နအေိမျ Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Lotte Hotels & Resorts (Lotte Hotels hereinafter) places prime importance on customer personal information, and complies with "the Personal Information Protection Act." Lotte Hotels informs guests of means and purpose for which personal information provided have been used, and what measures we have taken to protect personal information according to our privacy policy.

Article 1. Scope and methods of collecting personal information

  • 1. Scope of collecting personal information
    • A. Lotte Hotels may collect minimal personal information in order to provide proper service.
    • B. Lotte Hotels does not collect sensitive personal information (race, ethnicity, ideology, belief, place of birth, political orientation, criminal record, state of health, sexual life, etc.) that may infringe upon the basic human rights of members.
  • 2. Methods of collecting personal information

    Lotte Hotels may collect personal information in the following ways.

    • A. Web site registration, in written form (application for membership), telephone or fax, posting to the bulletin board, and sweepstakes entries
    • B. Offers from affiliated companies
    • C. Collecting payment information, points transactions, etc. created upon using the company

Article 2. Personal information collection & use purposes

Lotte Hotels collects personal information to provide services, as follows:

Article 2. Personal information collection & use purposes
Classification Items to be collected Purpose Retention period
Online Membership entry Required Required Full name (in English), date of birth, title, contact details (mobile or home), email, and country, ID, password To identify a member in accordance with the membership service, To send customers notices and handle complaints To ship membership cards and inform members of Hotel products Until withdrawal from membership
Optional Full name (in Korean), address (home or work), ID
Optional Employee Auth(Company name, Job title) To provide employee services
Booker Membership entry Required Full name (in English), date of birth, title, contact details (mobile or home), email, and country, ID, password To identify a member in accordance with the membership service, To send customers notices and handle complaints Until withdrawal from membership
Optional Preferred Hotel, Company name, Company No., Company address
Room Reservations Required Full name (in English) ,contact details(mobile or home or work), email, and credit card information To provide room reservations and revisitation services * Credit card information is collected only for the purpose of a guarantee and direct payment by such credit card. Two years
Restaurant reservations Required Full name, mobile phone number, and email To provide reservation and consultation services 5 days from the date of cancellation or visit
Optional Contact details
Trevi Club membership Counseling Required Full name, Contact details To provide membership counseling sevice Two years
Trevi Club JEJU membership Counseling Required Full name, Contact details To provide membership counseling sevice
Trevi Club BUSAN membership Counseling Required Full name, Contact details To provide membership counseling sevice
Inquiries about a weddings Required Full name, email, wedding information, contact details To provide reservation and consultation services Two years
Inquiries about a meetings/convention Required Full name, email, and contact details To provide reservation and consultation services Two years
Optional Requests
Service Academy Q&A Required Full name, email, and contact details Personal information are collected to provide information and service Two years
News letter (Main, MICE) Required email send News letter one month
Guest Comments Required Full name, email, and contact details Personal information are collected to provide information and service Two years
Ethics Reporting Required Full name, email, and contact details Required itmes are collected to provide information and service Two years
Optional Information of claimed person (claimed person, department, position) Optional items are collected to confirm registered information
Offline Privilege rewards membership Document Required Passport Name, Date of Birth, Gender, Country, Mobile Phone No, E-mail, Privilege No, Stay record Identification for membership services provided at chain hotels in Korea and overseas / Effective communication for providing notices and handling complaints Until withdrawal from membership
Optional Nationality, City, Company name, Position dentification for membership services provided at chain hotels in Korea and overseas /Address for delivery of membership card
Optional Country/City, Mobile Phone No, E-mail Recieving information about discount products and new products, Using for marketing
Guest Registration Document Required Full name, Date of birth, Nationality, Mobile phone number, E-Mail, Stay record Identification procedures for returning guests visiting local or international LOTTE HOTELS & RESORTS chains Two years or 5 days from the date of cancellation or visit
Optional Gender, Country, City, Phone Number, Departure date, Company Name, Jop Title, Preference, Requests Identification for return guest, revisitation services
Optional E-Mail, Mobile phone number Recieving information about discount products and new products, Using for marketing
SIGNIEL Club Document Required Photograph, Name, Date of birth, Mobile phone No., Home address To use for membership verification service according to membership service, To customer Notice, To ensure a smooth communication path for complaint handling, To obtain an address for guidance on membership qualifications Until withdrawal from membership
Optional Gender, email, Company address, Telephone No., Company name, Job title, Car No. Identification for membership services provided at chain hotels in Korea and overseas / To Provide customized services
Optional Address,, Mobile phone No. Telephone No., email Recieving information about discount products and new products, Using for marketing
Trevi Club membership Document, alliance, telephone, fax, email Required Full name, date of birth, gender, mobile phone number, and address Identification for membership services provided at chain hotels in Korea and overseas / Effective communication for providing notices and handling complaints
Optional email, Telephone No., company name, job title, and credit card informationn Identification for membership services provided at chain hotels in Korea and overseas /Address for delivery of membership card
Optional Mobile phone No., email, Address Recieving information about discount products and new products, Using for marketing
Fitness Club membership Document, alliance, Required Name, Date of birth, Mobile phone No. , Address, Telephone No., Photograph To identify a member in accordance with the membership service, To make urgent contact in an emergency To send customers notices and handle complaints To send a bill for annual membership fees and inform members of Hotels products
Optional Gender, email, Company name, Job title, Car No. Identification for membership services provided at chain hotels in Korea and overseas / To Provide customized services
Optional Coutry/City, Detailed address, Telephone No., Mobile phone No., email Recieving information about discount products and new products, Using for marketing
Family Club Membership Document, alliance, Required Full name, date of birth, gender, mobile phone number, email, address, and wedding anniversary To identify a member in accordance with the membership service, To send customers notices and handle complaints To ship membership cards To give a discount for members' anniversaries To inform members of Hotels product
Optional Telephone No. Identification for membership services provided at chain hotels in Korea and overseas / To Provide customized services
Optional Coutry/City, Detailed address, Mobile phone No., email Recieving information about discount products and new products, Using for marketing
etc. Event Document, Homepage, email, Required Full name ,contact details(mobile or home), email, address To send information on winning the event. To send customers notices and handle complaints To delivary products when an contract is terminated
L.POINT services Offline Required Full name, L.POINT No.(or Mobile Phone No.) To approve the use of L. points To provide discount services at the affiliated stores/Upon return to L. points . Five years
Airlines points services Offline Required Full name, Airlines number, Check in/out date To approve the accumulation of airline points Five years

