At Singular Vacations, we are committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices concerning the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information obtained from users ofwww.singularvacations.com (referred to as the “Site”) and other related products and services (collectively referred to as the “Services”). It also informs you of your rights and options regarding your Personal Information and provides contact information for any questions or concerns you may have. For this Policy, “Personal Information” refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.
What Personal Information Do We Collect About You?
We collect Personal Information from various sources, as detailed below. We indicate whether and why you must provide us with your Personal Information, as well as the consequences of not doing so. Failure to provide requested Personal Information may result in an inability to access certain features of our Services or receive our Services, where necessary for compliance with legal requirements. We may collect Personal Information from you directly, from third parties, and automatically through your use of our Services.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, Singular Vacations grants you a limited, revocable, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right to access and utilize the Site for specific purposes outlined below:
- Searching for vacation or short-term rentals.
- Booking or inquiring about booking a vacation or short-term rental.
- Conducting research or inquiries regarding Singular Vacations services if you are a property owner or prospective owner.
- Accessing the owner portal for a property managed or marketed by Singular Vacations under a contractual agreement with you.
- Exploring vacation destinations.
- Undertaking any other purpose explicitly stated and permitted on the Site.
Prohibited Activities
Any use of the Site contrary to these Terms is strictly prohibited. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Commercial usage of the Site, unless expressly authorized by Singular Vacations.
- Unauthorized copying, transmission, uploading, or storage of any Site content.
- Attempting to violate, circumvent, or infringe upon Singular Vacations’ rights or those of any other entity.
- Deep linking to any part of the Site without explicit written consent.
- Employing any automated means to access, scrape, copy, or aggregate Site content, except as expressly permitted.
- Replicating or incorporating any aspect of the Site into another website without explicit written consent.
- Selling, offering to sell, transferring, or licensing any part of the Site without explicit written consent.
- Usage of the Site in contravention of any applicable law or regulation.
- Engaging in fraudulent activities or false pretenses while using the Site.
- Soliciting homeowners or guests outside the scope of Singular Vacations’ services.
- Posting or transmitting unlawful, threatening, abusive, or defamatory material on the Site.
- Attempting to modify or reverse engineer any software used by Singular Vacations.
- Taking actions that may adversely affect the performance of the Site.
- Threatening to leave negative feedback to coerce Singular Vacations into providing unwarranted refunds or compensation.
- Encouraging or assisting others in engaging in prohibited activities and/or defamation.
1.1. Information You Provide
- Registration and Account Creation: When you register with us and create your Singular Vacations Account (“Account”) through the Services, or become a Singular Vacations customer (“Customer”) by booking accommodation at a Singular Vacations property (“Accommodation”), we collect certain Personal Information including your name, contact details (phone number, email address, and postal address), date of birth, booking information, and any additional information you choose to provide. We also process the username and password you create when registering for our Services. Additionally, we may request a copy of your passport or other official government-issued ID for identity verification purposes at registration. Payment-related information, such as credit card numbers or billing information, is collected by our third-party payment processor on our behalf. We may also collect your hashed credit card number in connection with your booking.
- Account Profile Administration: We may collect any Personal Information you provide to us as part of the administration and personalization of your account profile, including age, gender, and individual preferences. You may voluntarily provide information about yourself to personalize your stay with us (e.g., whether you have children, whether you want to use additional services such as laundry services, etc.).
1.2. Information We Collect From Your Interactions With Us
- Communications: If you contact us directly via email, phone, mail, or any other means, we receive information about you (e.g., your email address, the contents of messages or attachments you send to us, and any other information you choose to provide). You may also provide us with reviews of our Services or complete surveys regarding our Services.
- Customer Service: If you reach out to us with inquiries or requests, we maintain a record of the communication and how your inquiry or request was handled.
1.3. Information We Collect Automatically
- Cookie Information and Analytics: When you use our Services, we collect information through automated means, such as cookies, web beacons, and web server logs (collectively referred to as “Cookies”). This information includes IP addresses, browser characteristics, device IDs and characteristics, operating system versions, language preferences, referring URLs, and information about the usage of our Services. We use your IP address to approximate your location. We also work with analytics providers such as Google Analytics, which uses Cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about the use of the Service and report on activities and trends. These services may also collect information about the use of other services, apps, and online resources. For more information on how we collect information via automated means, refer to the section “How We Use Cookies.”
- Usage of Properties: We automatically collect information about your use of Accommodations (e.g., whether you have stayed at the same Accommodation before, the feedback you have provided, or any issues during your stay). We will only collect such data with your consent where required by applicable law.
1.4. Information We Collect From Third Parties
- Social Media Accounts: We may obtain Personal Information about you from third-party services, such as Facebook and Twitter if you link your Account with third-party social media accounts (“Social Media Account”). This may be done by providing your Social Media Account login information through the Service or by allowing us to access your Social Media Account, as permitted under the applicable terms and conditions governing your use of the respective Social Media Account.
- Third-Party Booking Services: We may receive your booking information from our partners (e.g., Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO), including your name, email address, phone number, information available in your user account with a third-party booking service, and your Singular Vacations stay information (e.g., information about the Singular Vacations unit you are staying in).
- Other Third Parties: We may receive additional information about you, such as demographic data, from third parties such as data or marketing partners and combine it with other information we have about you.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
- Operation and Maintenance of Services: To operate, provide, and maintain our Services; to provide requested information; to respond to comments and questions; and to provide support and other customer service purposes.
- Personalization: To tailor the content and information we send or display to you and to personalize your experiences while using our Services, including personalizing your Account profile and identifying you as a returning guest to provide products or services according to your preferences or restrictions (e.g., adjusting the air conditioner). We will only use your Personal Information for these purposes with your consent where required by applicable law.
- Communication: To contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you relating to Singular Vacations or its partners, via email. We will only send you marketing communications with your consent where required by applicable law. We may also use the information we learn about you to assist in advertising our Services on third-party websites.
- Linking Accounts: To link your Account with a third-party account, including a Social Media Account, and to add information from these third-party accounts to your Account and profile page. Depending on the third-party accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings you have set, we will access, make available, and store (if applicable and as permitted by the third-party service and authorized by you) the information in your third-party accounts so that it is available on and through your Account on the Site and Services.
- Business Operations: For our business purposes, such as audits, security, compliance with applicable laws and regulations, fraud monitoring and prevention, and quality assurance.
- Transactions and Payments: To facilitate transactions and payments.
- Aggregate or De-Identified Data: To aggregate or otherwise de-identify data collected through the Service and use and disclose it for other business purposes once the data is no longer linked to an identifiable person.
If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your Personal Information based on a valid legal ground, including when:
- Consent: You have consented to the use of your Personal Information, for example, for marketing purposes or to track your online activities via Cookies and similar technologies.
- Contract: We need your Personal Information to provide you with our Services, for example, for account registration and management or to respond to your inquiries.
- Legal Obligation: We have a legal obligation to use your Personal Information for example, to comply with tax and accounting obligations, or anti-terrorism laws.
- Legitimate Interest: We or a third party have a legitimate interest in using your Personal Information. We rely on legitimate interests to process your Personal Information only when these interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.