The Marriott Group, which includes Marriott International, Inc. and its affiliates (“Marriott”), values your trust and is committed to the responsible management, use and protection of Personal Data. In the course of creating and completing your application, Marriott may collect or will collect data about you, your potential relationship with Marriott, or your previous employment history. Marriott refers to such data as “Personal Data.”
This Applicant Privacy Statement (“Statement”) describes Marriott’s practices in connection with the Personal Data that may be collected either through this website or by other means in connection with your application for a job or internship with Marriott. Personal Data submitted elsewhere on Marriott’s web sites, for example when making a reservation as a guest or after an applicant is hired, will be used in accordance with our Marriott Group Global Privacy Statement and Associate Privacy Statement.
Applicant Privacy Statement
Last Updated: January 1, 2023
COLLECTION OF DATA
Data You Provide
- name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and other contact data
- username and password to facilitate your application
- work authorization status
- CV, résumé, cover letter, previous work experience and education data
- skills and abilities
- professional and other work-related licenses, permits and certifications held
- data relating to references
- any other data you elect to provide to Marriott (such as, but not limited to, employment preferences, willingness to relocate, current and desired salary, awards or professional memberships)
Marriott asks that you avoid submitting data that may qualify as sensitive data under applicable law, except where such data is legally required or permissible. This includes data on biometric, medical or health conditions, genetic, racial, ethnic, sex life or practices or sexual orientation, religious, philosophical or ideological beliefs, political opinions, trade union membership including views and activities, information on social security measures, and administrative or criminal proceedings and sanctions. Sensitive Personal Data may require an extra level of protection or higher duty of care. Sensitive Personal Data includes special categories of data as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other global privacy laws.
At times, the Personal Data you provide to Marriott, including your educational records, may include the data referenced in the preceding paragraph. Where that is the case, you expressly authorize Marriott to handle the data for purposes of your job application.
Any data you submit through this website must be true, complete and not misleading. Submitting inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading data may lead to a rejection of your application during the application process or disciplinary action including immediate termination of employment if you are a Marriott associate. In addition, it is your responsibility to ensure that data you submit does not violate any third party’s rights.
If you provide Marriott with Personal Data of a reference or any other individual as part of your application, it is your responsibility to ensure you have the right to provide that data to Marriott.
Data from Other Sources
- browser and device data
- app usage data
- data collected through cookies, pixel tags and other technologies
- demographic data and other data provided by you
- aggregated data
USE AND DISCLOSURE OF DATA
- because you voluntarily provide this data
- because this data is necessary to take steps, at your request, prior to entering into employment
- because this data is of particular importance to Marriott and Marriott has a specific legitimate interest under law to process it
- to comply with a legal obligation
- where necessary to protect the vital interests of any person
Where the processing concerns data you voluntarily provided to Marriott, or the processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact associateprivacy@marriott.com.
The data that you submit through this website will be used for Marriott’s global personnel recruitment, management, and planning purposes, as permitted by applicable law, including:
- to process your application
- to assess your capabilities and qualifications for a job
- to conduct reference checks
- to respond to your inquiries and communicate with you about your application, and to send you information regarding this website and changes to Marriott’s terms and policies
- to comply with or monitor compliance with any applicable law or regulation
- to conduct background checks as appropriate if Marriott offers you a position
- to preserve Marriott’s other legitimate interests, for example, for Marriott’s administrative purposes, aggregate management reporting, internal training and as generally required to conduct business within the Marriott Group
The data about you will be added to Marriott’s candidate database and may be used to consider you for opportunities at Marriott other than the one(s) for which you apply. If you do not wish Marriott to do this, please contact Marriott at associateprivacy@marriott.com. If you are hired by Marriott, Personal Data collected in connection with your application may be incorporated into Marriott’s human resources system and may be used to manage the new-hire process; any such data may become part of your associate file and may be used for other employment-related purposes consistent with applicable law.
However, if you do not provide the required data to support your application, Marriott may be unable to consider your application.
Marriott may share Personal Data with affiliates that are involved in evaluating candidates for a given position. Marriott will remain responsible for Personal Data that is jointly used with affiliates. Marriott will make the data available to personnel with a business need to know the data, as per our policies, including personnel in the recruiting, human resources and information technology departments and in the department responsible for the position for which you are applying. A list of the affiliate companies that may process your Personal Data is available upon request (please refer to the ‘Contact Us’ section at the end of this policy).
Marriott may share Personal Data with third-party service providers who provide services such as hosting and operating this website, recruiting assistance, background check processing and similar services.
Marriott also may transfer data to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of Marriott’s business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
In certain limited circumstances, Marriott may also share limited Personal Data with owners of Marriott Group branded properties that we manage.
Marriott may also use and share Personal Data as Marriott believes to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country or region; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country or region of residence and to meet national security or law enforcement requirements; (d) to enforce Marriott’s terms and conditions; (e) to protect Marriott’s operations or those of any of our affiliates; (f) to protect Marriott’s rights, privacy, safety or property and /or that of our affiliates, you or others; and (g) to allow Marriott to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that Marriott may sustain.
Disclosing your Personal Data may include transferring Personal Data to other countries. If you are located in the European Economic Area (the “EEA”)[1] this may include countries outside of the EEA. Some of these countries are recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of protection according to EEA standards (the full list of these countries is available here https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/adequacy-decisions_en↗. As for transfers to other countries, Marriott has put in place adequate measures, such as Data Transfer Agreements and/or Standard Contractual Clauses to protect your data.
