Nestled on Barbados’ famous Crane Beach, The Crane is a Caribbean jewel which was first opened in 1887. This unique property combines old world charm, with an incredible sense of natural beauty, which is reflected in the accommodation options that suit many needs, from indulgent private pools and rooftop terraces, to the simple pleasures of a cosy bed and spectacular views. The Crane is perfect for couples, with a great variety of dining options that includes Thai, Japanese, Italian and Caribbean. Get away from the rush and relax and invigorate in the spa, take up tennis or go boogie boarding and crash amongst the crystalline waters of the beautiful sea.
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‘There is an unparalleled emphasis on relaxation at The Crane. This resort has a beach by day, fine dine by night attitude and it works so well. Yet there is also much to do for families, including a bustling nightlife and a host of family friendly entertainment.’
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The One Bedroom Deluxe room is located on the second floor in the park area. The abode houses a graceful bedroom and separate living area, as well as a sleek marble bathroom.
Located exclusively on the second floor amongst the resort’s park, the One Bedroom Standard is a modest, yet eloquent abode full of space and style. Included in the room is a plush, comfortable bedroom and full bathroom, while there is also a separate living area and fully equipped kitchen.
Lavish and modern, these ocean view suites boast two graceful bedrooms and a furnished outdoor terrace from which you can admire the spectacular ocean and lush garden views.
The Junior Garden View Suite is an elegant room which is spacious and decorated in neutral tones and beautiful mahogany furnishings. A balcony or terrace offers ocean views, while a beautiful hand crafted king-size four poster bed serves as the focus of the suite. The Junior Garden View Suite is located amongst the Residences By The Sea.
Spacious and welcoming with strong mahogany fixtures and an open, airy feel, the One Bedroom Ocean View Suite is perfectly facilitated for small families. Included in the room is a separate living and dining room alongside a sleek private bathroom with a Jacuzzi bathtub and separate spa shower. A large balcony with its own sun lounger offers pulsating views of the azure ocean. This room is located amongst the Residences By The Sea.
The One Bedroom Deluxe Rooftop Pool is located on the highest floor with beautiful views across the garden and the ocean. These rooms are nestled in the park and offer a unique rooftop deck with a garden, pool and sun loungers, as well as a large balcony. Inside, the room includes a large living room, a private bathroom and a fully equipped kitchen.
This expansive suite is open, airy, stylish and undoubtedly luxurious. Upon entering the abode, guests will be astounded at the majesty of the hand-crafted mahogany furnishings, as well as the large living room and sultry bedroom. Outside there is a ground level furnished terrace with sun loungers which overlooks the picturesque 28ft infinity edge pool.
1 Bedroom Ocean View Suite with Private Plunge Pool
Offering a large, plush living room and a luxurious master bedroom, the One Bedroom Ocean View Suite With Private Plunge Pool is located in the Residences By The Sea and is perfect for days lounging in your very own plunge pool overlooking the ocean.
The One Bedroom Standard Garden Pool is located on the ground level in the park with the surrounding backdrop of the lush resort gardens. In the room there is a large separate living area and a fully equipped kitchen. Meanwhile, a ground floor balcony with pool, Jacuzzi and gazebo is sure to help you relax and rejuvenate.
Decorated in soothing neutral tones and furnished with hand crafted mahogany furnishings and high, majestic ceilings, this penthouse is a graceful abode. Located on the highest floor of each building in the Residences By The Sea, these rooms provide a private plunge pool and a large balcony for views of the ocean.
FEATURES
245sqm
One king-size four poster bed in master bedroom
Additional twin bedroom with en-suite
Maximum occupancy with 6 persons
Separate living room
Dining table
Dressing area
Guest bathroom
Full kitchen
Washer/dryer
Balcony
Plunge pool
Ocean views
Three Bedroom Ocean View Penthouse with Plunge Pool
The Three Bedroom Ocean View Penthouse With Plunge Pool is a cyclopean abode that boasts three lavish bedrooms, a sleek bathroom and two en-suite facilities. A large separate living room connects to a fully equipped kitchen and on to a balcony with delightful ocean views. Relax on the private roof terrace with its own barbecue area, outdoor Jacuzzi and sun loungers. This room is located alongside other Residences By The Sea.