* Records of abnormal behavior are kept for three years, such as those that violate public order, withdraw for economic gain, and rejoin.

* During service use, IP address, cookie, mac address, and service use record can be automatically generated and collected.

Article 3. Personal information usage period & cancellation

  • 1. Lotte Hotels will dispose of members' personal information without delay once the purpose for collecting or receiving such information is achieved.
    • A. Room stay information (internal policy): Retain it for two years to provide customers with re-visitation services.
    • B. Shipping information: When goods or services have been delivered or provided
    • C. If personal information is collected for a survey, event, etc.: When such surveys, events, etc. are finished
  • 2. Lotte Hotels retains such information for a certain period of time when it is necessary to do so for reasons of verifying the rights, obligations, etc. related to the following transactions in accordance with relevant laws and regulations including the Commercial Act:
    • A. Records of contracts, offer withdrawal, or the like: Five years
    • B. Records of payments and supply of goods, etc.: Five years
    • C. Records of the handling of consumer complaints or disputes: Three years
  • 3. Implementation of personal information expiration system
    • - Lotte Hotels retains the personal information of online members who have not used our services for one year or more, separately from other information, in accordance with Article 29(2) of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc. and Article 16 of the Enforcement Decree of the same Act.(Effective as of August 18, 2015)
  • 4. Disposal methods
    • A. Personal information printed on paper: to be cut into pieces by a shredder or incinerated
    • B. Personal information stored in electronic files: to be deleted using a technical method that makes it impossible to regenerate it

Article 4. Personal information provision & sharing

  • 1. Under no circumstances does Lotte Hotels use or provide personal information of members to third parties or any other company/agency beyond the scope notified in the 『purpose of collecting and using personal information』,except with members' consent or under relevant laws or regulations. When providing or sharing personal information of members through business partnerships or affiliations, Lotte Hotels notifies members in advance, in writing or by email, and individually, about those with whom such information is provided to or shared, their business purpose, the items that are to be provided or shared, and the purpose of such provision or sharing, and then seeks to obtain members' consent. Because the provision of personal information to Lotte Hotels is only for the services intended for Lotte Hotels, members' refusal to give consent may lead to the unavailability of such services that are normally provided or used.
  • 2. We can provide personal information pursuant to relevant laws and regulations without members' consent if doing so is:
    • A. required to settle charges (points), after services are offered, and to deliver goods
    • B. necessary for statistical data, academic research or market survey, in which case such information is provided in an unidentifiable processed format
    • C. required by laws and regulations or by law enforcement agencies for the purpose of criminal investigation in accordance with the procedures and methods set forth in applicable laws and regulations
  • 3. Lotte Hotels provides personal information to render higher quality services to customers, as follows:
Article 4. Personal information provision & sharing
Classification Affiliated Concerns Items to Be Provided Purpose Offer Period
Chain Lotte Hotels Privilege rewards membership Lotte Hotel Busan
Hai Thanh Lotte JV Co.
Lotte Hotel Vietnam Co., Ltd
Lotte Hotel Guam, LLC
Hotel and Resort Joetsmyoko Co., Ltd.
Lotte Hotel Saint Petersburg, LLC
JSC Lotte Rus
Daewoo Amara Co., Ltd.		 Passport Name, Date of birth, Gender, Mobile phone No., Country/City, Company name, Job Title, E-mail, Privilege number, Current points, Stay record Approval of redemption of Privilege points, Provision of partner discount services, Identification procedures for returning guests visiting local or international LOTTE HOTELS & RESORTS chains, processing and handling issues related to hotel use. When the membership is canceled
Chain Lotte Hotels Guest Registration Two years or 5 days from the date of cancellation or visit
Chain Lotte Hotels Trevi Club membership When the membership is canceled
Chain Lotte Hotels Family Club Membership
Chain Lotte Hotels Fitness Club membership Lotte Hotel Busan
Chain Lotte Hotels SIGNIEL Club Lotte Hotel Busan
Privilege points services Duty Free Lotte Duty Free Shop
Lotte Hotel Co. Ltd.
Lotte DF Retail Co. Ltd.
Lotte DF Global Co. Ltd
Busan Lotte Duty Free Shop
Lotte Hotel Busan Co. Ltd.
Jungwon Duty Free
Lotte Duty Free Shop Jeju Co. Ltd. 		Passport Name, Privilege number, Current points, E-mail To approve the use of privilege points To provide discount services at the affiliated stores When the membership is canceled
L.POINT services Lotte members Full name, L.POINT NO(or Mobile Phone No,) To approve the use of L. points To provide discount services at the affiliated stores/Upon return to L.POINT. When the membership is canceled
Airlines points services Asiana Airlines
Korean Air
Japan Airlines
Aeroflot
Asia Miles		 Full name, email, Airlines number, Check in/out date To approve the accumulation of airline points When the membership is canceled
LHW membership services THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD, Ltd Last Name, First Name, Address, E-mail address Providing the services When the membership is canceled
Chain Lotte Hotels Marketing, Trevi Club membership/Fitness Club membership Lotte Hotel Busan Address,, Mobile phone No. E-mail Receieving information about discount products and new products, Using for marketing When the membership is canceled
Chain Lotte Hotels Marketing Privilege rewards membership/SIGNIEL Club Lotte Hotel Busan
Hai Thanh Lotte JV Co.
Lotte Hotel Vietnam Co., Ltd
Lotte Hotel Guam, LLC
Hotel and Resort Joetsmyoko Co., Ltd.
Lotte Hotel Saint Petersburg, LLC
JSC Lotte Rus
Daewoo Amara Co., Ltd.
Lotte Hotel New York Palace, LLC
Lotte Hotel Vladivostok LLC
Tashkent Palace New LLC
Lotte Hotel Samara		 Country/City, Mobile phone No. E-mail Receieving information about discount products and new products, Using for marketing When the membership is canceled

Article 5. Entrusting and handling of personal information

  • 1. Lotte Hotels entrusts personal information to third party service providers to render services, as follows, and has the necessary matters stipulated in an entrustment contract for safe management thereof in accordance with relevant laws and regulations

