At The Anchorage Inn (hereinafter "The Inn"), we are committed to the privacy, confidentiality, and security of user information. The Anchorage Inn will not disclose identifiable user information to any third party without consent.
While visiting our site, at www.anchoragencharleston.com (hereinafter "Site"), we strive to provide you with an Internet experience that delivers the information, resources and services that are most relevant to you. To achieve this goal, part of the operation of the Site includes the gathering of certain types of information about Site users. This Privacy Policy, which applies to the Site, addresses how we treat your information.
This Privacy Policy covers two types of information gathered at the Site, personal and aggregated. The term "personal information" refers to data you voluntarily provide in connection with use of the Site and services that identifies you and/or your company, including, for example, your name, e-mail address, phone number, company affiliation, physical address and/or certain other personal information. The term "aggregated data" refers to general, abstracted information regarding visitors and users of the Site, including traffic patterns, number of visits to certain pages, visits from other web sites or to third-party web sites linked to the Site, use of particular services or features on the Site or on other sites reached through the Site.
What information is collected about you? How do we use it?
The Inn takes care to ensure that the information we obtain from you is not used in a way that you may not be aware of or may not be agreeable to. You may wish to submit an information request about The Inn, participate in one of our promotions, or subscribe to our e-mail lists. To facilitate your wish, we may ask for certain necessary personal information. Should you provide it, we will only use it for the purpose specified on the information-gathering form.
Information collected on the Site may be used to:
Improve the quality of your visit to our site
Respond to your questions or suggestions
Plan and purchase The Inn accommodations or event space
Enter your email in our promotions or sweepstakes
Send marketing communications or surveys to you
All forms will provide an opt-out button to allow you to choose not to participate in The Inn lists and future online marketing. In deciding whether or not to join such lists, please note that they are only used for The Inn purposes or in joint promotions with The Inn partner. We do not sell, rent or share any of your personal information with any other party including any third-party joint promoters, nor use it for unapproved commercial purposes. You may request to be removed from our lists at any time. All emails distributed to our lists will contain easy, online access to unsubscribe.
Permission for Use
The Inn may collect and use personal information that you submit at the Site in any manner that is consistent with uses stated in this Privacy Policy or disclosed elsewhere at the Site at the point you submit such personal information. At the time you submit personal information, the intended use of the information will be apparent in the context in which you submit it. By submitting personal information at the Site, you are consenting to any use that is consistent with uses stated in this Privacy Policy or disclosed elsewhere at the Site at the point you submit such personal information. Such consent will be presumed by The Inn, unless you state otherwise at the time you submit the personal information. Please do not request any such communications on behalf of an individual or company if you are not authorized to make the request.
Secure Reservations
If you decide to make an online reservation at the Site, you will be linked to a reservation interface housed on the site of and operated by Secure-Res a division of Vizergy. While it may appear to be part of our Site, the Booking Engine is in fact provided Secure-Res, and the Privacy Policy at Secure-Res governs the treatment of your personal information throughout the reservation process. Naturally, we partner only with companies who share our serious concerns about guarding your privacy and ensuring security of your personal information. You may review the Privacy Policy for Secure-Res on the following page: http://www.vizergy.com/privacy-and-terms.aspx.
Protecting your information: Security
We want you to feel confident about using the Site for your travel, so we have implemented a security program to keep information that is stored in our systems protected from unauthorized access. Our Site is hosted in a secure environment. The Site servers/systems are configured with data encryption technologies and industry-standard firewalls. When you enter personal information, your data is protected by Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to ensure safe transmission.
Withdrawing Consent to Use or Changing your Personal Information
If, after permitting use of your personal information, you later decide that you no longer want The Inn to include you on its mailing list or otherwise contact you or use your personal information in the manner disclosed in this Privacy Policy or at the Site, simply tell us by sending an e-mail to contact@anchorageinncharleston.com or by clicking on the "Unsubscribe" button at the bottom of our email communication to you.
Use of Aggregated Information
We are constantly improving the Site and adding new features and services. We monitor aggregated data regarding use of the Site for marketing purposes and to study, improve and promote use of the Site. In connection with such purposes, The Inn may share aggregated data with third parties collectively and in an anonymous way. Disclosure of aggregated data does not reveal personal information about individual Site users.
Exceptions to the Privacy Policy
The Inn has two exceptions to these limits on use of personal information: (1) The Inn may monitor and, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required, disclose information to protect the security, property, assets and/or rights of The Inn from unauthorized use, or misuse, of the Site or anything found at the Site. (2) The Inn may disclose information when required by law; however, only to the extent necessary and in a manner that seeks to maintain the privacy of the individual.
Children's Privacy & Parental Consent
This Site is not designed or intended for anyone under age 18, and minors are expressly requested by The Inn not to use this site or submit personal information. Our privacy policy prohibits us from accepting users who are under the age of 18. Should The Inn inadvertently acquire personal information or other data from users under the age of 18, The Inn will not knowingly provide this data to any third party for any purpose whatsoever.
Links Provided To Other Sites
The Inn may provide links to a number of other web sites that we believe might offer you useful information and services. However, those sites may not follow the same privacy policies as The Inn. The Inn therefore is not responsible for the privacy policies or the actions of any third parties, including without limitation, any web site owners whose sites may be reached through this Site. Please contact the relevant parties controlling these sites or access their on-line privacy policies before submitting any personal information.
Your Consent To This Privacy Policy
Use of the Site signifies your consent, as well as the consent of the company for whom you use the Site and whose information you submit (if any), to this online Privacy Policy, including the collection and use of information by The Inn, as described in this statement, and also signifies agreement to the terms of use for the Site.
Policy Modifications & Contacting The Inn
The Inn reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time; notice of changes will be published on this page. Changes will always be prospective, not retroactive. Should the Site make any material changes to the Privacy policy that substantially alter the use of your personal information, Site shall notify you of such change through an email if you have supplied your email address to Site. In that email, you will be afforded an explicit opportunity to remove your Personal Information from Site. If you have questions about our policies, please contact contact@anchorageinncharleston.com.
