Privacy Policy - Mount Washington Alpine Resort

PRIVACY POLICY

Mount Washington Alpine Resort, PGRI and its affiliated companies take your privacy seriously.

We know you care about how information about you is collected, stored and used. This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you about the information we collect and how we use it. This Privacy Policy applies to this website and all products and services offered by Mount Washington Alpine Resort. In compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Mount Washington Alpine Resort does not disclose information about any particular website visitor to external organizations or individuals. Mount Washington Alpine Resort complies with the B.C. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Any personal information gathered by the Resort relates directly to and is necessary for its essential operating activities.

Consent to the Policy

By visiting www.MountWashington.ca, you agree to the collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as defined in this policy. Should you not consent to the collection of your personal information, you should not visit this site or provide information at any of our sales locations.

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Questions Concerning This Policy

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us using the information below:

Mount Washington Alpine Resort
P.O. Box 3069, STN Main
Courtenay, British Columbia, V9N 5N3
1-250-338-1386
Toll-Free: 1-888-231-1499
ski@mountwashington.ca

The Personal Information We Collect

We collect the following types of personal information:

Information you provide:

We collect and store any information you enter on this site or knowingly provide us in any other way. Personal information is collected in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to: completing an online registration or transaction, filling out an online form or survey, entering a contest, or subscribing to a newsletter. Data collected includes, but is not limited to: your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, date of birth, allergies, dietary restrictions, height, weight, and credit card information.

Information provided by your web browser:

We collect information that is automatically sent to us by your web browser. This information typically includes your IP address, the name and version of your browser and operating system, the page you visited before landing on our site, and the date, time, and duration of your visit. The information we receive depends on the privacy settings associated with your browser.

Cookies

This site uses technology known as "cookies" to capture information about users to help provide an optimized user experience. A user's web browser will store cookies on their hard drive for the purpose of record keeping, troubleshooting, and sometimes tracking browsing behaviour. A user's web browser may be configured to refuse cookies, but this may impact site performance.

How We Use the Information We Collect

We collect and use your personal information for the following reasons:

  • To Process Transactions: We use the personal information you provide during an online booking to complete that transaction. This information is not shared with outside parties except to the extent necessary to provide the service.
  • To Improve Our Online Experience: We continually strive to improve our online experience across a multitude of devices. We use information provided by your web browser to troubleshoot technical issues and provide enhancements to our site.
  • To Excel In Customer Service: We take pride in our ability to establish a relationship with our customers. We use your information to communicate with you in a timely manner based on your specific needs and requests.
  • To Personalize Your Experience: Our goal is to provide content that is relevant to your interests. We use information provided by you to deliver customized content, promotions, and information that we believe will be beneficial to your experience at our resort.
  • To Send Email Communication: Periodically, we will send marketing emails to those users that subscribe to our mailing lists. If at any time a user would like to unsubscribe from our marketing communication, they may do so using the link provided at the bottom of each email. We may also use your email to send you pertinent information as it relates to your purchase, or respond to any questions or concerns as initiated by yourself.

How We Protect the Information We Collect

We adopt the industry best practices for data collection, storage and security to ensure the integrity and protection of your personal information. Online transactions are processed within a secure environment over a SSL secured communication channel and are encrypted and protected with digital signatures to safeguard your information.

How Long Do We Store Your Information

All information is retained only for the time periods needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and as outlined in this privacy policy.

We Do Not Share Your Personal Information

Mount Washington Alpine Resort does not sell, trade, or share personal guest information with any external parties. We may share aggregated information pertaining to demographic, geographic, or online behaviour, but this information cannot be linked to a personal account and is subject to a non-disclosure agreement.

Changes to This Policy

Any changes to this policy will be noted by the date stamp at the top of this page. Mount Washington Alpine Resort may update this policy at its discretion. Users are reminded to check this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect personal information. By using this site, you agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy on a regular basis to stay informed of our data practices.

Privacy Policy

AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT
The Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site is comprised of various web pages operated by Mount Washington Alpine Resort. The Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE
Mount Washington Alpine Resort reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site may contain links to other Web Sites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Mount Washington Alpine Resort, and Mount Washington Alpine Resort is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Mount Washington Alpine Resort is not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any Linked Site. Mount Washington Alpine Resort is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Mount Washington Alpine Resort of the site or any association with its operators.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site, you warrant to Mount Washington Alpine Resort that you will not use the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Sites.

USE OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES
The Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, business and personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, "Communication Services"), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:

Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages.
Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters.
Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent.
Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
Mount Washington Alpine Resort has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Mount Washington Alpine Resort reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Mount Washington Alpine Resort reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

Mount Washington Alpine Resort reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Mount Washington Alpine Resort's sole discretion.

Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. Mount Washington Alpine Resort does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, Mount Washington Alpine Resort specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized Mount Washington Alpine Resort spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Mount Washington Alpine Resort.

Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.

MATERIALS PROVIDED TO Mount Washington Alpine Resort OR POSTED AT ANY Mount Washington Alpine Resort WEBSITE

Mount Washington Alpine Resort does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Mount Washington Alpine Resort (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site or its associated services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting Mount Washington Alpine Resort, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.

No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Mount Washington Alpine Resort is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in Mount Washington Alpine Resort's sole discretion.

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" WEB SITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" WEB SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.

"MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" WEB SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" WEB SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" WEB SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" WEB SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE "MOUNT WASHINGTON ALPINE RESORT" WEB SITE.

WEBSITE CONTACT: webmaster@mountwashington.ca
TERMINATION/ACCESS RESTRICTION Mount Washington Alpine Resort reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. GENERAL To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in British Columbia, Canada. in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site. Use of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Mount Washington Alpine Resort as a result of this agreement or use of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site. Mount Washington Alpine Resort's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Mount Washington Alpine Resort's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site or information provided to or gathered by Mount Washington Alpine Resort with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Mount Washington Alpine Resort with respect to the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Mount Washington Alpine Resort with respect to the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English.

OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal information is an important aspect of the way we conduct business. Collecting, using and disclosing personal information in an appropriate, responsible, and ethical manner is fundamental to MWAR’s daily operations.

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COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES:
All contents of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort Web Site are: Copyright 2018 Mount Washington Alpine Resort. All Rights Reserved.

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TRADEMARKS
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
The example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

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