Privacy Policy
Coffs Escapes manages properties listed on this website and ensure your personal information is protected to the best of our ability.
We understand your concerns about your privacy, confidentiality and security of the information that we collect, and our Privacy Policy below explains how we use and store your information.
In addition to this Privacy Policy, there may also be specific and additional privacy requirements, applicable to the collection and use of your personal information. For instance, the information you have provided when participating in promotions, competitions, subscribing to our newsletters or participating in a survey. If there is any inconsistency between this Privacy Policy and the additional requirements, the Privacy Policy will prevail.
Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we collect about you during a booking will depend upon what services you use and obtain. For instance, your name, address, email address, your contact address, credit card details, history of transaction details, and whatever other information you choose to disclose to Coffs Escapes when comments are made about our services.
How Your Personal Information is Stored and Used.
Coffs Escapes may collect your personal information in relation to your interactions and transactions with us. This may include completing a reservation, participating in a promotion, competition, or survey, payment cards and using related digital services. We hold personal information electronically and/or in hard copy at our main premises. Coffs Escapes implements several measures to protect the security of your personal information.
Your cookies
Our website utilises Cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to an individual’s computer for record keeping. The use of cookies is a standard practice, and many websites use them. They allow Coffs Escapes to track usage patterns within our website and compile data to further enhance our service to you. Cookie information is not used to identify you as an individual. If you do not wish any information to be collected using cookies, it can be prevented in all web browsers by denying the cookie feature. They can also be deleted from your hard drive at any time.
The Use of Your Information
The information that we collect from you is strictly confidential. Coffs Escapes does not sell, rent, loan, trade or lease the addresses stored in our database to any third parties. In some instances, we use personal information to improve our services and your experience as our customer. Coffs Escapes may also send you marketing material about services we believe are suited to you through email and social media platforms. If you do not wish to receive any of this material, you may simply choose “unsubscribe” from our mailing list and/or contact us to advise that you wish to opt out of further communications.
Our booking system/s allows us to view and access your personal information, for instance, viewing past bookings. In providing us with your personal information, you also consent to the disclosure of your personal information to the owners of the properties listed on this website.
Coffs Escapes will not disclose your personal information to any other third parties without your consent.
User Generated Content
If you respond to a post guest survey, post reviews or comments on any platform (for example Coffs Escapes website, Airbnb, FaceBook, Instagram etc) or provide other written feedback to Coffs Escapes (“Response”), you grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, continuous, binding, and fully sub-licensable right to use, copy, modify, adapt, publish, profit, and display the response throughout the world in any platform or medium. You also grant Coffs Escapes the rights to use your name (for instance, first and last name) submitted with any response.
Links to Third Party Services
The Coffs Escapes website provides links to other third-party websites. These linked sites are not under our control, and we are not responsible for the conduct or content of companies linked to or from our website. Before disclosing your personal information on any other websites we provide a link to, we advise you to examine their privacy policy and terms and conditions.
Storage and Security of Your Personal Information
Any personal information that we collect about you, for instance; your email addresses, will be kept in the Coffs Escapes database. The database will be accessible only by those authorised to perform daily tasks such as updating contact information and arranging reservations/bookings. Coffs Escapes will take all reasonable precautions to protect the personal information it holds from any misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.
As you are aware the internet is not a secure environment. Therefore, Coffs Escapes will not be liable, nor take responsibility for events arising from the unauthorised access of your personal information when sent via the internet, phone or mail.
Accessing Your Information
Coffs Escape sallows you the right to access and correct most of the personal information we hold about you at your request. If you wish to have access to the information we have collected about you, please send us an email. In the instances we do not allow you access to correct your personal information, we will provide you with reasons for our decision.
The accuracy of Your Personal Information
Upon receiving your personal information, we take all reasonable steps to ensure the information we collect, use and disclose is accurate and up to date. If you think that any of your personal information held by us is out of date, please send us an email and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.
Security
Coffs Escapes is continuously implementing and updating administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your information against unauthorised access, loss or alteration. Nevertheless, the Internet is not a guaranteed secure environment, therefore we can’t guarantee the security of the transmission and/or storage of your personal information.
Alteration to Our Privacy Policy
Coffs Escapes reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time. The changes will be made available by posting an updated version of the policy on this website.
Length of Time We Hold Your Personal Data
Coffs Escapes will retain your personal information for as long as is necessary, for which you give consent under this Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
Coffs Escapes takes the privacy of your information seriously and it is important that you understand how we manage your personal information. If you have any questions or comments in relation to this Privacy Policy or our information handling practices, please contact us immediately.
If you wish to make a complaint about a privacy matter, we will examine the complaint and endeavour to respond within 7 business days.
If you are dissatisfied with our response, you may refer the matter to the Australian Information (Privacy) Commissioner (see www.oaic.gov.au).
Last updated March 2022.