Privacy Policy

Geronimo Hospitality Group ("Geronimo Hospitality Group") operates HotelSantaBarbara.com and may operate other websites. It is Geronimo Hospitality Group policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
 

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Geronimo Hospitality Group collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Geronimo Hospitality Group purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Geronimo Hospitality Group visitors use its website. From time to time, Geronimo Hospitality Group may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

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Geronimo Hospitality Group also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on HotelSantaBarbara.com blogs/sites. Geronimo Hospitality Group only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
 

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Geronimo Hospitality Group websites choose to interact with Geronimo Hospitality Group in ways that require Geronimo Hospitality Group to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Geronimo Hospitality Group gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at HotelSantaBarbara.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Geronimo Hospitality Group are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Geronimo Hospitality Group collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Geronimo Hospitality Group. Geronimo Hospitality Group does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
 

Aggregated Statistics

Geronimo Hospitality Group may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Geronimo Hospitality Group may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Geronimo Hospitality Group does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
 

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Geronimo Hospitality Group discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Geronimo Hospitality Group behalf or to provide services available at Geronimo Hospitality Group websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Geronimo Hospitality Group websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Geronimo Hospitality Group will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Geronimo Hospitality Group discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Geronimo Hospitality Group believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Geronimo Hospitality Group, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Geronimo Hospitality Group website and have supplied your email address, Geronimo Hospitality Group may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Geronimo Hospitality Group and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Geronimo Hospitality Group takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
 

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Geronimo Hospitality Group uses cookies to help Geronimo Hospitality Group identify and track visitors, their usage of Geronimo Hospitality Group website, and their website access preferences. Geronimo Hospitality Group visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Geronimo Hospitality Group websites, with the drawback that certain features of Geronimo Hospitality Group websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
 

Business Transfers

If Geronimo Hospitality Group, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Geronimo Hospitality Group goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Geronimo Hospitality Group may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
 

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Geronimo Hospitality Group and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
 

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Geronimo Hospitality Group may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Geronimo Hospitality Group sole discretion. Geronimo Hospitality Group encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a HotelSantaBarbara.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.