | We may collect this information to establish a business record of you, setup rewards and other accounts, create login credentials for you, and for similar reasons. We may collect this information to communicate to you about your purchases, transactions, contracts, our business relationship with you, and for similar reasons. We may collect this information to provide you with surveys for quality assurance, product development and more. We may collect this information to facilitate communications to you regarding products/services that may be of interest to you. We may collect this information to provide a list to resorts, homeowner's associations ("HOAs"), and third party partners related to your transactions, election activities, ownership and more. We may collect this information to verify your identity such as when you request access to your Personal Information or apply for financing. We may collect this information such as government id related information in order to process your financing application or provide information to a travel provider such as an airline pertaining to your reservation. We may collect this information to provide a list of your emergency contacts. We may collect this information to meet a legal requirement such as recording a title or similar functions. We may collect your signature on documents like contracts, financing terms, waivers, etc. |
Personal Information Category | Customer Records: Paper and electronic records containing Personal Information, such as name, signature, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, education, current employment, employment history, social security number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification number, insurance policy number, bank account number, credit or debit card number or any other financial or payment information, medical information or health insurance information. Some information in this category may overlap with other categories. |
Purposes of Collection | We may collect this information to set up ownership, membership, online and other accounts you request. We may collect this information to process and/or administer your financing applications and financing, your contracts, your reservations, your loyalty and/or rewards accounts, and more. We may collect this information to determine your eligibility for certain products or services. We may collect this information to process payments and purchases of any of our products or services. We may collect this information to verify your identity such as when you request access to your Personal Information or apply for financing. We may collect this information if you engage in certain physical, sports or similar activities at our resorts and other properties. We may collect this information to detect and prevent fraud. We may collect this information to comply with applicable laws and to meet other legal obligations. |
Personal Information Category | Commercial Information: Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. |
Purposes of Collection | We may collect this information to process and/or administer your loan applications and loans, your contracts, your reservations, your loyalty and/or rewards accounts, and more. We may collect this information to personalize your services/products, provide helpful suggestions, respond to your commercial inquiries, and facilitate communications to you of products/services and related features that may be of interest to you. We may collect this information to create efficiencies in managing reservations and recurring commercial interactions with you or otherwise managing our ongoing business relationship. We may collect this information to maintain a record of your consuming history preferences and tendencies to better serve you, to personalize an experience for you, and to meet other needs of offering, providing and maintaining an ongoing service relationship with you. We may collect your survey answers about events, products/services and more for quality assurance, product improvement, and to facilitate marketing that may be of interest to you. |
Personal Information Category | Protected Classifications: characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law such as race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, citizenship status, and genetic information. |
Purposes of Collection | We may collect this information where needed for a legal or financial document such as when we collect your marital status for a loan application. We may collect this information where needed for a reservation, such as where we may need your gender to report to the airlines. We may also collect this information like gender to address you with the proper salutation. We may collect this information to provide you with the proper accommodations or assistance such as when you notify us of health related accommodations you require related to a reservation. We may collect additional information in this category as appropriate. |
Personal Information Category | Biometric Information: physiological, biological or behavioral characteristics that can be used alone or in combination with each other to establish individual identity, including fingerprint, faceprint, hand, palm, and voice recordings, and health or exercise data that contain identifying information. |
Purposes of Collection | We may collect biometric information in order for you to access portions of a resort or property or to assist in a law enforcement investigation. |
Personal Information Category | Internet Activity: Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a resident's interaction with an internet website, application, or advertisement, as well as physical and network access logs and other network activity information related to your use of any company device, network or other information resource. |
Purposes of Collection | We may collect this information to improve our website functionality, improve transaction throughput, and personalize your experience. We may collect this information to determine what interests you to facilitate targeted communications of products and services to you. We may collect this information to judge the effectiveness of any online marketing campaigns. |
Personal Information Category | Geolocation Data: General or precise geographic location information about a particular individual or device. |
Purposes of Collection | We may collect your postal address and/or the location associated with your device to create demographic analysis of visits to our site, prevent fraud and promote interest in our products to better market to and understand our customers. Your location may be used to send you messages or notifications depending on your jurisdiction and settings. We may collect this information because of differences in jurisdictional laws to be sure we are compliant in our presentation of content. |
Personal Information Category | Audio/Visual Data: audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information such as, CCTV images and photographs, and audio recordings (e.g., recorded meetings). |
Purposes of Collection | We may collect this information for quality assurance of product/service presentations or communications, when you pose for videos/photos or provide audio recordings at our resorts or to us in any manner in order to improve our products and services, when you participate in activities or excursions or attend other events as part of service delivery. We may collect this information in public areas of our facilities and online to provide safe and secure facilities and to ensure quality assurance. |
Personal Information Category | Employment History: professional or employment-related information. |
Purposes of Collection | We may collect details of your employment history such as job title and length of time at your employment to process a loan application. We may collect employment history as part of a larger analysis of you and what products/services would be well suited for you. We may collect details of your employment history as part of your credentials if you run for an elected position within the HOA of your vacation ownership property. |
Personal Information Category | Education Information: information about education history or background that is not publicly available personally identifiable information as defined in the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99). |
Purposes of Collection | For example, we may collect this information in order to process a loan, in order to match your potential interest and likelihood of purchasing certain products/services, and as part of any office election you may run for as a candidate related to an HOA. |
Personal Information Category | Profiles and Inferences: inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about a resident reflecting the resident's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. |
Purposes of Collection | For example, we may infer what products or services may interest you, your predicted attachment to your purchased products, your likelihood of purchasing other products, your likelihood of exacting contract and loan terms, and more. We may collect demographic information about you, such as your age, income, etc. |
OTHER PURPOSES FOR COLLECTING AND USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION: Generally, we may use all of the above categories of Personal Information for the following purposes where applicable:
How Can You Contact Us?
If after reviewing this Privacy Notice, you have any questions, complaints or privacy concerns, or would like to make any requests in relation to your Personal Information, or obtain further information on safeguards used for international transfers, please send an email to our Privacy Group at TandLPrivacy@wyn.com or send a letter to (please indicate our Affiliate or brand you typically do business with):
Travel + Leisure Co.
Attn: Legal Services-Privacy
6277 Sea Harbor Drive
Orlando, FL 32821
If you have a complaint or concern about how we Process your Personal Information, we will work to address such concern(s). Also, you may call us at 1-800-914-8253. You may also direct your complaint/concern to the applicable data protection authority.