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Privacy Statement
This privacy statement is applicable to Globekey Guest Reservations.
Globekey does not collect personally identifiable information about individuals
except when such individuals specifically provide such information on
a voluntary basis. For example, such personally identifiable information
may be gathered from a contest or sweepstakes registration, user enrollment,
affiliate enrollment, hotel enrollment, and Vacation Auction sign-up.
Personally identifiable information on individual users will not be sold
or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval
of the user at the time of collection. At such points of collection, the
user will have the opportunity to indicate whether he or she would like
to "opt out" of receiving auction notices, promotional and/or marketing
information about other products, services and offerings from Globekey
and/or any third parties. Further, notwithstanding any opt out of promotional
information by the user, Globekey reserves the right to contact a hotel
member, affiliate member, or user regarding account status, changes to
the subscriber agreement and other matters relevant to the underlying
service and/or the information collected.
Globekey reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behavior
and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various
areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such information as well
as the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on their advertising
banners. Globekey will provide only aggregated data from these analyses
to third parties. Also, users should be aware that Globekey will not use
users' collected names and information for third party use unless the
user has provided permission for such use. Globekey is not responsible
for any actions or policies of such third parties and users should check
the applicable privacy policy of such party when providing personally
identifiable information.
Additionally, users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose
personally identifiable information (e.g., user name, e-mail address)
on the bulletin boards or in the chat areas of the Globekey sites, that
information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the user's
communication, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties
and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties.
Such activities are beyond the control of Globekey .
Users also should be aware that non-personal information and data may
be automatically collected through the standard operation of Globekey's
Internet servers or through the use of "cookies." "Cookies" are small
text files a web site can use to recognize repeat users, facilitate the
user's ongoing access to and use of the site and allow a site to track
usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements
and targeted advertising. Cookies are not programs that come onto a user's
system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique
number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. Users
should be aware that Globekey cannot control the use of cookies or the
resulting information by affiliates, advertisers or third parties hosting
data for Globekey. If a user does not want information collected through
the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that
allows the user to deny or accept the cookie feature; however, users should
note that cookies may be necessary to provide the user with certain features
(e.g., customized delivery of information) available on the Globekey Site.
Upon request, Globekey will allow any user to "opt out" of further promotional
contacts at any time. Additionally upon request, Globekey will use reasonable
efforts to allow users to update/correct personal information previously
submitted which the user states is erroneous to the extent such activities
will not compromise privacy or security interests. Also, upon a user's
request, Globekey will use commercially reasonable efforts to functionally
delete the user and his or her personal information from its database;
however, it may be impossible to delete a user's entry without some residual
information because of backups and records of deletions.
The foregoing policies are effective as of January 1st, 2001. Globekey
reserves the right to change this policy at any time by notifying users
of the existence of a new privacy statement. This statement and the policies
outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual
or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
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