Our privacy policy
We invite you to carefully read our privacy policy. Feel free to contact us if needed.
Last updated: June 22, 2025
1- Introduction
At Geloka, we consider the protection of your privacy a priority. This privacy policy details how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you use our platform and other services. We also explain how you can contact us regarding any questions about your personal data.
2- Summary
This section provides an overview of the key points of our privacy policy. For a detailed version, please read the full statement below.
2.1- What this privacy policy covers
- The types of personal information we collect
- How we collect and use this information
- When and with whom we share your personal information
- Your choices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your information
2.2- Types of personal information we collect and how we collect it
- Information provided by you: When you create an account, make a booking, schedule an appointment, or sign up to receive information
- Automatically collected information: Through technologies placed on your browser, including cookies, with your permission
- Information received from other sources: Business partners and third parties who help us improve our platform and services, update and maintain accurate records, detect and investigate potential fraud, and more effectively market our services
2.3- How we share your personal information
To facilitate your bookings, assist you during your stay at the property, communicate with you (sending information about products and services or allowing you to communicate with owners or property managers), or comply with applicable laws.
2.4- Your rights and choices
You have the ability to exercise your data protection rights, for example by choosing not to receive marketing communications by clicking 'unsubscribe' in the emails you receive from us.
2.5- How to contact us
Our contact details are provided in the 'Contact Us' section for any questions or requests regarding your personal data.
3- Full privacy statement
3.1- Categories of personal information we collect
When you use our platform, we may collect the following types of personal information:
- Contact information: Name, email address, phone number, home, business and billing addresses
- Government-issued IDs: Passport, driver's license, national ID card, government redress numbers, tax identification numbers, or other identification documents issued by authorities
- Stay-related preferences and requests: Destinations, property types, property accessibility needs
- Demographic data: Date of birth, gender
- Geolocation
- Media content: Images, videos, other recordings you post on the app
- Social media identifiers: Publicly available information
- Communications: Call recordings with customer service for quality analysis purposes
- Online interactions: Searches conducted, transactions, other interactions on our website
- Information about others: Travel companions or other people for whom you make a booking
- Business partner information: Updated contact information, demographic information, interests, purchase history
3.2- Use of personal information
We use your personal information for various purposes:
Platform services and features:
- Property booking, services related to booking or account
- Creating and maintaining user accounts, authentication
- Maintaining property search history, accommodation and travel preferences
- Facilitating payments, coupons, other transactions
- Administering loyalty and rewards programs
- Collecting and publishing booking-related reviews
Communications and marketing:
- Responding to questions and information requests
- Communication between travelers and providers (owners, property managers)
- Contact to provide information such as confirmations, booking updates, marketing or other purposes
- Marketing our products and services, optimizing for relevance, measuring effectiveness
- Administering promotions (contests, giveaways)
Other business purposes and compliance:
- Surveys, market research, data analysis
- Maintaining, improving, measuring the effectiveness of our sites and services
- Monitoring calls and other communications for service quality, dispute resolution
- Creating aggregated, anonymized or de-identified data for unrestricted use
- Promoting security, fraud prevention, legal compliance
- Complying with laws and due diligence requirements (security, counter-terrorism, corruption, customs, immigration)
- Managing other risks and business operations according to applicable laws
3.3- Sharing personal information
We share your personal information as described below and in this statement, in accordance with applicable laws.
- Third-party service providers: Sharing information with third parties to provide services (payment processing, customer service, business analysis, fraud prevention, compliance). These third parties must protect the information and use it only for contracted services. They cannot use it for direct marketing without separate consent
- Providers: Sharing with providers (owners, property managers, activity providers, urban and interurban transport lines) to facilitate bookings. Providers may contact you for additional information
- Business partners and offers: Sharing with business partners for joint programs or offers (e.g., loyalty program). The partner's name will generally be visible or you will be redirected to their site
- Other third parties: Sharing with social media platforms when you use features like Facebook's 'Like' button or single sign-on via social networks. The third-party provider will combine this information with other data and apply its own privacy policy
3.4- Your choices and rights
Depending on your jurisdiction's laws, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or objection to the processing of your personal information, to restrict its processing, to request the transfer of your information to other organizations, or to withdraw your consent for the processing of your information. You may also file a complaint with your local data protection authority.
- Marketing communications: Control your communication preferences via your account or unsubscribe instructions in marketing communications
- Advertising: Choose not to receive targeted ads via your browser settings or tools like AdBlocker
- Access and correction: Access, update or correct your information via your account or by contacting us
- Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal information by contacting us
3.5- Security
We maintain technical, administrative and physical safeguards to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure or loss. We use technologies such as encryption and firewalls to protect your information during transmission and storage
3.6- Changes to this privacy statement
We may update this privacy policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will post changes on this page and, if significant, provide more prominent notice, including for certain services, email notification
4- Summary of Geloka's privacy statement
At Geloka, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy details how we collect, use and share your personal information, as well as your rights and choices in this regard. We collect personal information when you use our platform, interact with our services or communicate with us. We share your information with service providers, travel providers and business partners to facilitate your property bookings, assist you during your stay and for other legitimate business purposes. You have the right to access your information, correct it, delete it and restrict its processing. We maintain rigorous security measures to protect your information. For any questions, contact us at contact@geloka.com.
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