Date: 02-19-2025
Welcome to the cookie policy of WhiskerInns, the premier hotel booking platform in the United States. This policy is designed to help you understand what cookies are, how WhiskerInns uses them, and how you can manage them. Our commitment to ensuring your privacy and securing your data aligns with various legal standards applicable in the United States. By visiting and using our site, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this policy.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies help enhance your browsing experience by remembering your preferences and visits, thereby facilitating smoother interaction with our services.
How WhiskerInns Uses Cookies
At WhiskerInns, we utilize cookies for several purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for our website to function. They enable fundamental features such as secure login and payment processing.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our site, such as which pages you visit most often, to improve overall user experience.
- Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your username, language, or region, to provide enhanced, more personalized features.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests, as well as to limit the number of times you see an ad. These cookies also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the service, deliver advertisements, and so on. These third-party service providers may set cookies on our behalf to help manage their operations.
Compliance with Legal Standards
While the GDPR does not apply under United States jurisdiction, we voluntarily comply with similar standards to respect user privacy. We adhere to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as applicable, providing transparency and control over how your data is handled. You have the right to request access to your data, request the deletion, and know whether your data is being sold or shared.
Managing Cookies
You have the option to control cookies stored on your device. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies entirely or to alert you when they are being sent. However, if you decide to disable cookies, it may hinder your experience on WhiskerInns by affecting the functionality of our website. Instructions on how to manage and delete cookies can typically be found in your browser's settings or help file.
Data Security and Retention
Ensuring the safety of your data is a priority at WhiskerInns. We implement advanced security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. Data collected via cookies is retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, or as required by law.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
WhiskerInns reserves the right to update this cookie policy at any time. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes. Your continued use of our website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
