HotelAdvice.com - Company Statement & Legal Notices

1. Introduction
   Welcome to the HotelAdvice.com web site owned and operated by TheHotelWeb.com Limited listed in UK. Please review the legal notices concerning your use of this site. By accessing, using or downloading materials from this web site you agree to follow and be bound by these terms and conditions. This Privacy Policy applies to sites that have URLs ending in HotelAdvice.com, and also to sites at other specified URLs. Inclusion of the HotelAdvice.com logo at the top of a web page does not necessarily mean that this Privacy Policy applies. Be sure to check the URL that you link to from HotelAdvice.com web pages to determine whether this Privacy Policy applies. You may download, view, and print documents, text and graphics (the "Documents") from this web site subject to the following restrictions:

    

   1. The Documents may be used solely for informational purposes;
   2. The Documents may not be modified or altered in any way.

   Except as expressly provided herein, you may not use, download, upload, copy, print, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, post, transmit or distribute any information from this web site in whole or in part without the prior written permission of TheHotelWeb.com.
   

    

2. Mission Statement
   Hoteladvice.com's mission is to provide international travellers a FREE advice and booking service when booking hotels anywhere in the World by 2002. From very small privately owned hotels to large branded de Luxe Hotels. The purpose of the website is to give travellers access to all sorts of accommodation and Last-minute discounts, which normal travel agents cannot offer. In addition to this all staff are multilingual and from within the hotel industry with experience in different countries giving us the edge to our competitors. As many agencies have several levels of commissions and Mark-up charges, we work directly with the Hotel Properties or on the hotels behalf, hence the usually comparative lower rates.
   

    

3. Privacy Policy
   Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect visitor's contact information (like their email address) and financial information (like their account or credit card numbers). Contact information from the order form is used to send orders, information about our company, and promotional material from some of our partners to our customers. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services and for no other purpose.

   HotelAdvice.com respects your privacy. TheHotelWeb.Com Ltd has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: HotelAdvice.Com.

   We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site.

   This site contains links to other sites. HotelAdvice.Com
   

   is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

   This statement of our Privacy Policy explains what information we gather from you and how we use that information. We consider the information you have shared with us strictly confidential and will use that information only as specified in this Privacy Policy or to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law.
   HotelAdvice.com will not share personally identifiable information with other companies or individuals unless: We have your express permission to share the information; We need to share your information with our partner companies in order to provide a product or service you have requested. Unless we tell you otherwise, these partners do not have the right to use your personal information we share with them beyond what is necessary to deliver your requested product or service; or We comply with subpoenas or court orders.

   Except as we've just explained above, HotelAdvice.com will not sell or disclose your personally identifiable information to anyone. Nor will we ever share with anyone personally identifiable information about you that is of medical, financial or sexual nature.
   

    

4. Code of Practice - Information Gathered
   We collect certain information from you in order to provide you with the most interesting and useful Web site possible.

   We use your IP address to identify you, to gather demographic information that helps us understand how you and our other customers use our Web site, and to administer our Web site. If you purchase items through the MarketPlace, your IP address is used to help match you with your shopping cart.

   Our registration form requires you to give us contact information (like your name and email address), demographic information (like your zip code, age, occupation and income level) and profile information (like your investment experience). We use your contact information to contact you about our Web site and provide you with information and promotional material from our partners and advertisers. We use various other portions of your information to comply with New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market regulations regarding the distribution of real-time information, to target advertising, and to personalize our Web site by showing you content that we think you might be interested in and displaying the content according to your preferences.

   We sometimes conduct or sponsor surveys and contests on our Web site. If you elect to participate, we may ask you for contact, demographic and other information as part of these offerings. We would use this information to analyze and report on the results of surveys, to provide you with the results of the surveys and contests, and to send you information about our company and promotional material from our partners and advertisers. Participation in surveys and contests is completely voluntary.

   From time to time we may supplement information that you provide to us with information received from third parties.
   

    

5. Information Disclosure
   We do not sell, trade or rent your personal contact information to anyone.

   We share demographic, profile and other general information about you and our other customers with our advertisers on an aggregate basis. This means that we tell our advertisers general information about the characteristics of our customer base such as how many female visitors and registered users we have within a certain postal code, but we do not specifically identify a particular female visitor or provide her contact information to our advertisers.

   Our advertisers may ask us to mail or e-mail you promotional information tailored to your interests. We will send you this information on behalf of our advertisers. Our advertisers will not be given your contact information. From time to time we may use third parties (pursuant to a confidentiality agreement) to assist us in e-mail broadcasts and list management. You may opt-out of receiving these mailings as explained below under the heading Your Options.

   We may disclose your contact information or other specific information about you to third parties in conjunction with contests or new service offerings that you elect to participate in, but we will specifically describe with whom we will be sharing the information at the time we gather the information.

   We may share your contact information with our strategic partners and certain other companies from whom you select to receive information. You must specifically opt to receive this information. For example, if you are interested in brokerages, and indicate that you would like to receive information regarding brokerages, we will provide our brokerage partners and other interested brokerages with information about your particular needs. These selected entities may send you information by e-mail or regular mail, or may contact you by telephone.

