GENERAL RULES FOR WEBSITE USERS
“Non-Personally-Identifying Information” is information that, without the help of additional information, cannot be directly associated with a specific person. “Personally-Identifying Information,” by contrast, is information such as a name or email address that can be directly associated with a specific person. Like most website operators, AirportParkingBoston.com gathers from users of the Website Non-Personally-Identifying Information of the sort that Web browsers, depending on their settings, may make available. That information includes the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system and browser type, and the locations of the Web pages the user views right before arriving at, while navigating, and immediately after leaving the Website. AirportParkingBoston.com analyzes Non-Personally-Identifying Information gathered from users of the Website to help AirportParkingBoston.com better understand how the Website is being used. By identifying patterns and trends in usage, AirportParkingBoston.com is able to better design the Website to improve users’ experiences, both in terms of content and ease of use. From time to time, AirportParkingBoston.com may also release the Non-Personally-Identifying Information gathered from Website users in the aggregate, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Website.
We may also periodically obtain both Personally-Identifying Information and Non-Personally-Identifying Information about you from other AirportParkingBoston.com affiliated businesses, business partners, contractors, and other third parties in order to add it to our account information or other information we have collected. Examples of information that we may receive include updated address information, purchase history, and additional demographic information.
WEB COOKIES
A “web cookie” is a thread of information that a website stores on a user’s computer, and that the user’s browser provides to the website each time the user submits a query to the site. AirportParkingBoston.com uses web cookies to track the pages that users visit during each website session, both to help AirportParkingBoston.com improve users’ experiences and to help AirportParkingBoston.com understand how the website is being used. As with other Non-Personally-identifying information gathered from users of the website, AirportParkingBoston.com analyzes and discloses in aggregated form information gathered using web cookies, so as to help AirportParkingBoston.com, its partners, and others better understand how the website is being used. AirportParkingBoston.com does not attempt to link the information gathered using web cookies to personally-identifying information. AirportParkingBoston.com users who do not wish to have web cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse web cookies before accessing the website, with the understanding that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of web cookies. Website users who refuse web cookies assume all responsibility for any resulting loss of functionality.
THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISERS
AirportParkingBoston.com uses third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Website. These companies may use information (not including any Personally-Identifying Information) about your visits to this and other websites that are contained in web cookies to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. Using a tool created by the Network Advertising Initiative, you can opt out of several third-party ad servers’ and networks’ web cookies simultaneously. If you would like more information about this practice and know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please follow the following link: http://networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. Please contact us if you would like to know the identity of the third-party advertising companies we are currently using to serve ads.
WEB BEACONS
A “Web Beacon” is an object that is embedded in a web page that is usually invisible to the user and allows website operators to check whether a user has viewed a particular web page or an email. AirportParkingBoston.com may use Web Beacons on the Website and in emails to count users who have visited particular pages, viewed emails, and to deliver co-branded services. Web Beacons are not used to access users’ Personally-Identifying Information; they are a technique AirportParkingBoston.com may use to compile aggregated statistics about Website usage. Web Beacons collect only a limited set of information including a web cookie number, the time and date of a page or email view, and a description of the page or email on which the Web Beacon resides. Customers cannot decline Web Beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all Web Cookies or modifying the browser settings to notify the customer each time a Web Cookie is tendered and permit the customer to accept or decline Web Cookies on an individual basis.
AGGREGATED AND NON-PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
AirportParkingBoston.com may share aggregated and Non-Personally Identifying Information collected under any of the above circumstances. This information may also be shared with third parties and affiliate companies to help develop and deliver targeted advertising on our Website and on websites of said third parties. We may combine the Non-Personally Identifying Information collected with additional Non-Personally Identifying Information collected from other sources. Aggregated information with third parties, including advisors, advertisers, and investors may also be shared for the purpose of conducting general business analyses. For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of visitors to our Website and the most popular features or services accessed. This information does not contain any Personally-Identifying Information and may be used to develop website content to target content, advertising, and services that we hope you and other users will find of interest.
COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
WEBSITE REGISTRATION
As defined above, Personally-Identifying Information is information that can be directly associated with a specific person. AirportParkingBoston.com collects a range of Personally-Identifying Information about and from Website users. Much of the Personally-Identifying Information collected by AirportParkingBoston.com about users is information provided by users themselves at the time of registration with the Website and purchase services. That information may include each user’s name, address, email address, and telephone number. This occurs when customers participate in business transactions with us and may include financial information such as your payment method (valid credit card number, type, expiration date, or other financial information). We may also request information about your interests and activities, your gender, age, date of birth, username, hometown, other demographic information, and other relevant information as determined by AirportParkingBoston.com from time to time. Users of the Website are under no obligation to provide AirportParkingBoston.com with Personally-Identifying Information of any kind, with the caveat that a user’s refusal to do so may prevent the user from accessing certain Website features.