These rooms offer a thrilling roof terrace with its own pool and barbecue area. Located only on the second floor in the park, the One Bedroom Standard Penthouse Rooftop Pool beckons with its lavish master bedroom and glistening, airy separate living room with an attaching balcony.
Relax and reinvigorate in this luxurious Two Bedroom Deluxe Garden Pool located on the ground floor in the park area. Sit back in your large living room and enjoy the stylish airy ambiance of this abode, complete with a fully equipped kitchen and a large balcony with beautiful vistas over the gardens.
Capable of housing up to six guests at any time, the gargantuan Two Bedroom Ocean View Suite With Plunge Pool offers two plush master bedrooms and three sleek bathrooms. Take a dip in your own private open air plunge pool, or relax on one of two balconies with ocean views.
Situated on the ground floor, this epicurean suite is made up of a One Bedroom Ocean View Suite With 28ft Pool interconnecting with a Junior Garden View Suite. The suite houses two bedrooms, three bathrooms and a separate living-come-dining area which is perfect for family gatherings after a swim in the 28ft infinity edge pool. Revel in the beauty of your very own handcrafted four poster king size bed, or relax on the large ground floor terrace with sun decks and delightful ocean views.
FEATURES
265sqm
Two king-size four poster bedrooms
Maximum occupancy 6 persons
Separate living room
Dining table
Two bathrooms with dressing area
Guest bathroom
Full kitchen
Washer-dryer
Furnished terrace
28ft infinity pool
Ocean and garden views
Facilities
Leisure
• Crane beach • Five outdoor pools • Jacuzzi spa pool • Serenity spa • Fitness centre • Two floodlit tennis courts • Weekly zumba and yoga sessions • Catamaran sailing cruises • Water sports
Crane Village
Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and inspired by Barbadian design, the Crane Village welcomes guests to enjoy shopping, dining and leisure without leaving the resort. • Duty-free emporium • Open-air markets • Local arts, crafts, jewellery • Convenience store • Village gallery • Village café • Bar 1887 • D’Onofrios Ristorante • Calypso Kids Club • Fitness centre • Photo studio
Services
• Air conditioning in rooms • Beach services • Tours and excursions • Babysitting and childcare • Transport and shuttle service • Restaurant and spa reservations
Dining
Dining Options
For guidance only - subject to change
Room Only Bed & Breakfast
Zen
Zen is a cultured restaurant that serves delicious Japanese and Thai delicacies. The Asian inspired architecture within unlocks a unique ambiance that resonates with the interior décor. The centrepiece of this restaurant is the 12 person sushi bar that overlooks the sea. Open for dinner from 18:00 – 22:00.
Rated number one for the best décor in Barbados in 2009, L’Azure is famous for its fresh seafood and panoramic sea views. The restaurant is notorious for its unique sense of elegant dining. Open for breakfast 07:30 – 11:00, lunch 12:00 – 15:00, afternoon tea 15:00 – 18:00 and dinner 18:30 – 22:00.
Offering a palette of authentic Italian cuisine, D’Onofrio’s Trattoria combines simple flavours with an elegant backdrop. Choose from a selection of pizza or pasta. Dinner is served 18:00 – 21:00.
The Carriage House was original the stable of the 100 year old Crane Beach Hotel. Now, however, it has been turned in to a poolside bar and grill. Open daily for drinks 10:00 – 18:00 and lunch 12:00 – 17:00.
A popular place among guests, The Grove Bar And Grill is an authentic casual Barbadian dining experience. Take a seat on the nearby lounge chairs and enjoy signature burgers, koftas and barbecues chicken.
A smooth, stylish cocktail bar, Bar 1887 is located at the start of Crane Village and features cosy furniture, signature cocktails and delicious beer and rum. Open for drinks 12:00 – midnight.
Located on the South East Coast of Barbados, The Crane overlooks a half-mile of pink sands known as Crane Beach, nominated as one of the top ten beaches of the world.
Distances • Grantley Adams International Airport: 9km • Bridgetown: 22km
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Privacy Policy
DESTINOLOGY PRIVACY POLICY
This is the standard data protection privacy policy for the Destinology Limited.
