PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy of the users is important to [...] (“Flight Portal INC” or “we”) while you are using our website (“Website”), and we are committed to protect your privacy and your personal information. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is therefore developed to explain how we collect and process the personal information of our users, and use cookies and similar technologies as data controller under the framework of applicable personal data protection laws (GDPR). By using our Website, you accept this Privacy Policy, regardless of how you access or use it. We strongly recommend you to read this Policy carefully.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Please be aware that you should not provide us personal information of others, unless you obtain their explicit and prior consent by informing them about this Privacy Policy.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may collect your personal information as explained in this Policy, for the purposes mentioned under “Why We Process Personal Information” section below. You are not required to provide the personal information that we have requested. However, if you choose not to do so, in many cases [Flight Portal Inc] will not be able to provide you with services and facilities offered in Website or respond to any queries you may have. Therefore, you accept that, if you refuse to provide your personal information required for using the Website, [Flight Portal Inc] cannot be held responsible.
I. Definition of Personal Information
“Personal information” is any data that relates to an identified or identifiable our Website user who is a natural person. Data that does not enable to identify a specific person is not considered as personal information (e.g., anonymous information, or personal data rendered anonymous).
II. When We Collect Personal Information
Personal information may be collected from you and devices you use, when you; i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi.i.Use our Website, ii. register for our Website user account, iii.update or add information to your account, iv. chats or phone conferences with our agents, v.make an information publicly available, and vi. otherwise correspond with us/our agents.
III. What Personal Information We Collect
Some examples for the types of personal information our Website may collect and for methods of collection are given below.
IV. Information collected when you register for our Website: You may be asked to provide your name and surname, birth date, ID number, address, email address and mobile phone numbers. We may also ask you to choose security questions to answer (e.g., your best friend’s name) when you have forgotten password of your user account.
V. Information collected when you use our Website: When you use our Website, we may collect information regarding the preferred payment methods (e.g., credit card, debit card or bank wire); payment institutions (the institution through which the payment is made and its branch); purchased services; payment amount; and dates and frequency of transactions. We may also demand further information for identification or confirmation purposes, in order to enforce User Agreement, secure our system and comply with our/our contractor’s obligations under law.
VI. Information collected when you use a device: When you use our Website through any device, we may collect the internet protocol (IP) address, and other information about the computer or device you use to access the Website (e.g. device ID, unique identifier, device type, ID for advertising, unique device token, statistics on your page views, traffic, referral URL, your browsing history, your web log information, and geo-location data.)
VII. Information collected using cookies and similar technologies: We may use cookies similar technologies to collect information about the pages you view, the links you click and actions you take on the Website and in our advertising or e-mail content. Further information about our use of these technologies is provided under “Cookies and Similar Technologies” section below.
VIII. Information from other sources: We may also collect information that you
(1) provide to [flight Portal Inc], its parent or affiliate companies, or its contractors; or
(2) make publicly available through any method.
Why We Process Personal Information
We may collect, acquire, record, organize, store, adapt, alter, use, disclose, transfer, align, categorize, and combine your personal information for the following purposes:to provide, improve and customize services through our Website; to take service orders, receive or verify payments; to notify you any change in our terms, conditions and policies, including this Policy and User Agreement, and send other notices to you, pertaining to your relation with us; to create, develop and improve our advertising and promotion; to deliver commercial electronic messages to you (purposes of the commercial electronic messages and how to decline them are explained under “Commercial Electronic Messages” section below);
to detect, prevent or investigate any potential or actual breach of law, or of our terms, conditions and policies, including Privacy Policy and User Agreement; to enforce our terms, conditions and policies, including Privacy Policy and User Agreement; to verify your account, mobile phone number or identity; to determine appropriate services for you; for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis and research;
to respond your queries, requests or claims, in order to provide efficient consumer services; to update, or troubleshoot problems with, your account, to resolve a dispute/problem, or to collect monies owed; to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires.
Transfer of Personal Information
We do not transfer your personal information to third parties without your prior consent, except as permitted under applicable law or this Policy. We may transfer your personal information to:
I. [flight Portal Inc] subcontractors, sellers and payment institutions for the purpose of facilitating the offering of products or services through the Website or making payments, provided that they will not use your personal information for any other person and will not share it with any third person.;
II. administrative bodies and other persons or institutions that are entitled, by applicable law, to request your personal information; and
III. Flight Portal Inc’s parent and affiliate companies. We will not share your personal information with third parties for their marketing and advertising purposes without your consent. We may process and retain your personal information on our servers located inside or outside United States. In any event, we are committed to provide appropriate protection for your personal information, regardless of where the data resides.
