Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 23, 2026

Desert Oasis Retreats (“Desert Oasis Retreats,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit www.desertoasisretreats.com, request information, download a guide, request a Property Income Analysis, book a consultation, or otherwise communicate with us.

By using our website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide

We may collect information you voluntarily submit, including:

  • Your name

  • Email address

  • Telephone number

  • Property address

  • Information about a property you own or are considering purchasing

  • Short-term rental goals, property performance, and income information

  • Consultation or appointment details

  • Messages, questions, and other information submitted through our forms

  • Email marketing preferences

  • Information provided when requesting our free guide or Property Income Analysis

Please do not submit Social Security numbers, banking credentials, passwords, or other highly sensitive information through our website forms.

Information collected automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

  • IP address

  • Browser and device type

  • Operating system

  • Pages viewed

  • Referring website

  • Approximate location based on IP address

  • Date, time, and duration of visits

  • Interactions with website forms, links, and advertisements

  • Cookie and similar tracking information

2. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

  • Deliver requested guides, reports, and other materials

  • Prepare a Property Income Analysis

  • Respond to questions and service inquiries

  • Schedule consultations

  • Evaluate vacation-rental management opportunities

  • Provide information about our services

  • Send follow-up emails and marketing communications when permitted

  • Personalize and improve the website

  • Measure website and advertising performance

  • Maintain website security and prevent fraud

  • Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

  • Protect our rights, property, clients, and website users

Property income projections and analyses are estimates based on available information, market data, and stated assumptions. They are not guarantees of future revenue, occupancy, property value, or investment performance.

3. Email Marketing

When you request our free guide, Property Income Analysis, or other information, we may use your email address to deliver the requested material and send related follow-up communications.

We currently use MailerLite to help manage email subscriptions and deliver emails. Information submitted through an applicable form may be transferred to and processed by MailerLite on our behalf.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the Unsubscribe link included in our emails. We may still send non-promotional messages necessary to respond to an inquiry or provide a requested service.

We follow applicable commercial-email requirements, including honoring valid unsubscribe requests.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website and service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies to:

  • Keep the website functioning properly

  • Remember visitor preferences

  • Understand website usage

  • Measure advertising performance

  • Improve our content and services

  • Deliver or evaluate relevant advertising

These technologies may be provided by Squarespace, analytics providers, email providers, Meta, and other advertising or technology partners.

You can control cookies through your browser settings and any cookie-management options presented on our website. Blocking certain cookies may affect website functionality.

5. Advertising and Meta Technologies

We may advertise Desert Oasis Retreats through platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. Meta and other advertising providers may collect information about visits or interactions through cookies, pixels, or similar technologies when those tools are enabled.

This information may be used to measure advertising results, understand audience activity, and display relevant advertisements. The advertising provider’s collection and use of information are also governed by its own privacy policies and settings.

We do not sell personal information for money. However, some state privacy laws may define certain advertising-related disclosures as “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or a “sale.” Where applicable, you may request to opt out by contacting us using the information below or by using available cookie and advertising controls.

6. How We Disclose Information

We may disclose information to service providers that help us operate our business, such as:

  • Squarespace and website-hosting providers

  • MailerLite and email-delivery providers

  • Analytics and advertising providers

  • Appointment-scheduling platforms

  • Property analysis and market-data services

  • Vacation-rental software providers

  • Professional advisers and technology vendors

  • Contractors assisting with authorized business operations

These providers may process information only as necessary to perform services for us, subject to their agreements and privacy practices.

We may also disclose information:

  • When required by law, subpoena, court order, or legal process

  • To protect our legal rights or the safety of others

  • To investigate fraud, abuse, or security concerns

  • As part of a merger, sale, financing, or transfer of business assets

  • With your direction or consent

We do not disclose your email address to unrelated parties so they can independently market their products or services to you.

7. Real Estate and Vacation-Rental Services

Desert Oasis Retreats provides vacation-rental management, property analysis, consulting, and related services. Melissa Kettner is a licensed real estate professional affiliated with RE/MAX Signature.

If you request assistance buying or selling real estate, information may be handled under additional brokerage disclosures, agreements, or legal requirements. Information submitted for vacation-rental services will not automatically establish a real estate agency, property-management, fiduciary, or contractual relationship.

8. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Provide requested services

  • Maintain business and transaction records

  • Manage customer and prospective-client relationships

  • Comply with legal obligations

  • Resolve disputes

  • Enforce agreements

  • Maintain security

We may delete or anonymize information when it is no longer reasonably needed, subject to applicable legal and business-record requirements.

9. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information. Nevertheless, no website, email system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You should use caution when sending confidential information electronically.

10. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to personal information we maintain about you

  • Ask us to correct inaccurate information

  • Request deletion of certain information

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

  • Opt out of marketing emails

  • Object to or restrict certain processing

  • Opt out of certain targeted advertising or data sharing

  • Receive a portable copy of eligible information

  • Appeal the denial of a privacy request where applicable

To submit a request, email melissa@desertoasisretreats.com with the subject line Privacy Request.

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Some information may be retained when permitted or required by law. We will not discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.

11. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social-media platforms, booking services, and other external resources. We do not control and are not responsible for their content, security, or privacy practices.

Review the privacy policy of any third-party service before providing personal information.

12. Children’s Privacy

Our website and services are intended for adults and are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.

13. Visitors Outside the United States

Our website is operated from the United States. If you access it from another country, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.

Those jurisdictions may have data-protection laws that differ from the laws where you live.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services, technology, legal obligations, or business practices. The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Your continued use of the website after an update means you acknowledge the revised policy.

15. Contact Us

For privacy questions or requests, contact:

Desert Oasis Retreats
Website: www.desertoasisretreats.com
Email: melissa@desertoasisretreats.com
Arizona, United States