This Privacy Policy describes how KAYAK Software Corporation and its subsidiaries, or subsidiaries of our parent company Booking Holdings Inc. that we manage “momondo”, “we”, “our” or “us”) collect, use, process and share personal information. This Policy applies to visitors and users (individually, “you” of KAYAK's websites (including but not limited to KAYAK, momondo, HotelsCombined, SWOODOO, Cheapflights, checkfelix, Mundi and roomsearch), applications, social media accounts, and other services (collectively, our “Services”). You can identify the KAYAK company that hosts a particular Service and is responsible for your information under this Policy on our contacts page. Please note that your use of our Services is additionally subject to the KAYAK Terms and Conditions.
As a leading travel search engine, KAYAK connects travelers with travel services and products offered by third parties, such as flights, accommodations, rental cars, packages, and travel insurance. This involves sharing personal information with third parties, including online travel agencies, hotels, rental car providers, airlines, and others (collectively, “Travel partners”).
momondo is part of the Booking Holdings Inc. corporate group, which includes Booking.com, OpenTable, Priceline, Agoda, and Rentalcars.com, (collectively, “Our group companies”. In some cases, we receive personal information from our group companies, and we share personal information with our group companies.
For more information about the information we share with third parties and the recipients of such information, please refer to the How We Share Your Information section of this Policy. Please note that this Policy does not otherwise cover the use of personal information by third parties or their services, and we do not take responsibility for their privacy practices.
You may have certain rights or choices that relate to your personal information, including choices about how we share your personal information with others. For more information, please refer to the Your Choices and Rights section of this Policy.
“Personal information” is data that identifies, relates to, describes, can be used to contact, or could reasonably be linked directly or indirectly to you. For purposes of this Policy, there is no meaningful distinction between the terms “Personal information” and “Personal data”
Personal Information We Collect Directly From You. As you visit or use our Services, we collect the following categories of personal information directly from you:
You may choose not to provide some of the personal information described above. Please note, however, that many of our Services require some personal information to operate, including sensitive personal information, so if you choose not to provide the personal information necessary to operate and provide you with a particular Service or feature of that Service, you may not be able to use that Service or feature.
Sensitive Personal Information. Some of the information identified above, such as your passport number, redress travel number, and citizenship information, may be considered "sensitive personal information" under certain laws. Please be aware that this information may be required for certain bookings and we may not be able to complete such bookings without this information. In addition, our Services may include text boxes that are designed for you to describe certain details about your travel preferences or special requests that you want us or our travel partners to know, which may also be more sensitive in nature. Please be aware that information you freely submit in these boxes may reveal to us or to the travel partners or third parties with whom we share information (as detailed in the How We Share Your Information section below) certain information that may be considered sensitive personal information under applicable law (for example, information about dietary restrictions or disability accommodations). Lastly, certain features of our Services may prompt your device or browser to request access to your precise geolocation information, which may be considered sensitive personal information. We do not process precise geolocation absent you granting permission through your device or browser. Where you have voluntarily consented to our processing of your sensitive personal information, you may revoke such consent at any time by contacting us at the details set out in the How to Contact Us section below.
Personal Information Generated By Us. As you use our Services, we generate certain personal information about you, including through automatic data collection and by inferences based on the information we collect about you and your activity. We may automatically collect information about your interactions with the Services or communications you receive (such as email) using certain technologies, such as cookies, web beacons and other technologies (see our Cookies and Interest-Based Advertising Policy for more details). We generate the following categories of personal information about you: