Privacy Policy
As a registered member of The Van Masters- India, you will be entitled to savings and benefits on holiday packages and car rentals, among other travel services. In addition, look forward to receiving monthly newsletters and exclusive promotions offering special deals.
That’s why we’ve provided this Privacy Policy, which sets forth our policies regarding the collection, use and protection of the personal information of those using The Van Masters- India website. Personal information means information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and credit card number.
We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy, and become familiar with it, but you should know that we do not sell or rent our customers’ personal information to third parties
Please note that we review our Privacy Policy from time to time, and we may make periodic changes to the policy in connection with that review. Therefore, you may wish to bookmark this page and/or periodically review this page to make sure you have the latest version. Regardless of later updates, we will abide by the privacy practices described to you in this Privacy Policy at the time you provided us with your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains the following:
- WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU AND HOW WE USE IT?
- WITH WHOM (IF ANYONE) YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS SHARED?
- WHAT OTHER INFORMATION SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT MY PRIVACY?
1. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU AND HOW WE USE IT?
When browsing our site, you are not required to provide any personal information unless and until you choose to make a purchase or sign up for one of our e-mail newsletters or other services as described below.
Making a Purchase
In order to purchase travel and/or related services through our site, you must provide us with certain personal information such as your name, credit card number and expiration date, credit card billing address, telephone number, e-mail address and the name or names of the person(s) traveling (if not you). We may also ask you for other personal information, such as your past booking reference numbers. We require this information to process, fulfill and confirm your reservations and transactions and keep you informed of each transaction’s status. If you are making a reservation for one or more travelers other than yourself, you must confirm and represent that each of these other travelers have agreed, in advance, that you may disclose their personal information to us.
Member Registration
If you choose to become a registered member of The Van Masters- India site, you must provide your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, a unique login name, password, and password validation, and a password hint to help you remember your password. This information is collected on the registration form for several reasons, including but not limited to:
Member Profile
As The Van Masters- India site member, you can choose to complete your online profile by providing us with travel preferences, frequent – traveler or affinity numbers, credit card billing information, paper ticket delivery address, and other personal information. This information is primarily used to assist you in making reservations quickly without having to type in the same information repeatedly.
Online Surveys
The Van Masters- India values opinions and comments from members, so we frequently conduct online surveys. Participation in these surveys is entirely optional. Typically, the information is aggregated, and used to make improvements to The Van Masters- India site and its services and to develop appealing content, features and promotions for The Van Masters- India site members. Survey participants are anonymous unless otherwise stated in the survey.
Promotions & Sweepstakes
The Van Masters- India frequently sponsors promotions and sweepstakes to give The Van Masters- India site members the opportunity to win great travel and travel-related offers. Information collected by us for such activities may include contact information and survey questions. We use contact information to notify contest winners and survey information to develop promotions and product improvements to The Van Masters- India site.
Automatic Logging of Session Data
We automatically log generic information about your computer’s connection to the Internet, which we call “session data,” that is anonymous and not linked to any personal information. Session data consists of things such as IP address, operating system and type of browser software being used and the activities conducted by the user while on The Van Masters- India site. An IP address is a number that lets computers attached to the internet, such as our web servers, know where to send data back to the user, such as the pages of the site the user wishes to view. We collect session data because it helps us analyze such things as what items visitors are likely to click on most, the way visitors are clicking through the site, how many visitors are surfing to various pages on the site, how long visitors to the site are staying and how often they are visiting. It also helps us diagnose problems with our servers and lets us better administer our systems. Although such information does not identify any visitor personally, it is possible to determine from an IP address a visitor’s Internet Service Provider (ISP), and the approximate geographic location of his or her point of connectivity.
Cookies
“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. There are many myths circulating about cookies, but you should know that cookies are only read by the server that placed them, and are unable to do such things as run programs on your computer, plant viruses or harvest your personal information. The use of cookies is very common on the Internet and The Van Masters- India’s use of cookies is similar to that of such sites as Expedia and Orbitz, as well as Yahoo!, CNN.com and other reputable online companies.
First and foremost, you can rest assured that no personally identifiable information (“PII”) about you (e.g., name, address, etc.) is gathered or stored in the cookies placed by The Van Masters- India site and, as a result, none can be passed on to any third parties.
Cookies allow us to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your experience at our site. The Van Masters- India uses cookies to personalize your experience on The Van Masters- India site, and with respect to advertisements. As to the former, these types of cookies allow you to log in without having to type your log – in name each time (only your password is needed. We may also use such cookies to display an advertisement to you while you are on The Van Masters- India site or to send you a “Best Day to Buy” e-mail (or similar e-mails – assuming you have not opted out of receiving such e-mails) focusing on destinations in which we think you might be interested. None of this information is passed to any third party and is used solely by us to provide you with a better user experience on The Van Masters- India site.
Other
From time to time, we may add or enhance services available on The Van Masters- India site. To the extent these services are provided and used by you, we will use the information you provide to facilitate the service requested. For example, if you e-mail us with a question, we will use your e-mail address, name, nature of the question, etc. to respond to your question. We may also store such information to assist us in making the site better and easier to use.
2. WITH WHOM (IF ANYONE) YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS SHARED?
When you reserve or purchase travel services through The Van Masters- India, we must provide certain of your personal information to the airline, hotel, car – rental agency, travel agency or other involved third party to enable the successful fulfillment of your travel arrangements. However, we do not sell or rent individual customer names or additional personal information to third parties. We use non – personally identifiable information in aggregate form to build higher quality, more useful online services by performing statistical analysis of the collective characteristics and behavior of our customers and visitors, and by measuring demographics and interests regarding specific areas of The Van Masters- India Site. We may provide anonymous statistical information based on this data to suppliers, advertisers, affiliates and other current and potential business partners. We may also use such aggregate data to inform these third-parties as to the number of people who have seen and clicked on links to their web sites. Occasionally, The Van Masters- India will hire a third party to act on our behalf for projects such as market – research surveys and contest – entry processing and will provide information to these third parties specifically for use in connection with these projects. The information we provide to such third parties is protected by a confidentiality agreement and is to be used solely for completing the specific project.
3. WHAT OTHER INFORMATION SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT MY PRIVACY?
The Van Masters- India may disclose The Van Masters- India’s site member information if required to do so by law, court order, as requested by other government or law enforcement authority, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable including, without limitation, to protect the rights or properties of The Van Masters- India or any or all of its affiliates, associates, employees, directors or officers or when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities. In addition, if The Van Masters- India or substantially all of its assets are acquired, our customer information will most likely also be transferred in connection with such acquisition.
This policy is effective as of February 01, 2018. Any material changes in the way The Van Masters- India uses personal information will be described in future versions of this Privacy Statement. Of course, you may always submit concerns regarding our Privacy Statement or our privacy practices via e-mail to info@thevanmasters.com. Please reference the privacy policy in your subject line. The Van Masters- India will attempt to respond to all reasonable concerns or inquiries within five business days of receipt.
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