This Washington Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy provides information regarding how Unique Travel Corp. (“Unique,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company,”), the worldwide representative for Sandals and Beaches Resorts, process consumer health data subject to Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“WMHMDA”). The Washington Health Data Privacy Statement (the “Health Data Privacy Statement”) supplements the Privacy Statement (“Privacy Policy”).
This Policy applies, subject to several exceptions, to personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to you and that identifies your past, present or future physical or mental health status within the meaning of the WMHMDA. It applies only if you are:
We refer in this Policy to this data as “Washington consumer health data.”
Note that this Policy does not apply to personal information that is not subject to the WMHMDA, including to information that is specifically exempted from the WMHMDA, which includes, among other things, protected health information subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations.
Additional information relating to how we process data not subject to the WMHMDA is available in the Privacy Policy.
We collect Washington consumer health data in connection with our services and products and the type of Washington consumer health data depends on the specific service or product offering that you use or receive and your interaction with us. Examples of Washington consumer health data that we collect may include:
Washington consumer health data does not include data related to the shopping habits or interests of a consumer, where that information is not used to identify the specific past, present or future health status of the consumer. For example, if you search for or shop for health-related items on one of our sites or read an article about a health- related condition or service, we do not consider associated data consumer health data where it is not used to infer or identify your specific past, present or future health status.
We primarily collect and use Washington consumer health data as necessary to provide you with the requested products or services. This may include, as further described in the What information do we collect about you and what do we use it for? section in the Privacy Policy, the following:
We may collect and use Washington consumer health data for other purposes for which we obtain your consent as required by the WMHMDA. This may include, but is not limited to, the following:
We may also collect and use Washington consumer health data to protect the Company, our users, and the public, such as to:
We may deidentify or anonymize Washington consumer health data so that it cannot reasonably be reidentified by us or by another person, and we may use this deidentified data for any reason permitted by applicable law.
We may share each of the categories of Washington consumer health data described in this Policy as necessary to provide you with a product or service you request, with your consent, or for certain security-related purposes, as described above and as described further in the Who will it be shared with? section in the Privacy Policy, such as:
We may transfer the health data we collect about you to Canada where our servers are located for legitimate interests in hosting all data on our central servers.
We may also transfer the health data we collect about you to countries where the third parties indicated above are located including the United States, Canada, Panama, Jamaica, The Bahamas, St. Lucias, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Curacao, St Vincent and Turks and Caicos in order to perform our contract with you by booking your requested vacation. Your health data may also be transferred to Honduras and India where our database maintenance teams are located for our legitimate interests in maintaining such database.
We will not sell Washington consumer health data unless we have a separate written authorization from you to do so.
By default, when you use our online services, we will not share Washington consumer health data with third parties so those third parties can collect Washington consumer health data over time and across different websites or online services. We will only share this data when we have a separate written authorization from you to do so. Nonetheless, please note that third parties may still be able to collect consumer health data from you over time and across different websites depending on your browser, browser add-ons, and permissions you set on your device. Data collected by those third parties is unrelated to our collection of Washington consumer health data from you, and we recommend reviewing those third parties’ privacy notices for more information about their collection methods.
As described further in the What information do we collect about you and what do we use it for? section in the Privacy Policy, we collect your information, which may include your Washington consumer health data, directly from you, automatically as you interact with our websites and mobile applications, and from other third party or public sources. The specific sources of Washington consumer health data depend on the service or product offering that you use and your interaction with us.
Under the WMHMDA, subject to certain exceptions, you may have the right to access or delete Washington consumer health data about you or receive a list of third parties and affiliates with whom your Washington consumer health data was shared or sold (with authorization). You also may have the right, subject to certain exceptions, to withdraw consent relating to the use, sharing, or selling (with authorization) of your Washington consumer health data. To make a Request to Know, Correct, Delete, or Opt-Out, please contact us via email at privacy@uniqueglobalinc.com. For your protection, you may be required to submit proof of your identity for these requests to be processed. We will not be able to comply with your request if we are unable to confirm your identity. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf subject to proof of identity and authorization.
We will authenticate your request and process it as required by law. Please allow 45 days for a response. If we deny your request, you may appeal that denial to us by following the instructions listed in the “denial of communication” or through the same mechanism you used to submit your request. If your appeal is unsuccessful, you can file a complaint with the Washington Attorney General.
Washington residents may contact the Washington State Attorney General at https://www.atg.wa.gov/file-complaint.
If you have questions about this Policy or would like to make a complaint, you can contact us at: privacy@uniqueglobalinc.com.
CHANGES TO THIS HEALTH DATA PRIVACY STATEMENT
We may change or update this Health Data Privacy Statement from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on this page with a new “Last Updated” date.
Last Updated: June 25, 2024