Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Welcome to Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals website. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website or interact with us. This Privacy Policy applies to our website only and not 3rd party websites or websites referred through a link. We do not rent, sell, or share your personal information with third parties. By using our website or providing us with your information, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
2. Information We Collect
Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals website processes personal information on our servers. When you visit our website, we may collect the following information to respond to your inquiries or provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services.
2. a. User Communications
When you send an email or other communication via our website, we may retain that information in order to process and respond to your inquiries. This includes personal information you provide such as your name, email address, phone number, and other contact details.
2. b. Automatically Collected Information
We may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics and Moz Pro, to collect information about your use of our website. This may include your IP address, browser type, device information, and browsing behavior. When you book through our site it will direct you to a trusted third party site. You can book and enter dates and receive a quote without entering any Personal Identifiable Information (PII). If after seeing the quote, you choose to book, your name, email, and phone number are collected so you can receive communications during the booking process. Only acceptances are kept on record with dates in the form of the inquiry, quote, booking, and the signed renters agreement. If you decide to book, payment processing is done via the credit card you selected. This information is saved by your credit card company. These third-party websites may have different privacy practices and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.
2. c. Links
Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals may present links to other sites so you may gain more information for example in our blog. You acknowledge that Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals is providing these links to you as a convenience, and you agree that Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals is not responsible for the content of such sites. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit personal information from you. You should read their privacy policies as they would have different privacy practices than Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use your information for the following purposes:
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
- To process your booking and provide communications.
- To improve our website and services.
- To analyze website traffic and usage.
- To comply with legal obligations.
We may contact you by email for the purposes described in this section. By submitting such information to us, you are deemed to have agreed to us contacting you by email. If you book with us, we will send a Welcome Letter, Final Letter, Checklist, and Area Attractions Guide. We may also provide announcements about weather or scheduled maintenance, but only if needed.
4. How we collect your information
We receive your Personal Information from various sources:
- When you voluntarily provide us with your personal details when you fill out forms on our site, sent us an inquiry, or booked one of our homes;
- When you use or access our Site in connection with the use of our services;
- From third party providers, services, and public registers (for example, traffic analytics vendors).
5. Disclosure of Your Information
Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals does not share your personal information (such as phone numbers, email addresses, name, or other identifiable information) with other companies or individuals outside of Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals except in the following limited circumstances:
- Third Party Service providers such as traffic analytics vendors who help us operate and improve our website. Or our Property Management Service who processes your booking.
- Legal authorities when required by law to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable government request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals its users or the public as permitted by law.
6. Your Choices
If you have any questions or comments, or if you want to update, delete, or change any Personal information we hold, or you have a concern about the way in which we handle any privacy matter, please contact us at: reservations@utahhomesandvacationrentals.com
7. Cookies
When you visit our website, we send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.
A ‘cookie’ is a small piece of information that a website assigns to your device while you are viewing a website. Cookies are very helpful and can be used for various different purposes. These purposes include allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, enable automatic activation of certain features, remembering your preferences and making the interaction between you and our Services quicker and easier.
The Site uses the following types of cookies:
- ‘session cookies’ which are store only temporarily during a browsing session in order to allow normal use of the system and are deleted from your device when the browser is closed;
- persistent cookies’ which are read only by the Site, saved on your computer for a fixed period and are not deleted when the browser is closed. Such cookies are used where we need to know who you are for repeat visits, for example to store your preferences for the next sign-in;
- 'third party cookies’ which are set by other online services who run content on the page you are viewing, for example by third party analytics companies who monitor and analyze our web access.
Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but Personal Information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. You may remove the cookies by following the instructions of your device preferences; however, if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our Site may not operate properly, and your online experience may be limited.
We also use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about your use of the Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users access the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, etc. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site and services. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit sites, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google’s ability to use and share information collect by Google Analytics about your visits to this Site is restricted by Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy which can be found on their site.
Other third-party cookies would be generated if you booked a property or paid through the credit card company of your choice. The credit card details, name, address, etc. in order to process the transaction. This information is not sold.
8. Retention
We will retain your Personal Information as long as necessary to provide our Services, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Retention periods will be determined taking into account the type of information that is collected and the purpose for which it is collected, bearing in mind the requirements applicable to the situation and the need to destroy outdated, unused information at the earliest reasonable time. Under applicate regulations, we will keep records containing customer Personal Information, communications, and anything else as required by applicable laws and regulations.
9. Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access or disclosure. We restrict access to your personal information to Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals employees and our web designer/administrator in order to operate, develop, or improve our services. These individuals understand that this information is confidential and may be subject to discipline, including termination, if they fail to meet these obligations.
10. Data Security
Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals uses SSL and other encryption, password protection, firewalls, internal restrictions, and other security measures to help prevent unauthorized access to your personally identifiable information.
Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard your information, we are not responsible for the acts of those who gain unauthorized access or abuse our Site, and we make no warranty, express, implied, or otherwise, that we will be able to prevent any such access which occurs via inappropriate, illegal or unauthorized means.
11. Children's Policy
Our Services are not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not intentionally gather personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. Should we become aware that a child under 13 has furnished us with personal information, we promptly remove it from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you have reason to believe your child has supplied us with personal information, please get in touch with us so that we can take appropriate action.
12. Jurisdiction
This Policy is governed by and will be enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah and the United States of America. Any action against Utah Homes and Vacation Rentals arising out of or relating to this Policy must be brought to the Morgan County Court, Morgan, Utah in USA and you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court.
13. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The updated policy will be posted on our website with the effective date. It is your responsibility to review our most current policy on our website. You are responsible to regularly review our Policy. Continued use of our services after any such modification shall be taken as your acceptance to be bound by the terms and conditions set for in the modified policy.
14. Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.
15. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at reservations@utahhomesandvacationrentals.com.
This privacy policy was last updated on: April 3, 2024