This is the Privacy Policy of the Holiday Institute (HI) website: www.holiday-institute.com. This policy purpose is to inform you on how we collect and use your information, of our efforts to protect it and of other matters related to your use of the HI website. Please note that this policy only applies to the HI Web site.
Personal information refers to information that can be used to identify or contact an individual. This may include, a first and last name, a physical address, an email address, or a phone number which you choose to provide us. If you are visiting our site to browse or find information about our institute, our activities, or our programs and services, you do not need to provide any personal information. If you decide to leave a comment, submit a request, register for an account or make a purchase, via our website we may collect this information to respond to you or to provide you with the program or service you requested.
Our website makes use of various technologies to collect information about types and versions of internet browsers used when accessing our web site. This information, and information about internet IP addresses, about date and time web pages are visited, are collected and stored. Our purpose for collecting this information is to analyze it to better understand how HI web visitors us our website, in an effort to track and predict traffic patterns and estimate resource needs. Unless we are tracking down a technical problem or suspect fraudulent behavior or illegal conduct, we do not trace specific user sessions. We also do not use IP addresses to identify HI website visitors, and do not disclose such information, other than under the circumstances as described below.
Our website may contain links to other websites provided by third parties not under our control. When following a link and providing information to a third-party website, please be aware that we are not responsible for the data provided to that third party. This privacy policy only applies to the HI website listed at the beginning of this document. Thus when you visit other websites, even when you click on a link posted on our website, you should read the privacy policies applicable to those websites.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
HI uses personal information provided by you so that we can respond to you or to provide you with the program or service you requested. When you submit an order, you will receive an email notification from our system followed by updates as your order status changes. These notifications are considered part of our service and may not be disabled. We may also periodically send you email notifications concerning products or services. Any such notification will include instructions for opting out of future mailings.
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Also note that we may need to transfer personal information insofar necessary to third parties such as our agents or employees of our service providers. We may in addition partner with third parties to provide various products and services. When you sign up for our programs and services, we will share required personal information that is necessary for the third party to provide the product or service to you. By signing up and using HI website you consent to HI transferring and sharing such information with the third party. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third parties protect and agree not to disclose your information to others.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
We will not use the information you provide when you register for an account, attend our events, receive information, use certain other services, or participate in any HI event in any other way.
We will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
We would like to send you email marketing communication which may be of interest to you from time to time. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Information about how you use our website is collected automatically using “cookies”. Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. Our website also uses cookies to provide consumers with a more pleasant online experience.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Data transmission over the internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. HI will not be liable for disclosures of your personal information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties. Once we receive your transmission, we take reasonable security measures to protect the confidentiality and security of your personally identifiable information, however we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or any information provided online, and so you do so at your own risk
This web site may send you notifications via email in order to service your HI account. These notifications are considered part of our service and may not be disabled. We will send the email, but we cannot guarantee delivery. You are responsible for providing a valid email address and for updating it when your address changes.
Although most changes are likely to be minor, HI may change its website Privacy Policy from time to time, and at HI’s sole discretion. HI encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information, we hold about you by emailing info@holiday-institute.com.
Established: May 3, 2024