    Article 5. Entrusting and handling of personal information
    Third Party Service Providers Activities to Be Entrusted Period for Retaining and Using Personal Information
    Partners Partners
    Lotte Data Communication Co., Ltd. - Computer systems maintenance At the time of membership cancellation or when an entrustment contract is terminated
    Lotte Data Communication Co., Ltd. Ad capsule Co., Ltd. Homepage systems maintenance
    MG Credit Information Service Co., Ltd. - Recruitment and management of Trevi Club (Seoul & Jeju) membership
    GL Marketing Consulting Inc. - Recruitment and management of Trevi Club (Busan) membership
    Oracle corporation - Management of emailing system
    Maintenance of Reservation System
    Simmons-K Co., Ltd. - Manufacture and shipment of he:on bed products Upon completion of product delivery
    Hyundai Decorations Co., Ltd. - Manufacture and shipment of he:on bedding products
    Daehong Communications Inc. Ainus Co., Ltd. Online marketing by Lotte Hotels when an contract is terminated
    Chaeumgnl,G&C(Consortium) Recruitment and management of SIGNIEL Fitness membership when an entrustment contract is terminated
  • 2. Upon making an entrustment contract, Lotte Hotels sets forth clearly strict compliance with instructions related to privacy, prohibitions on personal information, responsibility for accidents, etc. and keeps the contents of such contracts in writing, for the safe protection of personal information. Where there is a change in third party service providers with which personal information is provided or shared with, Lotte Hotels discloses the name of the changed company on the screen of this Privacy Policy within the website.
  • 3. The Company will supervise third party service providers observing specified matters properly within the scope of activities to be entrusted to ensure that personal information subject to such entrustment is managed safely.
  • 4. Transfer of personal information overseas due to offshoring

    To provide better customer service, Lotte Hotel will transfer personal information to be stored on contractor’s overseas sever, as shown below.

    • A. Personal information to be transferred
      • - Member: Full name, mobile, e-mail, gender, nationality, date of birth, address, phone number, company name, job title, service use history and booking information, membership number, ID and information on the membership points
      • - Non-member (limited to the customer who gave consent to e-mail subscription): Full name, mobile, e-mail, gender, nationality, date of birth, address, phone number, company name, job title, service use history and booking information
    • B. Country where the server is located, and date and method of personal information transfer: Personal information will be immediately transferred through a dedicated network to the server (UK001 Amsterdam) of Oracle Corporation in Europe in response to a new membership registration or changes made to membership information
    • C. Name of the party to whom the personal information will be transferred: Oracle Corporation (https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/services-privacy-policy.html , Tel.:+1 650 506 7000, Fax:+1 650 506 7200)
    • D. Purpose of personal information use and period of retention and use of personal information by Oracle Corporation: Transferred information will be used for the purpose of storage in the server and the information will be retained until the termination of membership for members, and for two years from the hotel stay for non-members.
    • E. Scope of contract for personal information management: Management of e-mailing system

Article 6. Methods of reading and correcting personal information, canceling membership, and withdrawing consent

  • 1. Members may read or correct their registered personal information or cancel the membership at any time.
    • A. Online members may modify their personal information or cancel the membership on MY Page located in the top-right corner of the Lotte Hotels website.
    • B. Such request made through personal visit to Lotte Hotels or on landlines will be promptly addressed after membership authentication
    • C. Phone number: 02-759-7671~3
  • 2. If members make a request for correcting an error in their personal information, such information will not be used or provided until such correction is finished. Also, if erroneous personal information was already provided to a third party, we will correct the error by immediately notifying the third party of modified information.

Article 7. Cookie operation & use

  • 1. Lotte Hotels runs "cookies" which stores and searches for members' information from time to time. Cookies are very small text files that are transmitted to members' browsers by the server used to operate the Lotte Hotels website and that are stored in their computer's hard disk.
  • 2. Lotte Hotels uses cookies for the following purposes:
    • A. To utilize them as an index of target marketing and service reshuffling by analyzing the access frequency, visit hours, etc. of members and non-members and grasping their preferences and interests
    • B. To keep track of the information on Lotte Hotels and the tracking of services that customers have browsed with interest and to provide customized services the next time they visit such services
    • C. To verify the extent of members' participation and visit times in various events hosted by Lotte Hotels, offer an differentiated opportunity for entry, and prepare material to provide distinguished information according to their individual interests
    • D. Members have the option for installing cookies. Therefore, members may allow all cookies, allow or block cookies individually whenever stored, or block the storage of all cookies, by using the settings option in the web browser.
    • - Method for specifying whether to allow the installation of cookies [for Internet Explorer 9.0]
      • 1. On the [Tools] menu, select [Internet Options].
      • 2. Click the [Privacy tab].
      • 3. Setting the [Privacy level].
      Members blocking the installation of cookies will lead Lotte Hotels to having difficulty in rendering the services.

