At Gough Hotels (currently includes The Angel Hotel, Salthouse Harbour Hotel and Southwold Pier) we are committed to respecting your privacy and we want to ensure that we are clear that we only use the information that we collect about you, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
We respect your right of privacy. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information used we will respect your wishes. If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to the capture, storage and use of personal information please contact the Data Protection Lead on dataofficer@goughhotels.co.uk
What personal data is collected?
Name
Address
Telephone number
Email address
Card details
Company (if appropriate)
Car Registration (on arrival)
We will be collecting information about you for the following reasons;
To process any bookings
Check-in
Payments
Eating and drinking at the hotel during a stay
Requests and complaints
Subscription to marketing newsletters, in order to receive offers and promotions via email
Transmission of information from third parties: Tour Operators, Travel Agencies, GDS reservations systems, and other online activities
What purpose do we hold data?
Sending a confirmation, pre stay email and post stay email
Meeting our obligations to our customers
Managing the reservation and accommodation requests
Create and store accounting documents in compliance with government and accounts standards (Your information may be passed to NHS Track and Trace)
Managing the guests stay and access to the rooms
Monitoring the use of services/amenities during the stay
Improving your stay at the hotel
Sending targeted communications based on your subscription preferences
Group Bookings
An individual making a reservation under a group booking made by another individual (booker). Once the booking is made, Gough Hotels will be authorised to give verbal or written rooming lists to the “booker”. The rooming lists will include the following details;
Name
Date of Arrival/ Departure
Room type/Number
Number of adults/ children/ infants
Status of booking
Any deposit paid
If the individual guest do not wish to have these details shared to the “booker” they must make an individual reservation.
What are cookies?
When you use our website we may store a small amount of information on your computer in the form of a ‘cookie’. This is a common method used by almost every website you visit, and many websites will not function at all without the use of cookies.
Standard uses for browser cookies include:
Remembering a shopping cart’s contents
Language or location preference
Interface customisation
The ‘remember me’ option when logging in
We use encrypted information gathered from cookies to improve your experience whilst using our website. We do not use cookies to store personally identifiable information.
Cookies are not viruses and will not harm your computer. Cookies use a plain text format and are not compiled pieces of code so they cannot be executed nor are they self-executing.
Your privacy
We respect your privacy and we want to ensure that we’re clear about your privacy when using our website.
Performance Cookies
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Our cookies
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Managing cookies
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