Privacy Policy
Privacy Statement for DestiniationVillas.com
DestinationVillas.com has created this privacy
statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following
discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this
website: DestinationVillas.com.
DestinationVillas.com is serious about
protecting the privacy of our owners and our renting visitors. We use
information collected about you only to process and bill orders and to make our
website a more useful and valuable service. We respect the privacy of those who
visit or become advertisers. Our privacy policy is listed below, but please be
aware that should you follow a link on our website to another website, you no
longer are covered by this policy. It’s a good idea to understand the privacy
policy of any website before sharing personal information with it.
In order to process a request you may make, we
need to know contact information such as your full name, address, telephone
number, e-mail address, and, in the case of an advertising listing, a method of
payment. This information is not shared with third parties, except for: 1) in
the case of special promotions (about which you've requested to be notified )
by DestinationVillas.com, or one of its partners,; 2) where a third party
performs services on behalf of DestinationVillas.com and has agreed to keep
such information confidential (for example the processing of your credit card
payment or the conduct of an online survey); and 3) the aggregate use of the
information of multiple DestinationVillas.com listers and visitors where
individual personal information is not disclosed. DestinationVillas.com shares
Website usage information about listers and visitors with a third-party
tracking company for the purpose of reporting statistics and in an effort to
provide you with t he exact services and destinations you prefer.
Security of Information Collection
DestinationVillas.com uses industry standard
security and encryption to secure transmissions dealing with credit card
information. Additionally, storage of this information and any credit card
transactions are done using proven secure encryption and transaction
technologies.
Cookies
In order to use personalized features of our
site, we may use cookies. A "cookie" is a small piece of information
stored by a Web server on a Web browser so it can be later read back from that
browser. Cookies are useful for enabling the browser to remember information
specific to a given user. Cookies allow us to recognize you more quickly;
therefore, your time spent on our site can be more personalized and productive.
You'll find that cookies are an industry standard and are used at most major
Websites in much the same way we use them here at DestinationVillas.
Cookies do not contain any of your personally identifiable information.
By using our Website and signing up for DestinationVillas.com services, you consent to the collection and use of the
previously mentioned information by DestinationVillas.com and our affiliates.
This policy is subject to change without notice. Privacy issues represent a
growing concern for all Web users. To keep up-to-date with our policies, please
check this page frequently. We reserve the right to change, modify, add, or
remove portions of this policy at any time.
Newsletters/Opt-Out
Our site provides users the opportunity to
opt-out of receiving communications from . As a lister or visitor to
DestinationVillas.com, you may voluntarily sign up for one of our free
newsletters. When you sign up for one of the newsletters, we ask for contact
information, such as your name and e-mail address, which are used to help us
understand our customers. This information is for our use only and is not
disclosed to any other party except in aggregate form. Additionally, if you
decide that you do not wish to receive a newsletter or update any longer, you
may cancel it.
This site gives users the following options for
removing their information from our database to not receive future
communications or to no longer receive our service.
You can send email to remove@DestinationVillas.com
You can mail the request to the following Address:
#164-13 Summit Square Center,
Langhorne PA XXXX
Surveys
Surveys are another method by which we gather
information about our visitors. From time to time, we request lister or
newsletter subscribers' input in order to evaluate potential features and
services. The decision to answer a survey is completely yours. We use
information gathered from surveys to improve our service.
Inquiries
Site visitors may send inquiries to our property
owners/listers via clickable links on DestinationVillas.com listings. If you
choose to send an inquiry through these links, your personal information,
including your email address and any other information you supply, will be
visible to the owner of the property you inquired about so that they might
reply directly to you. Do not share information in the email that you are not
prepared to allow them to have, including, but not limited to, credit card and
bank account information. These inquiries are sent to both the individual
owner/lister you selected and retained by DestinationVillas.com. The resulting
inquiry is available for review only by the owner/lister to whom they were
initially addressed and to DestinationVillas.com customer service employees,
who may be asked by listers for their past inquiry information. While the
content of these inquiries is not shared with any other party,
DestinationVillas.com may, from time to time, use third party email servers to
send and track receipt of the inquiry emails, and analyze the pattern of
inquiry usage via these third party tracking systems.
Outgoing Links
This site contains links to other sites.
DestinationVillas.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the
content of such Web sites. Links to Web sites beyond DestinationVillas.com are
only provided as suggested source pointers for information on topics that may
be of use to users of the DestinationVillas.com Web sites.
DestinationVillas.com has no control over any such content. This privacy policy
applies solely to information collected by our Web site. DestinationVillas.com
is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of those linked
sites.
Please remember that many services and transactions are performed by our business partners. Our privacy policy and our
security or common practices do not apply to other companies.
Public Forums
This site on occasion makes chat rooms, forums,
message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that
any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and
you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal
information.
Security
This site has security measures in place to
protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
Children's Guidelines
DestinationVillas.com follows the following
guidelines in the interests of protecting minors.
Willnot knowingly collect online contact information without prior parental consent
or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to
prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. Without prior
parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to
the child's request and will not be used for other purposes without prior
parental consent
Will not knowingly collect personally identifiable offline contact information
without prior parental consent.
Will not knowingly distribute to third parties any personally identifiable
information with out prior parental consent
Will not knowingly give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute
personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent
Will
not knowingly entice by the prospect of a special game, prize or other
activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the
activity
Demographic Data
In our efforts to constantly improve our
services, we collect and analyze demographic data about our users' activity on
our website to determine what destination and types of travel are currently the
most popular.
Disclosure of Information
DestinationVillas.com may provide aggregate
statistics about our customers to trusted partners and advertisers, but these
statistics include no personally identifying information. DestinationVillas.com
may release account information when we believe, in good faith, that such
release is reasonably necessary to
- comply with the law
- enforce or apply the terms and conditions of any of our agreements
- protect the rights, property or safety of Worldvacationrentals, our users, or others
Correct/Update
You can modify information previously provided
by visiting https://owners.Destinationvillas.com
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you
can contact us at privacy@DestinationVillas.com