Privacy Policy

ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort is careful to provide our clientele with trustworthy and comfortable services that are founded on reassurance and reliability so that we can: ・provide the setting for a fulfilling stay, ・always be a familiar presence on your travels, and ・help the world’s travelers seek out dreams and excitement. At ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort, our customers’ personal information is essential to providing sufficiently satisfactory services. We also know that the information we receive from customers is very important. That’s why we take meticulous care when handling that information. To reassure the ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort’s customers and win their trust, executive and employees undergo thorough training on the laws, regulations and company rules that concern personal information, while we furthermore strive to manage our customers’ personal information properly and make a maximum effort to use it appropriately.

1. Definition of Personal Information

In this Privacy Policy, “personal information” refers to the following information that pertains to a real person.
Anything containing a personal identification code

2. Scope of Policy’s Application

This Privacy Policy applies to customer information—whether in spoken or written form, in electronic recordings, or in any other format—which the ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort (hereinafter the “Hotel”) obtains when a customer uses the Hotel’s services or products.

3. Acquisition of Personal Information

Appropriate and fair means are used to obtain customers’ personal information. Unless within the scope required by other rules of the Hotel, laws or regulations, the customer bears no obligation to provide the Hotel with personal information, and a choice to not provide said information shall not impede the customer’s purchase of products or services from the Hotel.

4. Purpose of Using Personal Information

The Hotel acquires and uses customers’ personal information for the following purposes. (1）For reservations and services at the Hotel’s accommodations, banquet rooms, restaurants and the like, as well as for customer safety (2） Booking accommodations at the IHG ANA Hotels Reservation Center (3）Announcing, providing and managing services, products, events and promotional campaigns handled by the Hotel (4）Conducting questionnaires on the Hotel’s services, products and so on (5）Conducting questionnaires on the Hotel’s services, products and so on (6）All operations incidental to and relating to the aforementioned items (7）Making contact with regards to providing the Hotel’s services and products (8）Announcing and providing various information on services, products, events and promotional campaigns handled by the Hotel’s partner companies and others (9）Addressing inquiries, requests and the like

5. Disclosure and Provision to Third Parties

The Hotel shall not, unless any of the following exceptions apply, disclose or provide customers’ personal information to a third party. Note that neither joint use of information nor provision to a subcontractor qualifies as disclosure or provision to a third party. The Hotel properly supervises the handling of personal information between the Hotel and subcontractors by concluding contracts and other such means. (1) If the owner of the personal information provides consent (2) If disclosure or provision is required by law (3) If necessary, to save a life or to defend against harm to a person or property, and gaining the consent of the customer proves difficult (4) If cooperation is required to carry out the public duties of the Japanese government, a local government or the like, and gaining the consent of the customer proves difficult (5) If the owner of the personal information is notified of the following information in advance of the personal information’s provision or said owner can easily be expected to know of the situation at the time of the personal information’s provision, and the Hotel shall cease providing the personal information to the third party at the owner’s request Provision to the third party falls within the purpose of use The personal information to be provided to the third party The method or means by which the information shall be provided to the third party That the Hotel shall cease providing personal information that identifies the owner to the third party at the request of said owner If disclosure or provision of statistical data or the like cannot identify the personal information’s owner As part of our services for guests, a third party may specify the name of a guest if I. the Hotel receives a request from a third party over the telephone or in-person inquiring about whether the guest is staying at the Hotel, to which the Hotel will provide an answer either over the telephone or in-person, or II. the Hotel receives a request from a third party to leave a message or package and we deliver or inform the guest of the message or package. If requested by a customer when booking accommodations or during check-in, the Hotel shall cease providing personal information to third parties as it pertains to the aforementioned services.

6. Management of Personal Information

The Hotel takes utmost care to properly manage customers’ personal information and to prevent exposure, loss, tampering and the like. Executives and employees undergo in-house training on the protection and proper handling of customers’ personal information. In addition, the time period during which the Hotel stores personal information is stipulated elsewhere according to the purpose of use, and the Hotel uses appropriate methods to dispose of the information after the said time period expires.

