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Source-backed from Booking.com Privacy Notice for Travelers

This report covers the Booking.com Privacy Notice for Travelers as shown on the page we captured, including its ground transportation, insurance, US insurance and US (other than California) sections. The notice’s section for people who live in California, which it refers California residents to, was not shown on the page as captured; a version of it in the page’s data was read, but the capture does not show that it is the wording California readers see. Its sections for people who live in Brazil, Japan, South Korea and China, also in the page’s data and not shown on the page as captured, were read and are not summarized in it. It does not cover the separate HIPAA privacy notice that the notice says is provided to certain individual consumers as required under applicable laws, rules, and regulations for health or medical information subject to HIPAA and related laws; that notice was not reviewed for this report.

163
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
18
verified controls

11 of them depend on where you live.

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 3 findings
  • Microphone & Audio 3 findings
  • Contacts 1 finding
  • Messages 4 findings
  • Biometrics 1 finding
  • Sensitive Data 13 findings
  • Tracking 9 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 30 findings
  • Sharing 41 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 32 findings
  • Other 26 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Sensitive Data No direct setting Depending on the reservation, Booking.com may ask for your birth date and current location

What this means

Booking.com says that, depending on the reservation, it may also ask for your home address, phone number, payment information, date of birth, current location, whether you travel for work, the names and birth dates of your fellow travelers, and preferences such as dietary or accessibility requirements.

Depending on the reservation, Booking.com may also ask for your home address, phone number, payment information, date of birth, current location, whether you travel for work, the names and birth dates of your fellow travelers, and preferences such as dietary or accessibility requirements.

Why this matters

A booking can carry details about where you are, who travels with you and needs such as accessibility.

What the policy says

Depending on the nature of the trip reservation, we may also ask for your home address, telephone number, payment information, date of birth, current location, whether you’re traveling for work purposes, the names and dates of birth of the people traveling with you, and any preferences you may indicate (such as dietary or accessibility requirements). For reservations for flights and certain attractions, we may be required to collect additional information from you and your co-travelers, such as passport or national ID information.

From Booking.com Privacy Notice for Travelers

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What you can do

No setting found that directly changes this practice.

In the Booking.com documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that changes this specific practice.

A broader option is available

Booking.com's Your rights section says you can ask it to erase the personal data it holds about you when, for example, it is no longer needed or you withdraw consent you gave.

That is a wider action rather than a privacy setting for this practice — it changes more than this, and it is not the same as turning this off.

Messages No direct setting Booking.com's AI chats may use what you share plus your search and booking history

What this means

Booking.com says its interactive AI chats may use any data you share with them, including personal data, as well as your search and booking history on its platform, to make recommendations to you.

Booking.com's AI chats may use any data you share with them, plus your search and booking history, to make recommendations.

Why this matters

What you type into the chat, together with your past searches and bookings, may shape what it suggests.

What the policy says

The interactive chats may use any data you share with it, including personal data, as well as your search and booking history on our platform to make recommendations to you.

From Booking.com Privacy Notice for Travelers

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What you can do

No setting found that directly changes this practice.

In the Booking.com documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that changes this specific practice.

A broader option is available

Booking.com says that if you would like to object to the use of your personal data in the context of AI, you can contact it as described in its Your rights section.

That is a wider action rather than a privacy setting for this practice — it changes more than this, and it is not the same as turning this off.

Advertising & Profiling Booking.com may sometimes share your email or phone number so others can link it

What this means

Booking.com says it may sometimes share information, such as your email address or phone number, with some of the third-party companies it works with so that they can link it to other data they collect separately, typically independently from Booking.com.

Booking.com may sometimes share information such as your email address or phone number with some selected third parties so they can link it to other data they collect separately.

Why this matters

Your contact details may help outside companies connect you with data they already hold about you.

What the policy says

We may sometimes share information (such as your email address or phone number) with some of these third parties so that they can link that information to other data they collect separately (and typically independently from Booking.com). This helps us to engage with specific audiences or deliver targeted ads.

From Booking.com Privacy Notice for Travelers

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What you can do

A privacy control may reduce part of this practice, where it is available to you.

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  • Advertising & Profiling 2
  • Controls & Permissions 2
  • Sharing 2
  • Biometrics 1
  • Location 1
  • Microphone & Audio 1
  • Other 1
  • Sensitive Data 1
  • Tracking 1

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  • Location 2 more
  • Microphone & Audio 2 more
  • Contacts 1 more
  • Messages 3 more
  • Sensitive Data 11 more
  • Tracking 8 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 27 more
  • Sharing 39 more
  • Controls & Permissions 30 more
  • Other 25 more

  • Complete report

    148 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

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    18 verified privacy controls, 4 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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