Protecting your privacy is important to Oz Accommodations. We strive to keep your personal information confidential. By ensuring that you are aware of and understand the Oz Accommodations Customer Privacy Policy, we can provide you with better service. Please take a moment to read the following policy to learn how we handle your personal information.  

Why we collect personal information
Oz Accommodations collects and uses your personal information to give you superior customer service, to provide you with convenient access to our products and services, and to make a wider range available to you. In addition, we use your personal information to keep you up to date on the latest service announcements, updates, special offers and other information we think you’d like to hear about. This may occasionally include information from other companies about products and services that can add value to your Oz Accommodations services. From time to time, we may also use your personal information to contact you to participate in a market research survey, so that we can gauge customer satisfaction and develop better services.

How we collect personal information
We collect information about you in several ways. For example, we might ask for your contact information when you correspond with us, call us to make a purchase or request service or participate in an online survey. In addition, when you register with Oz Accommodations or ask to be included in an email mailing list, we collect and store the information you provide in a secure database. 

To save you time and make our web services even easier to use, Oz Accommodations website allow you to create an "Oz Accommodations ID" using your personal information. Here's how it works: When you register you simply fill out a brief profile—your name, phone number, and email address—then choose a password and password hint (such as the month and day of your birth) for security. The system saves your information and assigns you a personal Oz Accommodations ID. Next time you use your services from the Oz Accommodations Store or register for additional services, you can simply enter your email address and password—the system will automatically look up the information it needs.

When we disclose personal information
Your personal information may be shared with other Oz Accommodations business units around the world. They will protect your personal information in accordance with the Oz Accommodations Customer Privacy Policy. 

Oz Accommodations works with other companies that help us provide Oz Accommodations products and services to you, and we may provide your personal information to these companies. For example, we may give shipping companies this information so they can deliver your products efficiently. The information they receive is for shipping and delivery purposes only, and we require that the companies safeguard your personal information in accordance with Oz Accommodations's policies. 

At times we may be required by law or legal process to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information about you if we believe that disclosure is necessary for the public interest. 

How we protect your personal information
Oz Accommodations safeguards the security of the data you send us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. We urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser.

Oz Accommodations uses industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all web pages where personal information is required. To register your portfolio with Oz Accommodations, you must use an SSL-enabled browser such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer versions 4.0 and later. This protects the confidentiality of your personal and credit card information while it is transmitted over the Internet. 

Access to your personal information
You always have access to the information we have about you. To review and update your personal contact information that Oz Accommodations may have about you, email us at privacy@aplacelikehome.com. 

Collecting other personal information
When you browse Oz Accommodations’s website, you are able to do so anonymously. Generally, we don’t collect personal information when you browse — not even your email address. Your browser, however, does automatically tell us the type of computer and operating system you are using.

Like many websites, the Oz Accommodations website uses “cookie” technology. When you first connect to our site, the cookie identifies your browser with a unique, random number. The cookies we use do not reveal any personal information about you, except perhaps your first name so we can welcome you on your next visit. Cookies help us understand which parts of our websites are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how long they spend there. We use cookies to study traffic patterns on our site so we can make the site even better. 

In some of our email to you, we use a “click-through URL.” When you click one of these URLs, you pass through our web server before arriving at the website that is your destination. We track click-throughs to help us determine your interest in particular topics and measure the effectiveness of our customer communications. 

Our companywide commitment to privacy
To make sure your personal information remains confidential, we communicate these privacy guidelines to every Oz Accommodations employee. In addition, Oz Accommodations participates in industry initiatives—such as the Online Privacy Alliance and TRUSTe—to preserve privacy rights on the Internet and in all aspects of electronic commerce.

Oz Accommodations does not knowingly solicit personal information from children or send them requests for personal information. 

Oz Accommodations's website contains links to other sites. Oz Accommodations does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those companies. 

If we are going to use your personal information differently from that stated at the time of collection, we will try to contact you via email using the most recent information we have. If you have not given us permission to communicate with you, you will not be contacted, nor will we use your personal information in a new manner. 

The Oz Accommodations Customer Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time. We encourage you to review the privacy policy regularly for any changes.