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Privacy Policy
Last updated October 1st, 2008
Integrated Vacation Systems and myBlueChipRentals take your privacy seriously. Please read
the following to learn more about our privacy policy. This privacy
policy applies to the use of the Site (as defined below) by consumers
("you") who are customers of Integrated Vacation Systems, LLC. and its subsidiaries,
and affiliates (collectively, "Integrated Vacation Systems", "myBlueChipRentals", "we", "us"
and "our"). We review this Privacy Policy on an annual basis and
we welcome any suggestions you might have about additional ideas
regarding our privacy policy at privacy@mybluechiprentals.com.
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Integrated Vacation Systems is committed
to your privacy and security and want to provide you with the
best possible online experience. To that end, we want you to understand
what kinds of information we gather from you, how this information
is used and safeguarded, and how you can control its use.
To make this Privacy Policy easy to understand, we have built
it around 5 simple privacy principles.
- Notice - You have a right to know what data is collected
by Integrated Vacation Systems at what part of the Site and how in general it
will be used.
- Choice - You have a right to choose (or choose not to) share
information with us and our marketing allies, where it is reasonable
to do so.
- Access, Edit and Non-Use - You have a right to access, edit
and review Personally Identifiable Information (information
which may, on its own be directly traceable to you, such as
your name, social security number, phone number or address)
store on the Site
- Non-Use - You have a right to know how to contact us to ask
that we no longer use your information to market to you, and
to have us reasonably comply with your request.
- Security - You have a right to know what security measures
we have implemented in order to protect your Personally Identifiable
Information.
This
privacy policy covers the following issues:
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The kinds of information we collect from you will vary, depending
on how you use the Site. It's possible to browse the Site without
submitting any Personally Indentifiable Information ("personal
information") at all, but if you choose to take advantage of some
of our products and services, you may be asked to provide information
such as a user name and password, your full name, e-mail address,
phone number and address, or for certain e-commerce transactions
your credit card information. Whenever we ask for this kind of
information, we strive to provide a link to this Privacy Policy
to help you understand how your personal information will be used
before you decide whether to disclose it.
In addition to the personal information you choose to submit,
our systems are set up to gather certain anonymous data to help
us to better understand how the Site are being used and how we
can improve them. This automatically gathered data includes your
computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, statistics about
how visitors navigate through the Site and information provided
through the use of "cookies" (which is described in more detail
below).
As you visit the Site, be aware that third parties may at times
be able to gather information from and about you. For example,
third party advertiser servers, companies that place advertisements
on the Site and companies offering products or services through
the Site may use cookies to collect and use information about
you and may collect information that you submit. In these cases,
the third parties will use such information according to their
own privacy policies that may differ from this Privacy Policy.
The use of your information depends on the context in which
it is collected. Therefore, pay special attention to the categories
below that relate to the features of the Site that you wish to
utilize. In addition to using your personal information as set
forth below, note that we may disclose the information that we
collect about you when we have reason to believe that it is necessary
to identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or
entities who may be causing injury to you, to us or to others,
and may also disclose such information when we believe that the
law requires it, such as identifying (but not limited to) violations
of our Terms of Use.
We may link information collected from you through various means,
including information collected automatically and through the
use of cookies and purchase information, or other personal information
you provide to help us offer content, advertisements, products
and services that we believe will be of interest to you, and this
information may also be shared among the Site. In addition, we
may share this information, in aggregate form, with our current
and potential advertisers so they can present advertisements more
effectively.
If you have indicated that you want to be contacted by third
parties, we may use the information we collect to select which
names to provide to a particular third party in order to present
you with products and services that we believe will be of interest
to you, but we will not disclose this type of information, other
than your Contact Information (information that provides a means
of contacting you), to any such third party.
Integrated Vacation Systems may use anonymous data automatically gathered by our
servers so that we can understand how to make the Site more convenient
and useful to our audience. This information may also be shared
among the Site and used for similar purposes. In addition, we
may share this information, in aggregate form, with our current
and potential advertisers or marketing allies so they can try
to present advertisements and content more effectively. We may
also use aggregate information to share information with the public
regarding products, services, content or tools that may of interest
to them.
If we sell off a division, merge with another company or spin
off a business, your information may be included in such a transaction.
However if such a transaction occurs we will notify you of the
event and give you an opportunity to respond.