When it comes to your privacy we never compromise. We will always be clear about why we need the details we ask for, and ensure your personal information is kept as secure as possible. How we do this is explained below.
Last updated: May 2018
Introduction
How we use your information (including fraud prevention & credit checks)
Lawful bases for using your information
Keeping you informed about our products and services
Sharing your information (including information sent outside the European Economic Area - EEA)
Amendment and retention of information
Your rights
Updates to our Privacy Policy and your comments
Use of Cookies
1. INTRODUCTION
Destinology Limited is part of the Saga Group. The Saga Group, together with its subsidiaries are registered as data controllers with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Destinology and Saga ("we","us") are committed to protecting your privacy. We comply with the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and associated data protection legislation. We aim to maintain best-practice standards in our processing of personal and/or special category personal data (this is also referred to as sensitive personal data).
2. How we use your information
Destinology use the information we receive from you, together with information we have obtained from our dealings with you (including in relation to holiday services we provide to you and/or your use of those services), to provide holiday services that you request, to communicate with you, and to personalise information sent to you. Examples of how we may personalise information include working out which departure airports are near to you, or when we will be holding events in your area.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.
We store all the information you provide to us, including information provided via forms you complete on our website, and information which we may collect from your browsing. Our server, in common with nearly all web servers, logs each page that is downloaded from the site. If you contact us electronically we may collect your electronic identifier, e.g. Internet protocol (IP) address or phone number supplied by your service provider. This is to identify the number of visits to our websites, fraudulent behaviour or mystery shoppers using our websites.
Our website may also use SessionCam for analysis. SessionCam is a product that has been developed by SessionCam LTD. SessionCam may record mouse clicks, mouse movements, page scrolling and any text keyed into website forms. The information collected does not include bank details or any sensitive personal data. Data collected by SessionCam from the Saga website is for the Saga Group’s internal use only. The information collected is used to improve our website usability and is stored and used for aggregated and statistical reporting.
For further information; please see our ‘Use of Cookies section’.
We ask for your home, mobile phone number, and email address to enable us to contact you in relation to an enquiry you have made, to contact you if there is a problem with your order, notifying you about important functionality changes to the website, or if there is another genuine reason for doing so. For example, when you enter a contest or other promotional features, we use these details to administer the contest and notify winners.
Sometimes we may need to collect information that the law defines as special category data (also called sensitive personal data). This includes, but is not limited to, information about racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health data, and criminal records. We will not collect or use these types of data without your consent, unless the law allows us to do so. If we do, it will only be when it is necessary as determined by the law and the ICO.
Any new information you provide to us may be used to update an existing record we hold for you. If you provide a work email address we will not be responsible for third parties having access to any communications we send.
We collect credit or debit card details from you in order to pay for a service or product. We will keep such details secure and ensure that the details are only used further with your consent and/or for the purposes of any appropriate refunds.
In the event of phone calls from you, we also reserve the right to ask security questions (which we in our sole discretion deem appropriate) in order to satisfy ourselves that you are who you say you are.
3. Fraud Prevention and Credit Checks
To help us prevent fraud and money laundering, your details may be submitted to fraud prevention agencies and other organisations where your records may be searched.
Our own security procedures mean that we may occasionally have to request proof of identity or check your presence on the electoral roll.
4. Lawful bases for using your information
Before you provide any data to us we will endeavour to make it clear why we need it. Sometimes we may need special category (sensitive) personal data, for example we may need medical information if you ask us to book an easy access room due to a disability. When this is required, we will obtain your consent first. Without this information, we may not be able to fulfil the product or service you have requested.
A customer may properly give their partner's consent over the phone or via the website providing the customer confirms they have permission to do so. If the consent is written, the spouse must independently endorse such consent via counter signature.
We use the information you provide to us, either orally or in writing and the information we obtain from you through the use of our website, and as a result of our dealings with you (including any data we obtain from third parties) to provide the service requested by you. It may also be used for market research, offering renewals and statistical purposes.
