Article summary: This step-by-step guide explains how to properly configure the personal guest data collected during the booking process within Reservit Accommodation. You will learn how to access your privacy settings, select the specific customer information you need to log, and ensure full compliance with modern data protection regulations. Mastering these settings allows you to securely manage customer profiles while automatically anonymizing data after 36 months to protect guest privacy.
The 4 key steps to configure personal data collection:
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Access your data settings: Use the main Reservit search bar to look up "data" and navigate directly to your data collection configuration page.
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Identify mandatory fields: Acknowledge the first three core fields that are strictly required by the system to properly identify your customers and process their reservations.
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Select additional collected information: Choose the specific personal data fields you wish to collect from guests during the booking process, keeping in mind that only the selected data will be saved.
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Save and automate retention: Click "SAVE" to finalize your configuration, ensuring your selected guest data is safely stored and scheduled for automatic anonymization after the 36-month retention period.
Why follow this guide? Customizing your data collection ensures your property remains strictly compliant with modern data privacy laws without requiring any manual data purging from your staff. It gives you complete control over the guest information you store, safeguarding your clients' privacy while securely maintaining essential reservation records.
Alert: Only the data configured at the collection screen level is kept.
1. Click "Search on Reservit..."
2. Type "data"
3. Click here.
4. Click "Go to page"
5. Then select the data you want to log with your customers' booking. The first 3 fields are mandatory because they are necessary to identify your customers' reservations.
6. Click on "SAVE"
Tip: The data you choose to collect will be kept for 36 months in Reservit. After this time, your customer data will be anonymized.