Adirondack Hamlets to Huts Privacy Policy

Adirondack Hamlets to Huts (hereafter, AHH) is committed to protecting your privacy. In order to make reservations and payments on your behalf to provide select services such as securing places of lodging, renting gear, and arranging shuttles, we need to collect certain information from you. This privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement only applies to Adirondack Hamlets to Huts; it does not apply to our partners and lodging affiliates; nor does it apply to AHH’s online or offline sites, products, or services. Please read the complete Adirondack Hamlets to Huts privacy statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

We will ask you for personal information such as name, address, telephone number and credit card number when necessary for the payment of AHH services rendered. We also may need to collect other information from you such as your age, height, and weight for the rental of, for example, canoes, kayaks, paddles, life jackets and bikes.

Adirondack Hamlets to Huts also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times, and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of Adirondack Hamlets to Huts’ website. AHH also collects information about which pages our customers visit within our website. This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents as described below.

Use of your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
• To deliver services, such as newsletters and events, which you request or purchase.
• To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
• To alert you to special offers, updated information, and other new services from AHH, if you so request.
• To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.

We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry sections of AHH’s website, with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not provide you the personalized service and won’t merge your personal information with site-visitation data.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, sending postal mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

AHH may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on AHH or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Adirondack Hamlets to Huts, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of AHH’s employees, users of AHH’s products or services, or members of the public. Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which AHH or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. AHH abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Control of your Personal Information

When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, AHH will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

Registering also allows you to tell us how or whether you want AHH to communicate with you. After registering, go to the customer center and establish your preferences in the Contact Options sections. There, you can decide what information you want to receive and how you want to receive it. Or you can tell us not to contact you by removing check marks from the contact option boxes.

AHH may send out periodic emails informing you of technical service or security issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.

Security of your Personal Information

AHH is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

Use of Cookies

When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer’s machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above.

We also use cookies to collect information on which newsletter and/or site links are clicked by customers. This information is used to ensure we are sending information customers want to read. It is collected in aggregate form and never linked with your personal information.

If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the AHH site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site.

Changes to this Statement

AHH will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, AHH will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.