Cookies
are small files that we send to and store on your computer so
that we can recognize it as a unique machine the next time you
visit the Site. Our cookies are used for three purposes: (1)
to keep track of your information for your own convenience; (2)
to help us optimize your online experience by altering our content
depending on your particular needs or browsing patterns, and to
provide you with advertisements, products and services that we
believe will be of interest to you; and (3) to help us understand
the size of our audience and their traffic patterns within the
Site. Some of our advertisers and third-party ad servers may
also utilize their own cookies. Also, companies offering products
or services through a Integrated Vacation Systems Web site may use their own cookies.
Several of them may be part of the
Network Advertising Initiative's ("NAI") Self Regulatory Principles
Governing Online Preference Marketing. To read their Privacy
Principles
click here. To opt out of the NAI's Online Preference Marketing,
click here. In addition, we sometimes use "clear GIFs" in
connection with cookies and other website functions. Clear GIFs
perform administrative functions without detracting from the your
online experience. They may be used to perform statistical and
administrative tasks including measuring site and page traffic,
verifying advertising avenues and positioning images on the web.
Clear GIFs do not collect personal information.
The personal information you provide when you become a registered
user of one of the Site is used primarily to help us customize
your online experience. This personal information may also be
shared among the Site to make your use of the Site more convenient
by, for example, limiting the number of times you have to register
with us. Your e-mail address serves as a unique identifier in
our record system, and it is used together with your password
to prevent unauthorized access to any information you choose to
store on the Site. The data you give us about your personal preferences
and demographics (e.g., your age, ZIP code, occupation or the
like) may be used to help us offer content, advertisements, products,
and services that we believe will be of interest to you. In addition,
we may share this information, in aggregate form, with our current
and potential advertisers so that they can present advertisements
more effectively. If you forget your password for any registered
area of the Site, we have an automated password recovery system,
which can be accessed by clicking on the "Forgot Password?" link
on the sign in page. Customer Care does not have access to your
password. Please note that we do not knowingly accept or store
any Personally Indentifiable Information about any individual
under the age of 13 under any circumstances. If we become aware
that Personally Indentifiable Information regarding an individual
under the age of 13 has been stored, we will promptly delete it
from our records.
- For our Property Management System or Vacationer Managent System you may be
required to submit information about yourself (including contact
and financial information), your home and the products or services
you use. This information is stored for your convenience and
will not be used by other parties for marketing purposes without
your consent and then only for the purposes of offering the
products or services that you request (unless you indicate you
prefer otherwise). Your e-mail address serves as a unique identifier
in our record system, and it is used together with your password
to prevent unauthorized access to any information you choose
to store on the Site. The data you give us about your personal
preferences and other information (e.g., your age, ZIP code,
occupation and the like) may be used to help us offer content,
advertisements, products, and services that we believe will
be of interest to you. In addition, we may share this information,
in aggregate form, with our current and potential advertisers
and marketing allies so that they can present advertisements
and services more effectively.
- Unless you specify that you'd prefer not to hear from us,
we may also use the e-mail address you provide at the time of
registration to contact you for promotional or other purposes.
You may have these communications terminated at any time. If
you indicate that you're interested in hearing from other companies,
we may also share your Contact Information with such companies
for that purpose. We may have to contact you now and then to
inform you of changes to your service, a change in this Privacy
Policy or other administrative purposes. These administrative
e-mails will not contain any advertisements.
You may occasionally see contests, surveys and other features
of the Site that ask you to provide us with personal information.
When you choose to respond to these requests, the personal information
you offer may be used for several purposes. These include the
uses set out in the registration section above. They also include
providing information to third parties as necessary for prize
fulfillment and other aspects of any contest, sweepstakes, game
or other promotion. If we are going to use your personal information
for any other purpose, we will notify you of that purpose and
give you a chance to opt-out before responding to our survey or
participating in our contest, sweepstakes, game or other promotion.
Any contest, sweepstakes, game or other promotion that is accessible
through the Site is governed by specific rules. By entering any
such contest, sweepstakes, game or other promotion, you will become
subject to those rules. We urge you to read the applicable rules,
which are linked from the particular contest, sweepstakes, game
or other promotion.
Portions of the Site enable you to send e-mail
to us or to third parties (such as Real Estate Professionals)
and to participate in public bulletin boards and discussion groups.
All postings to public bulletin boards and discussion groups become
our property. Whenever you choose to initiate these kinds of communication
with us, or anyone else, you may expect to be contacted in return.
