About Us. Privacy Statement
YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Your privacy is very important to Overstock.com Inc., a Utah Corporation. Overstock.com Travel is the owner of this ParadiseLodging.com Web Site (the "Web Site"). We want to make your experience on our Web Site as enjoyable and convenient as possible, and hope you will use the Web Site with complete confidence.
This notice applies to all information collected from or submitted to this Web Site. This Web Site may contain links to web sites operated by independent third parties. If you link to a third party site from this Web Site, any information you reveal on that site is not subject to this Privacy Policy. You should consult the privacy policies of each site you visit. Also, please remember that any information you reveal in any public forum (such as a bulletin board, mail list, chat room/event) is not subject to this Privacy Policy and will be seen by third parties not related to MountainWaves and may be used by them to contact you or for unauthorized purposes.
Personal Information We Collect
Our Web Site tracks certain information about your visit to the Web Site. We gather the following information when you Log-on to certain areas of our Web Site and are prompted to type in such information:
Name
Address
Email Address
Travel Preferences
Wish List
Password
On occasion, we may ask for additional information to enable us to provide you with access to and use of certain information, materials and services. This information is collected for several reasons, including (i) personal identification; (ii) to assist in completing your reservations; (iii) to allow us to contact you concerning your travel accommodations or for customer service, if necessary; and (iv) to enable us to analyze user information in order to make periodic improvements to our Web Site and our services.
In addition to the information collected as described above, we may periodically conduct customer surveys. We encourage our customers to participate in these surveys because they provide us with important information that helps us to improve the types of services we offer and how we provide them to you. Participation in our customer surveys is voluntary.
We also collect information about you and your use of our Web Site through the use of Cookies. "Cookies" are small computer files that we transfer to your computer's hard drive that allow us to know how often someone visits our Web Site and the activities they conduct while on our Web Site. This information helps us generate advertising and content on web pages specifically designed for you and also allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using our Web Site and for what purpose. We use the information to improve the design of our Web Site and to serve you more effectively. Sponsors and advertisers may also use their own Cookies when you utilize a hot link to access their advertisements or their web sites; we are unable to control their use of Cookies or how they manage the information they gather and expressly disclaim responsibility for information collected through them.
MountainWaves may from time to time provide newsletters to keep you informed of special travel and accommodations information. We use the information gathered at our Web Site to deliver these newsletters and other information to you. You will be able to "unsubscribe" to these mailings at any time.
Disclosure of Your Information
Except as set forth in this paragraph, MountainWaves will not disclose to unaffiliated companies any information it gathers from you which could be used to identify or contact you ("Personal Information"). Ordinarily, your Personal Information is not shared with any third party. However, in the following limited circumstances we will consider, and may release, Personal Information to third parties: (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; (2) in special cases, such as if we believe someone could be harmed; or (3) in our good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable, including, without limitation, when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights our property, or otherwise to protect the rights or property of MountainWaves. MountainWaves may also provide information about our users, which does not allow you to be personally identified or contacted ("Aggregate Information") to third parties. For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number of users of our Web Site and the activities they conduct while on our Web Site. We might also provide general information about our Web Site such as "70% of our users live in the United States," or that "250 users access our Web Site daily." Depending on the circumstances, we may or may not charge a fee to third parties for this information.
Your Privacy Choices
At any time, you can unsubscribe to our newsletter or view and update your personal profile, which includes the information listed above, by emailing your request to our privacy manager. You may also submit any concerns you may have regarding our privacy policy or practices to MountainWaves at any time, but in no event shall any such submission by you be deemed to alter this policy in any manner whatsoever. MountainWaves will attempt to respond to all reasonable concerns or inquiries within ten (10) business days of receipt. Please contact travel@overstock.com for more information.
Children's Privacy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. You should be aware that this Web Site is not intended or designed for use by children under the age of 18. We do not collect personally identifiable information from any person we actually know is a child under the age of 18. We do not consummate transactions with anyone we know to be under 18 years of age. If you are under the age of 18, please exit this Web Site immediately.
Safeguards
All information you provide to MountainWaves is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before your computer sends it to us.
Revisions to this Policy
We reserve the right to revise, amend, or modify this Policy and may make significant changes affecting the uses of the information we collect at any time and in any manner. The revised policy will be posted on this Web Site. You should check this posted privacy policy statement from time to time for any future changes. Your continued use of the Web Site signifies your acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy and any revisions to it. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or any revised policy, please exit the Web Site immediately.
This privacy statement applies only to the MountainWaves Web Site. This Web Site may contain links to other web sites. MountainWaves is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personal information from you.