By registering with or using the Website, the Customer provides consent to the use and disclosure of their personally identifying information as described in this “collection, use, and disclosure of personally-identifying information” section.
ONLINE FORUMS AND PUBLIC POSTINGS; OTHER COLLECTIONS
Certain Personally-Identifying Information collected from users is disclosed as a result of those users’ use of the Website. We provide sections on our Website where customers can post information and reviews about service providers. Such postings are governed by our Terms of Use. In addition, such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever Customers voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others. For example, if you post your email address, you may receive unsolicited messages. AirportParkingBoston.com cannot control who reads your posting or what other users may do with the information you voluntarily post, so we encourage you to exercise discretion and caution with respect to your personal information. USERS ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS OF PRIVACY OR OTHER HARM RESULTING FROM THEIR VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
AirportParkingBoston.com COMMUNICATIONS
We may occasionally use your name and email address to send you notifications regarding new services offered by the Website that we think the Customer may find valuable. We may also send you service-related announcements from time to time, through the general operation of the service. Customers may opt out of such emails at the time of registration or by accessing their account settings. AirportParkingBoston.com holds the right to send the Customer notices about their account even if they opt out of all voluntary email notifications.
NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS OF WEBSITE TERMS OF USE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTED TO AirportParkingBoston.com
By submitting a copyright infringement notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [DMCA] (explained further in our Infringement Policy) or other communication (including communications about content stored on or transmitted through the Website), the Customer consents to have such communication forwarded to the person or entity who stored, transmitted or is linked to the content addressed by your communication, in order to facilitate a prompt resolution. For notices of violations of our Terms of Use or other communications (but not DMCA copyright infringement notifications), we will edit out your name and contact information upon a request made to AirportParkingBoston.com. However, DMCA copyright infringement notifications (including any personally identifiable information set forth in the notifications) will be forwarded as submitted to AirportParkingBoston.com without any deletions.
AirportParkingBoston.com DISCLOSURES
AirportParkingBoston.com WILL DISCLOSE PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION UNDER THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES:
- By Law or to Protect Rights: When we believe disclosure is appropriate in connection with efforts to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of AirportParkingBoston.com, our users, our employees, or others; to comply with applicable law or cooperate with law enforcement; or to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements or policies, in response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court order, or a request for cooperation from law enforcement or other government agencies; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases, AirportParkingBoston.com may raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us.
- Direct Mail Partners: From time to time, AirportParkingBoston.com may share our postal mailing list with selected providers of goods and services that may be of interest to the Customer. If you prefer to not receive mails and information from these providers, you may opt-out at the time of registration on our Website, or at any time thereafter by going to your account settings or contacting us using the contact information below.
- Marketing Communications: Unless users opt-out from receiving AirportParkingBoston.com marketing materials upon registration, we will continue to email users about products and services that AirportParkingBoston.com believes may be of interest to them and will also provide users’ email information to third parties, so that those third parties may directly contact users about additional products and services. If a user wishes to opt-out of receiving marketing materials from AirportParkingBoston.com or have their email information provided to third parties at any time after registration, users may do so by going to their account settings or contacting us using the contact information provided below. Even after opting out, a user may continue to receive marketing emails from third parties to whom AirportParkingBoston.com already has provided the user’s email information. Users will be responsible for directly contacting such third parties to request the cessation of further marketing emails.
- Service Provider: Whenever a user places an order for a service from a Service Provider, AirportParkingBoston.com will transfer all information to the Service Provider necessary for preparing and processing the order. On occasion, this may include transferring credit card and other payment information in cases where a parking spot, rather than AirportParkingBoston.com, is processing the payment. Users will need to contact these Service Providers directly to determine the privacy policies that apply to the information that AirportParkingBoston.com transfers to the Service Providers.
- Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your Personally-Identifying Information, which may include your name and contact information (this includes email addresses) with our authorized service providers that perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include fulfilling orders, providing customer service and marketing assistance, performing business and sales analysis, supporting our website functionality, and supporting contests, sweepstakes, surveys, and other features offered through our Website. We may also share your name, contact, and credit card information with our authorized service providers who process credit card payments. These Service Providers may have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but are not permitted to share or use such information for any other purpose.
