Privacy Statement for Holiday Junction Accommodation Directory
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Holiday Junction has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for .
Information Automatically Logged
We use your IP address to gather broad demographic information as a basis for developing strategies for improving readership and thus better serve our primary clients (vacation property advertisers on our web site).
Personal Information
Readers
Holiday Junction does not request any personal information from the readership or collect any information that personally identifies or allows a reader to be personally contacted. Since we do not collect any personal information from readers, we do not share any such personal information with any third parties.
Advertisers
Holiday Junction keeps contact information for persons or organizations advertising vacation properties on the lodging directory service. Certain contact information is displayed on advertisements to enable readers to contact the property owner/manager/reservation office. Billing address information, when different from the displayed information, is kept confidential.
No Fee, Telephone Number Listings
Selected vacation properties have contact information displayed at Holiday Junction as a no fee service. Telephone number information only is displayed with the property title. These telephone number listings have been compiled using information from various sources. It is not the intention to provide a comprehensive listing. Holiday Junction makes a reasonable effort to provide current information but cannot guarantee against errors or omissions.
Photographers
Photographs displayed on this web site are under copyright of the photographer named in the © byline. Holiday Junction has the right to use these photographs under a variety of arrangements including purchase from photography microstock agencies, volunteer submissions through our partner site TravelScenics.com, and special arrangement with several photographers known personally by the management. Links to photographer websites, when available, are included with the byline information. In some cases, where a photographer’s web site is not known or not requested, links to stock agencies from where these photographs were purchased are included as part of an income generating referral program. Please consult ShutterStock for more information on the referral program. Holiday Junction keeps personal contact information for a number of photographers having images displayed on this website. This information is kept confidential. Photographers wishing to earn income from microstock sales of their photography should consult ShutterStock’s Submissions Page.![[Three boys napping in canoe on a hot summer afternoon. ]](/images/general/generic/shutterstock_738460.jpg?1179858304 "Three boys napping in canoe on a hot summer afternoon.")
Cookies
Holiday Junction uses cookies to:
- ensure a consistent experience to visitors when viewing randomly ordered results;
- allow users to put properties into their shortlist;
- facilitate new property registration.
Holiday Junction also uses several outside ad companies to display banner ads on our site where these ads may contain cookies which are collected by the advertising company. The use of advertising cookies sent by third party servers is common in the Internet industry. Holiday Junction does not have access to this information.
External Links
This site contains links to other internet sites. These primarily include links to “more information” at the Home Pages of vacation properties advertising at Holiday Junction. Holiday Junction is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of web sites outside of the HolidayJunction.com domain.
Links are also provided to our partner web site, a href='http://www.travelscenics.com' target='_blank'>TravelScenics.com where no personal information is collected.
Online Hotel Reservation Service
![[Beach play.]](/images/general/generic/shutterstock_2771034.jpg?1179858309 "Beach play.")
The Online Reservation Service integrated into the Holiday Junction Accommodation Directory is provided through affiliation with Interactive Hotel Solutions (IHS) which acts as a gateway to the Pegasus Hotel Network. Online bookings are made directly through the Interactive Hotel Solutions website. Holiday Junction is not responsible for, nor does it guarantee, IHS Hotel Reservation Services. For more information, visit www.ihsadvantage.com where Security Information and FAQ sections are provided.
Banner Advertisers
Interactive Hotel Solutions
Banners, logos and text links direct readers to the Online Hotel Reservation Service (see above) which is made available through an affiliation agreement with Interactive Hotel Solutions, Inc. To view the security and privacy policy of Interactive Hotel Solutions, please visit http://www.ihsadvantage.com and click on "Security".
Google AdSense
Google AdSense banners are revenue generating banners and which may be found displayed on a search result pages within Holiday Junction. These appear through an affiliation agreement with Google.com. The privacy policy of Google.com can be viewed at http://www.google.ca/privacy.html
Other Network Banner Ads
With the exception of those listed above, pay-per-click, and commission based advertising with banners is not presently used at Holiday Junction. From time to time new advertisers are considered and the above list may be amended accordingly. Please revisit this page periodically if this is a matter of concern to you.
Other Private Banner Ads
Holiday Junction sells banner ad space to individual (non-network) advertisers. Consumer information is not collected by Holiday Junction through these banner ads. Information about Holiday Junction banner ads is available at http://www.holidayjunction.com/advertising. The majority of these are simple links with no data collection capability. However, in isolated cases, script-based banners may be collecting data. The use of advertising cookies sent by third party servers is common in the Internet industry. Please consult their website or contact them directly if there are privacy concerns. Presently the following advertisers employ script based banner ads on our site:
- SellMyTimeSharesNow.com - New Hampshire banner ad
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us.