Legal Advise

1. Who is responsible for managing my information?

This is the Privacy Policy of Bestbooking-villas.com. This website, the "Bestabooking-villas.com" brand and all brochures produced in relation to it are owned and/or produced by us. We are responsible for the collection and proper management of any personal information you submit. We will keep your personal details secure and use the information you provide consistently with applicable privacy and data protection laws and the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. What information do we collect?

If you choose to enquire or make a booking through us we will collect details that you provide in relation to that enquiry or booking. Information held is likely to include your name, date of birth, contact details, passport details, payment details, information about people travelling with you, information about your booking and any additional information we may need to help meet your specific travel requirements.

If you choose to let your holiday accommodation with us we will collect details such as your name, contact details and details regarding the accommodation you wish to let. We also collect website usage information. We do this using cookies. For further information about cookies and how we use them please see our Cookie policy.

3. How do we use your information?

The information you provide may be used in a number of ways, for example:

• to enable us to complete your booking (if you are booking a holiday);
• to enable us to advertise your holiday accommodation, transfer payments due to you and to provide related support services (if you are letting your holiday accommodation through us);
• for statistical purposes when we evaluate our range of services;
• to personalise repeat visits to our websites;
• to tell you about other products and services we think may be of interest to you;
• to manage customer service queries; and
• to help us to provide details or information you may have requested.

4. Who will you share my information with?

In order to provide you with the products and services that we offer we may share your information with:

• other members of our group of companies and their service providers;
• our preferred insurance provider(s) (if you purchase the personal travel insurance policy we offer); and
• other third parties who we may need to work with to fulfil travel plans on your behalf, for example, resorts, management companies, owners associations, airlines, villa owners and other suppliers.
• our third party review administrator(s) who may contact you to ask for your comments on the accommodation and/or services that have been provided.
• If you agree, we may also pass on your information for the purposes of conducting a credit check.
• If you agree, we may also pass on your information to our group of companies and selected third parties so that they may offer you their products and services or in connection with any marketing initiatives we have in place with third parties.

5. How do you manage my information?

We may from time to time appoint other members of our group of companies, or third party service providers, to help us manage efficient systems within the business. Some of these systems may for operational reasons be located in countries overseas. We will only transfer your information to service providers who help manage our systems, or overseas, where we are satisfied that adequate levels of protection are in place to protect the integrity and security of any information being processed and compliance with applicable privacy laws.

6. When can we contact you in the future?

We would like to send you information about our own products and services, as well as those of selected third parties. We may do this by post, telephone, email or SMS, unless you have told us that you do not wish to be contacted in this way. We will always ask you to confirm in advance that you are happy for us to allow third parties to contact you by email.

If you would like to change any of your preferences relating to the way in which we may use your information for direct marketing, then please update your user preference or send an email to hello@bestbooking-villas.com

7. How long will we hold your information for?

We have a system of retention periods in place to ensure that your information is only stored whilst it is required for the relevant purposes or to meet legal requirements. Where your information is no longer required, we will ensure it is disposed of in a secure manner. Please be aware that our third parties may have to apply alternate retention policies on your data in line with local legislation. This information is available on request.

8. What are my rights?

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, May 2018) your rights include.

9. Does the policy apply to linked websites?

Our websites may contain links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.