ChinaDreamInn.com is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. We take privacy protection very seriously, and make it our highest priority to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal information you provide to us.
Please read carefully the following policy to learn about our privacy practices. By visiting our website, www.chinadreaminn.com, you are accepting the practices described herein.
· Protection on children's privacy
What we collect from our site
In General. We receive and choose to store certain information you enter on our Web site or give us in other ways. This includes information that can identify you ("personal information"), including your first and last name, telephone number, postal and e-mail addresses, and, in some cases, billing information (such as credit card number, cardholder name, expiration date, etc). You can choose not to provide information to us, but in general some information about you is required in order for you to register as a site member or public user, property owner; to purchase products or services from the site; complete a profile; participate in a survey, ask us a question; or initiate other transactions on our site.
Guest Information. When you purchase travel-related products or service for someone else through ChinaDreamInn.com, we will request personal information about that individual. You should obtain the consent of other individuals prior to providing ChinaDreamInn.com with their personal information and travel preferences, as any access to view or change their information will be available only through your account.
Cookies and Other Web Technologies.
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies (with 3rd party vendor applications) to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Information Collected by Third-Party Advertising Companies. Third-party advertisers, such as those we use to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet, may use cookies and other technologies (such as Web beacons or single-pixel GIFS) for several purposes, including: to measure the effectiveness of their ads; to analyze, modify, and personalize advertising content on ChinaDreamInn.com and other sites; and to provide ads about goods and services we hope will be of interest to you. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features they may use, and the information practices of these advertisers are not covered by this Privacy Policy.
How we use your information
ChinaDreamInn.com uses sensitive billing information (such as cardholder name, credit card number, and expiration date) for the purpose of completing the reservations and purchases you make on our site. We may also charge you directly for the total fees of the products or services at the completion of the services or at the scheduled date/time s outlined in our reservation/cancellation policies.
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
· to provide you with the products and services you request;
· to provide you with booking confirmation and updates;
· to manage your account, including processing bills and providing related notifications;
· to communicate with you in general and to respond to your questions and comments;
· to resolve disputes, collect fees, or troubleshoot problems;
· to measure interest in and improve our products, services and the site for customizing your experience with ChinaDreamInn.com;
· to solicit information from you, including through surveys or collect your review ratings;
· We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
· From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
· to reward you as part of any reward or recognition program we may implement in the future and you choose to join;
· to prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities
· to enforce our Terms of Use;
· and as otherwise described to you at the point of collection
Please review "Your choices to the collection and use of your information" below.
With whom we share your information
ChinaDreamInn.com may share your information only upon needed with the following entities:
- Suppliers, such as hotel or tour providers, who fulfill your reservations. Throughout ChinaDreamInn.com, all services provided by a third-party supplier are described as such. We will not share your email address or credit card information with these suppliers unless they need it to fulfill the travel reservation you have made on ChinaDreamInn.com, and we restrict their use of this information to that purpose. We do not place limitations on our suppliers' use or disclosure of your other personal information. Therefore, we encourage you to review the additional privacy policies of any supplier whose products or services you purchase through ChinaDreamInn.com. Please note that these suppliers also may contact you as necessary to obtain additional information about you or to facilitate your reservations.
- Third-party vendors who provide services or functions on our behalf, including credit card processing, business analytics, customer service, marketing, distribution of surveys or sweepstakes programs, and fraud prevention. These companies have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but are not permitted to share or use the information for any other purpose.
- Business partners with whom we may jointly offer products or services. You can tell when a third party is involved in a product or service you have requested because their name will appear with ours. If you choose to access these optional services, we may share information about you, including your personal information, with those partners. Please note that we do not control the privacy practices of these third-party business partners and recommend you evaluate their practices before deciding to provide your personal information.
- Companies within the ChinaDreamInn family. Sharing this information with our U.S. corporate affiliates as well as international corporate affiliates enables us to provide you with information about our direct products and services. To the extent that our corporate affiliates have access to your information, they will follow practices that are at least as restrictive as the practices described in this Privacy Policy. They also will comply with applicable laws governing the transmission of promotional communications and, at a minimum, give you an opportunity in any commercial e-mail they send to choose not to receive such e-mail messages in the future.
We also may share your information:
- In response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases we reserve the right to raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us.
