You will find important information about your rights as a visitor to this site in the Internet Privacy Statement, and the Copyright and Proprietary Rights Information outlines how the content of this site may be utilized by visitors. We aim to provide you with the same high level of service on our website that you will encounter at every Ashton Gardens.

Copyright © 2002-2005, Ashton Gardens, All rights reserved.

1. The content and information displayed on this web site ("Ashton Gardens Information") is the property of Ashton Gardens ("Ashton Gardens") and/or other parties. The downloading, reproduction, or retransmission of Ashton Gardens Information, other than for non-commercial individual use, is strictly prohibited.

2. Internet sites of Ashton Gardens may contain or reference trademarks, patents, copyrighted materials, trade secrets, technologies, products, processes or other proprietary rights of Ashton Gardens and/or other parties. No license to or right in any such trademarks, patents, copyrighted materials, trade secrets, technologies, products, processes and other proprietary rights of Ashton Gardens and/or other parties is granted to or conferred upon you.

3. You agree that you will not use any device, software or other instrumentality to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of our site, and that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. In addition, you agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained herein, without the prior express consent from an authorized Ashton Gardens representative (such consent is deemed given for standard search engine technology employed by Internet search websites to direct Internet users to this site).

4. This site may provide you with the ability to use usernames, passwords, or other codes or devices to gain access to restricted portions of this site ("access codes"). The content contained in such restricted areas is confidential to Ashton Gardens, and is provided to you for your personal use only. We reserve the right to prohibit the use of such access codes on your behalf by third parties where we determine that such use interferes with our site's operation or results in commercial benefits for other entities to our detriment.

5. ALL ASHTON GARDENS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.

6. With respect to all communications you make to Ashton Gardens regarding Ashton Gardens Information, including but not limited to feedback, questions, comments, suggestions and the like: (a) you shall have no right of confidentiality in your communications and Ashton Gardens shall have no obligation to protect your communications from disclosure; (b) Ashton Gardens shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute your communications to others without limitation; and (c) Ashton Gardens shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, content or techniques contained in your communications for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to the development, production and marketing of products and services that incorporate such information.

7. Ashton Gardens Information may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Ashton Gardens reserves the right to make changes, corrections and/or improvements to Ashton Gardens Information, and to the products and programs described in such information, at any time without notice.

8. Ashton Gardens Internet sites contain information on worldwide products and services for Ashton Gardens, not all of which are available in every location. A reference to a Ashton Gardens product or service on a Ashton Gardens Internet site does not imply that such product or service is or will be available in your location.

9. If you choose to leave this Ashton Gardens site via links to other non-Ashton Gardens sites, including those of advertisers, Ashton Gardens is not responsible for the privacy policies of those sites or the cookies those sites use. In addition, because Ashton Gardens has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Ashton Gardens is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources.

10. This is a United States website and is subject to United States law. Ashton Gardens will disclose any information regarding the use of this site including personal information pertaining to you without your permission when required by law, or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to Ashton Gardens guests, visitors, employees, or property (including this site), or to others.

Introduction. Ashton Gardens has a strong commitment to providing excellent service to all of our customers, including respecting their concerns about privacy. We understand that visitors to our website may have questions about whether and how this website collects and uses information. Accordingly, we have prepared this statement to inform you of the privacy principles that govern www.ashtongardens.com.

Browsing. Visitors who browse this website do so on an anonymous basis. We have not configured this website to collect any information from your computer without your input. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with information, we will not know your identity, your e-mail address, or any other information identifiable to you.

Information. When we need to collect information from you, we will ask you to voluntarily supply us with the information we need. After information reaches Ashton Gardens it is stored on a secure server that resides behind a firewall that is designed to block access from outside the company.

We may also ask you to fill out an online customer survey, to obtain your suggestions or comments about your use of Ashton Gardens services, or for similar purposes. Providing this information is voluntary.

Internet Protocol (IP) Address. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer every time you browse the Internet. When users request a page from our site, our servers log the user's current IP address. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. Thus, each user session is anonymous.

Ashton Gardens Use of Information. We treat the information you provide to us as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company's security procedures and strict corporate policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. Because laws applicable to personal information vary by country, our hotels or other business operations may put in place additional measures that vary depending on the applicable legal requirements. Information is generally processed and stored in the United States, in which data protection laws are not as comprehensive as in the European Union.

The e-mail community, survey and other such information is used only for the purpose for which the information was collected and is not used for direct marketing or shared with other companies. The personal information you provide to us may be used for direct marketing by Ashton Gardens, or Ashton Gardens may use the services of a third party mail house for the sole purpose of mailing materials.

Disclosure of Information and Opt-Out. Ashton Gardens will not sell, trade, rent or release such information to entities outside of Ashton Gardens family of companies and hotels, for their use without your approval and giving you the opportunity to opt-out.

Cookies. Our website makes only limited use of "cookie" technology. "Cookies" are strings of text that a website transmits to a user's computer. Cookies enable a website to keep track of a user's preferences and activities relating to that website. Our website creates a temporary cookie for each visit in order to facilitate your visit. Our cookies expire automatically after you leave our website. These cookies transmit no information about you or your computer back to Ashton Gardens. If you do not wish to receive these cookies, you may set your browser to reject the cookies (consult the instructions for your particular browser on how to do this), although doing so may affect your ability to perform certain transactions on our website.

Links to Other Sites. If you choose to leave this Ashton Gardens site via links to other non-Ashton Gardens sites, including those of advertisers, Ashton Gardens is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of those sites, nor is Ashton Gardens responsible for the cookies those sites might deposit on your hard drive.

Email Community and Opt-Out. It is our intention to only send you e-mail communications that will be useful to you and that you want to receive. When you join Email Community, and provide your e-mail address, we will periodically contact you via e-mail and provide information about Ashton Gardens special offers and promotions that may be of interest to you. We may use a third party e-mail service provider to send e-mails. If you do not wish to receive e-mail with updates and information please unsubscribe here. In addition, every time you receive an e-mail you will be provided the choice to opt-out of future e-mails.

Legal Issues. This is a United States website and is subject to United States law. Ashton Gardens will disclose personal information without your permission when required by law, or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to Ashton Gardens guests, visitors, employees, or property (including this site), or to others.

www.ashtongardens.com Privacy Statement Changes. In the future, we may need to change the privacy statement for www.ashtongardens.com. All changes will be made here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone.

Conclusion. Your privacy concerns are important to us. We hope this privacy statement has been helpful to you.