- Business Transfers and Bankruptcy: AirportParkingBoston.com reserves the right to transfer all Personally-Identifying Information in its possession to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other sale of all or a portion of AirportParkingBoston.com‘s assets. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred Personally-Identifying Information will be subject to this Privacy Policy, or to a new Privacy Policy if you are given notice of that new Privacy Policy and are given an opportunity to affirmatively opt out of it.
CHANGING PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION; ACCOUNT TERMINATION
Customers may at any time review or change their Personally-Identifying Information by accessing their account settings or contacting us using the contact information provided below. We will deactivate or delete your account and contact information from our active databases upon the Customer’s request. Such information will be deactivated or deleted as soon as possible based on the Customer’s account activity provided it is in accordance with our deactivation policy and applicable laws. To make this request, either go to your account settings or contact us as provided below. We will retain in our files some personal information to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use, and comply with legal requirements as is permitted by law. Customers should note that they should not expect all their personal information to be completely removed from our databases in response to your requests. Additionally, we keep a history of changed information to investigate suspected fraud with your account.
GENERAL USE
We use the Personally-Identifiable Information in the file we maintain about you, and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the Website for the following purposes: to deliver the products and services that you have requested; manage your account and provide you with customer support; communicate with you by email, postal mail, telephone, and/or mobile devices about products or services that may be of interest to you either from us, our affiliate companies or other third parties; develop and display content and advertising tailored to your interests on our Website and other sites; resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, measure consumer interest in our services, reward you for the ads you watch, inform you of updates, customize your experience, detect and protect us against error, fraud, and other criminal activity, enforce our Terms of Use, and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection. At times, we may look across multiple users to identify problems. In particular, we may examine your Personally-Identifiable Information to identify users using multiple user IDs or aliases. We may compare and review your Personally-Identifiable Information for accuracy and to detect errors and possible omissions. We may use financial information or payment methods to process payment for any purchases made on our Website, enroll you in discounts, rebates, and other programs in which you elect to participate, to protect against or identify possible fraudulent transactions, and otherwise as is needed to manage our business.
CONTESTS, GIVEAWAYS, AND SURVEYS
From time to time, AirportParkingBoston.com may offer Website users the opportunity to participate in contests, giveaways, and other promotions. Any information submitted in connection with such activities will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. On occasion, AirportParkingBoston.com may also ask Website users to participate in surveys designed to help AirportParkingBoston.com improve the Website. Any Personally-Identifying Information provided to AirportParkingBoston.com in connection with any survey will be used only in relation to that survey and will be disclosed to third parties not bound by this Privacy Policy only in a Non-Personally-Identifying aggregated form.
EMAIL TO FRIENDS FEATURE AND REFERRAL PROGRAM
AirportParkingBoston.com may offer users the ability to send friends emails about the Website. If users choose to use this feature, be assured that AirportParkingBoston.com only uses friends’ email addresses on a singular basis to send the requested email.
COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION BY THIRD PARTIES GENERALLY
AirportParkingBoston.com contractually prohibits its contractors, affiliates, vendors, and suppliers from disclosing Personally-Identifying Information received from AirportParkingBoston.com, other than in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Third parties are under no obligation to comply with this Privacy Policy with respect to Personally-Identifying Information that users provide directly to those third parties or that those third parties collect for themselves. AirportParkingBoston.com neither owns nor controls the third-party websites accessible through the Website. Thus, this Privacy Policy does not apply to information provided to or gathered by the third parties that operate them. Before visiting a third party, whether by means of a link on the Website or otherwise, and before providing any Personally-Identifying Information to any third party, users should inform themselves of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, at those users’ discretion, protect their privacy.
SECURITY
We take the security of your Personally-Identifying Information very seriously and use reasonable and secure electronic, personnel, and physical measures to protect it from loss, theft, alteration, or misuse. However, please be advised that even the best security measures cannot fully eliminate all risks.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
AirportParkingBoston.com may, at its sole discretion, change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any and all changes to AirportParkingBoston.com‘s Privacy Policy will be reflected on this page and the date new versions are posted will be stated at the top of this Privacy Policy. Unless AirportParkingBoston.com obtains your express consent, any revised Privacy Policy will apply only to information collected after such a time as the revised Privacy Policy takes effect, and not to information collected under any earlier Privacy Policies. Users should regularly check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. AirportParkingBoston.com will also post new versions of the Privacy Policy on the Website. However, AirportParkingBoston.com may, as determined at its discretion, decide to notify users of changes made to this Privacy Policy via email or otherwise. Accordingly, it is important that users also maintain and update their contact information. Changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective 30 days after posting changes on the Website.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine the Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to our privacy officer as listed below.
