Privacy Policy

Rights

Thank you for visiting our website, DestinationYellowstone.com, which is owned and operated by the West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce/Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Montana Office of Tourism. All contents © 2022, Destination Yellowstone. All rights reserved. The Destination Yellowstone takes your privacy very seriously. Please read this notice to learn more about the Destination Yellowstone privacy policy.

Destination Yellowstone (West Yellowstone Chamber / Convention and Visitors Bureau) is a 501(c)(6) registered nonprofit.

Purpose

This privacy policy sets out how Destination Yellowstone uses and protects any information that you give Destination Yellowstone when you use this website. Destination Yellowstone is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

Destination Yellowstone’s mission is to provide you with personalized services and offerings designed to enhance your travel planning experience. To do so effectively, we collect the following information:

  1. Personally Identifiable Information. The personal information we collect is limited to the information you voluntarily provide. The information may include your name, telephone number, email address, and mailing address. If you do not wish your personally identifiable information to be collected, please do not submit it.
  2. Information from the Use of “Cookies.” Destination Yellowstone’s website may employ “cookie” technology. Cookies are small pieces of data stored in files on your computer allowing our website to track your use of our website as you visit and revisit the website. The use of cookies by Destination Yellowstone’s website complies with generally accepted programming standards and practices. Please note that you can choose to block the use of cookies through settings in your web browser.

Destination Yellowstone routinely collects, compiles, and reports statistics and information reflecting the use of our website and information services to enhance membership services and advertising services; improve marketing and promotional efforts; analyze our website usage; improve our website’s content and layout; generate aggregate reports on trends, interests, and behavior; and enhance service offerings.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

The information you voluntarily submit is used by the Destination Yellowstone to notify consumers about updates to our website, used to contact consumers for marketing purposes, and shared with reputable Montana businesses and organizations to contact consumers for marketing purposes. Individuals are provided with the option to not have their names shared. None of the information we collect will be used for a purpose other than the express purposes set forth in this statement, except as required by law. Individuals will be provided with the ability to “opt-out” at any time of any communication regarding new service updates Destination Yellowstone.

We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties that we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

Electronic Newsletters

We offer free electronic newsletters, updates, and email reminders as a service to our registrants, based upon your voluntary subscription. You will only receive an electronic newsletter if you have requested it (opted-in).

Visitors who have opted into our marketing emails can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our marketing messages. Email data and other data through third-party sources (like public social media accounts and Google Analytics) are used to better understand our subscribers and provide aggregated insights. As part of GDPS’s “right to be forgotten,” we set up an email address [email protected] for processing all specific requests for data changes, targeting opt-outs, and account deletions in a timely manner.

Security

We use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged on our site. We have appropriate security measures in place at our physical site to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information that we have collected from you on our site. We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Destination Yellowstone and the State of Montana are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information by this website.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Destination Yellowstone may update this policy from time to time. Destination Yellowstone will notify you about significant changes in the way it treats your Personal Information by sending a notice to the primary email address you have specified or by placing a prominent notice on the website.

Concerns

If you have any concerns about this privacy policy for the website, please send your comments/questions by the following:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (406) 646-7701

Mail: PO Box 458, 30 Yellowstone Ave., West Yellowstone, MT 59758

Customer Support: [email protected]

Customer Support: (406) 646-7701