DATA RETENTION
Marriott will retain Personal Data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Statement unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Marriott may also retain your data for the purpose of considering whether your skills are suitable for other employment opportunities. If you do not wish Marriott to retain your Personal Data for this purpose, please contact associateprivacy@marriott.com. Marriott may remove Personal Data for inactive accounts from our database, subject to any applicable legal or regulatory obligations. Furthermore, Marriott may delete Personal Data about you (including your CV/résumé) from its database at any time and without providing any reason. Therefore, please retain your own copy of the Personal Data you provided to Marriott.
PASSIVE DATA COLLECTION: COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY
Marriott and its service providers may use “cookies” and similar technologies on this website. Please see Marriott’s Privacy and Cookie Statement at https://www.marriott.com/about/privacy.mi and Tracking Preferences at the bottom of the Marriott website (https://www.marriott.com/default.mi) for more information.
ACCESS AND CORRECTION
You may access, review and change your Personal Data stored here by re-logging into this website and updating your account data. The updated profile will be used as the default the next time you apply for a job using your account online. Please note that any changes made to your profile will be viewable by Marriott. To change Personal Data that you have already submitted for consideration for a specific position, please update your profile and resubmit your application for that position. Marriott encourages you to promptly update your Personal Data if it changes or is inaccurate.
In addition to the data contained in your profile, you may, where permitted by applicable law, request access, correction, restriction, deletion and portability of the Personal Data Marriott has about you. Marriott will respond to your request consistent with applicable law. If you would like to make such a request, please see this form↗ or contact Marriott by mail at:
Marriott International, Inc.
Talent Acquisition
7750 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
United States of America
In your request, please make clear what Personal Data you would like to access or have changed, whether you would like to have Personal Data that you have provided to Marriott suppressed from Marriott’s database or otherwise let Marriott know what limitations you would like to put on Marriott’s use of your Personal Data. For your protection, Marriott may only implement requests with respect to the data associated with the particular email address that you use to send Marriott your request and Marriott may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. Marriott will try to comply with such a request as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that certain Personal Data may be exempt from such access, correction, or suppression rights pursuant to applicable laws.
You may lodge a complaint about the way Marriott processes your Personal Data with the Data Protection Authority in your country or region. See the “Additional Information” section below for contact details.
SECURITY
Marriott seeks to use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect Personal Data within Marriott. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with Marriott is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with Marriott has been compromised), please immediately notify Marriott of the problem in accordance with the “Contact Us” section below.
Do not send sensitive data to Marriott via email. It is your sole responsibility to use the appropriate level of care whenever you communicate with Marriott.
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
This website may contain links to other websites. This Statement does not address, and Marriott is not responsible for, the privacy, data or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which this website links. The inclusion of a link on this website does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by Marriott or our affiliates. Marriott encourages you to read the legal notices posted on those sites, including their privacy policies.
LAW APPLICABLE TO JOB APPLICATION
This website allows you to apply for jobs world-wide, as a benefit of Marriott’s centralized global recruitment function. This website is operated from the United States. Accordingly, any Personal Data you submit to this website will be collected in the United States and will be subject to U.S. laws. However, if Marriott shares your Personal Data with an affiliate located in another country or region in its capacity as a potential employer, the affiliate will handle your Personal Data in accordance with this Policy. Any hiring or other employment-related decisions will be made by the hiring affiliate in accordance with the laws of the country or region where the job will be located.
ABOUT CHILDREN
This website is not intended to be used by individuals under legal working age consistent with applicable law. We request that they not provide Personal Data through this website.
CURRENT PERSONNEL OF MARRIOTT
If you currently work for Marriott or one its affiliates, you must be eligible to apply for a different position within Marriott to use the Careers Site. If you accept such a position, your benefits programs and Human Resources policies may change. Please consult with the HR manager for the new position concerning application eligibility, benefit programs and HR policies applicable to that position.
This website is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation.
CHANGES TO THE STATEMENT
Marriott reserves the right to amend this Statement at any time in order to address future developments of Marriott, this website or changes in the industry or legal trends. Marriott will post the revised Statement on this website or announce the change on the home page of this website. You can determine when the Statement was revised by referring to the “Last Updated” legend on the top of this Statement. Any changes will become effective upon the posting of the revised Statement on this website. By continuing to use this website following such changes to the Statement, you will be deemed to have agreed to such changes. If you do not agree with the terms of this Statement, in whole or part, you can choose to not continue to use this website.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, please contact us at associateprivacy@marriott.com or by mail:
Marriott International, Inc.
Talent Acquisition
7750 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
United States of America
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE EEA
- Contact our data protection officer responsible for your country or region via MarriottDPO@marriott.com. In your email, please indicate the country from which you are contacting us.
- Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority for your country or region or where an alleged infringement of applicable data protection laws occurs at http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/item-detail.cfm?item_id=612080↗
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
By submitting my application, I acknowledge that I have reviewed and understand this Privacy Statement as outlined above, and I understand and accept the provisions regarding the collection, use, transfer and disclosure of my Personal Data as described in this Privacy Statement.
[1] The EEA includes EU countries and also Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
