Privacy Policy

It is CarolinaVacationHomeRentals.com ("CVHR") policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, CVHR collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. CVHR's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how CVHR's visitors use its website. From time to time, CVHR may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

CVHR also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on CarolinaVacationHomeRentals.com. CVHR only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to CVHR websites choose to interact with CVHR in ways that require CVHR to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that CVHR gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at CarolinaVacationHomeRentals.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with CVHR are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, CVHR collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with CVHR. CVHR does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Access to Personal Data

CVHR provides users with reasonable access to personal data to correct any inaccuracies or to delete personal data. Please contact CVHR if you are unsure of how to do either process. CVHR may decline requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy and/or safety of others, would be extremely impractical, or where information is required to be retained by law for legitimate business purposes.

Third Party Tracking

CVHR may track the use of the website to analyze our marketing efforts, improve our services, and improve the efficiency of the CVHR website. We automatically collect user traffic website patterns using a technology called cookies, which do not contain personal information. This practice is for website operational purposes only. CVHR may use third party services to manage our email and marketing campaigns. We also use Google Analytics to analyze visitors to our site. Third party providers may use third-party cookies. The use of third-party cookies is not covered in this Privacy Statement. We do not have access or control over these cookies. You should check the privacy policies of those third-parties. 

Email Marketing and Information Sharing

CVHR allows you to subscribe, only on an opt-in basis, to its newsletters, it's homeowner news summaries, or to receive company notifications by email. You can always withdraw your permission by logging in to your account and selecting to unsubscribe.

Aggregated Statistics

CVHR may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. CVHR may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, CVHR does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

CVHR discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on CVHR's behalf or to provide services available at CVHR's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using CVHR's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. CVHR will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, CVHR discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when CVHR believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of CVHR, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an CVHR website and have supplied your email address, CVHR may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with CVHR and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. CVHR takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. CVHR uses cookies to help CVHR identify and track visitors, their usage of CVHR website, and their website access preferences. CVHR visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using CVHR's websites, with the drawback that certain features of CVHR's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

User and Event Data Retention - including International Visitors and Customers

CVHR is located in the U.S. If you are accessing the website from the European Union or other geographic regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from u.s. law, please note that the U.S. does not have the same data protection laws as the European Union and if CVHR collects of processes your personal data it will be done by a company based in the U.S. The retention period applies to user-level and event-level data associated with cookies The user and event data managed and retained by CVHR without an automated expiry date. If a User does not agree with our use of cookies, and personal data retention, please contact CVHR:  Any affected data is deleted by the CVHR data retention team. 

Business Transfers

If CVHR, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that CVHR goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of CVHR may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by CVHR and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, CVHR may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in CVHR's sole discretion. CVHR encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a CarolinaVacationHomeRentals.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Security

No data transmissions over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consquently, cvhr cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit and there you do so at your own risk. However, cvhr makes every reasonable effort to ensure that physical, administrative, and technical safeguards are in place to protect the security of its systems and its data collection. However, note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, altered, disclosed or destroyed by breach of such measures. If cvhr learns of a security breach, it may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate steps to protect yourself. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of such a security breach in writing. 

Last Updated May 15, 2018