MYTRAVEL INSIDER LLC., PRIVACY POLICY
Welcome to our privacy policy (hereinafter “Privacy Policy”). The privacy and security of customers and users of mytravelinsider.com is important to MyTravel Insider LLC., (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, “MTI”). MTI reserves the right to collect information during your visits to mytravelinsider.com in order for MTI to provide you with a personalized experience that delivers to you the information, products and services that you desire. In the event MTI collects any such information, MTI shall not disclose this information to any outside person or organization, except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy and MTI’s Terms of Service, which Terms of Services are incorporated hereby (the “Terms of Service”). Please note that this Privacy Policy shall not create or confer any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party, and MTI shall have the right to alter and/or modify this Privacy Policy (or the Terms of Service) at any time in its sole discretion.
Purpose of the MTI Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy has been created to explain the following matters to you:
which personal identifying information of yours may be collected;
how and when we might use your information;
MTI May Collect Certain Types of Personal Information.
It is important that you understand the ways in which MTI may collect information about its users and customers with regard to your usage of mytravelinsider.com. MTI may collect information from and about its users (a) from our web server logs, (b) with cookies and (c) directly from the user.
Information Collected via Web Server: Upon visiting mytravelinsider.com, MTI may collect information for the purposes of administering the site and analyzing its usage. The types of information collected by MTI may include information such as: (a) the name of your Internet service provider; (b) the pages you viewed on our website; (c) the number of links you click within our website; (d) the state or country from which you accessed our website; (e) the date and time of your visit; (f) the type of browser or computer you use; (g) the Web page from which you linked to our website and; (h) your “IP” or Internet Protocol address.
Information Collected via Cookies: mytravelinsider.com may use what are known as “cookies” which are small bits of data in the form of text that our servers place into a file on your computer's hard drive. The use of Cookies is required to save your preferences and login information, and provide personalized functionality to the extent offered and available on mytravelinsider.com. In the event we elect to use cookies and for any reason you would prefer that we don’t, you can reject them by changing your browser settings, but please be aware that this may disable some of the functionality offered on mytravelinsider.com.
Personal Information Provided by Our Users: There may be certain pages of mytravelinsider.com either presently or at a future date upon which users can register to purchase products or services, receive personalized content and/or participate in surveys or forums. In the event such registration pages are offered within mytravelinsider.com, as part of the registration process, MTI may ask you for some personal information.
In the event MTI (and not MTI’s affiliates, partners or vendors) directly offers products and services to you for sale through mytravelinsider.com and you decide to purchase any such products or services being offered by MTI through mytravelinsider.com, we may also request financial information such as credit card or bank account information. Any financial information we collect is used only to bill you for the products and services you purchased. MTI may forward your credit card information to your credit card provider in the event you purchase products or services from mytravelinsider.com by credit card. For other types of registrations, we will ask for your [name, address, e-mail address or telephone number]. We may then contact you with information about mytravelinsider.com and MTI’s products and services.
MTI may use software programs to monitor network traffic or to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage as a means of maintaining security and to ensure the availability of mytravelinsider.com and our computer network to all users. These software programs may also have the ability to collect information regarding your use of mytravelinsider.com and our computer network.
In the event you require customer service in conjunction with the use of mytravelinsider.com, MTI may also request that you disclose personal information to us so that we can provide technical support assistance and related information to you. In those instances, the personal information we collect from you (such as an e-mail address, system information and problem descriptions) shall be for the purpose of providing online technical support and troubleshooting. If you choose to communicate with us via available electronic communication (e.g. email, online chat or instant messaging), we may retain a complete copy of the electronic communication (i.e., your inquires and our responses) together with your email address. MTI will provide the same protections for these electronic communications that are employed in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
Finally, some pages of mytravelinsider.com may now or in the future make chat rooms, forums, message boards, or news groups available to you. Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas is public. You should exercise caution when disclosing personal information in these areas. Don't disclose information in these public forums that might be considered confidential (e.g., financial information, social security numbers, passwords, email addresses, etc.). Users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information on the bulletin boards, the chat areas, message boards, etc., that information and any substantive information disclosed in the communication can be collected and used by third parties. This could result in unsolicited messages from others who post on such sites and are beyond the control of MTI.
How Does MTI Use The Information it Collects?
MTI, either now or in the future, may use the information we collect as follows:
to notify you about your mytravelinsider.com account;
to notify you about changes to the terms and conditions governing your use of mytravelinsider.com, and its products and services (although our failure to notify you of such changes shall not in any way relieve you of your obligation to keep track of any such changes on our website and agree to them prior to your continued use of mytravelinsider.com);
to notify you about other products and services MTI thinks you will find valuable and about special offers – provided that You may “opt-out” of any such notifications as provided for below; and
to provide aggregate information about our customers (excluding personally identifying data), this website’s traffic patterns, and related website usage information to our affiliates and reputable third parties.
Please note that while MTI takes measures to select third party product or service providers that are responsible and afford similar privacy protections to their customers, we do not make any representations or warranties about the practices and policies of these third party providers and shall not be responsible for any damage, liability, or harm resulting from your usage of their websites, products and/or services.
When Does MTI Share Your Information?
In the event MTI collects personal information, MTI will share or disclosure your personal information in the following ways as part of the manner in which it conducts its business: (a) as required by law, in a matter of public safety or policy, or as compelled by a court of law; (b) with other affiliates or partners of MTI (as described in the “How Does MTI Use The Information it Collects” section above); and (c) with agents and contractors who use such information on behalf of MTI or in connection with administering or delivering products and services on behalf of MTI.
Links to Third Party Websites. mytravelinsider.com may contain links to sites maintained by other companies. MTI shall not be responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites, and we encourage you to use caution when visiting them. Accordingly, it is your responsibility to view and comply with the privacy policy posted on each third party site.
Changes to the MTI Privacy Policy.
MTI hereby reserves the right to amend, alter, modify, replace or suspend this Privacy Policy, from time to time, in its sole discretion. All such changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective when posted on mytravelinsider.com. Your continued usage of mytravelinsider.com following the effective date of MTI’s posting of any and all modifications to the Privacy Policy shall constitute both your acknowledgment of any and all such modifications and your agreement to abide with any and all such modifications.
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
In accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), MTI does not knowingly collect or solicit any Personally Identifiable Information from children under the age of thirteen (13).
Further Questions Concerning the MTI Privacy Policy.
If you have any comments or questions regarding this Privacy Policy please contact MTI via email at info@mytravelinsider.com.
Effective Date of This MTI Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of November 15, 2011. MTI strongly recommends that you continually monitor the terms of this Privacy Policy for any changes that may take place.
Your Consent
By using the mytravelinsider.com website, you consent to the collection and use of the information stated in this Privacy Policy by MTI
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