Privacy Policy

Commitment to Your Privacy
Since its inception as a web site in 1996 the management of hoteldirectrates.com is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of your user information .

Personal Information
Personal information is gathered only when site users submit a travel reservation request through our on-line reservation system. hoteldirectrates.com does not share, sell, rent or trade any of the personal information our users provide to us with any on-line or off-line third party. We also do not contribute to or participate in cooperative databases.
Hoteldirectrates.com is committed to safeguarding your privacy while visiting the website, we will only use your information for purpose specified:
Register you as a Hoteldirectrates.com member
Plan and purchase hotel accommodations
Enter your email in our promotions or sweepstakes
Send marketing communications or surveys to you
Respond to your questions or suggestions
Improve the quality of your visit to our site

Hotel Direct Rates does not collect any personal identifying information not directly provided to us by our users, such as your computer's browser type & version, IP address, etc. We also do not use "Cookies" (small data gathering files that Web sites often store on your hard drive) or participate with "Ad Server" programs (anonymous banner ad campaigns that also collect personal information).

Security
Hotel Direct Rates is a “Verisign Secure Certificate” site that  guarantees the storing of all personal and transacting (credit card) information on a secure server and in an encryption format so that no one other than Hotel Direct Rates can have access to this information. Hotel Direct Rates will have no liability for disclosure of personal information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties.

Aggregate Information
Aggregate information is non-personal, general summary and statistics about our users such as site traffic patterns (i.e. unique visits to the site, most frequently viewed site pages, busiest months for Europe hotel reservations, etc.). Aggregate information is used in a collective manner, and no single person can be identified by this collective information.

Privacy Policy Updates
Hotel Direct Rates reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy at any time, with reasonable notice to users of our Hotel Direct Ratessite. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately upon posting to our site.