Privacy Statement
Last Updated: January 1, 2020
BeachRentalsDirect, owned and operated by operated by Surf Unlimited of South Brunswick Islands, Inc., values you as our customer and recognizes that privacy is important to you. This Privacy Statement explains how we collect, use, and disclose data when you use our platform and associated services, and tells you how to contact us.
Privacy Statement Summary
This is a summary of our Privacy Statement. To review our Privacy Statement in full, please scroll down.
1. What does this Privacy Statement cover?
This Privacy Statement is designed to describe:
• How and what type of personal information we collect and use
• When and with whom we share your personal information
• What choices you can make about how we collect, use, and share your personal information
2. What personal information do we collect and use, and how do we collect it?
We collect personal information when:
• You give us the information
• We collect it automatically
• We receive it from others
When you create an account on one of our sites, sign up to receive offers or information, or make a booking using our platform, you give us your personal information. We also collect such information through automated technology such as cookies placed on your browser—with your consent where applicable—when you visit our sites or download and use our mobile apps. We also receive information from affiliated companies also operated by Surf Unlimited of South Brunswick Islands, Inc. as well as from business partners and other third parties, which helps us improve our platform and associated tools and services, update and maintain accurate records, detect and investigate potential fraud, and more effectively market our services.
3. How is your personal information shared?
Your personal information may be shared to help you make a booking, assist you with or during your travel or stay, communicate with you (including when we send information about products and services or enable you to communicate with travel providers or property owners or managers), or to comply with the law. Our full Privacy Statement provides additional detail regarding how your personal information may be shared.
4. What are your rights and choices?
You can exercise your data-protection rights in various ways. For example, you can opt out of marketing by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in emails you receive, changing preferences in your account, as applicable, or by contacting our customer service team. Our Privacy Statement has more information about the options and data-protection rights available to you.
5. How to contact us
More information about our privacy practices is in our full Privacy Statement. You can also contact us as described below in the Contact Us section to ask questions about how we handle your personal information or to make requests about your personal information.
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Privacy Statement
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
Use of Personal Information
Sharing of Personal Information
Your Rights and Choices
International Data Transfer & Privacy Shield
Security
Record Retention
Cookie Statement
Contact Us
Updates to Privacy Statement
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
When you use our platform, mobile apps, or associated tools or services, we may collect the following kinds of personal information from you:
• Name, email address, telephone number; and home, business, and billing addresses
• Images, videos, and other recordings
Use of Personal Information
We use your personal information for various purposes described below, which depend on the site you visit or the app you use.
Your Use of Online Sites, Apps, and Services:
• Book the requested travel or enable vacation-property booking
• Provide services related to the booking or account
• Create, maintain, and update user accounts on our platform and authenticate you as a user
• Maintain your search and travel history, accommodation and travel preferences, and similar information about your use of Expedia Group’s platform and services, and as otherwise described in this Privacy Statement
• Enable and facilitate acceptance and processing of payments, coupons, and other transactions
• Administer loyalty and rewards programs
• Collect and enable booking-related reviews
• Help you to use our services faster and more easily through features such as the ability to sign-in using your account within the online services and sites of some of the Expedia Group companies
Communications and Marketing:
• Respond to your questions and requests for information, and process information choices
• Enable communication between travelers and travel suppliers, such as hotels and vacation-property owners and managers
• Contact you (such as by text message, email, phone call, mail, push notification, or messaging on other communication platforms) to provide information such as travel booking confirmations and updates, for marketing purposes, or for other purposes as described in this Privacy Statement
• Market our products and services, optimize such marketing to be more relevant to you, and measure and analyze the effectiveness of our marketing and promotions
• Administer promotions such as contests, sweepstakes, and similar giveaways
Other Business Purposes and Compliance
• Conduct surveys, market research, and data analytics
• Maintain, improve, research, and measure the effectiveness of our sites and apps, activities, tools, and services
• Monitor or record calls, chats, and other communications with our customer-service team and other representatives, as well as platform communications between or among partners and travelers for quality control, training, dispute resolution, and as otherwise described in this Privacy Statement
• Create aggregated or otherwise anonymized or deidentified data, which we may use and disclose without restriction where permissible
• Promote security, verify identity of our customers, prevent and investigate fraud and unauthorized activities, defend against claims and other liabilities, and manage other risks
• Comply with applicable laws, protect our and our users’ rights and interests, defend ourselves, and respond to law enforcement, other legal authorities, and requests that are part of legal processes
• Comply with applicable security and anti-terrorism, anti-bribery, customs and immigration, and other such due-diligence laws and requirements
• Operate our business as permitted by law
• Legal rights and obligations. We may disclose your personal information to enforce our policies, or where we are permitted (or believe in good faith that we are required) to do so by applicable law, such as in response to a request by a law enforcement or governmental authority, in connection with actual or proposed litigation, or to protect and defend our property, people, or other rights or interests. We may also share your personal information pursuant to a subpoena or other legal request, or as necessary to remit certain taxes in the course of processing payments as required by law or legal process.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your personal information, please contact us.
Updates to Privacy Statement
We may update this Privacy Statement in response to changing laws or technical or business developments. You can see when this Privacy Statement was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Statement.