Privacy Policy

Akers Ellis Real Estate & Rentals values your privacy, and our Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand what information we collect from you and how we use that information.

How We Collect Your Information

Upon reserving your vacation rental, you will be asked to supply information necessary for booking, including but not limited to, your first and last name, address, phone number, and credit card information.
When you subscribe to our email newsletter or submit a contact form on our website, you will be asked to provide your email address.
We may collect personal information at other times that state that personal information is being collected.

How We Use Your Information

We may use your information to improve or personalize your experience.
We may use your information to send emails you may find useful, including, but not limited to, real estate market statistics or trends and/or vacation rental updates or special promotions.
We may use your mobile phone number to send you SMS text messages, including booking confirmations, property updates, and promotional offers, where you have opted in. Mobile information and SMS opt-in data will not be sold or shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out at any time.
We will never sell, trade, or disclose your information to third parties. This does not include trusted third parties necessary for business, such as our payment processors, property management software, or beach gear/bike rental company.
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, including providing services, communicating with users, and complying with legal obligations.
For SMS communications, user data will not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes. Information collected for SMS messaging will be used solely for communication related to services requested. Users may opt out at any time by replying STOP, after which their information will no longer be used for SMS communications.

Opting Out

You may opt out of our emails at any time by selecting the unsubscribe option in the email's footer.

Cookies are files with small amounts of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Our website uses these "cookies" to collect information and to improve our service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Services.

Children's Privacy

Our services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our database. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to take necessary actions.

Links to Other Sites

Our services may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Updates to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this policy at any time. Continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of those changes.

For privacy-related questions or data requests, please contact us at [email protected] or call 888.909.8110.