LOCAL GETAWAYS ANTI-SPAM & PRIVACY POLICY

Local Getaways respects your privacy and will not share or sell your email to anyone without your prior written approval.

It is our goal to deliver relevant information to you about local travel. This anti spam and privacy policy describes how we treat the information we collect when you visit our Web site located at www.localgetaways.com (Website) and/or register for our weekly email newsletter. It also is intended to explain the conditions under which Local Getaways uses and discloses that information, and your rights in relation to that information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy are discussed at the end of this document. Each time you use the Website the current version of this Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, each time you use the Website you should check the date of this Privacy Policy (which appears at the end of this document) and review any changes since the last time you used the site.

Please read this notice carefully.

Personal Information

Local Getaways does not disclose your personal information to any third party without your express written consent, except to a third party as required to help us distribute our email newsletter.

Local Getaways does not collect any other personally identifying information that you do not provide. We will never share, rent, or sell your personal information, including your email address with any third parties for marketing purposes.

Non Personal Information

Like many website operators, Local Getaways gathers from users of the Website non personally identifying information of the sort that web browsers, depending on their settings, may make available. That information could include your internet protocol (โ€œIPโ€) address, operating system and browser type, and the locations of the Web pages that you view before arriving at, while navigating and immediately after leaving the Website.

We may also request non-personally identifying information, such as annual income, purchase preferences, or age, also known as demographic and profile data, though, again it is your decision whether or not to provide it. Not providing this or other information will not impact your enjoyment of our site. However, should you choose to provide it, it could greatly help us improve the site and/or tailor your experience at Local Getaways. We do reserve the right to analyze this data in the aggregate for usage trends and to make sure we are choosing appropriate advertisers, partners, events, hotels, and programs.

Usage Information

In addition to collecting personal and non-personal information, Local Getaways may also collect non-personal, aggregated information about its subscribersโ€™ use of the site. This information is not personally identifiable and will only be used to find out how subscribers use the site. For example, this information will tell us how much time users spend on the site, the origin of other sitesโ€™ subscribers, and where subscribers visit.

Review and Access

Upon request, you are entitled to a summary of the information we collect. You will have an opportunity to modify this information, if needed.

Choice/Opt Out

You may opt out at any time. If we ever send you information that you did not request or have decided that you no longer want to receive, we will provide you with an email address so that you may request no further notices.

Third Party Advertising

Some of the ads appearing on this Website are delivered to you by our web advertising partners. Information about your visit to their site, such as number of times you have viewed an ad (but not your name, address, or other personal information), could be used to serve ads to you.

Web Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a userโ€™scomputer, and that the userโ€™s browser provides to the website each time the user submits a query to the site. It allows us to quickly check your status as a subscriber and facilitate access to your preferences. Local Getaways uses cookies to track the pages that users visit during each Website session, both to help Local Getaways improve usersโ€™ experiences and to help Local Getaways understand how the Website is being used.

Unfortunately, we do not have control over cookies placed by advertisers. In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third party advertisers may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser.

Local Getaways users who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before accessing the Website. Disabling cookies may render certain features of the Website unavailable.

Third party pixels and cookies

Notwithstanding anything else in this policy, we and/or our partners may use pixels and pixel tags, and place, read or use cookies the collect information from your device and/or Internet browser. These cookies do not contain personally identifiable information, however, it may be possible for our third-party business partners to combine it with other information in order to identify your email address or other personally identifiable information about you. For example, the cookies may reflect de-identified demographic or other data linked to data you voluntarily have submitted to us, e.g., your email address, which we may share with a data provider solely in hashed, non-human readable form. By using our Service, you agree that us and our third-party partners may store, sell, port, combine with other data, monetize, utilize and otherwise use either (i) the personally indefinable information about you that we share with them, or (ii) the personally identifiable information they discover and/or identify as described above. Visitors can also express their choices for display advertising, through the following platforms: Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out platform or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out platform. We and/or our partners may also use cookies for delivering personalized advertising emails. These cookies are used to identify the visitors of our advertisersโ€™ websites and send personalized emails based on the visitorsโ€™ browsing experience. We and/or our partners use cookies, pixels and other tracking technology to associate certain Internet-related information about you, such as your Internet Protocol address and what Web browser you are using, with certain of your online behaviors, such as opening emails or browsing websites. Such information is used to customize ads or content and may be shared with our partners.

Web Beacons

A web beacon is an object that is embedded in a web page that is usually invisible to the user and allows website operators to check whether a user has viewed a particular web page. Local Getaways may use web beacons on the Website to count users who have visited particular pages and to deliver co-branded services.

Web beacons are not used to access usersโ€™ Personally-Identifying Information; they are a technique Local Getaways may use to compile aggregated statistics about Website usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time, and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides.

Web beacons can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or modifying your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. Third parties are not permitted to use web beacons on the Website.

Use of Website Restricted to United States Residents

The Website is hosted on servers located in the United States of America and is intended for use by United States residents. You may not use this service if you are not a United States resident.

Children

This is a general audience Website and is not intended for children under 18 years of age. Local Getaways does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

Should a child whom we know to be under 18 years old send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child to inform him or her that we must have parental consent before receiving his or her personal information.

