Privacy Policy

Your privacy matters to us. This policy explains what we collect when you use this website, why, and the rights you have over your information. Last updated July 2026.

Who we are

This website is operated on behalf of Stargaze Escape, a short-term rental property in Yucca Valley, California (California STR permit CESTRP-2025-00565). For any privacy question, contact us at stay@stargazeescape.com.

What we collect

• Enquiry details you choose to give us through the booking form — your name, email, travel dates, guest count and message.
• Essential technical data your browser sends to our host (Cloudflare) to serve the site securely, such as IP address and basic request logs.
• Optional analytics — only if you consent via the cookie banner. Until you accept, no analytics or non-essential cookies are set.

Why we use it

We use your enquiry details solely to respond to you and arrange your stay. Technical data is used to operate, secure and troubleshoot the website. Analytics, where consented, help us understand which pages are useful and improve them. We do not sell your personal information.

Legal bases

Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we rely on your consent (analytics, marketing contact), the performance of steps prior to a contract (responding to your booking enquiry), and our legitimate interests in running a secure website. Where Brazil's LGPD applies, we rely on the equivalent bases — consent, pre-contractual steps at your request, and legitimate interest.

Who we share it with

We use a small number of trusted processors: Cloudflare (website hosting and security) and Resend (to deliver enquiry emails to us). If you book through Airbnb, your information is handled under Airbnb's own privacy policy. We share data with these providers only as needed to run the site and respond to you, and never for their own marketing. Our Instagram page loads content directly from Instagram (Meta) only after you tap to show it; Instagram may then set its own cookies under Meta's privacy policy.

Cookies

We set only essential cookies by default. With your consent we may add privacy-respecting, anonymous analytics. You can change your choice any time by clearing this site's storage in your browser.

Data retention

We keep enquiry correspondence only as long as needed to handle your request and any resulting stay, and then delete it. Server security logs are retained for a short period by our host.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or port your personal data, to object to or restrict processing, and to withdraw consent. Under the GDPR/UK GDPR (Europe/UK), the LGPD (Brazil), the CCPA/CPRA (California) and similar laws, you may also confirm whether we process your data, ask who we share it with, and opt out of any sale or sharing of personal information — which we do not do. To exercise any right, email stay@stargazeescape.com and we'll respond within the timeframe the law requires. California residents will not be discriminated against for exercising their rights.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13 (or 16 where applicable) and we do not knowingly collect their data.

International transfers

Our processors may handle data on servers outside your country, including the United States, with appropriate safeguards in place.

Changes

We may update this policy; the "last updated" date above will always reflect the current version.