We recognise that we have a legitimate interest in processing the personal data we collect about you for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to: marketing purposes, to enables us to enhance, modify, personalise, or otherwise improve our services, identify and prevent fraud, enhance and protect the security of our network and systems, and market research (e.g. determining the effectiveness of campaigns and the products / services we offer). “Legitimate interests” means the interests of our company in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service and most secure experience.
When we use your information for our legitimate interests, we make sure to consider and balance any potential impact on you and your data protection rights. Where applicable, legitimate interest assessments are conducted to ensure that these rights are protected.
5. Keeping you informed about our products and services
When you contact us, either online or via one of our contact centres, we may ask for your permission to contact you about the products and services we offer. Where we have obtained your permission to do so we will contact you by post, telephone, email or other means to tell you about offers, products and services that may be of interest to you.
We also recognise that it is in our legitimate interests to send communications about our products and services, latest offers and rewards, so we may process your information to send you communications that are tailored to your interests.
At any time, you can opt out of receiving such information, revise the products you would like to hear about or change the method we use to communicate with you. You can update these preferences by calling us on 01204 867 139 or by emailing helpdesk@destinology.co.uk.
We also use your personal information to make decisions about what products, services and offers we think you may be interested in. This is called profiling for marketing purposes. You can contact us at any time and ask us to stop using your personal information this way. If you allow it, we may show or send you marketing material online (on our own and other websites including social media), or by email, phone or post.
We make outbound phone calls for a number of reasons relating to our holiday products. We are fully committed to the regulations set out by Ofcom and follow strict processes to ensure we comply with them.
We may use personal data, collected in respect of one product to market another product that we may deem appropriate and relevant to you based on the information we have collected.
6. Sharing your information
As previously mentioned, we do not sell, trade or rent your information, and will never disclose information about you (including information obtained from our dealings with you) to third parties, except:
a) to fulfil your specific booking for a product or service or information in the event that third parties deliver the relevant product or service or information. For example, if you go on a holiday with us, the hotel needs to know who you are.
b) where third parties administer part or all of the product or service;
c) to maintain management information for business analysis.
We may of course be obliged by law to pass on your information to the police or any other statutory or regulatory authority and in some cases, exemptions may apply under relevant data protection legislation, whereby we can legitimately release personal data e.g. to prevent or detect crime or in connection with legal proceedings.
Subsequent to your purchase of a product or service, we may enter into an arrangement for that service to be provided by a new third party. If this happens, the terms and conditions of your contract with us will provide that you consent to the transfer and processing of personal and/or special category personal data to the new provider, subject to the requirements of the GDPR and associated legislation.
If we provide information to a third party (either a provider of a product or service, or an external data processing agency such as a mailing house), we will exercise the strictest control over them contractually, requiring it and any of its agents and/or suppliers to:
maintain the security and confidentiality of the information and restrict access to those of its own employees
use the data for the agreed purpose only and prevent it being used for any other purpose by any other party
refrain from communicating with you other than concerning the product in question
return the data to us at the conclusion of any contract term, and destroy or delete any copies made of all or any part of the information unless copies are needed to be kept to comply with regulations
In addition, we will restrict the information disclosed to the absolute minimum necessary, for example, to provide the product or service.
7. Information sent outside the EEA
We provide products and services including holidays outside the EEA. Therefore, if you travel on such holidays the information you provide may occasionally be transferred outside the EEA. From time to time Saga may use service providers and organisations outside the EEA for the purpose of processing services, system testing and maintenance.
It is worth noting, however, that some non-EEA countries do not afford the same level of data security as the UK. We will always use every reasonable effort to ensure sufficient protections are in place to safeguard your personal information.
8. Amendment and retention of information
Please advise us in writing as to any changes in your circumstances, or if you feel we hold inaccurate information about you so that we can update our records accordingly.
We will hold your personal information in accordance with the principles of the GDPR (and associated legislation) and in line with our Data Retention Policy. We are obliged and permitted by law and regulation to retain certain types of data for a minimum period of time. The minimum period of time tends to be for six years but can be longer if the statute or regulation requires.
9. Your rights
Access to your information: You have a statutory right of access to accessible personal and/or sensitive personal data that we hold about you. In order to exercise this right, your application must be in writing, either via letter or email. Please refer to the information you wish to see giving dates if possible. Please note that where relevant we may ask for proof of your identity.