7. Disclosures, Correction, Deletion, Addition, Termination of Use, Erasure

If a customer personally requests the I. disclosure, II. correction, deletion or addition, or III. termination of use or erasure of personal information in the Hotel’s possession by a prescribed method, the Hotel shall, upon verifying that the requester is the owner of said personal information, respond as provided below within a reasonable time and scope. However, in the event of a risk to the lives, health, property or otherwise of the owner or a third party, or of a considerable impediment to the execution of the Hotel’s operations, or of a violation of other laws or regulations, the Hotel may refuse the request in whole or in part.

For disclosure, the Hotel shall provide an answer.
For correction, deletion or addition, the Hotel shall, upon reviewing the content of the request, correct or otherwise respond without delay if the Hotel determines that the personal information relevant to the request is false or if said personal information has been handled inappropriately.
If, upon reviewing the content of the request, the Hotel recognizes a violation of this Privacy Policy, the Hotel shall terminate use of or erase the personal information in question. However, before making such a request, customers should know in advance that termination of use or erasure as per the request may unintentionally result in an inability for the Hotel to provide services.

8.1 Request Methods and Inquiries Concerning Disclosure, etc.

Inquiries concerning requests described in the preceding paragraph on customers’ personal information in the Hotel’s possession and inquiries concerning other personal information shall be made via the methods provided below. Note that confirmation of reservations and usage of Hotel accommodations, banquet rooms and restaurants should be directed to the appropriate hotel reception desk, as such confirmations are available free of charge. However, please note in advance that the Hotel will refuse to provide any of these confirmations if we cannot verify that the requester is the customer (or we verify from the content of the request that the requester is acting in place of the customer). Reception Desks The Hotel shall receive requests for disclosure, correction, deletion, addition, termination of use/erasure or notification of purpose of use by appending the required documentation to the prescribed request form and sending both in the post to the address below.

Personal Information Consultation Desk ANA InterContinental Tokyo 1-12-33, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052, Japan

*The IHG® Rewards Club is a service program administers by the InterContinental Hotel Group. Procedures to change member information are handled by the IHG® Rewards Club website and the IHG® Rewards Club Customer Care Center.

IHG Rewards Club

IHG® Rewards Club Customer Care Center TEL: 03-3552-4640 Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (closed weekends & holidays) Email address: IHGRewardsClub@ihg.com

8.2. Documents to Submit for Disclosure

When making a “Request to Disclose” or other such request, fill in all the prescribed items in the request form (A) and mail it, along with a copy of proof of personal identification (B), in the same envelope. If there are incomplete items, note in advance that we will be unable to comply with a disclosure request. Please download your request form here or request one from the Hotel. (A) Prescribed Application Form

Request to Disclose Personal Data Possessed by ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort
Request to Change Personal Data Possessed by ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort
Request to Terminate Usage of Personal Data Possessed by ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort
Request for Notification on Purpose of Use of Personal Data Possessed by ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort

(B) Documents to Verify Identity of Personal Information Owner or Proxy ＜If you are the owner＞ Copies of two of any of the following: driver’s license, passport, health insurance card, basic resident register card with photo, identification booklet for the physically challenged, pension handbook, Residence Card with photo, seal registration certificate ＜If you are the proxy＞ Letter of proxy, identification of the proxy *Copies of two of any of the following belonging to the proxy: driver’s license, passport, health insurance card, basic resident register card with photo, pension handbook, identification booklet for the physically challenged, Residence Card with photo, seal registration certificate

8.3. Handling Charges

A payment of a handling charge of 500 yen (including tax) shall be paid for each disclosure request.

8.4. Application of and Changes to the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how the Hotel handles customers’ personal information and presumes that customers who use the Hotel’s services and products fully understand the content of this Privacy Policy and provide their consent. Note that the Hotel may make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time.