Privacy policy and terms of use
This privacy policy and terms of use (“Policy”) governs your use of www.SkiTripPlanner.com (“Website”) and the collection and use of information that you provide through the Website to Ski Trip Planner LLC and its affiliated companies (“Company”). By using the Website, you agree to the terms in this Policy.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
The Company provides the Website to enable users to find ski resorts that match their selected interests. The Company also allows users to create an account on the Website. An account allows users to store their favorite resorts. Creating an account is optional. To create an account, users must provide an email address and select a password. The email address may qualify as personal information under applicable law. If you provide your email address to the Company, you thereby authorize the Company to email you about your account and to send you marketing emails. You may unsubscribe at any time from marketing emails by clicking the “UNSUBSCRIBE” link at the bottom of the email.
Except as expressly provided below, the Company does not sell, rent, lease, give, or otherwise transmit or share the emails of Website users to third parties. The Company may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (i) comply with the law or any court order; (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of the Company; and/or (iii) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Website users, the Company, or the public.
The Company uses its best efforts to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to your personal information, including by using the SSL Protocol. However, no data transmission over the internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Therefore, you acknowledge that there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the internet that are beyond Company’s control and the security, integrity, and privacy of your personal information cannot be guaranteed.
Cookie Policy
If you consent, the Company uses "cookies" to track your use of the Website to determine what Website services are the most popular and to deliver customized content and advertising. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information about site usage. Cookies allow websites to recognize your device and store certain information. You have the choice to accept or decline cookies. To decline the Website’s use of cookies, please select “Decline Cookies” at the prompt on the Website landing page.
If you accept cookies, the Company uses cookies with Google Analytics and Hotjar to monitor and analyze our website. We use Google Analytics to manage and deploy analytics and marketing tags on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not collect any personal data, but it facilitates the deployment of other cookies that may. We also use Hotjar. Hotjar helps us understand user behavior on our site through session recordings, heatmaps, and other analytics tools. Hotjar uses cookies to track user activity and collect data about how users interact with our website.
Data Collection Policy
We collect the following information from users' use of the Website. We collect your email address when you create an account. Your email may be used to provide account access, notifications, and updates. We store your password securely using encryption. We collect information about filters you apply when browsing or searching on our website. This helps us personalize and improve your user experience. We save the search queries you enter to enhance our services, provide relevant results, and improve our search algorithms. We may also sell those aggregated search results to third parties. We also collect information about the search results and resorts you bookmark, so we can serve these to you at a later time.
Right to Delete or Correct Personal Information
The Company will delete your personal information if you send a request to Support@SkiTripPlanner.com with such a request. If you believe your personal information is inaccurate, you may request a correction by emailing Support@SkiTripPlanner.com.
Links to other Websites
The Website may contain links to other websites. The Company does not control and is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any other website.
Website Use by Children
The Company does not authorize any person under the age of 13 to use the Website. The Website does not knowingly or willingly collect any information about children under the age of 13.
Website Copying Prohibited
You agree not to copy the Website’s ranking data, resort summaries, or other information on the Website. You further agree not to use the Website data or information for any purpose other than using the Website. You agree that if you violate these prohibitions that you will indemnify the Company against any and all damages and losses that may result.
Limitation of Liability
Company disclaims all warranties that the Website will be fit for any particular purpose. Company undertakes reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of all information on the Website but does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of the information on the Website. You agree to separately verify the accuracy of any information contained on the Website from other reliable sources before taking any action. You further agree not to institute any legal proceedings against Company arising from or involved in any way with your use of the Website.
Indemnification
You agree that if you violate this Policy and such violation results in financial damages to the Company, that you will indemnify the Company for such damages, including attorneys’ fees.
Copyright Notifications
If you believe that any Website content infringes your copyright, please email Support@SkiTripPlanner.com with the following information: (i) an identification and description of the copyrighted work, including its location on the Website (URL); (ii) a description of the activity and how you believe it infringes your copyright; (iii) a statement of your good faith belief that the material infringes your copyright; (iv) a statement that the information in your notice is accurate; and (v) your contact information, including your email address.
Policy Changes
The Company reserves the right to change this Policy. Changes will be reflected in the version number that appears at the bottom of this page. Your continued use of the Website will constitute your agreement to be bound by any Policy changes.
Contact Information
Please email any questions about this Policy to Support@SkiTripPlanner.com.
Version 1.1, effective October 1, 2024