We will not administer Subject Access Requests by a third party unless accompanied by a written authority of the individual who is the subject of the request.
We have one month to respond to a valid request.
Rights related to automated decision making including profiling: We use the information we know about you to make decisions which inform our pricing, fraud prevention and the products and services we can offer. Automated decision making enables us to make efficient and fair decisions, providing a better service for our customers. Whilst you have the right to object to us using your information in this way, this could have an impact on the products or services we may be able to offer you. We use automated decision making in the following areas:
Tailoring our marketing communications – as mentioned previously, we use your personal information to make decisions about what products, services and offers we think you may be interested in. This ensures the communications you receive from us are tailored and relevant to your interests. You can opt out of this at any time by contacting the Data Protection Officer.
The right to erasure: you have the right to request that your personal data is erased and to prevent processing in specific circumstances which are detailed by the ICO.
The right to data portability: you have the right to obtain and reuse the personal data that you have provided to us for your own purposes which includes transferring it to other services.
For further information regarding your rights, or to make a request; please write to the Data Protection Officer at The Saga Building, Enbrook Park, Sandgate, Kent CT20 3SE or email data.protection@saga.co.uk.
10. Updates to our privacy policy and your comments
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will update all relevant documentation and post any changes on our websites so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
We welcome your questions and comments about privacy. Please write to The Group Data Protection Officer, The Saga Building, Enbrook Park, Sandgate, Kent CT20 3SE or email data.protection@saga.co.uk
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you feel your personal information has not been handled correctly. You can do this via https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or by writing to: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
11. Use of Cookies
A cookie is a piece of text based information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard drive. When using selected services on our website, we will use cookies to help recognise you and the bookings you have made.
If your browser is set to reject the use of cookies, you will be unable to use selected online services such as ‘View My Booking’ and ‘Check My Booking’. In this situation, please contact our Customer Services department who will be able to access this booking information.
A specialist will be in touch to help you within 24 hours, likely less. We look forward to planning your dream holiday.
DESTINOLOGY PRIVACY POLICY
This is the standard data protection privacy policy for the Destinology Limited.
When it comes to your privacy we never compromise. We will always be clear about why we need the details we ask for, and ensure your personal information is kept as secure as possible. How we do this is explained below.
Last updated: May 2018
Introduction
How we use your information (including fraud prevention & credit checks)
Lawful bases for using your information
Keeping you informed about our products and services
Sharing your information (including information sent outside the European Economic Area - EEA)
Amendment and retention of information
Your rights
Updates to our Privacy Policy and your comments
Use of Cookies
1. INTRODUCTION
Destinology Limited is part of the Saga Group. The Saga Group, together with its subsidiaries are registered as data controllers with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Destinology and Saga ("we","us") are committed to protecting your privacy. We comply with the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and associated data protection legislation. We aim to maintain best-practice standards in our processing of personal and/or special category personal data (this is also referred to as sensitive personal data).
2. How we use your information
Destinology use the information we receive from you, together with information we have obtained from our dealings with you (including in relation to holiday services we provide to you and/or your use of those services), to provide holiday services that you request, to communicate with you, and to personalise information sent to you. Examples of how we may personalise information include working out which departure airports are near to you, or when we will be holding events in your area.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.
We store all the information you provide to us, including information provided via forms you complete on our website, and information which we may collect from your browsing. Our server, in common with nearly all web servers, logs each page that is downloaded from the site. If you contact us electronically we may collect your electronic identifier, e.g. Internet protocol (IP) address or phone number supplied by your service provider. This is to identify the number of visits to our websites, fraudulent behaviour or mystery shoppers using our websites.
Our website may also use SessionCam for analysis. SessionCam is a product that has been developed by SessionCam LTD. SessionCam may record mouse clicks, mouse movements, page scrolling and any text keyed into website forms. The information collected does not include bank details or any sensitive personal data. Data collected by SessionCam from the Saga website is for the Saga Group’s internal use only. The information collected is used to improve our website usability and is stored and used for aggregated and statistical reporting.
