| Internet Privacy Statement |
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| Marriott has a strong commitment to providing excellent service to all of our customers and visitors of this Web site, including respecting your concerns about privacy. We understand that you may have questions about how this Web site collects and uses the information that you provide to us. We have prepared this statement (“Statement”) to inform you of the privacy principles that govern this Web site. |
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| This Statement contains numerous general and technical details about the steps we take to respect your privacy concerns. We have organized the Statement by major processes and areas so that you can quickly link to the information of most interest to you. |
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| At Marriott, meeting your needs and expectations form the foundation of everything we do – including protecting your privacy. |
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| If, after reviewing this Statement you have any privacy questions or concerns, please send an email to privacy@marriott.com or send a letter to: |
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Marriott International, Inc.
Attn: Information Protection & Privacy, Dept. 52.923.26
10400 Fernwood Road
Bethesda, MD 20817 |
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Information We Collect and How We Use It
Creating and Maintaining Your Profile and Registry
Updating Your Profile and Registry
Securing the Transmission and Storage of Information
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Cookies
Other Sites
Legal Issues
Marriottregistry.com Internet Privacy Statement Changes
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| Browsing |
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| This Web site does not collect personally identifiable information when you browse this Web site and request pages from our servers unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide it to us. This means that we will not know your name, your email address, or any other personally identifiable information just because you browse the Web site. We collect the HTTP request header information in order to make our Web site function correctly and provide you the functionality that you see on this Web site. We also use this information to better understand how visitors use our Web site and how we can better tune it, its contents, and functionality to meet your needs. |
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| Information We Collect and How We Use It |
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| When we need to collect personally identifiable information from you to create a profile, create a registry or to purchase a gift we will ask you to voluntarily supply us with the information we need. For example, if you would like to purchase a gift for someone registered on the Web site we will ask you for information such as name, address, telephone number, email address and credit card number to execute the transaction. We will use your information to send you a confirmation and, if necessary, to contact you for help in establishing your profile or registry or processing the transaction. If you created a profile or registry we may also contact you to: learn more about how you heard of us, ask for your feedback about your use of this service and invite you to tell others about the service. |
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| Creating and Maintaining Your Profile and Registry |
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The purpose of this site is to provide an efficient and effective means for individuals getting married to indicate their wedding gift preferences that can be viewed and acted on by others wishing to purchase a gift. An integral part of achieving this purpose is collecting and making available to others information from you regarding your wedding details, contact information and gift preferences. When creating your profile and registry you will be required to provide contact information such as your name, address, email address, phone number. You will be required to create a user name and password that will allow you to create and maintain your registry and profile. You also have the option to have your user name remembered for future visits to the site to allow faster log-in. This feature requires that a persistent cookie (see description below) be placed on your hard drive.
When you create your registry it will be searchable and accessible to anyone that accesses this Web site. |
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| Updating Your Profile and Registry |
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| You can access and review, update, or delete your profile or registry on this Web site using the functionality provided on this Web site after successfully entering your user name and password. |
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| Securing the Transmission and Storage of Information |
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We treat the information you and the individuals that use this Web site to purchase gifts for you as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company’s security procedures and policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. When we ask you for credit card data or other personally identifiable information it is transferred over a Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) line provided you are using a SSL-enabled browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. This ensures that your information is encrypted as it travels over the Internet. This secure mode is enabled before any such information is transmitted from your computer. You will know you are in secure mode when the padlock or key icon in the lower right-hand or left-hand corner of the computer screen appears in the locked position. In addition, when accessing a secure server, the first characters of the site address will change from “http” to “https.”
If you are customer who resides in the State of California, you have the right to request from Marriott a list of third parties with whom we shared personally identifiable information about you for their own direct marketing purposes during the previous calendar year. Although Marriott does not share personally identifiable information with unrelated third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, many of our hotels, which are separately owned and operated by franchisees of Marriott, are permitted to use the personally identifiable information they receive from Marriott to market the Marriott hotels that they franchise. If you would like to request information about the franchisees that may have obtained personally identifiable information about you during the immediately preceding calendar year, please send an email to privacy@marriott.com or letter to Marriott International, Inc., 10400 Fernwood Road, Dept. 52.923.26, Bethesda, MD 20817. |
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| Disclosure of Information to Third Parties |
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| We use the services of third parties to host this Web site and to generate and send the gift cards for purchase on this Web site. However, we do not permit the sale or transfer of personally identifiable information for any non-Marriott use without your approval. |
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| Cookies |
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This Web site uses “cookie” technology. “Cookies” are encrypted strings of text that a Web site stores on a user’s computer. The Web site requires the use of a cookie throughout the gift registration and purchasing processes. Without cookies we will not be able to keep information you enter on multiple pages together.
The types of cookies that we use are referred to as “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you close your internet browser. A persistent cookie is used only if you select the “remember me” functionality and it remains on your computer hard drive until you delete them or are otherwise removed upon expiration. We do not use cookies to ascertain any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us in your dealings with Marriott. Cookies do not corrupt or damage your computer, programs, or computer files.
You may set your browser to block cookies (consult the instructions for your particular browser on how to do this), although doing so will adversely affect your ability to perform certain transactions, use certain functionality, and access certain content on our Web site. |
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| Other Sites |
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| Marriott is only responsible for the privacy statement and content of this Web site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the use of cookies on Web sites that you have accessed this Web site from and to the non-Marriott Web sites that you may access from this Web site. |
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| Legal Issues |
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This is a United States Web site and is subject to laws of the United States and the State of Maryland. Marriott will disclose personally identifiable information without your permission when required by law, or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to Marriott guests, visitors, associates, or property (including this site), or to others. As mentioned previously, laws related to personally identifiable information vary by country.
If you are customer who resides in the State of California, you have the right to request from Marriott a list of third parties with whom we shared personally identifiable information about you for their own direct marketing purposes during the previous calendar year. Although Marriott does not share personally identifiable information with unrelated third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, many of our hotels, which are separately owned and operated by franchisees of Marriott, are permitted to use the personally identifiable information they receive from Marriott to market the Marriott hotels that they franchise. If you would like to request information about the franchisees that may have obtained personally identifiable information about you during the immediately preceding calendar year, please send an email to privacy@marriott.com or letter to Marriott International, Inc., 10400 Fernwood Road, Dept. 52.923.26, Bethesda, MD 20817. |
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| Marriottregistry.com Changes to Your Privacy Rights |
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| In the future, we may need to change this privacy statement. All changes will be made here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. This statement was published on January 29, 2007. |
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