Privacy Policy
At Dine Private (also referred to as "Us" and "We"), we strive to ensure your information is kept safe, secure and private. To make things very clear, your information is not up to the highest bidder.
This Privacy Policy has been incorporated as part of the Terms of Use ("Agreement") found here. If you have not read the Agreement, please do so now, as it governs Your use of and interaction with the Internet Web site found at http://www.DinePrivate.com (the "Site") owned and operated by Gilt City, Inc.
- 1. General
- Your privacy is important to Us and We have prepared this Privacy Policy to explain to You how We collect, use, and share information You provide to Us through Your use the Site. This Privacy Policy does not govern our use of any information you provide to us when you call us, write to us, or communicate with us in any manner other than through the Site. Because the Internet is global, information about you that we collect or that you submit may be transferred to, processed in, and held in countries (including the United States) other than the one in which you reside. By using the Site, you explicitly consent to such use of your information and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
- 2. Usage Information
- We automatically collect certain information to help us understand how our users use the Site (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as "Usage Data"). For example, each time you visit the Site we may automatically collect your IP address, browser and computer type, access time, the web page from which you came, and the web page(s) that you access during your visit.
- Cookies, Web Beacons, and other user tracking tools
- We may use cookies, (which are small amounts of data sent from a web server to your browser that are stored on your computer's hard drive), web beacons (tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies) or other technologies to keep track of your use of the Site, to validate your identity, to remember your password and preferences, to tailor the Site to meet your personal needs, and to improve the quality of the Site. In addition, third parties who place advertisements on the Site may also collect information through cookies to ensure that their advertising systems and technologies work properly and to allow them to track responses to their advertisements. Cookies set by these third parties are governed by the privacy policies of those third parties. The more popular commercial browsers all you to set your browser not to accept cookies or to notify you if you are sent a cookie, giving you the opportunity to choose whether or not to accept the cookie. Please note that if you do set your browser not to accept cookies, certain areas of our Site may not function properly.
- 3. Registration, Profile, and Shared Information.
- Certain information which you may submit to the Site may allow an individual or entity to identify you (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as "Personal Information"). If, you wish to register with the Site, you are required to provide certain Personal Information (e.g., your name and e-mail address), and we ask that you also provide a user name and password. We use your Personal Information to fulfill your requests for products and services, to improve our services, and to contact you from time to time about us, our Site, and our products and services. You may also choose to submit additional information about yourself (for example your gender, birth date, or zip code) by which someone could not personally identify you (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as "Non-Personal Information"). Finally, you may choose to submit and allow other users of the Site to be able to access e.g. documents, photos, information about your calendar, or other information (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as "Shared Information").
- 4. Our Information Sharing Practices
- (a)Generally. Except as otherwise described in section of our Privacy Policy, we will never share your Usage Data, Personal Information, Non-Personal Information, or Shared Information (which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as "User Information") with any third party without your permission.
- (b) At the time you elect to contact or make a reservation or booking with a Venue, Dine Private handles and may share your information in the following manner: (Please note that any information supplied during the reservation process is not retained by Dine Private.)
- Venues, such as hotels, banquet halls, restaurants, and other providers, who in the end are responsible for your Venue reservations. Throughout the Site, all services, other than the Site itself, are provided by a third-party supplier and are described as such. When you make a reservation, your contact information, including name, phone number, and email address will be shared with the Venue. You authorize us to transfer this information in the fulfillment of your request to contact or make a reservation with the Restaurant. We do not place limitations on our suppliers' use or disclosure of your personal information. Therefore, please review the Venue Terms and Conditions provided to you of any Venues you wish to contact or whose services you wish to reserve. Please note that these suppliers may contact you as necessary to obtain additional information about you or to facilitate your reservation.
- Payment Information, such as credit card numbers and other payment information. At the time you make a reservation or wish to contact a venue, you may be asked to supply payment information, which may include a credit card number and/or other information. This information is temporarily stored by Dine Private in encrypted format for the Venue to access. . The Venue will not use your information for any other purpose other than activities related to helping you book an event at the Venue, and as stipulated when you agree to book an Event. Please read the terms and conditions of each Venue when booking an Event, as they may be different than those of Dine Private.
- (c)Third Parties. From time to time, we may share your User Information with third parties to provide various services, improve your user experience, or as otherwise seen fit by Dine Private.. We will not share any such information, however, in a manner that would enable the third party to personally identify you. This data may be shared on an individual or aggregated basis.
- (d)Service Providers. From time to time, we may enter into relationships with third parties who provide services to us (e.g., data management and storage services or credit card processing services). In those circumstances, we disclose User Information that is necessary for such service providers to perform those services and require that they maintain the confidentiality of such User Information.
- (e) In connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
- (f)Disclosure Required By Law or To Protect Our Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Privacy Policy to the contrary, we reserve the right, and you hereby expressly authorize us, to share any User Information: (1)in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; (2)if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person or property; (3)if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding significant abuse of the Site's infrastructure or the Internet in general (such as voluminous spamming, denial of service attacks, or attempts to compromise the security of information); and (4)to our parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control with us (in which case we will require such entities to honor this Privacy Policy).
- (such as voluminous spamming, denial of service attacks, or attempts to compromise the security of information); and (4)to our parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control with us (in which case we will require such entities to honor this Privacy Policy).
- (g) We also may share aggregate or anonymous information with third parties, including advertisers and investors. For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of visitors a Web site receives or what are the most popular vacation destinations. This information does not contain any personal information and is used to develop content and services we hope you will find of interest.
- Public Information.
- If you identify any User Information as public, you are authorizing us to share such information with all users, either visitors or members, of the Site. Also, there may be areas of the Site (e.g., message boards, discussion rooms, and other online forums) in which you are able to post information that will be available to all other users of the Site. By choosing to use these areas, you understand and agree that anyone may access, use, and share any information that you post to those areas, and that Dine Private will not be held liable for any actions or republishing of the information which you post there.
- 5. Opt-Out.
- You may elect not to receive commercial communications from us and/or selected third parties. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please let us know by accessing and updating your profile. Please note that sometimes these requests may take up to ten business days to process. Even if you elect not to receive commercial communications, we reserve the right to send you administrative messages relating to the Site (e.g., about changes to this Privacy Policy, updates to the site, etc.) and to contact you regarding any goods or services you have ordered.
- 6. Modifying and Deleting Your Personal Information.
- If you would like to modify or delete from our database any User Information you previously submitted to us, please let us know by accessing and updating your profile. Please note that any User Information that we have copied may remain in back-up storage for some period of time after your request. Also, please note that we will maintain User Information in our database whenever we are required to do so by law.
- Security.
- We have implemented reasonable measures to help protect your User Information from loss, misuse, or unauthorized access or disclosure. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your User Information, we cannot guarantee its security.
- Links.
- The Site may contain links to other websites. Your use of any other website is governed by the terms and conditions of that website.
- 7. Changes.
- We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If under any such update we make any material change to the way in which we treat your User Information, we will inform you of such change by updating the "last modified" date at the top of this document. Please check this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you agree to its terms or by posting a notice on relevant areas of the Site. Any updated version of this Privacy Policy will be effective as of the date set forth therein.
- Questions.
- If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by e-mail at security@dineprivate.com.
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