For further information; please see our ‘Use of Cookies section’.
We ask for your home, mobile phone number, and email address to enable us to contact you in relation to an enquiry you have made, to contact you if there is a problem with your order, notifying you about important functionality changes to the website, or if there is another genuine reason for doing so. For example, when you enter a contest or other promotional features, we use these details to administer the contest and notify winners.
Sometimes we may need to collect information that the law defines as special category data (also called sensitive personal data). This includes, but is not limited to, information about racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health data, and criminal records. We will not collect or use these types of data without your consent, unless the law allows us to do so. If we do, it will only be when it is necessary as determined by the law and the ICO.
Any new information you provide to us may be used to update an existing record we hold for you. If you provide a work email address we will not be responsible for third parties having access to any communications we send.
We collect credit or debit card details from you in order to pay for a service or product. We will keep such details secure and ensure that the details are only used further with your consent and/or for the purposes of any appropriate refunds.
In the event of phone calls from you, we also reserve the right to ask security questions (which we in our sole discretion deem appropriate) in order to satisfy ourselves that you are who you say you are.
3. Fraud Prevention and Credit Checks
To help us prevent fraud and money laundering, your details may be submitted to fraud prevention agencies and other organisations where your records may be searched.
Our own security procedures mean that we may occasionally have to request proof of identity or check your presence on the electoral roll.
4. Lawful bases for using your information
Before you provide any data to us we will endeavour to make it clear why we need it. Sometimes we may need special category (sensitive) personal data, for example we may need medical information if you ask us to book an easy access room due to a disability. When this is required, we will obtain your consent first. Without this information, we may not be able to fulfil the product or service you have requested.
A customer may properly give their partner's consent over the phone or via the website providing the customer confirms they have permission to do so. If the consent is written, the spouse must independently endorse such consent via counter signature.
We use the information you provide to us, either orally or in writing and the information we obtain from you through the use of our website, and as a result of our dealings with you (including any data we obtain from third parties) to provide the service requested by you. It may also be used for market research, offering renewals and statistical purposes.
We recognise that we have a legitimate interest in processing the personal data we collect about you for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to: marketing purposes, to enables us to enhance, modify, personalise, or otherwise improve our services, identify and prevent fraud, enhance and protect the security of our network and systems, and market research (e.g. determining the effectiveness of campaigns and the products / services we offer). “Legitimate interests” means the interests of our company in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service and most secure experience.
When we use your information for our legitimate interests, we make sure to consider and balance any potential impact on you and your data protection rights. Where applicable, legitimate interest assessments are conducted to ensure that these rights are protected.
5. Keeping you informed about our products and services
When you contact us, either online or via one of our contact centres, we may ask for your permission to contact you about the products and services we offer. Where we have obtained your permission to do so we will contact you by post, telephone, email or other means to tell you about offers, products and services that may be of interest to you.
We also recognise that it is in our legitimate interests to send communications about our products and services, latest offers and rewards, so we may process your information to send you communications that are tailored to your interests.
At any time, you can opt out of receiving such information, revise the products you would like to hear about or change the method we use to communicate with you. You can update these preferences by calling us on 01204 867 139 or by emailing helpdesk@destinology.co.uk.
We also use your personal information to make decisions about what products, services and offers we think you may be interested in. This is called profiling for marketing purposes. You can contact us at any time and ask us to stop using your personal information this way. If you allow it, we may show or send you marketing material online (on our own and other websites including social media), or by email, phone or post.
We make outbound phone calls for a number of reasons relating to our holiday products. We are fully committed to the regulations set out by Ofcom and follow strict processes to ensure we comply with them.
We may use personal data, collected in respect of one product to market another product that we may deem appropriate and relevant to you based on the information we have collected.
6. Sharing your information
As previously mentioned, we do not sell, trade or rent your information, and will never disclose information about you (including information obtained from our dealings with you) to third parties, except:
a) to fulfil your specific booking for a product or service or information in the event that third parties deliver the relevant product or service or information. For example, if you go on a holiday with us, the hotel needs to know who you are.
b) where third parties administer part or all of the product or service;
c) to maintain management information for business analysis.