   We may release your contact and other information to third parties when we believe that such release is reasonably necessary to (i) comply with law, (ii) cooperate with state and federal regulatory agency investigations, (iii) comply with the terms of the Subscriber Agreements with Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange, (iv) enforce the terms of our User Agreement or License Agreement, or (v) protect the rights of HotelAdvice.com or others.
   

    

6. Cookies
   Our site does not use cookies. We do not have access to any information about you from cookies you might receive while visiting our site.

   . Our Web site contains display ads sold by us or by outside advertising agencies. These ads may contain cookies which will be deposited in your hard drive if you click on the ads. Information generated from cookies deposited on your hard drive by our advertisers is collected by our advertisers and we do not have access to this information.

   Most browsers are set to accept cookies unless you reconfigure your browser to refuse them or to notify you when you have received one. If you do not accept cookies, you will not be able to use certain features of our site.
   

    

7. Subscriptions and Purchases
   You may subscribe for a fee to certain services through our Web site or purchase publications and merchandise through the MarketPlace. If you subscribe for services which require payment of a fee or place an order with us through the MarketPlace, we will need your contact information and certain financial information such as your credit card number. Any financial information we collect will be used solely to bill you for the services and items you have purchased and to ship items to you.
   

    

8. Public Forums
   Chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups are available to you through our Web site. Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas becomes public information. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited responses. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any of your personal information in a public forum.
   

    

9. Security & Safety Issues
   Our Web site has certain security measures in place in effort to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. You can visit our site and use many of our services without having to tell us who you are or reveal any personally identifiable information to us. It is only when you register to become an HotelAdvice.com Member, use certain HotelAdvice.com services, or enter contests, that you will be asked to provide us with personally identifiable information.
   

    

10. Links to Other Web Sites
    Our Web site contains links to other sites. HotelAdvice.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. You may wish to review the privacy policies of these sites.

    This site uses the services of Engage for the serving and/or targeting of ads, promotions and other marketing messages. To do this, Engage collects anonymous data through the use of cookies. To learn more about Engage, including your ability to opt out of the Engage system, go to
    

     

11. Your Options
    Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

    This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.
    

    HotelAdvice.com shares some of the anonymous information we collect with Engage. In addition, we allow both Engage and DoubleClick to set and access cookies on your computer. To learn more about Engage and DoubleClick, and your rights and choices regarding the anonymous information they may gather, click here.
    

    HotelAdvice.com does not provide either Engage nor DoubleClick, or any other advertiser or advertising service provider, any personally identifiable information. However, certain ads you see on our site may allow personally identifiable information to be collected (such as sweepstakes that allow you to enter the contest without ever clicking to a new site). Such information is never shared with HotelAdvice.com. For more information, click here.
    

    You may choose not to register for real-time quotes. Access to delayed quotes does not require registration.

    You may opt-out of receiving communications from us and/or our partners. Your options include:
    
    Opting to not receive promotional materials from our advertisers and/or,
    Opting to not receive any newsletters, notices about new services or any other content from HotelAdvice.com.

    You may opt-out during the registration process or after registering by visiting us at and using the Account Information link or by contacting us by e-mail at support@HotelAdvice.com. Every e-mail we send to you will provide you with instructions on how to unsubscribe so that you will not receive any future e-mails.
    

     

12. Correct or Update Your Information
    You may correct or update any information previously provided to us by visiting us at and using the Account Information link or by contacting us by e-mail at support@HotelAdvice.com.
    

     

13. Contacting Us
    If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact

    Web Site Administrator
    HotelAdvice.com
    Suite 10, Arcade Chambers
    The Arcade
    Eltham High Street
    Amsterdam SE9 1BG
    United Kingdom
    

     

14. Additional Information
    Please also refer to the HotelAdvice.com License Agreement for additional privacy related information. For general information about Internet privacy issues, you may wish to visit the Web site hosted by the Federal Trade Commission Whenever you visit HotelAdvice.com, even if you have not registered with us, our web server logs automatically receive and record anonymous information from your web browser including you IP Address, HotelAdvice.com cookie information, the HotelAdvice.com page(s) you request, and any search terms you query.
    

    HotelAdvice.com uses this anonymous information to customize your experience on our site, to improve our services, and to show you more relevant advertising messages. We ordinarily do not attempt to link this information to a specific person, with certain important exceptions.
    

    If you are a registered HotelAdvice.com Member, your personally identifiable registration information is also recorded alongside the anonymous information in our web server log. So, once you register as an HotelAdvice.com Member, you are no longer anonymous to us. HotelAdvice.com uses personally identifiable information for three main purposes: to fulfill your requests for certain services, to personalize the advertising and content you see on our pages, and to tell you about special offers and new products and services.
    

    You may edit or delete your HotelAdvice.com Member Registration information and account preferences, including whether you want us to contact you about special offers and products, at the HotelAdvice.com Member Center at any time. Even so, certain information might remain in our records for a short time after your account is deleted.
    HotelAdvice.com operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of your user data.
    

    Only certain employees have access to the information you provide us. They have access only for customer care, software maintenance, and Membership analysis.
    

    HotelAdvice.com updates this policy from time to time so please review it periodically. Bear in mind that the only way to ensure your personal privacy whenever you are on the Internet is to make sure your browser is configured so that you are alerted to the placement of all cookies.