What data we use

Account: your email and password (stored encrypted). Profile: the display name and description you write.

Trip groups: the trips you create or join, messages, polls, trip preferences and invitations. Only members of each group can see them.

Trip photos and expenses: the photos you upload to the group and the expenses you log (amount, who paid and how it is split). Only group members can see them.

Trip stays: the place and dates you mark as booked. If you join from a place's invitation, that place knows its guest is on GATA and can write to the group.

Conversations with places: what the group asks a place and its replies. If the place does not use Gatavia, we email the question without showing your email; it only sees the group name and the message.

Wedding and event pages: the couple's or the event's name, the date, the venue and the message written. Anyone with the link can see the page and it is not shown in search engines; guests who join the guest group join a normal trip group.

Reviews: the rating and text you post about a place, with your display name. If you stayed there with the group, it is marked «Stayed».

Notifications: if you turn them on, we store your browser or phone subscription to alert you about messages and trip reminders. You can turn them off at any time.

Map: the alerts, places and reviews you post, with the location you choose. Alerts expire automatically.

Location: only when you ask for it. When you tap «Go to my location» or «Where I am» it is used on your phone to center the map or place your alert, without storing it. If you share your location in a group chat, we store that point in the message and only group members can see it. We do not track your position.

Owners who claim a listing: the verification email and the contact details they choose to publish.

Reports and blocks: what you report, the reason and the people you block, to review content and hide their messages from you.

Technical data: server logs (IP address, date, errors) for security and operation.

Why

To provide the service you ask for (groups, chat, map, alerts), keep it secure, moderate reported content and meet legal obligations. We do not sell your data or use it for personalised advertising.

Who we share it with

Providers of technical services: app and database hosting, email delivery and notifications, and the map provider (OpenFreeMap/OpenStreetMap, which receives your IP address when the map loads).

AI search: the text you type in the search box is sent to an artificial-intelligence provider to understand it. Do not type personal data in it.

«Directions» opens Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps; from then on that app's privacy terms apply.

Affiliate links and bookings: if you book on an external website (for example Expedia) or with an owner, your booking data is handled by that website or owner.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). What you post on the map is visible to other travelers.

How long

While you keep your account. Alerts disappear when they expire. If you delete your account, we erase your GATA data immediately; technical backups are erased within 30 days.

Your rights

You can view and edit your profile, leave groups, block people and delete your account from Profile → Delete my account. You can also request access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction or portability by writing to soporte@gatavia.com, and complain to the data protection authority.

Connector for AI assistants

GATA offers a public connector (https://gata.gatavia.com/mcp) so assistants such as Claude or ChatGPT can search for stays. It needs no account and collects no personal data: it only receives the destination, dates, number of guests and type of stay the assistant asks for.

Those requests are logged technically (date, time and network address) for up to 30 days for security and usage measurement; they are not sold or shared. Booking links lead to partners (Booking.com, Stay22), which apply their own privacy policies.

Children

GATA is not intended for children under 16.