Privacy Policy
JWguest (referred to as "JWguest," "we," "us," or "our") operates a platform and community marketplace that helps people to create experiences and relationships directly with one another, where they can create, list, discover and book unique accommodations around the world, whether through our website or our mobile applications ("Platform").
More details about JWguest.com are below under “How you can contact us.”
We understand that providing information online involves a great deal of trust on your part. We take this trust very seriously and make it a high priority to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal information you provide to us when you visit our Website or use our services.
Before submitting your personal information to us, please read this Policy carefully to learn about our privacy practices. By visiting the JWguest website, www.JWguest.com, or using a JWguest application (an “Application” or “App”) on a mobile phone, tablet, or similar device (a “Device”) or in connection with other sites or services, you are accepting the practices described herein.
1.1 Definitions
Where the definition of a term does not appear in this Privacy Policy (such as "Listing," "Accommodation," "Content," "Services," etc.), it shall be given its definition as outlined in our Terms of Service.
1.2 What information we collect from you
JWguest gets and stores any information you enter on our Website or give us in any other way.
This includes information that can identify you ("personal information"), including your first and last name, telephone number, postal code, email addresses, username and password, baptism year, congregation, if you are a sister or a brother, your bank details, and billing information (such as your credit card number, cardholder name, and card expiration date).
We may also request information about your travel plans, style, and preferences, including meal requests, allergies, ticketing options, etc.
You can choose not to provide information to us. Still, in general, some information about you is required for you to receive relevant offerings from JWguest and its partners and enjoy other benefits of being a registered member. For example, only registered members can post host reviews, email us content to themselves and the host, access members-only newsletters and travel planning content, or enter surveys. Besides, some information is also required to ask us a question or initiate other transactions on our site.
The types of information that we collect fall under two general categories: personal data and non-personal data. Personal data consists of any information which can be linked to you as an individual. In contrast, non-personal data consists of aggregate information or any other information that cannot be linked to you as an individual. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect your personal and non-personal data and how we use such information. Please note that we store all the information we collect on servers located in Europe.
1.3 Others Information
You could have the opportunity to provide contact and travel-related information for other persons through our Website. If you make a reservation for someone else through JWguest, you will need to submit that individual’s personal information. You must obtain the consent of other individuals before providing us with their personal information. Any access to view or modify their information will be available only through your personal JWguest account.
If you access third-party services, such as social media services (Facebook, Google), through our Website, or before coming to our Website, we may collect information such as your username, password, and other information available to us through those services. We will work with our existing partners and potential future partners to improve and personalize your use of our Website following the practices outlined in this section and Policy. Please note that if you have Facebook friends who are using JWguest, they may also have shared information about you with us through Facebook. If you wish to prevent that sharing, you can do so by editing your Facebook privacy settings.
1.4 Referral service and requesting references
The Platform provides a referral service that allows you to invite your friends and contacts to use the Platform. The Platform also allows you to ask your friends and contacts to write a reference for you to be published on your JWguest.com profile.
We may integrate the Platform with third-party sites such as Facebook so that you can send invitation messages or requests for references via the third-party site itself. The third-party site will send these messages, and JWguest.com does not collect or retain the contact information used to send them.
You may also send invitation/request emails via the Platform itself, in which case we will ask you for the contact information to which to send your invitation/request. You can type in the email addresses or other contact information manually, or you can choose to import the contacts into your address book(s). In both cases, we may use and store this information for the sole purpose of allowing you to send your friends and contacts an invitation or request for a reference and fraud detection and prevention.
Concerning referrals, we will also store your invitees' email addresses to track your friend joining JWguest.com in response to your referral.
If you request us to import your contacts, we will collect, but not store, the username and password for the email account you wish to import your contacts from. We will use this information only to import your contacts.
1.5 Log Files
Any time you access the Service, our servers automatically gather information from your browser or device. This information includes your IP addresses and browser type (if you are using a browser), device ID, location (if you have enabled this feature), Internet service provider (ISP) or wireless service provider, referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and several clicks. We may use this information to analyze trends, administer and improve the Service, prevent fraud, track visitor movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information. Except as outlined in this Privacy Policy, we do not share this information externally.
1.6 Cookies
We use "cookies" to track some types of information while you are visiting our website or using the Service. Cookies are tiny files placed on your computer, and they allow us to count the number of visitors to our website and distinguish repeat visitors from new visitors. They also allow us to save user preferences and track user trends. We rely on cookies for the proper operation of our Service. Suppose your browser rejects cookies from the Service. In that case, the Service will not function properly with your browser, and we are not responsible for any resulting loss of functionality in the Service.
