Introduction
he Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitors Bureau is committed to providing excellent service to all
who have an interest in the National Lakeshore and the privately owned and operated lodging
facilities which are located at the heart of it. Included in the bureau's commitment is a
firm commitment to respecting your online privacy and protecting your personal information.
Browsing
Visitors who browse the website do so anonymously as we have not configured this website to collect any information from your computer without your input. This means that unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with information, we will not know your identity, your e-mail address or any other information identifiable to you.
Email Communication and Opt-Out
It is the intention of the bureau to send you email communications that are useful to you that you want to receive. When you join our email community and provide your address we will periodically contact you via email and provide you information about the National Lakeshore and the area and with promotions from our member properties that may be of interest to you. If you received a mailing from us your email address is listed with us as someone who has expressly shared this address for purposes of receiving information from us in the future ("opt-in"). We do respect your time and attention by controlling the frequency of our mailings.
If you do not wish to receive email updates and information ("opt-out") or if you wish to change your expressed interests, you may do so by following the instructions at the end of any email we send.
Sharing and Usage
We will never voluntarily share, sell or rent personal information with anyone. Information submitted to us is only available to employees and volunteers managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information and to contracted service providers for purposes of providing services relating to our communications with you.
In the following limited circumstances personal information may be released to third parties:
b) in the very rare instance that we believe there is a physical threat to you or others.
Links to Other Sites
If you choose to leave this, the official site of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitors Bureau, via links to other non-bureau sites, including those of members or advertisers, the bureau is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of such sites nor is the bureau responsible for any consequences you might incur or suffer by visiting such sites.
Security Commitment
Although "guaranteed security" does not exist either on or off of the Internet, we are committed to privacy and support current industry initiatives, which are constantly evolving, to preserve and protect individual privacy rights on the Internet. We use security measures to protect against loss, misuse and alteration of data and personal information used by our system.
Your Consent
By using this web site, you consent to the terms of our Privacy Policy, which was created on February 22, 2005, and to our processing of personal information for the purposes stated above. Should we change our Privacy Policy, we intend to take every reasonable step to ensure that those changes are brought to your attention by posting them here on our web site.
Conclusion
Your privacy concerns are important to us. We hope that this privacy statement has been helpful to you.
