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Our Commitment
Welcome to HotelsCombined.com, the best site on the web for
up-to-date information on hotels and accommodations throughout
the world. We, the founders of HotelsCombined.com are Internet
users, too, so we understand how serious you are about protecting
your private information were serious about it,
too! To help you understand our privacy policies better, weve
chosen to explain it below in plain English. That way, you
can feel comfortable that we are just as dedicated to your
privacy as we are to ours.
The bottom
line is that any information we collect from you remains completely
private unless you give us permission to give it to another
website. We do not knowingly collect private information from
children, and we dont sell your information to any other
websites for any reason. Thats it in a nutshell! If
you have any questions about our privacy policy, please dont
hesitate to contact us by email or at
Hotels
Combined Pty Ltd
Suite 4/6 Clifford Street
Mosman, NSW, 2088
Sydney, Australia
Information
Collected
Our computers collect non-personally identifiable data (your
IP address, how often you visit our site, which pages you
visit, etc.) each time you visit HotelsCombined.com. We use
this information to make the site better easier to
use and simpler.
We will
only collect personally identifiable data (your name, email
address, phone number, etc.) on forms YOU complete. This information
might be used for promotions, specials, or to contact you
when you have a question. YOU are in complete control of what
personally identifiable information you give us.
Use
of Collected Information
We will never sell your information either kind
to anyone else, including other websites or spammers. However,
if we have another company help us perform some function of
our website, we will give them only the information needed
to perform the function, and they are prohibited from using
the information in any other way.
Also,
we might share your non-personally identifiable data with
third party advertisers thats folks who want
to advertise on our website in order to offer you products
and services that, as a world traveler, you might like.
Finally,
we may disclose personal information if required to by law
or if we believe such disclosure is necessary to
a) conform
to the requirements of the law,
b) comply with a legal process served on our Company or the
website, and
c) protect and/or defend our Company, website, employees,
and users.
Children
HotelsCombined.com does not knowingly collect any information
from children.
Cookies
Cookies are a standard Internet technology, a small text file
that is put on your hard drive by the server that hosts a
web page. They cant be used to gain control of your
computer or to put a virus on your computer. No one else can
read our cookies, and we only use them to improve the quality
of our service to you. Your Internet browser was probably
originally set up to accept cookies, but you can always reset
it to refuse them or to ask you each time a site tries to
put one on your computer. Please note, if you dont let
us install our cookie on your computer, you can still use
the website, but some parts of it might not work correctly.
Acquisition
Thats the fancy term for if we sell HotelsCombined.com
or the Company or merge with another company. If we do, your
information might be transferred to the new company.
Security
HotelsCombined.com is as committed to the security of your
computer system as we are to your privacy. We use various
types of standard Internet security technologies and procedures
to help protect your personal information from unauthorized
access, use, and disclosure.
Changes
in Privacy Policy
HotelsCombined.com might choose to update our privacy policy
occasionally. If we do, we will post a notice on the website
so you can review any changes and how they might affect you.
Also, please review this page from time to time to make sure
you havent missed any such notices. By continuing to
use HotelsCombined.com, you are agreeing to this privacy policy
and any updates we make to it.
Effective
Date
This Privacy Statement is effective as of December 1, 2005.
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