We may of course be obliged by law to pass on your information to the police or any other statutory or regulatory authority and in some cases, exemptions may apply under relevant data protection legislation, whereby we can legitimately release personal data e.g. to prevent or detect crime or in connection with legal proceedings.
Subsequent to your purchase of a product or service, we may enter into an arrangement for that service to be provided by a new third party. If this happens, the terms and conditions of your contract with us will provide that you consent to the transfer and processing of personal and/or special category personal data to the new provider, subject to the requirements of the GDPR and associated legislation.
If we provide information to a third party (either a provider of a product or service, or an external data processing agency such as a mailing house), we will exercise the strictest control over them contractually, requiring it and any of its agents and/or suppliers to:
maintain the security and confidentiality of the information and restrict access to those of its own employees
use the data for the agreed purpose only and prevent it being used for any other purpose by any other party
refrain from communicating with you other than concerning the product in question
return the data to us at the conclusion of any contract term, and destroy or delete any copies made of all or any part of the information unless copies are needed to be kept to comply with regulations
In addition, we will restrict the information disclosed to the absolute minimum necessary, for example, to provide the product or service.
7. Information sent outside the EEA
We provide products and services including holidays outside the EEA. Therefore, if you travel on such holidays the information you provide may occasionally be transferred outside the EEA. From time to time Saga may use service providers and organisations outside the EEA for the purpose of processing services, system testing and maintenance.
It is worth noting, however, that some non-EEA countries do not afford the same level of data security as the UK. We will always use every reasonable effort to ensure sufficient protections are in place to safeguard your personal information.
8. Amendment and retention of information
Please advise us in writing as to any changes in your circumstances, or if you feel we hold inaccurate information about you so that we can update our records accordingly.
We will hold your personal information in accordance with the principles of the GDPR (and associated legislation) and in line with our Data Retention Policy. We are obliged and permitted by law and regulation to retain certain types of data for a minimum period of time. The minimum period of time tends to be for six years but can be longer if the statute or regulation requires.
9. Your rights
Access to your information: You have a statutory right of access to accessible personal and/or sensitive personal data that we hold about you. In order to exercise this right, your application must be in writing, either via letter or email. Please refer to the information you wish to see giving dates if possible. Please note that where relevant we may ask for proof of your identity.
We will not administer Subject Access Requests by a third party unless accompanied by a written authority of the individual who is the subject of the request.
We have one month to respond to a valid request.
Rights related to automated decision making including profiling: We use the information we know about you to make decisions which inform our pricing, fraud prevention and the products and services we can offer. Automated decision making enables us to make efficient and fair decisions, providing a better service for our customers. Whilst you have the right to object to us using your information in this way, this could have an impact on the products or services we may be able to offer you. We use automated decision making in the following areas:
Tailoring our marketing communications – as mentioned previously, we use your personal information to make decisions about what products, services and offers we think you may be interested in. This ensures the communications you receive from us are tailored and relevant to your interests. You can opt out of this at any time by contacting the Data Protection Officer.
The right to erasure: you have the right to request that your personal data is erased and to prevent processing in specific circumstances which are detailed by the ICO.
The right to data portability: you have the right to obtain and reuse the personal data that you have provided to us for your own purposes which includes transferring it to other services.
For further information regarding your rights, or to make a request; please write to the Data Protection Officer at The Saga Building, Enbrook Park, Sandgate, Kent CT20 3SE or email data.protection@saga.co.uk.
10. Updates to our privacy policy and your comments
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will update all relevant documentation and post any changes on our websites so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
We welcome your questions and comments about privacy. Please write to The Group Data Protection Officer, The Saga Building, Enbrook Park, Sandgate, Kent CT20 3SE or email data.protection@saga.co.uk
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you feel your personal information has not been handled correctly. You can do this via https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or by writing to: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
11. Use of Cookies
A cookie is a piece of text based information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard drive. When using selected services on our website, we will use cookies to help recognise you and the bookings you have made.
If your browser is set to reject the use of cookies, you will be unable to use selected online services such as ‘View My Booking’ and ‘Check My Booking’. In this situation, please contact our Customer Services department who will be able to access this booking information.
