privacy policy

North Carolina Coast Host (NCCH) is dedicated to making your visit to our website a pleasurable experience in a trusted environment. We'd like to take the time to let you know how we collect, protect and share information gathered about you while you are visiting us on the Internet. We hope this disclosure will help increase your confidence in our site and give you peace of mind during the experience.

  1. What kinds of information do we collect? 

    1. Information provided by you. This can take place in an e-mail you send us via info@coasthost-nc.com or by filling out and submitting our electronic form requesting more information. The information we collect from any e-mail you send us is just your e-mail address. If you chose to submit our form requesting more information, the following items would be collected:

      1. Your first name.

      2. Your last name.

      3. Your mailing address.

      4. Your phone number and/or fax number

      5. Your e-mail address.

      6. Whether or not you are interested in receiving special promotions.

      7. Areas you are interested in.

      8. Types of info you are interested in.

      9. Your additional comments.

    2. Information we collect using technology. 

      1. While you are browsing our site we collect a very small amount of information. For instance, we need to know your IP address so that we can send your browser the information you are requesting. This information does not personally identify you. We also use this information to make our site more interesting because it identifies what parts of our site you visited and hopefully liked versus what parts of our site you did not visit. 

      2. We normally don't combine this type of information with personally identifiable information. However, we will combine this information with personally identifiable information to identify a visitor in order to enforce compliance with our house rules or terms of service or to protect our service, site, guests or others.

    3. What are Cookies and how do we use them.

      1. Cookies are pieces of information that a web site sends to your computer while you are viewing the web site. These pieces of information allow the web site to remember important information that will make your use of that site more useful. Our site, as well as many other Internet companies, use cookies for a variety of purposes. We only use cookies to find out where you're from and how you found us.

      2. You can choose to have your computer not accept cookies or to warn you whenever an attempt to send you a cookie is made. In order to do either one of these things, you must configure your browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.) manually by adjusting the configuration settings. If you elect not to allow any cookies to be sent to your computer, chances are you will not be able to fully enjoy browsing our site as certain parts of it have been optimized exclusively for use with cookies.

  2. What do we do with the information we collect?

    1. We makes changes to our website as we learn where site people visited or did not visit.

    2. We will periodically send information via e-mail to those who have requested to be included on our mailing list. Should you at any time decide to be removed from our mailing list, you can do so by visiting www.coasthost-nc.com/unsubscribe.asp.

  3. Do we share any of this information with other companies or organizations that are not part of NCCH? Quite honestly our visitors are our most valuable assets. We are not in the business of selling information about our guests. Only at your request will we will release your information.

    1. Third Party Advertiser (local businesses in our area). Again, only at your request will we will release your information to local companies who have special promotions and offers concerning your visit or vacation to our area.

    2. Organizations that protect the security and safety of visitors to our web site. We will give out personal information as required by law, for example, to comply with a court order or subpoena, to enforce our Terms of Service, or to protect the safety and security of our visitors and our web site.

  4. What choices do I have regarding NCCH collecting, using and sharing my information?

    1. It is possible for you to use much of our site without giving us any personally identifiable information. When you do give us personally identifiable information, you will have an opportunity at that time to limit any communications from us or our third-party companies.

    2. You can request at any time that we, or our third-party companies, not send future mail or e-mail to you either by contacting us at info@coasthost-nc.com or by calling us directly at 252-636-3637. Also, as mentioned above, there are ways to limit the information collected through technology -- though some of the features on our site won't work if you decide to do this.

  5. How do we protect your information? NCCH takes technical, contractual, administrative and physical security steps to protect all visitors' information.

  6. How can I get access to my information? As access is strictly limited, we do not allow access to this information online. Requests should be made via the following channels:

    1. E-mail: info@coasthost-nc.com.

    2. Mail: North Carolina Coast Host
      c/o Gary Curry 252-636-3637

    3. P.O. Box 655
      New Bern, NC 28563
      Telephone: 252-636-3637

  7. Who do I contact if I have questions regarding this privacy policy?

    1. E-mail: info@coasthost-nc.com.

    2. Mail: North Carolina Coast Host
      c/o Gary Curry 252-636-3637

    3. P.O. Box 655
      New Bern, NC 28563
      Telephone: 252-636-3637