Last Updated: 12 January 2025
Commendable Rentals LLC (“Commendable Rentals”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is the data controller for the purposes of applicable data protection laws. We are committed to protecting your personal information whenever you browse our website, ask for travel guidance, or reserve one of our properties. This Privacy Policy explains how we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”), the UK GDPR, and any applicable U.S. federal or state privacy laws.
It is important that you read this Privacy Notice, together with any other privacy notice that is provided on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal information about you, so that you are aware of how and why we are using your information.
The data controller is Commendable Rentals LLC, headquartered in South Carolina with on-the-ground representation in Italy and France. We are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you.
Commendable Rentals contact details are as follows:
Address:
Commendable Rentals LLC
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Representation in Rome, Italy & Paris, France
For general contact, please send us an e-mail at info@commendablerentals.com
The Company is committed towards compliance. If we need to collect, store or otherwise use your personal data, we will abide by the following data protection principles:
Your name, email address, phone number, travel party information, and property preferences when you complete our contact form, booking request, or owner enquiry.
Purpose for processing: To provide you with information and get in touch with you to answer your queries. To respond to your message and in respect of the services which we provide.
Legal Basis: The legal basis we rely on to process your personal data is article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, which allows us to process personal data when processing is necessary for the purposes of the business legitimate interests pursued by the controller except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.
Personal data such as name, email address, travel interests, and destination preferences collected when you opt into our newsletters or download itineraries.
Purpose for processing: To provide you with our marketing communications and/or promotional material.
Legal Basis: The legal basis we rely on to process your personal data is article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, which allows us to process personal data when the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her own personal data for one or more specific purposes.
Personal data of Commendable Rentals employees and contractors relating to their employment or vendor contracts.
Purpose for processing: Personal data is collected for purposes pertaining to the individual's employment with the Company, including but not limited to, the administration of employee payroll, and for the purpose of complying with applicable employment and health and safety legislations. For more information, employees should refer to our Employees Privacy Notice which is provided to all employees.
Legal Basis: The legal basis we rely on for processing your personal data is article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, which relates to processing necessary to perform a contract.
Technical data gathered automatically when you browse our website (IP address, browser type, device identifiers, pages visited, and referral URLs).
No attempt is made to identify individual users or to associate the technical details listed above with any individual.
Purpose for processing: To improve site performance, troubleshoot technical issues, remember your preferences, and understand which destinations and articles resonate with visitors. We do not sell browsing data. For more detail, please review our Cookie Policy.
Legal Basis: The legal basis we rely on to process your personal data is article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, which allows us to process personal data when the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her own personal data for one or more specific purposes. In such cases, you will be provided with clear information as to what you are consenting to and how you can manage your cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files that help us deliver a smoother browsing experience, remember language or currency selections, and measure how guests interact with our itineraries and property pages. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings or by using the controls presented when you first visit our site.
Except as described in this Privacy Notice, we will not intentionally disclose the personal data that we collect or store to third parties without your prior explicit consent. We may disclose information to third parties in connection with the abovementioned purposes, in the following circumstances:
All our third-party service providers are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data in line with the Data Protection and other applicable laws. Moreover, we only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our legally binding agreements.
The information you provide to us may be shared with trusted partners located in the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and other regions where we offer homes. Commendable Rentals only transfers personal data outside your home jurisdiction after ensuring that appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent mechanisms) are in place, or where the transfer is necessary to fulfil our contract with you.
The personal data that we process for the abovementioned purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary. We retain your personal data for as long as we need it to comply with our obligations under applicable law, to enforce our agreements and, if relevant, for the establishment, exercise and defence of legal claims.
We will actively review the personal data we handle, process and store, and will delete or anonymise it in a secure manner when there is no longer a legal, business or customer need for it to be retained.
For more information on the retention of your personal data please contact us on info@commendablerentals.com. In those cases where it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which your personal data will be retained, we will base our determination on the following criteria:
As a data subject you have certain rights in relation to your personal data including:
Your rights in relation to your personal data are not absolute. If you intend to exercise one or more of your rights, please send your request to info@commendablerentals.com.
Generally, no fees are applicable when exercising your rights. However, we may charge a reasonable administrative fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Moreover, you will be provided with a response without undue delay, and in any event within 30 calendar days which start running as soon as your identity is verified.
Following your request to exercise your rights, the Company may need to request specific information from you to help verify your identity. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.
We take appropriate security measures to protect against loss, misuse and unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your information. The Company has taken steps to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of systems and services processing personal information, and will restore the availability and access to information in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident.
No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. We also cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or organisational safeguards.
All our staff who process personal data are provided with regular training on information security practices. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data security breach and will notify regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so. In certain cases, we will also inform you, as the data subject, of the occurrence of the breach and the steps you need to take to safeguard your rights.
If you believe your personal data has been compromised and/or for any matters relating to privacy please contact at dpo@zzing.com.
Where we provide links to websites of other organisations or entities, this Privacy Notice does not cover how that organisation processes your personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy notices on the other websites you visit.
This Privacy Notice may change from time to time. If we change this Privacy Notice in ways that affect how we use your personal data, we will advise you of the choices you may have as a result of those changes. We will also post a notice that this Privacy Notice has changed.