The Tides Inn Privacy Policy
The Tides Inn is committed to safeguarding your privacy while
visiting its website namely, www.tidesinn.com. Our
goal is to provide you with an internet experience that delivers
the information, resources and services that the Resort has to
offer and is relevant to your needs. To achieve this goal, part of
the operation of the Site includes gathering certain types of
information about Site users. We understand that your privacy is
important, and wish to explain the types of information we may
gather and the way in which we would use it. This Privacy Policy
applies to the Site.
This policy will cover two types of information gathered at the
Site: personal and aggregated. The term 'personal information'
refers to data you voluntarily provide while using the Site that
identifies you and/or the company on whose behalf you are accessing
and using the Site. Examples of personal information may include
data in connection with our services, such as your name, e-mail
address, phone number, company affiliation, physical address and/or
certain other personal information. The term 'aggregated data'
refers to general information regarding Site visitors and users
that relates specifically to the Site, e.g. 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 and interest in services, information or features of the
Site or other parties made available through or found at the
Site.
What information is collected about you? How do we use it?
The Tides Inn takes the utmost care to ensure that the personal
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 Resort, participate in one of our
promotions or subscribe to our e-mail or postal mail lists. In
response, we may ask for information such as your name and postal
address. In the event you opt to provide us with this information,
we will only use it for the purpose specified by you at the bottom
of the information gathering form. In deciding whether or not to
join such lists, please note that they are only used for Tides Inn
purposes. We do not sell, rent or share any of your personal
information with any other party including third-party joint
promoters, nor use it for commercial purposes.
Permission for Use
The Tides Inn may collect and use personal information that you
submit at the Site in any manner consistent with uses in this
Privacy Policy or disclosed elsewhere in the Site at the point you
submit such personal information. At the time you submit personal
information or make a request, the intended use of the information
you submit will be apparent in the context in which you submit it
and/or because the Site states the intended purpose. By submitting
personal information at the Site, you are giving consent and
permission for 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, and such consent will be presumed
by the Tides 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.
Withdrawing Consent to Use
If, after permitting use of your personal information, you later
decide that you no longer want the Tides 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.
Use of Aggregated Data
The Tides Inn is interested in improving the Site and may
develop and offer 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 Tides 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 in any way that identifies who they are or
how to contact them.
Exceptions to the Privacy Policy
The Tides Inn has two exceptions to these limits on use of
personal information:
1. The Tides 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 Tides Inn from
unauthorized use, or misuse, of the Site or anything found at the
Site.
2. The Tides 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.
Use of Cookies
To enable features at the Site, the Tides Inn may assign one or
more 'cookies' to your Internet browser. Cookies, among other
things, speed navigation though our Site, keep track of information
so that you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit our
Site, and may provide you with customized content. A cookie is an
Internet mechanism composed of a small text file containing a
unique identification number that permits a web server to send
small pieces of information or text by means of your browser and
place them on your computer's hard drive for storage. This text
lets the web server know if you have previously visited the web
page. Cookies by themselves cannot be used to find out the identity
of any user.
We use cookies to collect and maintain aggregated data (such as
number of visitors) to help us see which areas are most popular
with our users and improve and update the content on our Site.
While in the process of browsing our site, you also provide us with
information that doesn't reveal your personal identity -- what type
of destination you're exploring, for example. We use this
aggregated data only as explained in this Privacy Policy. We do not
connect aggregated data to any name, address, or other identifying
information.
You may occasionally receive cookies from unaffiliated companies
or organizations, to the extent that they place advertising on our
Site or are linked to the Site. These third-party cookies may
collect information about you when you 'click' on their advertising
or content or link. This practice is standard in the Internet
industry. Because of the way in which the Internet operates, we
cannot control collection of this information by these third
parties, and these cookies are not subject to this Privacy
Policy.
Children's Privacy & Parental Consent
Please be aware that the Tides Inn has designed this Site to be
used for information only purposes by all ages. However, as with
any Site, parental consent is encouraged.
You must be at least 18 years old to make reservations and/or
submit personal information on our Site. Should the Tides Inn
inadvertently acquire personal information or any other data from
users under the age of 18, Tides Inn will not knowingly provide
this data to any third party for any purpose whatsoever, and any
subsequent disclosure would be due to the fact the user under 18
used the Site and submitted personal information without
solicitation by or permission from the Tides Inn.
Links Provided to Other Sites
The Tides 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 of
the Tides Inn. Therefore, we are not responsible for the privacy
policies or the actions of third parties, including without
limitation, any web site owners whose sites may be reached through
this Site, nor can we control the activities of those web sites. We
urge you to contact the relevant parties controlling these sites by
accessing their on-line policies for the relevant information about
their data collection practices before submitting any personal
information or other sensitive data.
What Information is Secure? What isn't?
E-mail communication to and from our site is not secure unless
clearly noted otherwise. This is a risk inherent in the use of
e-mail. Please be aware of this when requesting information or
sending forms to us by e-mail.
When working with our internal database created online opt-in
activity on www.tidesinn.com site, we employ
industry standard encryption technologies to help protect consumer
data.
User Consent to This Privacy Policy
Use of this 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 on-line Privacy Policy, including the
collection and use of information by the Tides Inn, as described in
this statement, and also signifies agreement to the terms of use
for the Site. Continued access and use of the Site without
acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy relieves the Tides
Inn from responsibility to the user.
Policy Modifications & Contacting the Tides Inn
The Tides 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. If you have
any questions about our policies, please contact:
The Tides Inn
480 King Carter Drive
Irvington, VA 22480
804.438.5000
804.438.5222 (fax)