Privacy Policy

PERSONAL INFORMATION

The term 'personal information' refers to data you voluntarily provide while using the site that identifies you and/or the company on whose behalf you are accessing and using the site. Examples of personal information may include data in connection with our services, such as your name, email address, phone number, company affiliation, physical address and/or certain other personal information.

AGGREGATED DATA

The term 'aggregated data' refers to general information regarding site visitors and users that relates specifically to the site, e.g. traffic patterns, number of visits to certain pages, visits from other websites or to third-party websites linked to the site, use of particular services and interest in services, information or features of the site or other parties made available through or found at the site.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York takes the utmost care to ensure that the personal information we obtain from you is not used in a way that you may not be aware of or may not be agreeable to. You may wish to submit an information request about the hotel, participate in one of our promotions or subscribe to our email or postal mail lists.

In response, we may ask for information such as your name and postal address. In the event you opt to provide us with this information, we will only use it for the purpose specified by you at the bottom of the information gathering form. We do not sell, rent or share any of your personal information with any other party including third-party joint promoters, nor use it for commercial purposes.

RETENTION OF COLLECTED INFORMATION

We retain personal information and aggregated data for as long as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, as well as to the extent necessary or appropriate to carry out the processing activities described above, including but not limited to compliance with applicable laws, regulations, rules, and requests of relevant law enforcement and/or other governmental agencies, and to the extent we reasonably deem necessary to protect our and our partners’ rights, property, or safety and the rights, property, and safety of our users and other third parties. We consider multiple factors, including legal requirements, the scope and nature of the personal data and aggregated data, and potential risk of harm to data subjects from a data breach, in determining the appropriate retention period.

PERMISSION FOR USE

By submitting personal information at the site, you are giving consent and permission for any use that is consistent with uses stated in this Privacy Policy or disclosed elsewhere at the site at the point you submit such personal information, and such consent will be presumed by The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York, unless you state otherwise at the time you submit the personal information.

WITHDRAWING CONSENT TO USE

If, after permitting use of your personal information, you later decide that you no longer want The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York to include you on its mailing list or otherwise contact you or use your personal information in the manner disclosed in this Privacy Policy or at the site, simply tell us by sending an email.

USE OF AGGREGATED DATA

The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York is interested in improving the site and may develop and offer new features and services. We monitor aggregated data regarding use of the site for marketing purposes and to study, improve and promote use of the site. In connection with such purposes, we may share aggregated data with third parties collectively and in an anonymous way. Disclosure of aggregated data does not reveal personal information about individual site users in any way that identifies who they are or how to contact them.

EXCEPTIONS TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York has two exceptions to these limits on use of personal information:

• We may monitor and, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required, disclose information to protect the security, property, assets and/or rights of The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York Hotel from unauthorized use, or misuse, of the site or anything found at the site.
• We may disclose information when required by law; however, only to the extent necessary and in a manner that seeks to maintain the privacy of the individual.

USE OF COOKIES

To enable features at the site, The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York may assign one or more 'cookies' to your Internet browser. A cookie is an Internet mechanism composed of a small text file containing a unique identification number that permits a web server to send small pieces of information or text by means of your browser and place them on your computer's hard drive for storage. Cookies by themselves cannot be used to find out the identity of any user, but they can tell us if you are a returning visitor to the website as well as help speed navigation though our site, keep track of information so that you do not have to re-enter it and may provide you with customized content.

We use cookies to collect and maintain aggregated data (such as number of visitors) to help us see which areas are most popular with our users and improve and update the content on our site. While in the process of browsing our site, you also provide us with information that doesn't reveal your personal identity – what type of destination you're exploring, for example.

We maintain reasonable physical, administrative, and technical security measures to protect the confidentiality, availability, integrity, and resilience of aggregated data. It is important to note that no method of safeguarding information is completely secure. While we use measures designed to protect aggregated data, we cannot guarantee that our safeguards will be effective of sufficient. IN addition, you should be aware that Internet data transmission is not always secure, and we cannot warrant that information you transmit utilizing HPA’s services.

You may occasionally receive cookies from unaffiliated companies or organizations, to the extent that they place advertising on our site or are linked to the site. These third-party cookies may collect information about you when you 'click' on their advertising or content or link. This practice is standard in the Internet industry. Because of the way in which the Internet operates, we cannot control collection of this information by these third parties, and these cookies are not subject to this Privacy Policy.

You can change your privacy preferences regarding the use of cookies and other technologies through preferences in your web browser, including blocking all cookies and disabling some other tracking methods (though not all such methods may be disabled through browser settings.) However, blocking all cookies and other tracking methods may prevent you from using certain services and features certain websites.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY & PARENTAL CONSENT

Please be aware that The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York has designed this site to be used for information only purposes by all ages. However, as with any site parental consent is encouraged.

You must be at least 18 years old to make reservations and/or submit personal information on our site. Should The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York inadvertently acquire personal information or any other data from users under the age of 18, we will not knowingly provide this data to any third party for any purpose whatsoever, and any subsequent disclosure would be due to the fact the user under 18 used the site and submitted personal information without solicitation by or permission from The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York.

LINKS PROVIDED TO OTHER SITES

We may provide links to a number of other websites that we believe might offer you useful information and services. However, those sites may not follow the same privacy policies. Therefore, we are not responsible for the privacy policies or the actions of third parties, including without limitation, any website owners whose sites may be reached through this site, nor can we control the activities of those websites.

We urge you to contact the relevant parties controlling these sites by accessing their online policies for the relevant information about their data collection practices before submitting any personal information or other sensitive data.

INFORMATION SECURITY

When working with our internal database created through online opted-in activity on www.plaza-athenee.com, we employ industry standard encryption technologies to help protect consumer data. Please note that email communication to and from our site is not secure unless clearly noted otherwise. This is a risk inherent in the use of email at any company.

USER CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Use of this site signifies your consent, as well as the consent of the company for whom you use the site and whose information you submit (if any), to this online Privacy Policy, including the collection and use of information by The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York, as described in this statement, and also signifies agreement to the terms of use for the site. Continued access and use of the site without acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy relieves The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York from responsibility to the user.

POLICY MODIFICATIONS

The Hotel Plaza Athénée New York reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time; notice of changes will be published on this page. Changes will always be prospective, not retroactive. If you have any questions about our policies, please contact us at res@plaza-athenee.com.