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"Personal data is shared with other entities in the Skyscanner group which assist us with the purposes described in this Policy and for group-wide purposes, including delivery of our services to you, security and fraud-prevention, and internal reporting and administration. These are located in Brazil, China, India, Japan, Singapore, Spain, the UK, and the US."

Skyscanner shares personal data broadly across its corporate group in multiple countries, with travel providers, fraud prevention partners, advertising partners, and various third-party processors, creating a wide network of data recipients.

"Device and Location Information such as: generic information from your device such as your IP address, make, model and operating system; non-specific location based on your IP address; specific location data derived from your mobile device (if you choose to grant us access to this)."

Skyscanner collects both IP-based geolocation and specific GPS location data from mobile devices, and uses location to personalize experiences like predicting departure airports and tailoring advertising.

"We combine information that we collect, generate, or receive (as described above) to understand you and your interests better, so that we can personalise our Platforms, services and advertising for you. We do this by drawing inferences about your preferences and interests from the combined data."

Skyscanner builds unified user profiles by combining first-party data, third-party data, device information, and behavioral data across platforms, and uses this for profiling and personalized advertising including on third-party websites.

"We will update this Policy from time to time, so please make sure that you check this page occasionally to review the current version. If the updates are significant, we'll notify you of these changes when you next access our services, or by other communications."

Skyscanner reserves the right to update the privacy policy unilaterally, with notification only for 'significant' changes and only when you next access the service — there is no mechanism for affirmative consent to new terms.

"We keep personal data only for as long as we need to. This depends on the purposes for which personal data was collected, and whether we have a continuing need or obligation to retain personal data for a certain period. If we no longer have a need to process your personal data, we will delete it or make sure that it no longer identifies you. If you would like further information about retention periods, please contact us."

Skyscanner provides no specific retention timelines, using only vague language about keeping data 'as long as we need to' and directing users to contact them for further details — making it impossible to know how long data is actually retained.

"We use information about your device (such as brand, model, operating system, settings and browser) and the network you are connected to (such as IP address, domain, carrier) to identify suspicious activity."

Skyscanner collects detailed device fingerprinting data including device brand, model, OS, settings, browser, and network carrier information, which goes beyond what a travel search engine needs for core functionality.