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Privacy Policy:
Branson.net, herein known as Branson.net, has a strong commitment to providing excellent service to all of our customers and visitors of this Web site, including respecting your concerns about privacy. We understand that you may have questions about how this Web site collects and uses the information that you provide to us. We have prepared this statement to inform you of the privacy principles that govern this Web site, including Branson.net and any other of Branson.net sites, which are listed in this privacy statement ("Statement").
This Statement contains numerous general and technical details about the steps we take to respect your privacy concerns. It has been segmented to highlight the key functionalities and processes so that you may readily/ easily select information of most interest to you.
Browsing:
This Web site does not collect personally identifiable information from your computer when you browse this Web site and request pages from our servers. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with personally identifiable information, we will not know your name, your email address, or any other personally identifiable information. When you request a page from our Web site, our servers log the information provided in the HTTP request header including the IP address, the time of the request, the URL of your request, and any other information that is provided in the HTTP header. We collect the HTTP request header information in order to make our Web site function correctly and provide you the functionality that you see on this Web site. We also use this information to better understand how visitors use our Web site and how we may continuously modify and improve the site's content and functionality.
Information We Collect:
When we need to collect personally identifiable information from you to provide you with a particular service, we will ask you to voluntarily supply us with the information we need. If you supply us with an email address, we may use the email address to 1) notify you about special offers and promotions as described in the email section of this privacy statement, as well as 2) send you periodic satisfaction surveys or market research surveys. You can "opt out" of emails at any time. On occasion, we elicit third parties to provide us with additional contact information. For example, if you have provided us with your name and postal address, we may then elicit the third party to provide your email address. The information may then be used for market analysis and general marketing purposes.
Securing the Transmission and the Storage of Information:
We treat the information you provide us as confidential. It is, accordingly, subject to our company's security procedures and policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. When we ask you for credit card data, it is transferred to a Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) line, (provided you are using a SSL enabled browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator). We also use SSL on other select pages where you might enter personally identifiable information. SSL is utilized on any page that you enter personally identifiable information. This ensures the encryption of your information as it travels over the internet. This secure mode is enabled prior to the transmission of any information from your computer. You will know you are in secure mode when the padlock or key icon in the lower right-hand or left-hand corner of the computer screen appears in the locked position. In addition, when accessing a secure server, the first characters of the site address will change from "http" to "https." Once the information reaches Branson.net, it is stored on a secure server that resides behind firewalls designed to block unauthorized access.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties:
Branson.net may use the services of third parties, such as email service providers and marketing companies to act as agents on behalf of Branson.net. These parties are prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than that specified by Branson.net for the purpose Branson.net specifies. We prohibit the sale or transfer of personally identifiable information to entities outside of the Branson.net family of companies, resorts and hotels for their use without your approval.
Cookies:
Our Website may use "cookie" technology. "Cookies" are encrypted strings of text that a Web site stores on a user's computer. Cookies enable us to customize our Web site and offerings to your needs and provide you with a better online experience at Branson.net. In addition, Cookies may be used to measure usage of various pages on our Web site to assist us in including only pertinent information that is easily accessible. The types of Cookies that we use are referred to as "session" Cookies and "persistent" Cookies. Session Cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you leave Branson.net. Persistent Cookies remain on your computer hard drive until you delete them. We do not use Cookies to ascertain any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us. Cookies do not corrupt or damage your computer, programs, or computer files. You may set your browser to block Cookies (consult instructions for your particular browser on how to do this); although doing so will adversely affect your ability to perform certain transactions, use certain functionality, and access certain content on various Web sites including ours.
Emails about Special Offers and Promotions and Opt-Out:
It is our intention to send you only email communications that will be useful to you and that you want to receive. If you provide us with your email address, we may periodically contact you via email and provide information about special offers and promotions that may be of interest to you. These communications will relate to Branson.net offers which may also include the promotions of select, reputable third parties with whom Branson.net has a strategic marketing relationship (because they offer products or services that we believe would be of interest to you). We may use third-party email service providers to send emails. These service providers are prohibited from using your email address for any purpose other than to send Branson.net-related email. If you do not wish to receive email offers from Branson.net and Branson.net; or do not wish to receive satisfaction and market surveys, please unsubscribe. Every time you receive an email, you will be provided the choice of opting out of future emails by following the instructions provided in the email. You may also opt-out online by sending an email to opt-out. Please allow 10 business days for us to process your opt-out.