- When we believe it is appropriate to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal or suspected illegal activities; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of ChinaDreamInn.com, our customers, or others; and in connection with our Terms of Service and other agreements.
- In connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
Other than as set out above, you will be notified when personal information about you will be shared with third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to have us share such information.
We also may share aggregate or anonymous information with third parties, including advertisers and investors. For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of visitors a Web site receives or what are the most popular vacation destinations. This information does not contain any personal information and is used to develop content and services we hope you will find of interest.
How you can access your information
You can access your information at various points on the ChinaDreamInn.com Web site. These include:
- The Public User Logon page on ChinaDreamInn.com, where you can view, update, or change your personal information. On this page, you also can change your password; update or correct names, phone numbers with your profile; and update your preferences.
- The My Reservation page, where you can view, update, or delete your saved reservations
- If you are one of the Property Owners,, you may access your information from the “Property Owner” page or Property Owner Sign-in page. These pages allow you to update your personal profile, password, and edit your property listings, edit special offerings, etc.
Your choices to the collection and use of your information
- As discussed above, you can choose not to provide us with any information, although it may be needed to make purchases or to take advantage of certain features offered on ChinaDreamInn.com.
- You also can add or update information on the Account Logon and My Reservation pages. If you choose to close your account, you can contact us at anytime through Contact Us form on the site or email us at customerservice@chinadreaminn.com.
- When you register as a member on ChinaDreamInn.com, if applicable upon site features or areas, you will be given a choice as to whether you want to receive e-mail messages from ChinaDreamInn.com about special offers. You can modify your choice at any time by Contact Us or email us at customerserice@chinadreaminn.com whether registered as a ChinaDreamInn.com member or not. please note that we reserve the right to send you other communications, including service announcements, administrative messages, and surveys relating either to your ChinaDreamInn.com account or to your transactions on ChinaDreamInn.com, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
- Most browsers Help will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Please note that if you refuse to accept cookies from ChinaDreamInn.com, you may not be able to benefit some features or offerings of our site.
- If applicable, you may also choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
o whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
o if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to the address listed in Contact Us section of this document or emailing us at customerservice@chinadreaminn.com.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
How we protect your information
We want you to feel confident and secure about using ChinaDreamInn.com to plan and purchase your travel-related products or services, so we are committed to protecting the information we collect. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial/administrative procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
In addition, we use encryption when transmitting your sensitive personal information between your system and ours, between ours and third-party providers, and we employ firewalls and intrusion detection systems to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your information. Sensitive data including credit card numbers are also encrypted in our databases.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be applied. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to address provided at the Contact Us section of this document.
Protection on Children's privacy
Under ChinaDreamInn.com Terms and Conditions, only users 18-year-old or older are allowed to use the site and services. ChinaDreamInn.com does not sell products or services for purchase by children. Should a child whom we know to be under 13 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child to inform him or her that we must have parental consent before receiving his or her personal information.
Links to other websites
We provide links to other sites as a convenience to our customers. These include links to web sites operated by other government agencies, nonprofit organizations and other businesses. If any part of the ChinaDreamInn.com site links you to other websites, those websites do not operate under this Privacy Policy. When you link to another web site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that site and we recommend you to review privacy policy of those sites carefully for the protection of your personal information.
When you follow a link to one of these sites following ChinaDreamInn.com Site, nor any agency, officer, or employee of CHINADREAMINN, warrants the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published by these external sites, nor endorses any content, viewpoints, products, or services linked from these systems, and can not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance on the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of their information. Portions of such information may be incorrect or not current. Any person or entity that relies on any information obtained from these systems does so at his or her own risk.
Updates to this Privacy Policy
ChinaDreamInn.com may update this Privacy Policy in the future. We will notify you about material changes to this Privacy Policy by sending a notice to the e-mail address you provided to us or by placing a prominent notice on our Web site.
Contact us
If you have questions about either Privacy Policy (or your travel planning or purchases), please e-mail us using our Contact Us form or email admin@ChinaDreaminn.com.
You can also write to us at:
ChinaDreamInn.com
c/o TriStrategy, Inc.
P.O. Box 1288
Issaquah, WA 98027-0050
This Privacy Policy is effective as of August 29, 2007 and last updated on August 29, 2007.