Privacy Policy

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you to provide a service or carry out a transaction that you have requested such as receiving information about Lake Burton Rentals products and services, entering a contest, ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access premium site or service, signing up for an event or training, or when purchasing, downloading and/or registering Lake Burton Rentals products. The personal information we collect may include your name, title, company or organization name, work e-mail, work phone, work or home address, information about your job function, information about your company, and credit card information.

The Site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. This information is used to help improve the site, analyze trends and administer the site. Some of our sites collect information about your hardware and software in order to provide a requested service. Windows Update, for example, needs to know information about your computer in order to recommend needed operating system updates.

The owners and staff at Lake Burton Rentals believe our customers should be 100% secure in the way we handle personal information in person and online. You can be confident the information you provide us will be kept private and secure. We want your North Georgia Mountain cabin rental experience to be the best, not only while you are in one of our properties, but once you leave as well. Knowing that your information is safe and sound.

Lake Burton Rentals uses multiple level security measures to maintain the safety and integrity of your personal information. Sensitive financial information transmitted between your browser and our website will use 128-bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology. Additionally, we will only release information about you and your account in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

For Owners, a personal username and password are required to access and use your account. You can always get your information by contacting us at the office.

Here at Lake Burton Rentals, we Do Not sell any information to third party vendors for any advertising purposes or any other purpose.

There are only two times we would share your information, one, is upon your request. If you ask us to coordinate items for you to do while in a Lake Burton Rentals property, we have to give your information to third parties. The other time would be only if required by law and have been requested by proper authorities.

Through our newsletters, online forms, and reservations software, we gather customer information for the purpose of serving you in the most convenient way possible. The collection of personal information is never misused or sold to any third party. Collected financial information is used solely for the purpose of billing the user for products and services. Lake Burton Rentals will often send newsletters in regards to specials, upcoming events, and other exciting news that may happen in our beautiful area in the Northeast Georgia Mountains.

Consumer Notice

This website is managed and controlled by Lake Burton Rentals and is used for informational purposes only. Although we try to be as conscientious as possible in its correctness, we can not guarantee its accuracy 100% of the time.

By using our website, you are agreeing to the privacy policies of Lake Burton Rentals. We can be reached at [email protected] or (706) 878-3535.

Use of your Personal Information

The personal information collected on this Site will be used to operate the Site and to provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have requested or authorized. In support of these uses, Lake Burton Rentals may use personal information to provide you with more effective customer service, to improve the Site and any related Lake Burton Rentals products or services, and to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the Site to your particular preference or interests.

In order to offer you a more consistent experience in your interactions with Lake Burton Rentals, information collected by Lake Burton Rentals may be combined with information collected by other Lake Burton Rentals services. We may use your personal information to provide you with important information about the product or service that you are using, including critical updates and notifications. Additionally, with your permission, we may send you information about other Lake Burton Rentals products and services, and/or share information with Lake Burton Rentals partners so they may send you information about their products and services.

We merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry sections of Lake Burton Rentals, with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not provide you the personalized service and won’t merge your personal information with site-visitation data.

When you sign up for a newsletter or agree to receive promotional e-mail, Lake Burton Rentals may use customized links or similar technologies to track e-mail links that you click. We may associate that information with your personal information in order to provide you more focused e-mail communications or purchase information. Each e-mail communication includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication.

Some services on Lake Burton Rentals offer individuals the ability to publicly display certain personal information, such as for a Lake Burton Rentals partner who wishes to publish contact information as part of offering a business service. Participation in such services is always optional.

Lake Burton Rentals occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as Web site hosting, packaging, mailing and delivering prizes, answering customer questions about products and services, and sending information about our products, special offers, and other services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

Lake Burton Rentals may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

1. Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Lake Burton Rentals or the Site;
2. Protect and defend the rights or property of Lake Burton Rentals and our family of Web sites; or
3. Act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Lake Burton Rentals employees or agents, users of Lake Burton Rentals products or services, or members of the public.

Personal information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Lake Burton Rentals or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Lake Burton Rentals abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Control of your Personal Information

Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide on the Site will not be shared outside of Lake Burton Rentals and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission. As described below in the next section, you can access your personal information and make choices about how you wish to be contacted.

Please be aware that this privacy statement and any choices you make on the Site will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to Lake Burton Rentals in the context of other, separately operated, Lake Burton Rentals products or services. Lake Burton Rentals may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or security issues related to a product or service you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. In some services offered by Lake Burton Rentals, contact with the customer is an intrinsic part of the service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service(s) you have chosen.

Security of your Personal Information

Lake Burton Rentals is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Use of Cookies

We use cookies on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process and to personalize the Site. A cookie is a small 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. This simplifies the process of delivering relevant content, eases site navigation, and so on. When you return to the Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the site’s features that you customized.

Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about Lake Burton Rentals Web site usage, such as how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a Lake Burton Rentals Web page, blog or a newsletter. We may share aggregated site statistics with partner companies.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.

Mobile Data Sharing

We do not share mobile contact information with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Information may be shared with subcontractors in support services, such as customer service or repair service. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Changes to this Statement

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date at the bottom of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our Web site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect.