Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges . This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges does not read any of your private online communications.

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges and Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges collects and uses your personal information to operate the Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges and its affiliates. Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges , and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges , in order to determine what Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges ; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges , or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges pages, or register with Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges site or services, a cookie helps Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Forest of Dean holiday cottages barns and lodges at jeff@p-ced.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.