Privacy Policy

About Explore Sisters

Exploresisters.com is the official website of Explore Sisters, the destination management organization for Sisters, Oregon.

Phone: 541-904-4414

E-mail: hello@exploresisters.com

Mailing address: PO Box 2412, Sisters, OR 97759

Privacy

Explore Sisters values your privacy, and we will treat any of your information with care. We are committed to protecting your personal information and maintaining your trust.

Our Privacy Statement lets you know how we handle both personally identifiable information you share with us through our digital and printed communication vehicles and non-personally identifiable information that we may automatically collect.

Personal Information Collection

You may use our web sites, digital newsletters and other forms of internet-based communications to learn about Explore Sisters products and services without disclosing any personal information beyond what you provided when requesting authorized publications, both digital or printed. We may ask you to provide us with personal information, for example, to access or use certain features or if you request additional information from our partners. Information that may be requested by Explore Sisters may include, but is not limited to: contact information, such as name, address, email address, and telephone number; demographic information, such as household information, age group, etc. and information about your travel interests.

Personal Information Uses

It is Explore Sisters’ policy to treat any personally identifiable information submitted via our web site as strictly confidential. Explore Sisters does not make your personal information available to third parties for any reason, except to fulfill requests made by you and/or your company.

However, Explore Sisters may use the information you voluntarily offer to inform you directly about information, products or services that may be of interest to you, improve content on our web site or electronic newsletter, or to assist with marketing research. We may disclose your personal information as required by law, in conjunction with a public records request, government inquiry, or in litigation or dispute resolution.

Cookies and Other Tracking

We use tracking tools such as cookies, or other technologies or methods of integration that may be placed in the browser of your device (e.g., computer or mobile phone) to collect non-personally identifiable information such as internet protocol (IP) addresses to provide us with general location data, sometimes across multiple devices. We may share with our service providers your IP address to monitor how effective our advertisements are at inspiring you to visit Sisters.

Links to Outside Websites

This site may contain links to third-party sites not controlled by Explore Sisters, which therefore are not covered by this privacy statement, such as those belonging to Explore Sisters partners and advertisers. We recommend that you check the privacy statement of other sites you visit before providing any personal information.

Unsubscribe

We do not want to send you information you do not want to receive. All of our e-newsletters include links in the footer of the e-mail for managing all aspects of your subscription, including the ability to globally unsubscribe from such communications.

Changes to Privacy

Explore Sisters retains the right to change this Privacy Policy Statement. For your benefit, we will post changes to this page in a timely manner.

Content

Content and information contained in this site has been compiled by Explore Sisters, based on data submitted directly from local tourism promotion partners and business entities. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, all data is subject to change without notice. Travelers are advised to contact individual businesses or organizations to obtain information to their satisfaction before traveling. Links to third-party websites are provided as a convenience to users; Explore Sisters does not control or endorse the content or make any claims to the accuracy of the content.

Google Analytics

User information from Explore Sisters’ website is collected primarily to provide a more efficient experience. Exploresisters.com uses “cookies” “pixel tags” and “spotlight tags,” to provide more relevant content, advertising, and to improve the website. These may be small text files which are put on your computer or small graphic files. Information provided through these methods is anonymous in nature. If you wish, you may set your browser to refuse cookies. Some cookies may remain on your computer until you manually delete them.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help the web site analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the web site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the web site, compiling reports on web site activity for web site operators and providing other services relating to web site activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google offers opt-outs for analytics and for Google’s re-marketing services.

Google’s use of your IP address and other data held by Google is governed by your preferences within Google’s product suite and Google’s privacy policies. Visit Google’s website for to view their privacy policies and opt-out options.

In addition, this website may use third-party and partner advertiser cookies, pixel tags, or spotlight tags on select web pages. The purpose of these types of cookies, pixels, and tags is to collect and aggregate statistics about your visit to our website and/or to provide relevant re-marketing to you. These companies and partners may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. These cookies do not contain personally identifiable information.

Accessibility Policy

Explore Sisters is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for all site visitors, including individuals with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Exploresisters.com is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.