1. Information Collected and Processed

When you access or use our Services, we collect and process information from and about you to provide the Services in a more personalized and relevant way. Some information we collect passively, for example, with our servers or with cookies or other similar tracking technologies. Some information we collect from different sources, including from you, affiliated entities, business partners, and other independent third-party sources. When you use our Services by “clicking-through” from a third-party website or when you visit third-party websites via our Services, those third-party websites may share information with us about your use of their service. Any information that we receive from third-party websites may be combined with the information provided by you.

Information processed may include the following:

• Contact information, including name, phone number, and postal and email addresses (both hashed and unhashed)
• Billing and other payment information (such as your bank account information, credit card number, cardholder name, expiration date, authentication code and billing address)
• Documentation to support travel and planning
• Username and password
• Details relating to your membership with Tripadvisor
• Photos, reviews, forum and social posts, and videos you may have provided to us
• Geolocation information
• Device information, such as when you accessed our Services and information about the Device used (for example, IP address, software or internet browser used, preferred languages, unique Device identifiers, and advertising identifiers)
• Online activity, including pages you have visited, content reviewed, and apps reviewed
• Other information about yourself that you have voluntarily disclosed
• Purchasing and booking history
• Information about your travel, experience and dining plans and preferences
• Communications when you contact our customer service team, including inbound and outbound calls
• Information that you have provided to other third party companies for the purposes of logging in to social media. This includes publicly available information, such as name, age-range as well as email addresses.

We may also collect – in instances where you have provided it – information about other travellers or guests, including their email address and other travel, dining or experience-related information. If you are sharing information with us about other individuals, you must obtain their consent and ensure that they have understood and accepted how we will use their personal information (as described in this Statement).

In addition to the categories noted above, we may also collect certain location information if you have instructed your Device to send such information via the privacy settings on that Device, or, for example, if you have uploaded photos tagged with location information.