privacy
Orchids2u.com (hereinafter “ORCHIDS2U”) is an online camp directory and booking engine where the public can view and book camps. ORCHIDS2U is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. You can contact ORCHIDS2U at: (323) 951-1232 or at its headquarters, 8125 w 3rd st. Los Angeles CA 90048.
. Because we value your patronage and respect your privacy, we are providing you with this ORCHIDS2U Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”). This Privacy Policy describes how Personal Information (defined below) about you may be used and disclosed by ORCHIDS2U in the course of business. It also describes how you can opt-out of some uses of Personal Information. Please review this Privacy Policy carefully. This Privacy Policy is applicable only to the web sites that post this Privacy Policy. It does not apply to any other web sites, including other web sites that may be owned, operated, or affiliated with ORCHIDS2U or its subsidiaries.
NOTICE TO PARENTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (COPPA)
ORCHIDS2U abides by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Therefore, we only collect information from persons under the age of 18 to transmit to the programs at which they choose or their parents/guardians choose for them to attend. It is collected actively and passively through cookies and fill in forms. If you do not want personal information collected about your child by Orchids2u, please contact us at privacy@Orchids2u.com to arrange for another method of delivery.
We will not store your child’s personal information aside from what is reasonably necessary to participate in a program that they choose to attend, nor will we dispense or disclose it to a third party. If a person under the age of 18 submits Personal Information without parent/guardian consent, we delete the information as soon as we discover the source of the submission, and we do not use the information for any purpose.
ORCHIDS2U does not condition a child’s participation in using ORCHIDS2U’s services on the disclosure of more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the activity.
TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT
“Personal Information” is information through which you can be identified. We collect Personal Information that you provide voluntarily at ORCHIDS2U or through email, postal mail, telephone, and other means. Personal Information that we may collect through ORCHIDS2U includes your name, date of birth, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, gender, credit card information, and your purchase and reservation information. Some Personal Information described above is considered “Confidential Personal Information.” Confidential Personal Information includes your name associated with one or more of the following: date of birth, credit card information, driver’s license number, state ID card, social security number, passport information and naturalization information.
We may combine Personal Information with other generally or publicly available information to help us identify your preferences or interests.
“Non-Personal Information” is information about you or your activities through which you cannot be personally identified. When you use the Internet, your web browser or client software may transmit certain information to the servers that host the web sites you visit. The information may include the unique number assigned to your server or Internet connection, your geographic location, and your movement within and interaction with ORCHIDS2U, including what pages you look at and what information you download. We use this Non-Personal Information for a variety of purposes including to generate aggregate statistics about visitors to ORCHIDS2U Web Sites. In situations where it is possible to do so, Non-Personal Information may be linked to Personal Information.
Cookies
ORCHIDS2U utilizes “cookies,” which are files that contain information sent by a web site that is saved on your hard drive by your computer’s browser. Cookies store information that a web site may need to personalize your experience and to gather web site statistical data about you. ORCHIDS2U uses cookies to collect and store your preferences for viewing ORCHIDS2U and may also be used to detect and resolve web site problems and to assist with customer support concerns.
Information Collected From Vendors
We may obtain Personal Information from business vendors and other entities that direct you to, or are located on ORCHIDS2U in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. We generally have no control over how our Vendors use Personal Information they collect from or about you. Therefore, we encourage you to consult our Vendors’ privacy policies for more information about their privacy protection practices.
HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may use the information collected and as described herein for marketing purposes, our own improvement purposes, and to assist users in accessing ORCHIDS2U.
If you do not want your Personal Information to be shared among ORCHIDS2U for marketing purposes, you may opt-out of such sharing by notifying us at privacy@Orchids2u.com. We may share your Personal Information and Non-Personal with our Vendors for joint marketing efforts, or for our Vendors’ own marketing purposes. If you do not want us to share your Personal Information with Vendors for marketing purposes, you may opt-out of such sharing by notifying us at privacy@Orchids2u.com. When we provide Personal Information to our Vendors, we require those Vendors to exercise reasonable care to protect your Personal Information and restrict the use of your Personal Information to the purposes for which it was provided. Please consult the privacy policy of our vendors to determine how a specific vendor uses your information.
California Rights
This summary fulfills the intent of California law requiring web sites to conspicuously post their privacy policies. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to identify the Personal Information we collect, describe how you can review and make changes to that Personal Information, describe how you can learn about changes to the Privacy Policy, and provide you with a mechanism to opt-out of certain marketing activities. If you wish to opt-out of receiving solicitations from us, or do not want us to share your Personal Information with Vendors for marketing purposes, you can record your preferences by emailing us at privacy@Orchids2u.com.
Security
Non-Personal Information and Personal Information, including Confidential Personal Information, collected by the ORCHIDS2U Web Sites is stored on secure servers. These security measures are instituted to ensure the protection of these secure servers from unauthorized access. However, no security system is impenetrable, and these systems could become accessible in the event of a security breach. We have controls in place that are designed to detect potential data breaches, contain and minimize the loss of data, and conduct forensic investigations of a breach. ORCHIDS2U DISCLAIMS ANY LOSS THAT MAY ARISE FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS.
We cannot enforce or control the security of the computers, electronic devices, or electronic communication method that a consumer may utilize to send e-mails and submit information to us over the Internet. You are responsible for ensuring that the computers, electronic devices and electronic communication methods you utilize will provide adequate security for communicating with us. We are not responsible for the disclosure or interception of your information before we receive it.
As a standard security practice, we will take reasonable steps, which are standard in the industry to ensure that the communication methods used to support the ORCHIDS2U Web Sites do not permit connection or communication by methods that have known security weaknesses or vulnerabilities. As such, if you experience trouble using an ORCHIDS2U Web Site, it may be an indication that you need to upgrade your Internet browsing tool or application to a newer version that supports more secure communication methods.ORCHIDS2U HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF WEBSITES OTHER THAN ORCHIDS2U.Orchids2u has no control over, and is not responsible for the information collected on third party sites.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. When this Privacy Policy is revised the revised Privacy Policy will be posted on the ORCHIDS2U Web Sites. Any revised Privacy Policy will only apply prospectively to Personal Information or Non Personal Information collected or modified after the effective date of the revised policy. You should periodically review the Privacy Policy available at ORCHIDS2U Web Sites for revisions. You are encouraged to bookmark the Web Sites to check for updates and take or print out copies of the Privacy Policy for your records. Use of a ORCHIDS2U Web Site after revision of the Privacy Policy signifies your consent to the revised Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@Orchids2u.com.
Revised 3/18/2010