Renaissance Westchester Hotel has a strong commitment to providing excellent service to all of our customers, including respecting their concerns about privacy. We understand that visitors to our website may have questions about whether and how this website collects and uses information. We have prepared this statement to inform you of the privacy principles that govern Renaissance Westchester Hotel website.

This statement contains numerous general and technical details about the steps we take to respect your privacy concerns. The bottom line is that the needs and expectations of our customers form the foundation of everything we do – including protecting your privacy.

Renaissance Westchester Hotel website does link out to other websites. Please review each website's individual privacy policies for specific information on how they handle your information. If, after reviewing this Statement you have any privacy questions or concerns, please send an email to privacy@marriott.com.

Browsing
We have not configured this website to collect any personal information from your computer when browsing this site. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with personal information, we will not know your name, your email address, or any other information identifiable to you. An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer every time you browse the Internet. When users request a page from our site, our servers log the user's current IP address. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems. We do not link IP addresses to any personal information about you.

Cookies
The Renaissance Westchester Hotel website use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Renaissance Westchester Hotel pages, or register with Renaissance Westchester Hotel site or services, a cookie helps Renaissance Westchester Hotel to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Renaissance Westchester Hotel Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Renaissance Westchester Hotel features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Renaissance Westchester Hotel services or Web sites you visit.

Information We Collect and How We Use It
When we need to collect information from you, we will ask you to voluntarily supply us with the information we need. For example, if you would like to make a reservation at our hotel, we will ask you for information such as name, address, telephone number, email address, credit card type, credit card number, expiration date and room preference (non-smoking room or no preference) to process your reservation. We will use your email address to send a confirmation and, if necessary, might use the other information to contact you for help to process the reservation. The same type of information would be requested to complete a gift certificate transaction.

We may also ask you to fill out an online customer survey, to obtain your suggestions or comments about your use of Renaissance Westchester Hotel services, or for similar purposes. Providing this information is voluntary and it is used only for the purpose for which the information was collected and is not used for direct marketing or shared with other companies.

We treat the information you provide to us as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our Company’s security procedures and corporate policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. Because laws applicable to personal information vary by country, our hotels or other business operations may put in place additional measures that vary depending on the applicable legal requirements. Information is generally processed and stored in the country where this Renaissance Westchester Hotel site is being hosted.

Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Renaissance Westchester Hotel prohibits the sale or transfer of personal information to entities outside of the Marriott family of companies and hotels for their use without your approval and giving you the opportunity to opt-out.

Links to Other Sites
Renaissance Westchester Hotel is only responsible for the privacy statement and content of this website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the use of cookies on websites that you have accessed this website from and to the non-Renaissance Westchester Hotel websites that you may access from this website. Legal Issues This is a United States website and is subject to United States law. Renaissance Westchester Hotel will disclose personal information without your permission when required by law, or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to Marriott guests, visitors, associates, or property (including this site), or to others. If you are customer who resides in the State of California, you have the right to request from Renaissance Westchester Hotel a list of third parties with whom we shared personally identifiable information about you for their own direct marketing purposes during the previous calendar year. Although Renaissance Westchester Hotel does not share personally identifiable information with unrelated third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, if you would like to request this representation in writing please send an email to privacy@marriott.com.

Privacy Statement Changes
In the future, we may need to change the privacy statement for Renaissance Westchester Hotel website. All changes will be made here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. This privacy statement was last updated on July 18, 2007.