This Web site does not collect personally identifiable information when you browse this Web site and request pages from our servers unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide it to us. This means that we will not know your name, your email address, or any other personally identifiable information just because you browse the Web site unless you:

1. access the Web site from a link in an email that we sent;
2. are a Marriott Rewards member or have created a profile and you either log-in to your account or choose to be remembered via your cookie; or

When we need to collect personally identifiable information from you to provide you with a particular service, we will ask you to voluntarily supply us with the information we need. For example, if you would like to make a reservation at one of our hotels, we will ask you for information such as name, address, telephone number, email address, credit card number, Marriott Rewards number (if applicable) and room 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 in processing the reservation. We will also use your email address to:

1) send you a pre-arrival message summarizing your confirmation details and providing other information about the area and the hotel,

2) notify you about special offers and promotions as described in the email section of this privacy statement,

3) send you copies of your hotel bills when you request them or subscribe to the eFolio feature, as well as

4) send you periodic satisfaction or market research surveys.

You can opt out of marketing emails at any time. You can also opt out of Marriott research surveys. The same types of information would be requested to complete a gift certificate purchase, register for a Marriott Rewards promotion, enter a sweepstakes or online game, to enroll in the Marriott Rewards program or to redeem Marriott Rewards points. On occasion, we use third parties to provide us with additional contact information about you given the information you provided to us directly. For example, if we know your name and postal address, we may use a third party to provide us with your email address. We would then use this information for market analysis and marketing purposes.

The personally identifiable information you provide to us for making a reservation is made available to the applicable hotel for the purpose of meeting your reservation request.  After making a reservation or completing your stay at a Marriott hotel, unless you tell us otherwise, the information you provide will be used by us for marketing of Marriott hotels and other Marriott products.  Marriott may use the services of third-party mail houses for the sole purpose of mailing materials.

You can access and review, update, or deactivate your Marriott Rewards information online.  If you deactivate your account, all information not already required and stored as a condition of membership will be deleted. 

Please note that Marriott will never send you an email requesting your password, credit card number or social security number. If you receive an email that looks like it's from Marriott, but asks you for your credit card number or social security number, it's a fraudulent email, or "phish." We recommend that you do the following:

• Forward the email to the Federal Trade Commission at spam@uce.gov or call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357) to report it. The FTC uses the spam stored in this database to pursue law enforcement actions against people who send deceptive email.
• Delete the email.

If you believe "phishers" have gotten access to your personal or financial information, we recommend that you also do the following:

1. Change your password.
2. Contact credit reporting services and have a fraud alert attached to your credit report file. Please be aware that the perpetrator may attempt to use your information to establish accounts or obtain credit at other businesses in their name.

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Communications of relevant information is important to administering the Marriott Rewards program and providing you the opportunity to maximize the benefits of membership. We will only disclose member information to:

the Marriott group of companies, person(s) authorized by you; Marriott franchisees, fulfillment houses, email service providers and mail houses that process mail for such entities; and marketing companies that provide services to the Marriott group of companies and Marriott franchisees; in each case for the following purposes:

1) in order to better service your account and preferences by keeping you informed of your account status and activities through printed or electronic statements;

2) to assess your entitlement to benefits;

3) to collect and process charges incurred by you in Marriott facilities;

4) to offer you additional products and services;

5) send periodic satisfaction or market research surveys;

6) to offer you products or services from select reputable companies with whom Marriott has a strategic relationship because we believe their offerings will be of interest to you; and

7) to promote the co-branded Chase/Marriott Rewards Visa card.  Based on your choices regarding how you wish to earn points (e.g., participating airlines and other company loyalty programs), we do need to transmit certain transaction information to these companies so that your point and transaction activity is accurately recorded.

When choosing to become a Marriott Rewards member, you will have consented to receive all of the kinds of information described above. However, you will be given the opportunity to define and modify your mailing preferences.

At your choice, you can create a password for your Marriott Rewards account in order to view your information and manage your account online. You will be required to provide your name, email address, account number, a desired user name, desired password, and password reminder.  Once you have an online Marriott Rewards  account, you may review, correct, or delete information online.  If you do not have online access to your account please notify your local Marriott Rewards Guest Services office (http://www.marriott.com/rewards/csupp/csupp.mi) in writing to review, correct or delete information pertaining to your membership (there may be a charge as permitted by law), or to indicate your communication preferences.