Website Registration and Website Use

When users register with the Website, each user provides a first name, email address, and zip code.. By providing Local Getaways with your email address, you agree to receive the Local Getaways newsletter. Users also may: (a) indirectly provide Personally-Identifying Information through their participation in interactive programs that may be offered on the Website from time to time; or (b) directly provide Personally-Identifying Information such as a name, address, city, state, zip code, email address, telephone number, and credit card number when purchasing products from the Website.

If you do not wish to disclose Personally-Identifying Information, please do not provide it to Local Getaways. Users of the Website are under no obligation to provide Local Getaways with Personally-Identifying Information of any kind, with the caveat that a userโ€™s refusal to do so may prevent the user from using certain Website features.

On-line Forums and Blogs

Certain Personally-Identifying Information collected from users is disclosed as a matter of course as a result of those usersโ€™ use of the Website. There are risks involved in dealing with strangers, including people acting under false pretenses. You assume all risks associated with dealing with other users with whom you come in contact through the Website. We expect that you will use caution and common sense when using the Website. Users assume all responsibility for any loss of privacy or other harm resulting from voluntary disclosure of personally identifying information.

DMCA Infringement Notifications, Notices of Violations of Website Terms of Service, and Other Communications Directed to Local Getaways

By submitting a Copyright Infringement Notification or other communication (including communications about content stored on or transmitted through the Website) you consent to have such communication forwarded to the person or entity who stored or transmitted the content addressed by your communication, in order to facilitate a prompt resolution. For Notices of Violations of Website Terms of Service or other communications (but not DMCA Infringement Notifications), upon request Local Getaways will edit out your name and contact information. However, DMCA Infringement Notifications (including any personally identifiable information set forth in the Notifications) will be forwarded as submitted to Local Getaways without any deletions.

Other Disclosures

As described in the previous sections regarding Collection, use, and disclosure of Personally-Identifying Information, users may, at their option, disclose their own Personally-Identifying Information by any means they choose, including without limitation through registering with the Website and making contributions to blogs and forums on the Website. Local Getaways will disclose Personally-Identifying Information to those Local Getaways employees, contractors, affiliates, vendors, and suppliers who: (a) process Personally-Identifying Information on Local Getawaysโ€™ behalf or participate with Local Getaways in the provision or operation of the Website; and (b) agree not to use or disclose Personally-Identifying Information received from Local Getaways other than in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Local Getaways also will disclose Personally-Identifying information under the following circumstances:

* By Law or to Protect Rights โ€“ Local Getaways discloses Personally-Identifying Information when required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order, or when Local Getaways believes in its sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Local Getaways, other users, third parties, or the public at large.

* Marketing Communications โ€“ Local Getaways will email users about products and services that Local Getaways believes may be of interest to them. If a user wishes to opt-out of receiving marketing materials from Local Getaways or having their email information provided to third parties at any time after registration, they may do so by sending Local Getaways an email at info@matthewp68.sg-host.com .

* Business Transfers; Bankruptcy โ€“ Local Getaways reserves the right to transfer all Personally-Identifying Information in its possession to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other sale of all or a portion of Local Getawaysโ€™ assets. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred Personally-Identifying Information will be subject to this Privacy Policy, or to a new privacy policy if you are given notice of that new privacy policy and you opt-in to affirmatively accept it. Personally-Identifying Information submitted or collected after a transfer, however, may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor organization.

Court Orders and Release of Non-Personally Identifying Information and Personally-Identifying Information

Local Getaways may disclose information collected from or about you if required to do so by court order or subpoena or if we believe that you have abused the service by using it to attack other systems or to gain unauthorized access to any other system, to engage in spamming, or otherwise to violate applicable laws.

Contests, Giveaways and Surveys

From time to time, Local Getaways may offer Website users the opportunity to participate in contests, giveaways, and other promotions. Any information submitted in connection with such activities will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. From time to time, Local Getaways may also ask Website users to participate in surveys designed to help Local Getaways improve the Website. Any personally-identifying information provided to Local Getaways in connection with any survey will be used only in relation to that survey, and will be disclosed to third parties not bound by this Privacy Policy only in non-personally-identifying, aggregated form.

Email to Friends Feature and Referral Program

Local Getaways offers users the ability to send friends emails about the Website by means of the Email to Friends feature and referral program. If users choose to use the Referral Program, be assured that Local Getaways only uses friendsโ€™ email addresses on a one-time only basis to send the requested email.

Collection and Use of Information by Third Parties Generally

Third parties are under no obligation to comply with this Privacy Policy with respect to Personally-Identifying Information that users provide directly to those third parties or that those third parties collect for themselves. Local Getaways neither owns nor controls the third-party websites accessible through the Website.

Thus, this Privacy Policy does not apply to information provided to or gathered by the third parties that operate them. Before visiting a third-party, whether by means of a link on the Website or otherwise, and before providing any Personally-Identifying Information to any third party, users should inform themselves of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in those usersโ€™ discretion, protect their privacy.

Privacy Policy Changes

Local Getaways may, in its sole discretion, change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any and all changes to Local Getawaysโ€™ Privacy Policy will also be reflected on this page. Unless Local Getaways obtains your express consent, any revised Privacy Policy will apply only to information collected after such time as the revised Privacy Policy takes effect, and not to information collected under any earlier Privacy Policies. Local Getaways encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy.

This policy is effective as of, and was last updated on March 30, 2021.

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