Other Sites:
Branson.net is responsible for only the privacy statement and content of this Web site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the use of cookies on Web sites through which you have accessed the Branson.net website or to other sites that you may access following your use of the Branson.net website.
Legal Issues:
This is a United States Web site and is subject to United States law. Branson.net will disclose personally identifiable information without your permission when required by law, or in "good faith" belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to Branson.net guests, visitors, associates, or property (including this site), or to others. As mentioned above, laws related to personally identifiable information vary by country.
Branson.net Internet Privacy Statement Changes:
In the future, we may need to change this privacy statement. All changes will be made here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. This statement was last updated on October 15, 2007.
Contacting Branson.net:
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or privacy concerns, please write us at 245 S Wildwood Drive, Branson, MO 65615 or send an e-mail to privacy.
Acceptance of terms of use and amendments:
Each time you use or cause access to this web site, you agree to be bound by these terms of use, as amended from time to time with or without notice to you. In addition, if you are using a particular service hosted on or accessed via this web site, you will be subject to any rules or guidelines applicable to the said services, and they will be incorporated by reference within these terms of use. Please refer to this site's privacy policy, which is incorporated within these terms of use by reference.
The site editor's service:
This web site and services provided to you on and through this web site are provided on an "AS IS" basis. You agree that the site editor exclusively reserves the right to modify or discontinue provision of this web site and its services, and to delete the data you provide, either temporarily or permanently; the site and may, at any time and without notice and any liability to you, The site editor shall have no responsibility or liability for the timeliness, deletion, failure to store, inaccuracy, or improper delivery of any data or information.
Your responsibilities and registration obligations.
In order to use this web site or certain parts of it, you may be required to register a user account on this web site; in this case, you agree to provide truthful information when requested, and undertake that you are aged at least the thirteen (13) or more. By registering, you explicitly agree to this site's terms of use, including any amendments made by the site editor from time to time and available here.
Cancellation Policy:
CANCELLATION: Cancellation of reservations is available up to 48 hours prior to arrival, based on hotel check in time or first show time, whichever is earliest. A cancellation fee of 10% will be retained. Within 48 hours, no refund is guaranteed. If authorized by lodging facility or theater, we will refund all possible, minus our cancellation fees. You must receive a cancellation number for this cancel request to be valid. We will attempt to meet all "Special Requests", however they are NOT guaranteed and subject to availability.
None of us plan on having to cancel our vacation, but if you do and it is more than 48 hours from your arrival date, we offer you a choice:
1) NO CANCELLATION Fee and we will provide you with a Gift Certificate in the same amount of your purchase. You may use the Certificate to make your next Branson vacation plans through us within the following 12 months.
2) Charge a flat amount of 10% and immediately credit back your account.
Cancellations within 48 hours of arrival:
We have very good relationships with most of the Lodging and Theaters in Branson. We will ask them to cancel your reservation and to waive the cost. If they do, we pass the savings onto you (less the 10% cancellation fee). We will only charge you the full amount for any Lodging or Theater that charges us.
We sell all of our Lodging and many Shows and Attractions at discount prices and we do NOT add any type of Service fee or Add-On fees. The Cancellation fee is to help us recapture some of our cost of doing business such as Credit Card fees (and Credit Card fees when we credit back your card), long distance calls, the time to make all of your reservations and the time to cancel all of your reservations.
Changes to your order:
There is a real cost to us when making changes to orders and we want to keep the cost low for everyone. So our "Change Order" policy is:
1) We will make the first change at "No Charge".
2) Changes after that will be charged $2.00 per show ticket and $10 per room night.
Note: "Changes" are adjusting dates and/or times.
** Any changes or cancellations for Arrivals within 48 hours see Cancellation Policy
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