Third-Party Services. If you link, connect, or log in to the Winda Platform with a third-party service (e.g. Google, Facebook), you direct the service to send us information such as your registration, friends list, and profile information as controlled by that service or as authorized by you via your privacy settings at that service.

Background Information. For Customers to the extent permitted by applicable laws, we may obtain the local version of police, background, or registered sex offender checks. We may use your information, including your full name and date of birth, to obtain such reports.

Enterprise Product Invitations and Account Management. Organizations that use our Enterprise products may submit personal information to facilitate account management and invitations to use enterprise products.

Referrals and co-travelers. If you are invited to the Winda Platform, such as a co-traveler on a trip, the person who invited you can submit personal information about you such as your email address or other contact information.

Other Sources. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may receive additional information about you, such as references, demographic data, or information to help detect fraud and safety issues from third-party service providers and/or partners and combine it with information we have about you. For example, we may receive background check results or fraud warnings from identity verification service providers for use in our fraud prevention and risk assessment efforts. We may receive information about you and your activities on and off the Winda Platform, or about your activities and interactions from our partners. We may receive health information, including but not limited to, health information related to contagious diseases.

enable you to access the Winda Platform and make and receive payments,

enable you to communicate with other Customers, Service Providers

process your request,

perform analytics, debug and conduct research,

provide customer service, training,

send you messages, updates, security alerts, and account notifications,

if you provide us with your contacts’ information, such as your friends or co-travelers, we may process this information: (i) to facilitate your referral invitations, (ii) to share your trip details and facilitate trip planning, (iii) for fraud detection and prevention, and (iv) to facilitate your requests or for any other purpose you authorize,

personalize and customize your activity based on your interactions with the Winda Platform, your search and booking history, your profile information and preferences, and other content you submit, and

enable your use of our enterprise products

detect and prevent fraud, spam, abuse, security and safety incidents, and other harmful activity,

study and combat discrimination,

conduct security investigations and risk assessments,

verify or authenticate information provided by you,

conduct checks against databases and other information sources, including background or police checks,

comply with our legal obligations, protect the health and well-being of our Customers, Service Providers, their employees, and members of the public,

resolve disputes with our Customers and Service Providers, including sharing information about disputes related to your role as a Customer or Service Provider,

enforce our agreements with third parties,

comply with the law, respond to legal requests, prevent harm, and protect our rights

enforce our Terms and other policies (Payments Policy) and,

in connection with the activities above, we may conduct profiling based on your interactions with the Winda Platform, your profile information and other content you submit to Winda, and information obtained from third parties. In limited cases, automated processes, which analyze your account and activities on the Winda platform as well as information in relation to activities on and off the Winda platform that can be associated with you, could restrict or suspend access to the Winda Platform if such processes detect activity that may pose a safety or other risk to Winda, our community, or third parties. If you would like to challenge decisions based on automated processes, please contact us via the Contact Information section below.

send you promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and other information based on your preferences and social media advertising through social media platforms,

personalize, measure, and improve our advertising,

administer referral programs, rewards, surveys, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by Winda or its third-party partners,

analyze characteristics and preferences to send you promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and other information that we think might be of interest to you, and

invite you to events and relevant opportunities.

detect and prevent money laundering, fraud, abuse, and security incidents,

conduct security investigations and risk assessments,

comply with legal obligations (such as anti-money laundering regulations),

enforce the Payment Terms and other payment policies,

with your consent, send you promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and other information that may be of interest to you based on your preferences, and

provide and improve Payment Services.

Your public profile page, which includes your profile photo, first name (or initials where applicable), description, and city.

Listing pages that include information such as the Accommodation or Activities approximate or precise location description, transport, calendar availability, profile photo, aggregated demand information (like page views over a period of time), and additional information you choose to share.

Reviews, ratings, and other public feedback.

Content in a community or discussion forum, blog, or social media post.

We may retain your personal information as necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as the prevention of money laundering, fraud detection and prevention, and enhancing safety. For example, if we suspend a Winda Account for fraud or safety reasons, we may retain information from that Winda Account to prevent that Customer from opening a new Winda Account in the future.

We may retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations. For example, Winda and Winda Payments may keep information for tax, legal reporting, and auditing obligations.

Information you have shared with others (e.g., Reviews, forum postings) will continue to be publicly visible on Winda, even after your Winda Account is canceled. However, attribution of such information to you will be removed. Some copies of your information (e.g., log records) will remain in our database but are disassociated from personal identifiers.

Because we take measures to protect data from accidental or malicious loss and destruction, residual copies of your personal information may not be removed from our backup systems for a limited period of time.