Privacy Policy

*Last updated September 2023

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use this website and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We use your personal data to provide and improve the site. By using the site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Personal Data
While using our site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Usage Data

Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the site.
Usage Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the site by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site or access the site through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our site and store certain information. Tracking technologies are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and improve and analyze our site. The technologies we use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may be unable to use some parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our site may use cookies.
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our site and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the website owner, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a specific section and verifying system and server integrity).

The website owner may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our site, including monitoring our site's usage.
• To contact you: To contact you by email when signed up for our email newsletter or when you receive a reply from the website owner after submitting an inquiry regarding this Privacy Policy or a query you submitted on our Booking page.
• To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other books, sites, services, and blog posts we offer similar to those you have already signed up for or inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
• To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.
• For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our site, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

• With service providers: We may share your personal information with an email newsletter provider or monitor and analyze the use of our site and contact you.
• With other commenters/website visitors: When you share personal information or otherwise interact in public areas with other users, such as the comment section of our blog, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. Similarly, other commenters or website visitors can view what you comment and communicate with you via a reply.
• With your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent. In contact forms or our email newsletter, you must check the box confirming that we have your consent. If this box is not checked, your information will not be sent to us, and you will not be able to join our newsletter or send a query to the Inquiries Page.

The website owner may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our site, including monitoring our site's usage.
• To contact you: To contact you by email when signed up for our email newsletter or when you receive a reply from the website owner after submitting an inquiry regarding this Privacy Policy or a query you submitted to the Inquiries Page.
• To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other books, sites, services, and blog posts we offer similar to those you have already signed up for or inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
• To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.
• For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our site, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

• With service providers: We may share your personal information with an email newsletter provider or monitor and analyze the use of our site and contact you.
• With other commenters/website visitors: When you share personal information or otherwise interact in public areas with other users, such as the comment section of our blog, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. Similarly, other commenters or website visitors can view what you comment and communicate with you via a reply.
• With your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent. In contact forms or our email newsletter, you must check the box confirming that we have your consent. If this box is not checked, your information will not be sent to us, and you will not be able to join our newsletter or send a query on the Inquiries Page.

The website owner will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The website owner will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally kept for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or improve the functionality of our site, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for more extended periods.

The website owner will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the Personal Data we collected about you.
Our site may give you the ability to delete certain information about you from within the site.
You may update, amend, or delete your information at any time by contacting us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information you provided.
Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.