Privacy Statement
• Hill Country Resorts, LLC d/b/a Yogi Bear’s Jellystone ParkTM Camp-Resort at Hill Country (“Hill Country”) is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Hill Country website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Hill Country website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
• Hill Country collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Hill Country also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
• There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Hill Country. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Hill Country for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Hill Country Web site.
• Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Hill Country public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Hill Country does not read any of your private online communications.
• Hill Country encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Hill Country so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Hill Country is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Hill Country and Northgate Resorts family of Web sites.
• There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Hill Country. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Hill Country for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Hill Country Web site.
• Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Hill Country public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Hill Country does not read any of your private online communications.
• Hill Country encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Hill Country so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Hill Country is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Hill Country and Northgate Resorts family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
• Hill Country collects and uses your personal information to operate the Hill Country Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Hill Country also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Hill Country and its affiliates. Hill Country may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
• Hill Country does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Hill Country may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Hill Country may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Hill Country, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
• Hill Country does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
• Hill Country keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Hill Country, in order to determine what Hill Country services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Hill Country to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
• Hill Country Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Hill Country or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hill Country; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Hill Country, or the public.
• Hill Country does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Hill Country may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Hill Country may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Hill Country, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
• Hill Country does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
• Hill Country keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Hill Country, in order to determine what Hill Country services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Hill Country to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
• Hill Country Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Hill Country or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hill Country; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Hill Country, or the public.
Use of Cookies
• The Hill Country Web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
• One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Hill Country pages, or register with Hill Country site or services, a cookie helps Hill Country to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Hill Country Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Hill Country features that you customized.
• You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Hill Country services or Web sites you visit.
• One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Hill Country pages, or register with Hill Country site or services, a cookie helps Hill Country to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Hill Country Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Hill Country features that you customized.
• You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Hill Country services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
• Hill Country secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Hill Country secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
• Hill Country will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Hill Country encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Hill Country is protecting your information.