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At
Ashford.com We Respect Your Privacy. This
statement is our privacy policy, which discloses our information
practices. It describes: - What personally identifiable information of yours (information from
which someone may personally identify you) is collected from you through our
Web site
- What personally identifiable information of a third party (such as your
Internet Service Provider) is collected from you through our Web site
- The organization or company that is collecting the information
- How the information is used
- With whom the information may be shared
- What choices you have regarding collection, use and distribution of the
information
- The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss,
misuse or alteration of information under our control
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information
If
you believe that we are not abiding by our posted privacy policy, you should
contact our Privacy Patrol by e-mailing your concern to contact@ashford.com
Information Collection Ashford.com collects
information from our users in several areas of our Web site as described in this
privacy policy.
Newsletter If you
wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as your
name and e-mail address. Order Forms
We request information from
you on our order form. You must provide contact information (such as name
and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number and
expiration date). This information is used to fill your orders and for
billing purposes. If we have trouble processing your order, we use this
contact information to get in touch with you.
Surveys and
Contest
From time to time our site
requests information from you to conduct surveys or contests.
Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary.
Therefore, you have a choice whether or not to disclose the information.
This information may include contact information (such as name and address) and
demographic information (such as age or zip code). Unless otherwise stated
near the information form, we use survey information to monitor or improve our
site and contest information to notify the winners and award prizes.
Cookies
A cookie is a message that the server for
our Web site gives to your Web browser. Your browser stores the message in
a file called cookie.txt. Each time the browser requests a page from the
server, a message is sent back to the server. Purposes for cookies include
identifying users and preparing customized Web pages for them. When you
fill out a form on our site, this information is packaged into a cookie and sent
to your browser. It's stored for later use. The next time you visit
our site, your browser will send the cookie to the server, which can use the
information to present you with a more personalized experience. For
instance, the site may greet you by your name or remember your username when you
begin to fill out a form.
If
you reject the cookie, you may still use our site; however, you may only receive
limited information in some areas of the site.
Log File We use Internet Protocol
(IP) addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track a user's movement
and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. "Aggregate
use" means that information from all users is collected and gathered into a
whole unit so that information as a whole can be used. We do not link IP
addresses to personally identifiable information.
Site and Service
Updates
We send you update
announcements that contain important information about our site and
services. If you register on our site, you may not discontinue receiving
these announcements unless you choose to delete your registration information
and discontinue using our site. We will communicate with your regarding
your account through e-mail or the telephone.
Information Use
Ashford.com is the sole owner of
the information collected on this site. We will not share, sell or rent
this information to others in any way other than as disclosed in this policy or
stated at the point where the information is collected.
Unsubscribe
If
you no longer wish to receive promotional material from us, you may opt-out of
this group by responding to the "unsubscribe" e-mail link or by e-mailing us at
contact@ashford.com
Correcting and Updating Personal
Information
If any of your
personally identifiable information changes or if you no longer wish to use our
service, we will offer you a way to correct, update or remove your personal data
that you have provided to us. Usually this can be done on the member
information page or by e-mailing us at contact@ashford.com
Links
This Web site
contains no links to other Web sites. We are not responsible for the
privacy practices of the other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy
statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected
by this Web site.
Notification of
Changes
If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Home Page so you will always
be aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we decide to use personally
identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it
was collected, we will notify you by e-mail. You will have the choice to
allow us to use the information in this different manner. We will use
information according to the privacy policy posted at the time the information
was collected.
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