LodgingAmerica.com respects your privacy. We make use of any personal information that you provide to us for the purpose of serving you better. We have created this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to demonstrate our firm commitment to online privacy. This “Notice of Privacy Policy” discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for certain of the Company’s Web sites. This Privacy Policy applies to all information that you provide to the Company and that the Company maintains electronically, whether you provide the information through its Web sites or through other means. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information that you may provide to third parties; for example, other sites linked to the Company’s Web sites. You should contact such third parties directly to determine their respective privacy policies. As used herein, the terms “Company,” “we,” “our”, “us”, and “its” when referring to Lodging America are used only for convenience and are not intended to be an accurate description of ownership, operation or corporate/legal relationships.

Depending on the use that you make of the Company’s Web sites, we may also collect your Internet Protocol (IP) Address (which is the unique address of your computer), information about your interests and preferences. From time to time, we may conduct surveys or offer contests or other promotional events, and gather additional personal information from you in connection with those events. The Company may store and analyze log files from user sessions.

What information is collected from me?

Information You Give Us: Information collected from you will vary, depending on how you use the Web sites and what information you may choose to provide to us (whether through email or otherwise). It's possible to browse most sections of our Web sites without submitting any personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) means individually identifiable information about you that we collect online, including but not limited to, your full name, a user name and password, email address, phone number, physical address, or, for certain products or services, your social security number, or financial information, and for certain e-commerce transactions your credit card information. If you choose to take advantage of some of our products and/or services, or to access certain of our tools or Web site functionality, you may be asked to provide Personal Information. You can choose not to provide us with Personal Information, but then you may not be able to fully take advantage of certain features of our Web sites and we may not be able to provide you with certain requested information, products and/or services.

Automatic Collection of Information: Like many Web sites on the Internet, we automatically track certain information about you as you visit and use our Sites to help us to better understand how the Sites are used and how we can enhance your overall experience on each Site. This information may include your computer’s Internet Protocol address, the URLs and Site pages you’ve visited, the number of times you visit each Site page, what downloads and/or search queries you have made, how long you spent on particular sections of each Site and on each Site generally, and your browser type. This automatically gathered data includes information provided through the use of "cookies" (which is described in more detail below).

Information from Cookies: Cookies are small files that we send to and store on your computer so that we can recognize it as a unique machine the next time you visit the Sites. You are always free to decline any cookies we use if your browser permits. Some of our advertisers and third-party service providers may also utilize their own cookies. Several of them may be part of the Network Advertising Initiative's ("NAI") Self Regulatory Principles Governing Online Preference Marketing. To opt out of the NAI's Online Preference Marketing, click here. In addition, we and our service providers sometimes use "clear GIFs" in connection with cookies and other website functions. Clear GIFs perform administrative functions without detracting from your online experience. They may be used to perform statistical and administrative tasks including measuring site and page traffic, verifying advertising avenues and positioning images on the web. Clear GIFs do not collect Personal Information.