Overview
We here at NearestBnB take your privacy very seriously and we are committed to providing you with the best experience through a transparent set of guidelines. This official Privacy Policy document explains the different types of information that is collected and treated by NearestBnB and how we use it.
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in NearestBnB. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or wish to learn more about our Privacy Policy.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.nearestbnb.com.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Information We Collect
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.
If you contact us directly or leave us a comment, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.
When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.
These actions are completely optional and refraining from performing them does not prevent you from accessing the site.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
Provide, operate, and maintain our website
Improve, personalize, and expand our website
Understand and analyze how you use our website
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
Send you emails
Find and prevent fraud
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the 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.
Google Analytics
We use the third party services of Google Analytics to collect information and details of visitors to nearestbnb.com. The purpose of this tool is to gather data points on items such as the number of visitors to each of our pages. The information is treated in an anonymous manner in a fashion that does not identify anyone. Under no circumstance do we request, and do not allow Google to request, any attempt to uncover the identities of our website visitors.
Third Party Privacy Policies
This Privacy Policy does not apply to NearestBnB’s advertisers or to other third party websites through external links given by this site. We advise you to consult the privacy policy of the third party if you have any questions about how they will use your information.
You can choose to disable their cookies through your individual browser options. To find out more information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of NearestBnB. Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on NearestBnB, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Please note that NearestBnB has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
How Long We Retain Your Data
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.
Google Analytics data are retained indefinitely to allow us to continuously generate and maintain our data and trend analyses.
Access to Your Personal 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. You can email your request to hello (at) nearestbnb (dot) com.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We routinely review and update our Privacy Policy. The latest update we have made to this policy was on 22 August 2020.
Cookies Policy
Overview
NearestBnB’s website uses ‘cookies’ to collect information. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies“.
How long are cookies stored for?
Persistent cookies – these types of cookies remain on a user’s device for a specific amount of time as specified in the cookie. They are then initiated each time the user visits the website that generated that cookie.
Session cookies – these types of cookies allow websites to link a user’s actions on the website during a browser session, which starts when a user opens the browser window and ends when the user closes the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily and are deleted when the user closes the browser.
Types of Cookies Used
Functionality Cookies
These types of cookies remember the choices you make to improve your user experience, such as a language, text size, or fonts. By using our website, you agree that we can deploy these types of cookies onto your device.
Affiliate Program Participation
NearestBnB participates in affiliate marketing, which is a mutual partnership for advertising done via tracking codes in links on our website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership that we have developed, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for the purpose of commissions.
Display Ads
We may use third party advertising companies to provide content and advertisements on our website. These companies may use cookies, which are controlled by the third party and are not subject to NearestBnB’s Privacy Policy. We advise that you please check with their websites for more information about their cookies management policy.
Can I Decline Cookies?
You can modify your browser settings to decline any cookies. This can be done within the “settings” section of your browser. Please go to AboutCookies.org for more information.
Log Files
NearestBnB follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
· Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
· Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
· Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
· The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
· The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
· The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
· The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
· The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
· The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
