Privacy Policy – GETDIRECTBOOKINGS

Who we are

At Assynt Digital, LLC , we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors to our web site. In particular, we want you to know that Assynt Digital, LLC is not in the business of selling email lists to other companies and businesses for marketing purposes. We just don’t do that sort of thing. But just in case you don’t believe us, in this Privacy Policy, we’ve provided lots of detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, the limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

This Privacy Policy, in conjunction with our standard Terms and Conditions, sets out how we, Assynt Digital, LLC, collect, store and process personal data about you when you use or interact with http://www.getdirectbookings.com, https://www.getdirectbookings.com and https://www.bookmylet.co.uk (our website’s).

Grab a cuppa and read on.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

Like most websites, we use cookies and information gathering techniques on our website in order to provide you with an enhanced user experience and also for us to gain a better understanding of how you use our site.

Cookies are small files that are typically created when you visit a website and are stored in the cookie directory of your computer. There are two types of cookie; Persistent and Session Specific. Persistent cookies are used to collect non personal data about how the site is being used. Session Specific cookie are used to enable you to navigate around our website and use its functionality without having to constantly re-enter your username and password.

We specifically use Session Specific cookies so once logged in you can easily navigate around the site. We also use Google analytics to track who is using our site.

We only collect information only where necessary for the provision of our services to you.You have control over what cookies to accept by changing the settings on your browser to either accept or reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. Further information can be found at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

When someone visits http://www.getdirectbookings.com, https://www.getdirectbookings.com and https://www.bookmylet.co.uk we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

Learn more about Google Analytics and privacy

Learn more about Google’s Privacy Policy

Mailing Lists

As part of the registration process for our monthly e-newsletter, we collect personal information. We use that information for a couple of reasons: to tell you about stuff you’ve asked us to tell you about; to contact you if we need to obtain or provide additional information; to check our records are right and to check every now and then that you’re happy and satisfied. We don’t rent or trade email lists with other organisations and businesses.We use a third-party provider, MailChimp, to deliver our newsletter. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see MailChimp’s privacy notice. You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time of the day or night by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails or by emailing us at [email protected].

Third Parties

We will only disclose your data to the extent it is necessary to run our business. We will provide your personal data and information to the owners or operators of the rental accommodation software provider, particularly, Freshworks, Inc (Freshworks), when you put in a support request via our website using the Freshworks, Inc (Freshworks) cloud software service and Stripe, Inc., our credit card and other types of payments processor.

Learn more about Freshworks Privacy Policy

Learn more about Stripe, Inc’s Privacy Policy

If we buy or sell the business or any business assets we may disclose your personal data in order to effect the transaction.

We will also disclose your personal data where required by law or to enforce our own legal rights.

We use Mailchimp as a provider of email services in order to keep our customers up to date with website developments and industry news. The Mailchimp privacy policy can be found here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

Who we share your data with

Learn more about Freshworks Privacy Policy

Learn more about Stripe, Inc’s Privacy Policy

If we buy or sell the business or any business assets we may disclose your personal data in order to effect the transaction.

We will also disclose your personal data where required by law or to enforce our own legal rights.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Assynt Digital, LLC, Email: [email protected]

Additional information

How we use your data

We use your data to run the Assynt Digital, LLC website’s; providing user’s with an online bookings system for their accommodation, to provide user’s with a means of renting holiday accommodation and providing information about Assynt Digital, LLC.

To improve our business and website.
To fulfil our contractual obligations.
To notify you about updates and changes to the service.
To communicate with your regarding products and services we believe will be of interest to you.
To fulfil our legal obligations.