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Your Privacy Is Very Important to Us
Vacationspree.com protects the privacy of all of our customers whether you visit one of our locations or our internet website, Vacationspree.com ("the Website").
We have developed a privacy policy to keep you informed of what personally identifiable information ("PII") we may collect from you, what this information will be used for, with whom such information will be shared, and the security procedures we have implemented to protect your privacy. (PII includes information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as name, address, phone number, or email address.)
Vacationspree Travel Does Not Sell or Rent Your Personal Information to Anyone
When you become a member of the Website or make travel arrangements with Vacationspree.com and you provide information about yourself, we use this information to complete your order, fulfill any customer service requests and provide promotional information via email. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete your order and fulfill your travel arrangements.
Such other parties may include, but shall not be limited to, appropriate airlines, credit card merchant services, and the SABRE reservation system.
These service providers will disclose information about your traveler profile to hotel, airline, cruise, rental car, and other travel suppliers whose products you have purchased. Although Vacationspree.com attempts to select travel suppliers that are reputable companies, we have not placed limitations on these suppliers from using or disclosing your information without your permission. Therefore, we encourage you to review the information privacy practices of any travel suppliers whose products you purchase on vacationspree.com In addition, these travel suppliers may also contact you as necessary to obtain additional information about your confirmed reservation.
We use your email address or telephone number to respond when you submit a question or suggestion. Although no PII is collected, we monitor users’ navigation of our Website in order to better understand and serve our customers.
Vacationspree.com may disclose the information that we collect about you when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against persons or entities who may be causing injury to you, to us, or to others. We may also disclose your information when we believe the law requires it.
Security
The importance of security for all PII associated with our customers is of utmost concern to us. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we will use reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. In order to protect the information stored in our systems, we have implemented security measures, including data encryption technology and firewalls.
Third-Party Links
The Website may contain links to web sites operated and maintained by third parties over whom we have no control. The information practices of those web sites are not covered by this privacy policy. Any information you provide to third-party web sites or that we provide in relation to travel reservations you made will be governed under the terms of each such website's privacy policy. We have no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the content, actions, or policies of third-party web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of all third-party web sites that link to the Website, because such privacy policies may be materially different from this privacy policy. An example of such a third-party website is the Destination information provided by Lonely Planet.
Privacy and Your Personal Information
Vacationspree.com collects PII about you that you voluntarily provide. Although you are required to register as a member of statravel.com in order to use certain travel planning tools, and some PII is needed in order to process and fulfill travel requests, many areas of statravel.com can be accessed without providing any PII.
To Make Travel Arrangements
To make travel arrangements; we will collect personal information from you, including your name, your mailing address, your phone number and email, information regarding your student eligibility and age, and payment information, including your credit card number, card type, cardholder name, expiration date, and billing address. Personal information may also be requested when you become a member, for sweepstakes entry, to receive newsletter or special information, or to receive a copy of a brochure. Vacationspree.com collects PII such as your full name, email address, and/or contact information whenever you contact Vacationspree.com or provide feedback through Vacationspree.com.
Vacationspree.com uses commonly employed Internet technologies to collect additional information. For example, Vacationspree.com uses "cookies" to determine how users reach the Website and to track general usage patterns once a user is on the Website. This information is collected and analyzed in the aggregate in order to improve the function, content, overall appearance, and capability of the Website. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are transferred by a website and stored by your web browser on your computer's hard drive. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies; however, you can always choose not to accept a cookie by changing your computer preferences to refuse cookies or to prompt you to accept each cookie. Although Vacationspree.com requires that your web browser accept cookies to access the Website, Vacationspree.com does not store any PII in them.
Vacationspree.com collects certain technical information from your computer each time you request a page during a visit to Vacationspree.com. This information is collected from your computer's web browser to enhance your experience on our Website and may include your IP address, operating system, web browser software (e.g., Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer), screen resolution, and referrer website. In addition, authorized Vacationspree.com personnel may update your profile to accurately reflect any new profile information included in communications received from you.
When you are on the Website and are asked for PII, you are sharing that information with Vacationspree.com only, except as set forth elsewhere in this privacy policy.
Promotions that run on our Website may be sponsored by companies other than Vacationspree.com , or may be co-sponsored. Some or all data collected during a promotion may be shared with the co-sponsor(s). If data will be shared, you will be notified prior to the time of data collection or transfer. You can decide not to participate in the promotion if you do not want your data to be shared. Currently, promotions are limited to United States or North American residents.
You may receive emails from us about special promotions, surveys, contests, sweepstakes, flight specials, trip information, or other travel opportunities with Vacationspree.com. To assess the effectiveness of these emails, we may attach a web beacon that provides confirmation when you open an email from Vacationspree.com. This only occurs if your computer supports such technology.
Questions, Comments, or Concerns
If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, or if you are concerned that we have not followed the principles set forth in this privacy policy, please send an email to us at info@vacationspree.com. We are receptive to your comments or questions.
Other Information You Should Know
This Privacy Policy has been created and posted on statravel.com on August 29, 2006. Vacationspree.com may, in its sole discretion, revise this privacy policy at any time and all such revisions shall be effective when posted. No prior notice of changes will be posted or emailed to users. Use of the Website after such changes are posted shall constitute acceptance of such changes.