The Marriott Rewards/Chase Card Services Visa card provides you with a means to earn Marriott Rewards points faster. If you chose to apply for a Marriott Rewards/Chase Card Services Visa card you will link from this Web site to Chase Card Services' (a subsidiary of JP Morgan Chase) Web site and will be required to enter certain personally identifiable information as part of the credit application process. You can refer to Chase Card Services' privacy statement posted on their Web site to understand how the information you supply will be used. Chase Card Services is the issuer of the credit card, and all terms and conditions of being a cardholder are dictated by Chase Card Services.

We treat the information you provide to us as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company's security procedures and policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. When we ask you for credit card data, it is transferred over a Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) line, provided you are using a SSL enabled browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. We also use SSL on other pages where you would enter personally identifiable information. This ensures that your information is encrypted as it travels over the Internet. This secure mode is enabled before any such information is transmitted from your computer or web-enabled device.  You will know you are in secure mode when the padlock or key icon in the lower right-hand or left-hand corner of the computer screen appears in the locked position.  In addition, when accessing a secure server, the first characters of the site address will change from "http" to "https."

After information reaches Marriott, it is stored on a secure server that resides behind firewalls designed to block unauthorized access from outside of Marriott.  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 collected on the Web sites covered by this privacy statement is generally processed and stored in the United States.

To provide you with a single source for purchasing packages that include other travel-related services such as airline tickets or rental cars, we have entered into agreements with select reputable third-party travel companies that aggregate inventory information from suppliers such as airlines and car rental companies.  If you desire to purchase a package that is facilitated through Marriott.com you will be linked to a Marriott-branded Web site that is hosted by the travel company.  If you choose to purchase a package, it is necessary for you to provide personally identifiable information to execute the purchase. This information is then provided to the suppliers (e.g., airlines) for processing.  We have entered into contracts with these third-party travel companies requiring that they secure your personally identifiable information as well as use it only to execute the transactions you request.  The same security and privacy commitments have been obtained from the suppliers.  However, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you have supplied directly to a supplier in any manner, in the past or in the future, is subject to their privacy statement and practices, for which Marriott has no responsibility.

In addition to the travel-related services and required information sharing described directly above, Marriott does use the services of third parties, such as market researchers,
fulfillment houses, email service providers and mail houses that process mail for the Marriott group of companies, persons authorized by you, and Marriott franchisees as well as such entities and marketing companies that provide these services for the Marriott group of companies and Marriott franchisees. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose Marriott specifies. We do provide non-personally identifiable information to certain service providers for their use on an aggregated basis for the purpose of performing their contractual obligations to us. Except as described in this paragraph and the sections above titled “Marriott Rewards Communications and Use of Member Information” and “Travel Related Services” we do not permit the sale or transfer of personally identifiable information to entities outside of the Marriott family of companies and hotels and our third party service providers for any non-Marriott use without your approval.

1. Allow registered users to sign in without typing their email/Marriott Rewards number each time;
2. Measure usage of various pages on our Web site to help us make our information more pertinent to your needs and easy for you to access; and
3. Provide functionality such as online reservations, Marriott Rewards transactions, and other functionality that we believe would be of interest and value to you.

Marriott and its third-party service providers use pixel tags (also known as "clear gifs" "beacon gifs" etc.).  Pixel tags are not visible to the user of the Web site and consist of a few lines of computer coding delivered with the Web page.  Pixel tags are not used to collect any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us in your dealings with Marriott.  Marriott and our email service provider use pixel tags to:

1. Track customer response to Marriott advertisements and Web site content;
2. Determine your ability to receive HTML-based email messages.  Our email service provider includes a pixel tag, which they refer to as a "coded sensor" in all of the HTML-based messages sent on our behalf.  The sensor activates when the email message is opened and flags the email address of the user as one that is capable of receiving HTML-based email messages.  This capability helps our service provider to send the email in a format you can read.  The sensor does not collect or use any other information.  If you cannot receive HTML, you will not receive a functioning sensor;
3. Know how many users open an email and allow our service provider to compile aggregated statistics about an email campaign for us; and
4. Allow us to better target interactive advertising, enhance customer support and site usability, and provide offers and promotions that we believe would be of interest to you.

