This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information that is Processed by the PressArea Marriott media centre in the course of our business.

At PressArea we understand that your privacy is a very important matter, and we respect the trust you place in us.

Put simply, our Privacy Policy can be summarised by the following points:

• We won't resell your personal information to third parties without your explicit consent.
• We won't send you unsolicited email.
• We will always strive to use the best security policies to safeguard your personal data.

We store and process your information on computers located in the United Kingdom that are protected by physical safeguards, as well as hardware and software security solutions.

You can access and modify the information you provide to us at any time, and you can choose not to receive certain communications by signing into your account and changing your communications options.

If you have any questions or concerns about our policy or its implementation, you may contact us at privacy@pressarea.com.

If you object to any of the terms of our Privacy Policy, please refrain from using our services.

PRIVACY AND DATA POLICY DETAILS

PressArea is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. Your “personal data” means any information about you, so long as you can be identified directly by that information or indirectly by that information if it is combined with other information. It does not include data which cannot be connected to you (such as anonymous data).

PressArea is a "data controller". This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal data we collect about you. We are required under data protection legislation to notify you of the information contained in this privacy notice. This privacy notice describes how we collect and use your personal data in accordance with UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

We may update and change the content of this notice at any time.

How we collect data

We collect personal data by collecting ‘cookies’ when you visit our website or when you submit any information to us using our website (including signing up to the PressArea Marriott service, if you subscribe to our newsletter, enter a competition, complete any form, submit feedback or register for an event on our website). For more information on which types of cookies we use, please see our cookies policy.

What data will we collect

When you access our website, we may collect anonymised usage data recording how you use and navigate our website, your preferences/settings for our website, your IP address and details of the device, browser and operating system you use to access our website.

If you complete a form, submit feedback, register for an event or enter a competition on our website we may collect your name, address, postcode, telephone number, email address.

If you subscribe to our newsletter we will collect your email address.

Why we need your data

We need to know your personal data for the purposes of:

• Contacting you with information regarding Marriott brands and services;
• identifying and resolving any errors with our website’s performance;
• analysing visitor information (including browser information and returning visitor numbers) to help improve the performance of the website and tailor information to you;
• to ensure certain features of our website work correctly;

The lawful basis for our processing of your personal data is:

• in respect of any marketing materials we may send you, based on your consent for us to do so;
• in respect of any competition or event you register for, our legitimate interest in running the competition or event;
• in respect of forms and feedback you submit in relation to comments and queries around the PressArea Marriott services; and
• in all other cases, based on our legitimate interest in providing a functioning, relevant and easy-to-navigate website to you.

What we do with the data

All the personal data we process is processed by our staff in the UK. We may provide your data to:

• our sub-contractors for the purposes of improving and maintaining our website;
• our sub-contractors for the purposes of analysing your browsing behaviour when you visit our website;
• our cookie suppliers/third-party developers for the purpose of monitoring and improving the performance of our website; and
• our sub-contractors for the purposes of sending marketing materials to you (provided you have consented for us to send marketing materials to you);

Your data will not be transferred outside of the UK by us or any 3rd parties. We do not use personal data in connection with any automated decision-making.

How long we keep your data

Your personal data which we use for marketing purposes will be kept with us securely until you notify us that you no longer wish to receive marketing material from us.  

Removing your details

To have your data removed from our systems contact us at privacy@pressarea.com

Effective Date of Current Policy: 19/5/2023