Information about Privacy Water’s Edge Inn is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But, sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement only applies to Water’s Edge Inn; it does not apply to other online or offline Water’s Edge Inn sites, products or services. Please read the complete Water’s Edge Inn privacy statement. Collection of your Personal Information We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering before entering a contest, ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access premium site, signing up for an event or training, or when purchasing and/or registering Water’s Edge Inn products. Personal information collected by Water’s Edge Inn often is limited to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested. For example: If you choose a service or transaction that requires payment, such as reserving a room on our Web site, we will request personal information necessary for billing, such as: name, address, telephone number, and credit card number. Water’s Edge Inn also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times, and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of Water’s Edge Inn Web site. Water’s Edge Inn also collects information about which pages our customers visit within Water’s Edge Inn. This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents as described below. Use of your Personal Information We use your personal information for the following purposes: To ensure our site is relevant to your needs. To deliver services, such as newsletters, events, training or software, which you request or purchase. To help us create and publish content most relevant to you. To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services from Water’s Edge Inn, if you so request. To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate. We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry sections of Water’s Edge Inn, with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not provide you the personalized service and won't merge your personal information with site-visitation data. We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, sending postal mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. Water’s Edge Inn may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Water’s Edge Inn or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Water’s Edge Inn and its family of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Water’s Edge Inn employees, users of Water’s Edge Inn products or services, or members of the public. Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Water’s Edge Inn or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Water’s Edge Inn abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union. Control of your Personal Information When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, Water’s Edge Inn will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above. Registering also allows you to tell us how or whether you want Water’s Edge Innto communicate with you. After registering, go to the customer center and establish your preferences in the Contact Options sections. There, you can decide what information you want to receive and how you want to receive it. Or you can tell us not to contact you by removing check marks from the contact option boxes. Water’s Edge Inn may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or security issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen. Security of your Personal Information Water’s Edge Inn is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Use of Cookies When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above. We also use cookies to collect information on which newsletter links are clicked by customers. This information is used to ensure we are sending information customers want to read. It is collected in aggregate form and never linked with your personal information. If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the Water’s Edge Inn site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site. Changes to this Statement Water’s Edge Inn will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, Water’s Edge Inn will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.