Also, remember that our bulletin boards and discussion groups
are open to the public, and therefore, your postings can be seen
by anyone and are not protected by us or any other entity. Please
use your own discretion when deciding what to post publicly and
whom to contact. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion,
to edit or delete inappropriate postings from our bulletin boards
and discussion groups; provided, however, the reservation of this
right shall not, under any circumstances, obligate us to conduct
such editing or deletions.
The information gathered automatically by our system-such
as your computer's IP address, the kind of browser you're using,
and a record of your navigation through our site-may be used by
Integrated Vacation Systems so we can understand how to make our sites convenient
and useful to our audience. This information may also be shared
among the Site and used for similar purposes. In addition, we
may share this information, in aggregate form, with our current
and potential marketing allies and advertisers so they can know
how to present their advertisements more effectively. When such
data is aggregated, all Personally Indentifiable Information is
eliminated.
Reading this Privacy Policy should help you understand how any
information you share with us might be used. If you feel concerned
about any of these uses, you might elect not to participate in
certain services, features or products that we offer. We will
never collect personal information about you without your knowledge,
so the decision whether or not to share this information is completely
up to you.
You may be given the chance to opt-out of
direct mailings when you disclose your e-mail address to us. Further,
you can reply to any of our mails and type "Unsubscribe" in the
subject line or send an e-mail to
Privacy@BlueChipRentals.com with your request and we will
promptly remove you from a particular e-mail service. To opt-out
or request that we not use your Owner of Vacationer profile information
to market information to you, please update your user profile to indivcate this.
If you feel concerned about the cookies that are sent between
our computers and yours, you may, through your Web browser, either
choose to reject them automatically, or have your computer prompt
you before accepting them. Generally, this is done by selecting
the appropriate cookies setting on your Web browser (usually found
in "Internet Options" or "Preferences"). Please note, however,
that some of our features and services depend on the use of cookies.
Therefore, you will be unable to take advantage of those features
if you choose not to accept cookies.
To view, edit or delete the personal information you submitted
on the Site during registration or elsewhere as described above,
follow the instructions found in the "Owner" or "Vacationer"
area of the Site(s) where you registered or submitted
personal information.
If you would like us to no longer use your personal information
we may gather from you to market information to you:
- please send a request to Privacy@BlueChipRentals.com;
or
- for personal information submitted via the Owner or Vacationer Management Systems,
please update your profile in these systems accordingly.
Whenever personal information about you is stored on our computers,
that information is password-protected from unauthorized access
or use. In addition, this information is kept only on servers
that are located behind a firewall, which makes their contents
inaccessible to outside users.
Since your financial information is especially sensitive, we
take special care to keep it secure. We will only transmit or
ask for this information over secure Internet connections, using
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption, the currently accepted
standard for online security, and security keys. In addition,
we require password authentication from any third parties you've
authorized to receive this information. Finally, credit card number
and financial information are never stored on our servers, as
most orders are processed by our marketing allies providing the
service requested. While this means you may have to enter this
information more than once, we believe the added security is worth
the extra effort.
Of course, we appreciate your help in safeguarding the integrity
of your own and others' privacy. We hope you'll use common sense
whenever you disclose personal information over the Internet.
Just as importantly, we encourage you to let us know immediately
if you suspect that the information you share with us is being
used in any way contrary to this Privacy Policy. Finally, unfortunately
no data transmission over the Internet or the storage of information
on servers can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and while we strive
to protect your personal information (as described herein), we
cannot guarantee or warrant its complete security. To contact
us, please send an e-mail to:
webmaster@integratedvacationsystems.com or
webmaster@myBlueChipRentals.com.
This Privacy Policy only applies to the Integrated Vacation Systems Site.
The Site contain links to sites operated and maintained by third
parties over which we have absolutely no control. Please be aware
that these sites may collect information about you, and operate
according to their own privacy practices that may differ from
this Privacy Policy. Remember that once you're outside the Site,
any information you submit is outside of our control.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date first written
above and may be updated and modified from time to time by us
in our sole discretion. If we choose to update or modify this
Privacy Policy, such updated or modified policy shall become effective
upon its posting on the Site. Accordingly, we encourage you to
periodically review this Privacy Policy and the Site in order
to keep apprised of our current privacy practices. If you do not
agree to any provision of this Privacy Policy, or any update or
modification thereto, please do not use the Site.
If you have concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy
practices in general, contact us at:
E-mail: privacy@myBlueChipRentals.com or privacy@integratedvacationsystems.com
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