Privacy Policy

Harlem Stonegate Bed & Breakfast (B&B) is committed to the protection of your privacy and has implemented this Privacy Policy (Policy) to offer guests confidence while using the B&B website, at www.harlemstonegate.com. This Policy is only applicable to the B&B website, and not to any other websites that a person may be able to access from the B&B website. By using the B&B’s website, a visitor is agreeing to the terms of this Policy.

Personal information collection practices
The privacy and security of personal information is important to Harlem Stonegate. “Personal Information” describes information that is associated with a specific user and used to identify that person, such as a name, email address, location information, etc. Anyone can visit the B&B website to read information about its business, products, and services without identifying who they are or revealing any personal information.

Harlem Stonegate B&B, in operating this website, includes optional information request forms and general contact request forms, which may be checked through an automated spam detection service. These forms require a name, phone number, email address, and other information to help the B&B determine a person’s needs related to its products and services. This information is used to contact a person if requested or necessary; and this metadata is not retained.

Depending upon a request, the B&B may ask for additional information. This information is provided by an individual on a voluntary basis only and is not required by the B&B for any person to use its website.

Information is collected and stored in a manner that is appropriate for the nature of the data collected, and the need to fulfill a website visitor’s request. The B&B does not share, sell, rent, or trade Personal Information with third parties for their promotional purposes.

Personal information and reCAPTCHA
The B&B use the reCAPTCHA service provided by Google to protect submissions via internet submission forms on this website. This plugin checks that you are a person in order to prevent certain website functions from being (ab)used by spam bots (particularly comments. On behalf of the B&B website, Google uses this information to evaluate a visitor’s use of this service. The IP address provided by reCAPTCHA from a visitor’s browser shall not be merged with any other data from Google. This data collection is subject to the data protection regulations of Google Inc., which can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Notifications and one-time e-mails
Upon successfully submitting information to the B&B, such as making a purchase, booking a reservation, or any other related action where a person voluntarily provide information, the B&B reserve the right to send an e-mail notification (either a single message or a finite campaign) pertaining to that event where no opt-out is required.

Your rights regarding personal information
If an individual has made inquiries or requested information via the B&B website, they may request an exported file of their personal data the B&B holds, as provided by the individual. They may also request that the B&B erase personal information which was retained. This does not include any data the B&B is obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data security
The B&B website uses security measures to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under its control. Although it uses commercially reasonable efforts to comply with this Policy, the B&B cannot guarantee error-free performance under this Policy. Harlem Stonegate will take prompt corrective action if it discovers any failure to comply with this Policy.

The B&B will not be liable for any incidental, indirect, consequential or punitive damages or for loss of profit or opportunity, loss of use or other financial loss arising out of or relating to this Policy.

Embedded content and links to other websites
The B&B website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites which behave in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. The website may also contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by the B&B. Website visitors are encourage to be mindful of when they leave the B&B website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. The B&B is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites, which may each have separate data collection and use practices and policies that differ substantially from this Policy.

Automatic data collection
The B&B website uses Google Analytics, a web-based analytics service which uses “cookies”, text files saved on the site visitor’s computer, to help the website analyze their use of the site. More information on Google Analytics cookies can be found at: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/.

The website visitor may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in their browser. The website visitor can also prevent Google from collecting information (including their IP address) via cookies and processing this information by downloading this browser plugin and installing it: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Further information concerning data processing and use by Google, the settings and deactivation possibilities can be found in the Google Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) as well as in the Google Ads Settings (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).

Legal disclosure
The B&B reserves the right to disclose a visitors personally identifiable information as required by law or when that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our website, or to protect the health and safety of B&B employees or the general public.

Policy amendments
The B&B reserves the right to change the Policy at any time. If there are material changes to this Policy, it will be reflected here and, in a notice, posted on the B&B website home page. Continued use of the website, including use after the posting of any changes to this Policy, will be deemed as acceptance of the Policy.

Contacting us
This Policy applies only to information collected by the B&B website. If you have any questions about this policy or website, please contact us directly.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 1, 2023.