Online Privacy Policy

Escapetothesoutheast.com & Southeasttourism.org (STS Online Web sites) adhere to the highest standards in assuring our customers' privacy. All information - including customer accounts, transactions, and all correspondence, is handled with the utmost discretion. The policies below are applicable to STS Online Web sites and other sites on the World Wide Web originating in the US and owned and operated by Southeast Tourism Society unless otherwise indicated.

The only personal information collected by STS through our web sites is information that is submitted to us voluntarily and knowingly by site visitors. When you simply browse our sites, STS is collecting no personal information. Some functions and services offered through our site require that you provide certain personal information, for example, when you enter a contest or sweepstakes, request information or brochures, or register for a mailing list, we may need your postal and/or e-mail address, and a phone number for notification purposes only.

Our online registration forms contain clear wording indicating that by submitting the form you have read this document and understand that you will be entitled to receive e-mail correspondence from STS, our affiliates and partners. Web site visitors over the age of 18 who have submitted their names, mailing addresses, or e-mail addresses may occasionally receive e-mail correspondence from STS, our affiliates and partners containing information such as newsletters or special offers. Our purpose is to provide visitors with useful information and offers that will interest them. STS will consider permission granted to send such information if a form is submitted. If you do not wish to receive these offers, please do not submit the form. STS will not share e-mail addresses we collect through our web sites with any unaffiliated third parties. Occasionally, STS may make names and postal addresses we collect through our web sites available to reputable companies whose products and/or services may interest you. STS may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, traffic patterns and related site information to reputable third parties for statistical analysis, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.

If you prefer to contact STS by regular postal mail, please write to:

Online Customer Service
c/o Southeast Tourism Society
3400 Peachtree Road, NE
Suite 725
Atlanta, GA 30326

You may use the address above for general customer service questions. You may also use this address to communicate that you'd prefer not to receive STS mailings and/or mailings from other companies to which we make our postal mailing list available.

No information should be submitted or posted at STS Web Sites by individuals 17 years of age or under without their parent's or guardian's permission. No information collected from online guests 17 years of age or under is used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever by STS. Unless otherwise disclosed at collection, STS does not provide any personally identifying information collected through our web sites from individuals 17 years old and under, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever. Note to parents: If your child has submitted his or her name through a STS Online Web site, and you wish to have that information corrected or deleted from our records, please communicate your wishes to us at the address above, or via e-mail to setourism@mindspring.com. STS pledges to exert reasonable efforts to assure that the information is deleted as soon as possible. Some STS contests are open to individuals 17 years old and under if the official rules so provide. In such contests, if a winner is 17 years old or under, notification and prizes are sent to the parent or guardian who is also required to complete all necessary documents. We encourage parents to be aware of their children's online activities, and to learn about software that can filter objectionable materials.

If you submit your name through a form on an STS Online Web sites to request information from an advertiser or other third party, STS is not responsible for any marketing or other use of your name by the third party. To learn more about any other company or organizations privacy policies, we suggest visiting their web site or contacting them by postal mail or telephone.

Unless otherwise disclosed, STS does not use the names or e-mail addresses of people who post messages in our online bulletin boards or forums for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever. However, please be aware that bulletin board and forums postings are not private. Others may capture your e-mail address and send you e-mail messages. STS cannot control such actions by others; however, we urge you and any other bulletin board user not to use our forums as a source of e-mail addresses for sending unsolicited messages. Only individuals 18 years of age or older may participate in our bulletin boards.

Opinion polls on our web sites are anonymous. We do not correlate votes submitted via such polls with names or individual e-mail addresses.

If you send STS an e-mail message, we may retain that message and your e-mail address, as well any response we send you.

STS Online Web sites may include links to web sites of other companies unaffiliated with STS. We do not log visitor's clicks from our site to other sites. Please note that we are unable to review all such sites and take no responsibility for the content of any unaffiliated web site.

STS, related web hosting providers, and advertisers sometimes utilize "cookie" technology. Cookies are bits of data stored on your local hard drive that contain no personally identifying information but which help enhance your web browsing experience. Not all web browsers accept cookies, and those that do usually provide a preference or setting that allow refusing cookies. If your browser does not accept cookies, you may still fully enjoy our web sites. Server logs capture certain non-personally identifying data, such as the time and date of a web visit, the browser and operating system being used, the IP address or domain name of the users ISP, and the web URL a user linked from. This information is used in aggregate form to help us plan system enhancements when necessary and to provide content which is compatible with our visitors web browsing systems.

By using this site, you signify your agreement to the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at anytime. Please check this page periodically for any changes. Your continued use of STS Online Web sites following the posting of any changes to these terms shall mean that you have accepted those changes.