YouAreCostaRica WEBSITE PRIVACY STATEMENT

YouAreCostaRica is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safest online experience. This Privacy Statement applies to the YouAreCostaRica Website and governs data collection and usage. By using the YouAreCostaRica Website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The YouAreCostaRica Website collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. The YouAreCostaRica Website also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by the YouAreCostaRica Website. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used by YouAreCostaRica for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the YouAreCostaRica Website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or sensitive private data through YouAreCostaRica Website public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: YouAreCostaRica does not read any of your private online communications.

YouAreCostaRica encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from the YouAreCostaRica Website so that you can understand how those websites collect, use, and share your information. YouAreCostaRica is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the YouAreCostaRica Website and the YouAreCostaRica family of websites.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

YouAreCostaRica collects and uses your personal information to operate the YouAreCostaRica Website and deliver the services you have requested. YouAreCostaRica also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from YouAreCostaRica and its affiliates. YouAreCostaRica may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

YouAreCostaRica does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. YouAreCostaRica may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offer that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, YouAreCostaRica may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to YouAreCostaRica, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

YouAreCostaRica does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

YouAreCostaRica keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within the YouAreCostaRica Website, to determine what YouAreCostaRica services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the YouAreCostaRica Website to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

YouAreCostaRica websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on YouAreCostaRica or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of YouAreCostaRica; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of YouAreCostaRica, or the public.

USE OF COOKIES

The YouAreCostaRica Website uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize YouAreCostaRica pages, or register with YouAreCostaRica site or services, a cookie helps YouAreCostaRica to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same YouAreCostaRica Website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the YouAreCostaRica Website features that you customized.

You can accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the YouAreCostaRica services or websites you visit.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The YouAreCostaRica Website secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The YouAreCostaRica Website secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected using encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

YouAreCostaRica will occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. YouAreCostaRica encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how YouAreCostaRica is protecting your information.

CONTACT INFORMATION

YouAreCostaRica welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If you believe that YouAreCostaRica has not adhered to this Statement, please contact YouAreCostaRica at [email protected]. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.