Privacy Policy
Stowe Mountain Resort online privacy notice
Thank you for visiting Stowe.com, a Mt. Mansfield Company, Inc. site.Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, weprovide this notice explaining our online information practices and thechoices you can make about the way your information is collected andused at this site.
The information we collect
At this site, you can order products, enter contests, vote in polls orotherwise express an opinion, buy a seasons pass, subscribe to one ofour services such as our online newsletters. The types of personallyidentifiable information that may be collected at these pages include:name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number and creditcard information.
You can submit information about other people. For example, you mightsubmit a person's e-mail address to send an electronic postcard or toenter them in a contest. The types of personally identifiableinformation that may be collected about other people at these pagesinclude: recipient's name, address, e-mail address, and telephonenumber.
We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable informationwhen you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser youare using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operatingsystem you are using, (e.g., Windows, Mac, etc.) and the domain name ofyour Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink). Thisallows us to make our web site work best for the people who visit. Forinstance, if only 5% of our visitors could view Flash images, we wouldchoose not to use Flash on the site.
How we use the information
We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfillyour requests for our products, programs, and services, to respond toyour inquiries about our offerings, and to offer you other products,programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you.
We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as tonotify you when you have won one of our contests or when we makechanges to our subscriber agreements, to fulfill a request by you foran online newsletter, or to reply to your question or request forinformation.
We use the information that you provide about others to enable us tosend them your gifts or cards. From time to time, we also may use thisinformation to offer our products, programs, or services to them.
If you choose to submit content for publication (e.g., a photo orarticle), we may publish information you have provided to us, such asyour name and hometown.
We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that wecollect to improve the design and content of our site. We also may usethis information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as tooffer you products, programs, or services.
We may disclose personally identifiable information in response tolegal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena.We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcementagency's request.
Agents and contractors of Mt. Mansfield Co., Inc. who have access topersonally identifiable information are required to protect thisinformation in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by,for example, not using the information for any purpose other than tocarry out the services they are performing for Mt. Mansfield Co., Inc..
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorizeddisclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personallyidentifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in amanner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.
We will not disclose personally identifiable information to companieswhose practices are not covered by this privacy notice (e.g., othermarketers, magazine publishers, retailers, participatory databases, andnon-profit organizations) that want to market products or services toyou.
We may on occasion combine general site user information we receiveonline with outside records to enhance our ability to market productsor services that may be of interest to our guests.
Opting out
The site covered by this Privacy Notice will not use or transferpersonally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated tothe ones described above without also providing you with an opportunityto opt out of these unrelated uses. Examples of this informationinclude your email address, postal address, phone number, credit cardnumber, your age, medical information, personal preferences, etc. Ifyou somehow receive something from Stowe Mountain Resort that youbelieve was unsolicited, simply notify the resort at marketing@stowe.com to remove your name from the list.
Collection of information by third-party sites and sponsors
Some of our sites contain links to other sites whose informationpractices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the othersites' privacy notices, as we have no control over information that issubmitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
The site covered by this Privacy Notice sometimes may offer content(e.g., contests, sweepstakes, or promotions) that is sponsored by orcobranded with identified third parties. By virtue of theserelationships, the third parties may obtain personally identifiableinformation that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in the siteactivity. Mt. Mansfield Co., Inc. has no control over these thirdparties' use of this information.
Cookies
To enhance your experience with this site, Stowe.com uses "cookies."Cookies are text files we place in your computer's browser to storeyour preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mailaddress or other personally identifiable information unless you chooseto provide this information to us by, for example, registering forentry in a contest. However, once you choose to furnish the site withpersonally identifiable information, this information may be linked tothe data stored in the cookie. The cookies that we collect expire whenyou close your browser. One exception is a “members only” section ofthe golf area of Stowe.com, where users may store their username andpassword in a cookie on their machine if they check the box requestingthat.
We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content andofferings on our site. For example, we may use cookies to personalizeyour experience at our web pages (e.g., to save your password inpassword-protected areas). The ultimate goal is providing content thatvisitors to the site want and making it convenient to access. Theservice we use for this purpose is called WebTrends Live. For theWebTrends privacy policy, please click here.
Our commitment to security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerialprocedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintaindata security, and correctly use the information we collect online.
Changes in policy
Stowe Mountain Resort reserves the right to make changes to thisprivacy statement from time to time. Notification will be made via a“last revised” legend at the top of this statement, available atStowe.com.
How to contact us
If you have any questions or concerns about the Stowe MountainResort online policy for this site or its implementation, you maycontact us at marketing@stowe.com.
