Introduction
This document sets out our privacy policy in respect of your personal information, which governs the way we collect, use and protects any personal information that you provide to us. It serves as an expression of our commitment to protecting your personal information, but is not a contract between you and us. This Privacy Policy deals with personally identifiable information (referred to as “Data” below) that may be collected by us on our site. This policy does not apply to other entities that we do not own or control or persons that are not our employees or within our control. Please take time to read our Terms and Conditions.
1. Your Consent
By using our websites, using our social media channels, posting comments about us in any forum, providing any personal information to us, making enquires with us for travel services, creating an online account or booking any travel services with us, you confirm that you agree to and consent to the terms of this document.
2. Information Sharing
We shall never sell your email address or any other Data to 3rd parties – period. We will only share your details with 3rd parties that you expressly consent to being shared with. We take your right to privacy seriously and want you to feel comfortable using our platform (website and other digital services).
3. Copyright Notice
This document, and all content of our websites is Copyright© 2016 Global Trips LIMITED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
4. Collection of Data
Please take note that your user name, e-mail address, or other submissions that you make on this site may contain your real name or other personally identifiable information and, as a result, may appear on this site. Like many platforms, we may also automatically receive general information that is contained in our server log files such as your IP address and cookie information. Information about how advertising may be served on this site (if at all) is set forth below. Global Trips uses a 3rd party payment gateway called eWAY to ensure your personal and sensitive credit card information is securely stored. Your credit card details are NOT stored on Global Trips; instead your information is securely stored and encrypted with eWAY. eWAY is tier-one PCI DSS compliant—as externally audited by Stratsec (QSA)—ensuring the highest security standards set by Visa and MasterCard.
5. Use of Data
We may use Data to customize and improve your user experience on this site and to contact you. We will make efforts so that your Data will not be provided to third parties unless (i) provided for otherwise in this Privacy Policy; (ii) we obtain your consent, such as when you choose to opt-in or opt-out to the sharing of Data; (iii) a service provided on our site requires the interaction with or is provided by a third party, by way of example an Application Service Provider; (iv) pursuant to legal process or law enforcement; (v) we find that your use of this site violates our this Policy, Terms and Conditions, other usage guidelines or as deemed reasonably necessary by us to protect our legal rights and/or property; (vi) or (vi) this site is purchased by a third party whereby that third party will be able to use the Data in the same manner as we can as set forth in this Policy. In the event you choose to use links that appear on our site to visit other platforms, you are advised to read the privacy policies that appear on those sites.
6. Cookies
Like many platforms, we set and use cookies to enhance your user experience, such as retaining your personal settings. Advertisements may appear on our platform and, if so, may set and access cookies on your computer and is subject to the privacy policy of those parties providing the advertisement.
Cookies collect information that includes the server your computer is logged onto, your browser type and how you gained entry to our website. Therefore, when you visit our website anonymously, details are recorded about your visit, such as, in addition to the matters described in the previous paragraph, time and date, pages accessed and time spent. This information is used in an anonymous form for statistical purposes and as such, cannot be used to identify you individually. A cookie cannot retrieve any other information from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses or capture your email address or any other personally identifiable information. You should note that accepting cookies is required if you want to view our websites, because they are essential for our site administration and security. You may disable cookies or set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do disable cookies, we may be unable to optimize your visit to our site and you may experience some errors. Refer to your browser instructions or help screens to learn about these functions. If you reject all cookies, you may not be able to use our web sites.
7. Children
We do not allow persons who are ages eighteen or younger to become members of this site.
8. Editing or Deleting Your Account Information
We provide you with the ability to edit the information in your account by signing into your Account. You may request deletion of your user account by contacting us. Content or other data that you may have provided to us and that is not contained within your user account, such as posts that may appear within our forums, may continue to remain on our site at our discretion even though your user account is deleted. Please see our Terms and Conditions.
9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this privacy policy at any time and from time to time without notice to you, including by publishing a new version on our website. You should check this privacy policy for updates each time you visit our website to be sure that you are aware of any changes. You should check the top of the document to see the latest version in force. Any change will be prospective only, and we will not make any changes that have retroactive effect unless legally required to do so.
10. NO GUARANTEES
While this Privacy Policy states our standards for maintenance of Data and we will make efforts to meet them, we are not in a position to guarantee these standards. There may be factors beyond our control that may result in disclosure of data. As a consequence, we disclaim any warranties or representations relating to maintenance or nondisclosure of Data.
11. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Policy or our platform, please feel free to contact us.
12. Applicable Law and Disputes
This policy is subject to the law of New Zealand. You may obtain further information regarding privacy issues in New Zealand by visiting the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner website at http://www.privacy.org.nz/.
12. Linked Websites
Our website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practice or content on those websites. You should read the privacy statements and policies of any linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.