1.7 Location Information
If you enable location-based services by the Service and your mobile device, the Service may collect data about your geographic location. Such location data may include, for example, geographic coordinates or other data used to determine your location (using GPS, IP address, Wi-Fi, or other technology to determine the location of your device), the time when such data is collected, and an identifier that we may use to correlate such data to you (collectively, the “Location Data”). The Location Data may be collected, stored, and processed by us and/or by our third-party location licensors or service providers. We may use the Location Data to analyze usage of the Service, to improve the Service, and to provide the Service to you (e.g., by providing you with location-based recommendations of places we think you might want to visit through the Service when you are exploring a new city).
However, it is important to note that:
- We will not share Location Data with anyone other than our licensors or service providers who provide the Service's location services.
- If any such third-party licensor or service provider collects, stores, or processes any Location Data for the Service, we contractually require that they not use the Location Data for their own purposes (other than analyzing and improving their location products and services) or share this data with anyone but us (other than aggregated, anonymized data that does not identify any individuals).
- You may enable or disable location services at any time using the settings in the app and/or your device’s operating system.
1.8 Web Beacons
"Web beacons" (also known as "clear gifs" and "pixel tags") are small transparent graphic images that are often used in conjunction with cookies to personalize our website for our users further and to collect a limited set of information about our visitors. We may also use web beacons in email communications to understand our customers' behavior.
1.9 Information About You
When you register for the Service, we collect various information about you to complete your online profile. Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not disclose your personal data to other Service users. If you choose to connect your Google account or with Facebook or any other service, we will receive and retain basic account registration data you provide to that service, such as name, email address, user ID, and profile page URL. We may also receive and display content relevant to your use of the Service from activity feeds or other information from Facebook and other linked services, including the contents of your "Wall," status updates, comments, photos, and location "check-ins" to the extent you grant us access to such information from those services.
1.10 E-mail
We require an email address from you when you register for the Service. We use your email both for transactional purposes (e.g., activity updates such as notices that another user is now following you on the Service) and for promotional purposes (e.g., newsletters, new product offerings, event notifications, special third-party offers). Email messages we send may contain code that enables our database to track your usage of the emails, including whether the email was opened and what links (if any) were clicked. If you would rather not receive promotional emails from us, please see the section below labeled "Choice/Opt-Out." We reserve the right to send you certain communications, such as service announcements and administrative messages, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them. We may also contact you by text message (including any wireless number you may provide to us) solely in connection with the Service.
1.11 Demographic Data
The Service also collects demographic data. We use this data to tailor our visitors' experience, showing them content that we think they might be interested in and displaying the content according to their preferences. Some of this information may be shared with advertisers on a non-personally identifiable basis.
1.12 Online Survey Data
We may periodically conduct voluntary member surveys. We encourage our members to participate in such surveys because they provide us with important information regarding the Service's improvement. You may also volunteer for certain surveys we offer our users. Any additional rules regarding the conduct of such surveys will be disclosed to you before your participation.
1.13 Disclosure of Your Information to Third Parties
Disclosure Authorized or Required by Law. You acknowledge and agree that we may disclose information you provide if:
- we believe in good faith that we are authorized or required to do so by law, including to respond to requests or orders relating to law enforcement, national security, or any legal process
- you give us your consent to do so, including if we notify you that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information
- we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate to protect or defend the rights or property of a third party or us or to protect someone's health or safety
1.14 Disclosure to Trusted Third Parties By Us
We will only share your information with third parties in the ways defined in this Privacy Policy. For example, when you access a page on our website, a cookie may be automatically set by our service providers or by us to recognize your browser as you navigate on the Internet and to present you with information and advertising based on your apparent interests.
We may share and/or make available your publicly accessible personal data, such as your name, profile picture, reviews, traveler photos, and posts, to carefully selected third parties with whom we have a contractual relationship. We may share your personal data with service providers associated with us to perform functions on our behalf. For example, outsourced customer support agents or technology infrastructure providers (such as a provider of location services, as described above) may need access to your information to perform services for you.
We require that your information be treated as private and confidential by such service providers and not be used for any other purpose than we authorize. Besides, from time to time, we may share certain personal data (such as email or mailing address) about our user base with carefully selected third parties, so they can offer goods and services that we believe may be of interest to our users. If you do not wish to receive offers from our trusted partners, you can change your email preferences at any time by following the steps outlined in the "Choice/Opt-Out" section below.
