Privacy Notice

Vipingo Ridge values your privacy and takes great care to protect any information you provide to us.

Please read our Privacy Notice to understand how we treat your personal information. By visiting the wwww.vipingoridge.com (the website) you accept and consent to our Privacy Notice. If you do not consent, kindly do not access our website or provide us with any of your personal information.

  • We only ask for personal information that we require.

  • We will only use this information to satisfy the purposes for which it was collected, such as the recruitment process or the marketing process.

  • If you would like any personal information changed or deleted, just ask.

Contact us at: dataprotection@vipingoridge.com

  • Personal data we collect

    We will only collect relevant data to enable us to carry out the service you have requested or accessed, below we have set out in more detail about the personal data we collect and why we collect it.

    We review our retention periods regularly and will only hold your datafor as long as it is necessary for the original purpose it was collected for, as required by law or as set out in any relevant contract we have with you.

    Online Enquiry

    If you enquire about one of our products or services we require your name, email address and contact telephone number to able us to respond to your enquiry.

    We will continue to discuss your enquiry with you for up to 12 months after your initial enquiry or if applicable, the product or service you are interested in becomes available (whichever is greater).

  • Sharing data with third parties

    In order to make certain services available to you, we may disclose your personal information to third parties. We will only disclose the minimum amount of personal data in order to provide the service.

    We have data sharing agreements in place with each of our third party suppliers and have completed the necessary security checks to ensure that your data is kept safe once it is passed to them.

    Our third party suppliers only have the rights to use your data for the purpose of fulfilling the service required of them, they do not have marketing rights over your data, unless you have specifically expressed third party consent.

    Marketing

    When you provide us with your personal data, we may ask you to set your marketing preferences with us so that you can choose (if any) the information you'd like to hear more about . This may be done by:

    • Registering for newsletters via our website

    • Physically visiting Vipingo Ridge

    • Telephoning or emailing Vipingo Ridge

    From time to time, we may ask you to refresh your marketing preferences by asking you to confirm that you consent to continue receiving marketing information from us.

  • How we may use your personal data

    Where you have given consent:

    Vipingo Ridge uses your personal data for electronic marketing purposes and we may contact you to update you in accordance with your selected marketing preferences with offers, services and other related products via:

    • Email

    • Text message

    • Post

    • Telephone

    You have the right to opt out of receiving promotional communications at any time by changing your marketing preference by contacting our Data Protection Officer.

    Where there is a legitimate interest

    We may use and process your personal information where it is necessary for us to pursue our Legitimate Interest as a business for the following purposes:

    Automated Processing

    When visiting our website, we may collect data directly from you as set out in this notice, as well as analysing your browsing and purchasing activity, both online and on site at Vipingo Ridge, along with your previous response to marketing communications. The results of this data (collected by cookies) allow us to ensure that we contact you with information on products and offers that are relevant to you. To do so, we use automated profiling software.

  • Your data protection rights

    You have a number of rights in relation to your personal information under data protection law.

    In relation to certain rights, we may ask you for your information to confirm your identity, where applicable, to help us search for your personal information.

    Except in rare cases, we will respond to you within 30 days after we have received this information or, where no such information is required, after we have received your request.

    Accessing your personal information

    You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you by emailing or writing to us at the beginning of this notice. This will be provided in a readable format free of charge. We may not provide you with a copy of your information if this concerns other individuals or we have another lawful reason to withhold that information.

    Correcting and updating your personal information

    The accuracy of your information is important to us and we are working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information we hold about you. In the meantime, if you change your name, phone number or email address, or you discover that any of the other information we hold about you is inaccurate or out of date, please let us know by contacting us via the details at the beginning of this notice.

    Withdrawing your consent

    Where we rely on your consent as the legal basis for processing your personal information, as set out under ‘How we may use your personal data’ section, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the details at the beginning of this notice.

    If you would like to withdraw your consent to receiving any direct marketing to which you previously opted-in, you can also do this by selecting the ‘unsubscribe’ link located at the bottom of our emails. If you withdraw your consent, our use of your personal information before you withdraw is still lawful.

    Objecting to our use of automated processing

    You may contest to a decision made about you based on automated processing by contacting us on the details at the beginning of this notice.

    Erasing your personal information or restricting its processing

    In certain circumstances, you may ask for your personal data to be removed from our systems by emailing or writing to us at the address at the end of this notice. Unless there is a reason that the law allows us to use your personal information for longer, we will make reasonable efforts to comply with your request.

    You may also ask us to restrict processing your personal data in the following situations:

    Where you believe it is unlawful for us to do so

    You have objected to its use and our investigation is pending or you require us to keep it in connection with legal proceedings

    In these situations, we may only process your personal information whilst its processing is restricted if we have your consent or are legally permitted to do so, for example for storage purposes, to protect the rights of another individual or company in connection with legal proceedings.

    Transferring your personal information

    Where we rely on your consent as the legal basis for processing your personal information or need to process it in connection with your contract, as set out under section ‘How we use your personal data’ you may ask us to provide you with a copy of that information.

    We may not provide you/transfer you a copy of your data if this concerns other individuals or we have another lawful reason to withhold that information.

  • Active Information

    You may voluntarily give us your personal information that identifies who you are by:

    • Completing and submitting forms on our Website, or

    • Signing up for email newsletters forms on our Website, or

    • Filling up reservations or other forms at our resort premises, or

    • Filling up forms at any of our events, or

    • Filling up forms at a trade fair in which we participated, or

    • By corresponding with us over phone, email, whatsapp online chat or other means, or

    • Placing a reservation through our booking engine, which is hosted and managed by a third party, or

    • Entering an online contest, or

    • Participating in an online survey, or

    • Reporting a customer service request or a problem, or

    • Submitting a review or a feedback, or

    • Enquiring about our services

    Passive Information

    When you visit our website, our web server automatically records some information about your visit, but does not recognise or record individual information that identifies who you are unless you actively give us personal information voluntarily that identifies who you are.

    The information we record and use for statistical purposes include but is not limited to:

    Your server address

    The date and time of visit

    Duration of visit

    Number of pages viewed

    The pages accessed and documents downloaded

    The previous site visited

    Type of device visited from

    Type of browser used

    And other such analytical information

  • Cookie policy declaration

    Our Website uses cookies. A cookie is a file of information which is sent by a web server to a web browser and stored in your browser or your computer's hard drive. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

    Using cookies helps us provide you with a better experience by enabling us to recognise you and save your preferences, provide customised content and service, an enhanced experience of the Website and to improve our Website.

    Most browsers allow you to reject cookies. Blocking cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of the Website.We and our partners store or access information on devices, such as cookies and process personal data, such as unique identifiers and standard information sent by a device for the purposes described below.

    You may click to consent to our and our partners’ processing for such purposes. Alternatively, you may click to refuse to consent, or access more detailed information and change your preferences before consenting. Your preferences will apply to this website only.

    Please note that some processing of your personal data may not require your consent, but you have a right to object to such processing. You can change your preferences at any time by returning to this site or visit our privacy policy.

  • Disclosure

    We do not disclose or sell your personal information to others for use in their mailing lists or databases.

    We use your personal information internally and share it with other people or organisations who need to know it as part of working with us in our normal business activities (e.g. Suppliers). We may need to share your personal information with a number of trusted parties, with or without obtaining your consent, that help us provide our services. These include:

    • Law enforcement agencies or governmental organisations where disclosures are required by applicable law

    • Our group companies

    • Banks and payment gateway service providers

    • Advertising and marketing agencies

    • Other service providers