Gale Guesthouses (“Gale Guesthouses,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy.
This Privacy & Cookie Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, contact us, join our mailing list, or make a reservation with us.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect information such as:
Our website and service providers may also automatically collect certain technical information, such as your IP address, browser and device information, referring pages, pages visited, and information about how you interact with the website.
2. Reservations & Payments
When you make a reservation, we collect information necessary to process, administer, and communicate with you regarding your stay.
Payments may be processed by third-party payment or booking providers.
When a third party processes a payment, Gale Guesthouses may not receive or store your complete payment-card information. Those providers process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
3. How We Use Information
We may use information we collect to:
4. Cookies & Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used to:
Some technologies may be provided by third-party analytics, advertising, booking, or social-media providers.
The New York Attorney General specifically recommends that businesses ensure their descriptions of tracking technologies are accurate and that the privacy controls actually behave as described.
5. Cookie Choices
Depending on the technologies used on our website and applicable requirements, you may be provided with controls that allow you to manage certain non-essential cookies or tracking technologies.
You can also adjust cookie settings through your web browser. Restricting certain technologies may affect some website features.
Any cookie preference tool presented on our website is intended to reflect the actual tracking technologies in use.
6. Analytics & Marketing Technologies
We may use third-party services to understand website usage, measure performance, communicate with our audience, and evaluate marketing.
Depending on the services installed on our website, these providers may collect information through cookies, pixels, or similar technologies.
Developer note: The final version of this section should identify or appropriately account for the actual analytics and advertising technologies installed on the production website.
7. Email Marketing — The Gale List
If you choose to join our mailing list, including the Gale List, we may use your email address to send you news, property updates, stories, announcements, offers, and other marketing communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those communications.
Unsubscribing from marketing communications will not prevent us from sending transactional or reservation-related communications when necessary.
8. How We Share Information
We may share information with service providers that help us operate Gale Guesthouses, including providers of:
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful requests, protect our legal rights, prevent fraud, or protect our guests, employees, properties, or others.
9. Sale of Personal Information
Gale Guesthouses does not sell personal information for monetary compensation.
Certain privacy laws may define terms such as “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising more broadly than an exchange for money. Where applicable, we will provide any privacy choices required by law.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including reservation administration, customer service, business records, accounting, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, and legal or regulatory obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information.
11. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
12. Your Privacy Rights & Choices
Depending on where you reside and applicable law, you may have certain rights or choices regarding your personal information.
You may contact us regarding access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we maintain about you. We will respond to valid requests as required by applicable law.
You may also unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time.
13. Children’s Privacy
Our website and lodging services are not directed to children for the purpose of collecting personal information from them online.
We do not knowingly use our website to solicit personal information directly from children in violation of applicable law.
14. Third-Party Websites & Services
Our website may contain links to or integrate with third-party websites and services.
Those third parties operate under their own privacy policies and practices. Gale Guesthouses is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services that we do not control.
15. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy & Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, services, technologies, or legal obligations.
The current version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
16. Contact Us
For questions regarding this Privacy & Cookie Policy, your information, or your privacy choices, please contact:
Gale Guesthouses