We may also share and/or transfer your personal data to our group companies.
Information Transferred as a Result of Sale of Business. If another company acquires us, your personal data may be part of the acquiring party's assets. If this occurs, you will be notified if there are any material changes to the way your personal data is collected or used.
1.15 Third-Party Advertising
We may use third-party advertising agencies or other service providers to serve ads on the Service on our behalf or on behalf of third-party advertisers (e.g., retailers of goods or services). These companies may employ cookies and web beacons to measure advertising effectiveness. If you click on a link to a third-party website or service, then the third party’s website or service would be subject to that third party’s privacy policy and terms of use.
1.16 Age Restrictions
Our age restrictions for the Service are outlined in our Terms of Use. We do not target any portion of our Service to children under the age of 18.
EU-U.S. Privacy Framework
We comply with the EU-US Privacy Framework regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries.
We have certified that we adhere to the Privacy Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access and Recourse, Enforcement and Liability.
In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, we commit to resolving complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. European Union individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our Privacy Shield policy should first contact us at [email protected].
We have further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the EU-US Privacy Shield Principles to BBB EU PRIVACY SHIELD, a non-profit alternative dispute resolution provider located in the United States and operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit http://www.bbb.org/EU-privacy-shield/for-eu-consumers/ for more information and to file a complaint.
The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction with enforcement authority over our compliance with the Privacy Shield.
Under certain conditions, you may have the right to invoke binding arbitration for complaints regarding Privacy Shield compliance not resolved by any of the other Privacy Shield mechanisms. For more information on binding arbitration, seehttps://www.privacyshield.gov/article?id=ANNEX-I-introduction
1.17 EU Data Protection
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have additional rights and protections about the personal data we collect, store, and process about you.
1.18 Data Subject Rights
You have the right to:
- request access to your personal data and request the amendment of any inaccurate personal data;
- request the erasure of your personal data;
- request restrictions on the processing of your personal data;
- object to processing your personal data;
- the right to data portability.
For more information about how to exercise these rights, you can submit a request to our Help Centre. You also have the right to complain about a supervisory authority.
1.19 European Union Data Protection Officer
We have appointed a representative within the European Union. If you have any questions about your personal data, you can contact the Skyscanner Data Protection Officer (who acts as the Data Protection Officer).
The contact details of our representative are:
JWguest.com
Technoparkstrasse 1
CH-8005 Zürich
Switzerland
T +41 44 586 01 01
[email protected]
1.20 Security
We have security measures in place that are designed to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information stored in our database. We will exercise reasonable care in providing secure transmission of information between your computer or mobile device and our servers. However, no information transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure, so we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us over the Internet and accept no liability for any unintentional interception or misuse.
1.21 Links to Other Sites
If you click on a link in our Service to a third-party site or service, your visit will be subject to the privacy policy and terms of that site or service. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such third-party sites or services or any third-party advertisers.
1.22 Choice/Opt-Out
You may use the following options for removing your information from our email mailing list if you wish to opt out of receiving promotional emails and newsletters.
Click on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email.
Please send mail to the following postal address, informing us which promotional emails you wish to opt-out of [email protected].
Also, some of the third-party advertising agencies who advertise on the Service may be members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which offers you the option to opt-out of ad targeting from its member agencies by following the procedures listed Networkadvertising.org.
1.23 Updating or Removing Your Information
We acknowledge the individual’s right to access his or her personal data. You may view your data, change your email address, password, and other information from the "Account Settings" page accessible via a link from our website and mobile application. To the extent you choose to include PII or other information in your profile, the Service allows you to update or remove that information by editing or deleting the content.
1.24 Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of our Service, or your dealings with us, you can contact us at:
The contact details of our representative are:
JWguest.com
Technoparkstrasse 1
CH-8005 Zürich
Switzerland
T +41 44 586 01 01
[email protected]
1.25 Acceptance of Privacy Policy
Your use of any of our Services is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. BY USING ANY PORTION OF OUR SERVICE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES SET OUT IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE TERMS OF USE.
1.26 Changes
Any information collected is subject to the privacy policy in effect when such information is collected. We may, however, modify and revise our privacy policy from time to time. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you of such changes by posting them on the Service or by sending you an email or other notification, and we will indicate when such changes will become effective. By continuing to access or use the Service after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised policy.