ThePaceline is committed to respecting the privacy rights of all visitors to our Web site. The following policy describes how ThePaceline protects information it receives from visitors to its Web properties.
1. What information does ThePaceline collect from visitors?
ThePaceline is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. ThePaceline collects information from our visitors and users of our Web site and uses the information: internally for marketing and administration purposes, in the fulfillment of our service commitment to you or as legally required under the law.
ThePaceline does not incorporate the information collected while you visit or make a purchase on our site for resale in our services. ThePaceline accesses third party databases to fulfill our services and does not maintain or assemble databases for the purpose of selling the information in our services.
As a user of the ThePaceline Web site, ThePaceline may collect your personally identifiable information (including certain financial information necessary to complete a transaction or to include you in our opt-out program) when you: visit our site, purchase services or products or elect to be included in our opt-out program. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, home or other physical address, email address, your name, social security number, birth date, credit card or checking account number, or telephone number.
2. Why is information collected?
Information may be collected in an effort to enhance your user experience, provide you with information regarding ThePaceline services and special offers, and/or to provide the services you ordered.
We, or our authorized third party affiliates, may also collect general information about purchases as they correspond to our advertisements or products. This aggregate information may include demographic and usage information, but will not include personally identifiable information. This information is used in an aggregated manner to determine advertising effectiveness and is sometimes shared with our advertising partners for the same limited purpose.
In addition information is collected for the following purposes:
- When you order services or register on ThePaceline properties, we may need you to provide your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone numbers and credit card information.
- When navigating through the ThePaceline Web site, you'll have an opportunity to decide whether or not you would like to be included on ThePaceline mailing list. If you are included on ThePaceline mailing list, we may notify you about important functionality changes to the Web site, new services, and special offers we think you'll find valuable.
3. Does ThePaceline have security measures in place to protect my information?
ThePaceline implements a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personally identifiable information. User personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of employees who have specific access rights to such systems. When you place orders or access your personal information, we offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit information you supply is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. Should it be necessary to transmit your personally identifiable information to a reputable third party vendor to: (1) fulfill our service commitment to you, or (2) process your credit card, ThePaceline will require all recipients of such information to maintain the information as confidential information, use the information for the limited and intended purpose and agree not to disclose such information to third parties.
4. Will ThePaceline disclose the information it collects from its visitors to outside parties?
ThePaceline will not sell, lease or rent personally identifiable information collected on the site or in any form, including but not limited to order forms and opt-out program requests.
ThePaceline may send your personally identifiable information to third parties when:
- We have your consent.
- We need to share the information you provided for the purpose of fulfilling our service commitment to you.
- We need to send the information to companies working on ThePaceline's behalf, including but not limited to credit card processing services (these companies have agreed to maintain information provided by ThePaceline as secure, confidential information that will not be disclosed unless legally required to do so). When processing credit card payments, this information may be sent to reputable third parties for fraud detection. These vendors maintain an obligation of confidentiality with regard to such information and shall only use the information for the intended purpose and for no other reason.
- We find that you have violated any stated terms of service or conditions of purchase or use.
- We respond to court orders, legal process, government agencies or third party authorized fraud investigators.
5. Does ThePaceline use "cookies" or pixel "tags"?
Cookies are bits of electronic information that a Web site can transfer to a visitor's hard drive to help tailor and keep records of his or her visit to the site. Cookies allow Web site operators to better customize visits to the site to your individual preferences. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet and many major Web sites use them. ThePaceline may use cookies to help provide you with a better experience on our site; however, we do not store personally identifying information in cookies.
Like many Web sites, ThePaceline may also use pixel tags, also known as beacons, spotlight tags or web bugs, to improve our understanding of site traffic, visitor behavior, and response to promotional campaigns, as a supplement to our server logs and other methods of traffic and response measurement. We may also implement pixel tags provided by other companies, and limit the collection of information for the same purpose. We do not store personally identifying information in pixel tags.
6. What happens if there is a transfer of ThePaceline business?
As we continue to develop our business, we may acquire or divest businesses and/or assets, or be acquired ourselves. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets.
7. Links
This Web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that ThePaceline is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information.
8. Your consent
By using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of the information you provide according to this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy from time to time, if this policy is changed, we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.