Welcome to ReviewAUHotel.com. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal data. This policy complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Information We Collect
We collect various types of information from and about you, including:
Information You Provide to Us
- Personal Information: This includes information that can identify you, such as your name, email address, and any other contact details you provide when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave a comment, or contact us through our website.
- Comments and Reviews: When you post comments or reviews on our website, we collect the information you provide, including your username, the content of your comment or review, and the date and time of your posting.
- Contact Form Data: If you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message. We use this information to respond to your inquiries and provide you with the information you requested.
Information We Collect Automatically
- Log Data: Our servers automatically record information created by your use of our website. This may include your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information.
- Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our website, including the device model, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
- Usage Data: We collect information about your interactions with our website, such as the pages you visit, the links you click, and the time you spend on each page. This data helps us understand how users interact with our website and improve our content and user experience.
Cookies & Web Beacons
Like many websites, ReviewAUHotel.com uses cookies and web beacons to enhance your experience. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Web beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users.
Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often and if you encounter any error messages. This information helps us improve the performance and design of our website.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference) and provide enhanced features.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Managing Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies, as well as to set preferences for how cookies are handled. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website and your user experience.
Web Beacons
We may also use web beacons to track the effectiveness of our email campaigns and to gather information about how users interact with our website. Web beacons are often used in conjunction with cookies, and you can disable web beacons by disabling cookies in your browser settings.
Amazon Associates Program Disclosure
ReviewAUHotel.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This means that when you click on links to Amazon.com and make a purchase, we may earn a commission. This does not affect the price you pay for the product.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
We work with third-party advertising partners to display advertisements on our website. These advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your visits to our website and other websites in order to provide you with more relevant advertisements. The privacy policies of our advertising partners are as follows:
- Google AdSense: Google’s advertising policies can be found at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
- Other Advertising Partners: We may work with other advertising partners, and their privacy policies may be available on their respective websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these partners to understand how they collect, use, and share your information.
We do not have control over the information collected by these third-party advertising partners, and we are not responsible for their privacy practices. We recommend that you review their privacy policies to understand how they handle your personal data.
CCPA & GDPR Rights
We respect your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You have the following rights:
CCPA Rights (California Residents)
- Right to Know: You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of the information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
- Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. We do not currently sell your personal information.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.
GDPR Rights (European Union Residents)
- Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, including for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Exercising Your Rights
To exercise your CCPA or GDPR rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address Here]. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.