ChoiceU.com Privacy Policy | ChoiceU.com Privacy Policy (EU) | ChoiceU.com Cookies
This notice was last modified on 7 September 2018.
Cookies
Choice Hotels International, Inc.’s and its subsidiaries’ (“Choice”, “we” or “us”) websites and e-mails may use “cookies” and other computer code processes. These are small amounts of computer code that interact with your computer, mobile device, browser or e-mail. The types of cookies Choice uses are referred to as “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you close your internet browser. Persistent cookies remain on your computer hard drive or mobile device until you delete them or are otherwise removed upon expiration. Choice uses cookies to remind us of who you are, tailor our services to suit your personal interests, track your training status, and/or analyze your visiting patterns.
The site may also include integrated social media tools or “plug-ins,” such as social networking tools offered by third parties, for example Facebook or Google. If you use these tools to share personal information or you otherwise interact with social media features on the site, those social media companies may collect information about you and may use and share such information in accordance with your account settings, including sharing such information with the general public. Your interactions with third-party social media companies and the use of their features are governed by the privacy notices of the social media companies that provide those features.
Choice may also use cookies to form an association between multiple devices such as your smartphone, desktop computer and tablet. This is often referred to as device fingerprinting. A unique identifier, or fingerprint, is created on your devices, which enables the association. Choice uses the device association to link your devices’ searches on our websites, which enables us to provide you with a more convenient and personal digital experience.
Do Not Track Signals: Some web browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) signal that is an HTTP header field indicating your preference regarding tracking or cross-site user tracking. We currently do not recognize DNT signals; however, we do allow you to exercise some choice in the information collected by adjusting your browser’s cookie settings.
You can generally set your browser to not accept cookies or to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
If you would like to know more about cookies, the website www.allaboutcookies.org provides useful information.
See the Description of Cookies section below for more information about the cookies used on this site.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your Internet Protocol (IP) address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Because of the present activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the IP address within the area of the European Union or a member state of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the United States. On behalf of the website provider, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google
You can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Further information concerning Google’s data privacy and terms of use can be found at http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/learn/privacy.html.
Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “anonymizeIp();” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).
Interest-based Advertising
Choice does not employ interest-based advertising on the ChoiceU website.
Description of Cookies
| Type | Name | Purpose | Duration | Origin | Benefit |
| Google Analytics | _gat | Collects information about how visitors use our site | 1 Min | Third Party | Enables the compiling of reports that help us improve the site |
| Google Analytics | _ga | Collects information about how visitors use our site | 2 Years | Third Party | Enables the compiling of reports that help us improve the site |
| Google Analytics | _gid | Collects information about how visitors use our site | 1 Day | Third Party | Enables the compiling of reports that help us improve the site |
| LMS | lms8 | this is login tracking for the LMS | Session | First Party | Tracking LMS access |
| Push Notifications (realtime.co) | ortcsession-3MzR3R-s | Used for push notifications | Session | Third Party | Communication |
| Push Notifications (realtime.co) | ortcsession-3MzR3R | Used for push notifications | 30 Mins | Third Party | Communication |
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