It is our intention to only send you email communications that will be useful to you and that you want to receive. When you join Marriott Rewards, make a reservation, or request a copy of your hotel bill via email and provide your email address, we will periodically contact you via email and provide information about special offers and promotions that may be of interest to you. These communications will relate to Marriott offers which may also include the promotions of select, reputable third parties with whom Marriott has a strategic marketing relationship because they offer products or services that we believe would be of interest to you. We typically use third party email service providers to send emails. These service providers are contractually prohibited from using your email address for any purpose other than to send Marriott related email.

We provide you the ability to define and modify your mailing preferences online at anytime including unsubscribing from all marketing communications.  In addition, every time you receive an email, you will be provided the choice to opt-out of future emails by following the instructions provided in the email.  You may also opt-out online by updating your Marriott Rewards
 account, or sending a letter to Internet Customer Care - Unsubscribe, 1818 North 90 Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68114-1315 USA. Please allow 10 business days for us to process your opt-out.

If you choose to participate in the in the eFolio program ("Program") you will receive hotel bills by email ("eFolio"). The eFolio will be sent to you over the Internet in an unsecured (unencrypted) manner and could be subject to interception by third parties.

Once you have subscribed to the Program, your Marriott Rewards number as entered on your reservation acts as the eFolio identifier, prompting your bill to be transmitted to your email address of record. If your Marriott Rewards number is applied to another person's room reservation, or if you make a reservation for another person and provide your email address for that reservation that person's bill will be transmitted to your email address as well. It is your responsibility to inform that person that their bill will be emailed to you when your Marriott Rewards number or email address is attached to his/her reservation unless he/she makes alternative arrangements with a front desk associate during the stay.

If you would like to submit a request for proposal online or order a complimentary copy of our Meeting Planner brochure you will be required to provide certain personally identifiable information. All personally identifiable information you provide such as name, mailing address, email address and telephone number will be transmitted to Marriott as an email via the Internet and is not encrypted. Personally identifiable information you provide to us will be treated as confidential information and is subject to our company's security procedures and policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. Marriott will not use this information for any other purposes.

If you connect to the Marriott Vacation Club site please note that a separate privacy statement governs the use of that site (http://www.vacationclub.com/en-us/privacy/default.jsp) However, the same Marriott privacy philosophy applies.

On occasion, we conduct sweepstakes and online games that entitle the winners to prizes.  Each sweepstakes or online game has it own terms and conditions.  Some sweepstakes and online games require you to choose to enter and for others you will be entered automatically if certain elements described in the sweepstakes or online games terms and conditions are met (e.g., making a reservation with a certain credit card).  You will be informed before a transaction is executed if it will result in an automatic entry into the sweepstakes. As part of entering a sweepstakes or online games certain personally identifiable information such as name and email address will be required.  We may use this information to send future communications about specials and offers. As stated in the email section of this privacy statement, every time you receive a marketing email you will be provided the choice to opt-out of future marketing emails by following the instructions provided in the email.

At your choice, you can use this Web site to opt-in to email communications such as notices of upcoming events.  All personally identifiable information you provide such as email address will be transmitted to Marriott Investor Relations as an email via the Internet and is not encrypted. Personally identifiable information you provide to us will be treated as confidential information and is subject to our company's security procedures and policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. Marriott will not use this information for any other purposes.

Marriott is only responsible for the privacy statement and content of this Web site.  We are not responsible for the data collection and use practices and privacy policy or the use of cookies on Web sites that you have accessed this Web site from and to the non-Marriott Web sites that you may access from this Web site.

Within Marriott.com are numerous other Marriott Web sites that are accessible from links within Marriott.com or via separate URLs.  Namely, these Web sites are: marriottrewards.com, jwmarriotthotels.com, fairfieldinn.com, marriotthotels.com, renaissancehotels.com, residenceinn.com, springhillsuites.com, towneplace.com, towneplacesuites.com, conferencecenters.com, courtyard.com, marriottfoundation.org, careers.marriott.com, marriottnewsroom.com, marriott.com/investor and executiveresidences.com.