Article 8. Protection of personal information of children under 14

1. In principle, Lotte Hotels does not collect any personal information from children under age 14.

Article 9. Personal information administrator

  • 1. Lotte Hotels appoints personal information administrators as follows to protect members' personal information, to collect their opinions, and handle complaints, about such information:
    • A. Lotte Hotels
      • - Department in charge of personal information: CRM at Digital Marketing Team
      • - Chief Privacy (or Personal Information) Officer : Kang Young Gyu, Marketing Division Officer privacy@lotte.net)
      • - Staffer in charge of personal information: Seung Mook Hyun, Manager (Tel: 02-771-1000, email: privacy@lotte.net)
    • B. Lotte Hotel Busan
      • - Department in charge of personal information: Marketing Part
      • - Chief Privacy (or Personal Information) Officer : Ki-San Hong, Executive Assistant Manager (Tel: 051-810-5020, email: kisanhong@lotte.net)
      • - Staffer in charge of personal information: Ki Sung Cheong, Manager (Tel: 051-810-5520, email: ckisung@lotte.net)
  • 2. Customers can contact the following organizations to make an further inquires about personal information. Privacy Violation Reporting Center
    • - Privacy Violation Reporting Center
      TEL : 118 without area codes
      URL : http://privacy.kisa.or.kr
    • - Cyber Criminal Investigation Division at Supreme Prosecutors' Office
      TEL : 1301 without area codes
      URL : www.spo.go.kr
    • - National Police Agency Cyber Bureau
      TEL : 182 without area code
      URL : cyberbureau.police.go.kr

Article 10. Technical/Institutional Management for Personal Information Protection

  • 1. Lotte Hotels implements the following technical countermeasures to keep members' personal information secure in handling their information, lest such information should be lost, stolen, leaked, altered, or compromised.
    • A. A user's personal information is protected with passwords, and important data is protected through a separate security measure in a manner that encodes files and transmitted data or uses a file locking function.
    • B. Lotte Hotels adopts the Secure Socket Layer that makes it possible to send personal information on our network safely by using an encryption algorithm.
    • C. To prevent a user's personal information from being leaked by hacking, etc., Lotte Hotels uses a double fire wall to block unauthorized external access, and monitors possible breaches around the clock by installing a 24 hour breach detection system in each server.
  • 2. Lotte Hotels minimizes the number of staff handling personal information, emphasizes the importance of compliance with this Policy through frequent education and training given to employees in charge, and takes immediate action against any related problem.
    • A. Lotte Hotels takes no responsibility for matters arising from members' mistakes or the basic risk intrinsic to the Internet. Each member must manage his/her personal information appropriately and be responsible for such management.
    • B. If personal information is lost, leaked, altered or compromised due to another internal administrator's mistake or an technical accident or incident, Lotte Hotels will immediately notify users of the fact, take proper measures against such accidents or incidents, and work out appropriate compensation.

Article 11. Commercial Information Transmission

  • 1. Lotte Hotels does not transmit commercial information for profit-making purposes against the clear intentions of customers who have opted out.
  • 2. For the transmission of commercial material including product guides for online marketing, Lotte Hotels takes measures to help customers discern the following matters in both the subject and the body of an email:
    • - the subject line of the email: A phrase titled (advertisement) and the sender's name are indicated in the email subject.
    • - the body of the email: The sender's name, email address, telephone and address are indicated there so that users can express their intentions to opt-out. Lotte Hotels specifies individual methods by which users can easily express their intentions to opt-out.
  • 3. In case of sending commercial information for profit-making purposes to customers by non-email methods such as fax or text message, Lotte Hotels takes necessary measures such as indication of a sender's name, as well.

Article 12. Duty of Disclosure

This Privacy Policy was established on July 1, 2008, and any addition to, deletion of, and modification to the Policy made in accordance with changes to laws, regulations, policies or security technologies will be announced on the website of our main office.

(First) announcement date: July 1, 2008

Date of Change: November 1, 2012

Date of Change: September 19, 2014

Date of Change: July 31, 2015

Date of Change: September 15, 2015

Date of Change: January 1, 2016

Date of Change: February 6, 2016

Date of Change: March 21, 2016

Date of Change: June 1, 2016

Date of Change: July 29, 2016

Date of Change: September 22, 2016

Date of Change: March 1, 2017

Date of Change: March 15, 2017

Date of Change: May 1, 2017

Date of Change: July 4, 2017

Date of Change: August 25, 2017

Date of Change: November 3, 2017

Date of Change: November 27, 2017

Date of Change: January 24, 2018

Date of Change: March 2, 2018

Date of Change: April 3, 2018

Date of Change: May 25, 2018

Date of Change: December 27, 2018

Effective Date: December 27, 2018

The above Lotte Hotels Privacy Policy takes effect as of December 27, 2018.