{"id":1192,"date":"2019-07-25T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressive.com.mt\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2020-01-06T12:33:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T12:33:56","slug":"is-your-hotel-gdpr-compliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.progressive.com.mt\/is-your-hotel-gdpr-compliant\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your hotel GDPR compliant?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

General Data Protection Regulation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The number of travelers has grown rapidly in the last 20 years, keeping the industry busy. From flights to hotel reservations, guests seek personal experiences for their getaways and having a hotel property management system (PMS) is more important than ever. While the PMS can help creating a personalized experience for each guest, the latest EU legislation might keep hoteliers worried of how much data can you keep and use. That brings us to the question- is your hotel GDPR compliant? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passport Scan <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n\nTaking physical copies of your guests documents is now officially a thing of the past- many ID\u2019s contain more data, for example, place of birth, which is not necessary to a hotel for a check in. Additionally, your guests must be informed for what and how long the data is going to be kept and used. This is where the Passport Scan comes in- it scans the data which is necessary for the check in and automatically fills the form. The data is being kept on the hotel PMS for a fixed amount of time, completely up to date with the GDPR.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Advantages of the Passport Scan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Speed <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passport Scan quickly captures all the necessary data for the Check-in process, to get your guests to the room even faster!
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Precision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Passport Scan is more accurate than entering the data manually. The optical character recognition cuts down human error and the seamlessly integrated AVE\u00a9 assures safe and precise guest information.
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Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scanned data is being kept in an encrypted database- no more need for that extra security to keep passport copies safe!
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Digitalization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only keeping copies of the guest passports has been inconvenient and hard to organize, but is now also illegal, due to the EU\u2019s GDPR legislation. Reduce your carbon footprint and collect data safely with the Passport Scan.
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