IV. How Long We Retain Personal Information
We will retain your personal information only for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
V. Your Rights on the Protection of Your Personal Information
You have the following rights pertaining to your personal information: the right to learn whether your personal information is processed or not, and, if processed, the right to request information about such processing; the right to learn about the purposes of the processing, and whether your personal information is used for that purpose or not; the right to know third parties (both in and outside of United States) to whom your personal information is transferred; the right to request rectification of the personal information which is incomplete or inaccurate; the right to request erasure or destruction of your personal information as prescribed in GDPR; the right to request third parties to whom your personal data is transferred, to be informed of the actions taken upon the exercise of the rights stipulated under above paragraphs (d) and (e);the right to object personal data analyses conducted by solely automated systems, which produce an adverse legal effect concerning you; and the right to claim compensation for your damages occurred due to unlawful processing of your personal information. Please be aware that where we have reasonable doubts concerning your identity, we may request additional information in order to confirm your identity, before we take any action upon any of your requests mentioned above. In addition, we may decline to process requests that jeopardize the privacy of others, or for which access is not otherwise required by applicable law. You should direct any query or request to us via the contact details given under “How to Contact Us” Section below.
VI. Non-Personal Information
We may also collect data that cannot, on its own, be used to identify any specific individual. We may acquire, collect, record, organize, store, adapt, alter, use, disclose, transfer, align, combine and otherwise process non-personal information for any purpose.In the event that non-personal information is combined with personal information, the combined information will be treated as personal information as long as it remains combined.
B. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Overview
When you interact with our Website or its messages or advertisements, Flight Portal Inc and/or its authorized service providers may place small data files on your computer or other devices in order to store data in your browser/device and collect information for the purposes outlined below. These data files may be cookies, pixel tags, flash cookies, web beacons and other similar technologies for storing information. We may use the terms “cookies” and “technologies” together or interchangeably in this Policy to refer to all technologies that we may use. These technologies help us to; i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi.identify users; better understand user behavior; see which parts of website people have visited; facilitate and measure the effectiveness of the Website, advertisements and promotions; operate and improve the Website; and promote safety of the Website.
Types of Cookies
There are different types of cookies. If classified by lifespan, a cookie is either: i. ii. iii. iv. v.a session cookie which is erased when the user closes the browser; or a permanent cookie which remains on the user's computer/device for a pre-defined period of time. If classified by the domain to which cookie belongs, there are either:first-party cookies which are set by the visited website; or third-party cookies which are set by a domain which is different than the visited website’s domain.
Purposes of Use
We may use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Operational purposes: We may use cookies and similar technologies that we found necessary for the operation of the Website. Some examples to technologies used for operational purposes are technologies that are required to identify irregular Website behavior and ensure security; and technologies that allow you to access Website or make use of its functions.
Functionality purposes: We may use cookies and similar technologies that allow us to offer you a more convenient and personal experience with the Website. Some examples of technologies used for functionality purposes are technologies that help us identify you when you sign into the Website and remember your specified preferences and interests.
Performance purposes: We may use cookies and similar technologies to evaluate the performance of the Website. Some examples of technologies used for performance evaluation purposes are technologies that help us understand how you use the Website, find out whether you have interacted with our messages, and improve our Website.
Advertising purposes: We may use first-party or third-party cookies and similar technologies to deliver content, including advertisements relevant to your interests, on the Website or on third party sites. Some examples of technologies used for advertising purposes are technologies that measure effectiveness of advertisements, help us understand the content that has been delivered to you (such as, whether you have clicked on an advertisement), and control the number of times you see a given advertisement.
Declining or Deleting Cookies
Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline them and can delete them whenever they like. You may decline or delete cookies by changing your preferences in your browser. Settings for each browser may differ, therefore we advise you to check with your provider to find out how to disable cookies. Please be aware that certain features of our Websites will not be available once cookies are disabled.
Authorized Service Providers
We may use authorized service providers that help us with operation and promotion of the Website. These service providers may also place cookies and similar technologies on your computer/device (third party cookies) and collect information that helps them identify your device, such as IP address or other unique or device identifiers.
A. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES, GOODS AND SERVICES The Website may contain links to third-party websites, goods and services, which are governed by their own privacy policies or notices. Please be aware that these websites operate independently from us, and Flight Portal Inc is not responsible for their operations and practices. We advise you to learn about privacy practices of the linked websites that you visit.
B. UPDATES
We may revise the Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of this Policy will always be at our Website. By continuing to access or use the Website after changes being made, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.
C. HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any queries, concerns, or requests about Privacy Policy, please contact us, using the below contact information: E-mail address : info@flightportal.com
Such communications will be examined and replied within reasonable time.
D. COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MESSAGES
By accepting this Privacy Policy, you expressly provide consent for the delivery of commercial electronic messages to you. We may send you commercial electronic messages via telephone, e-mail, text messages, facsimile and other communication methods. These messages may serve for different purposes pertaining to the relation between you and Flight Portal Inc, such as:for the delivery of services though the Website; for the fulfillment of our obligations under law or agreements; for reminding/informing you of your obligations under law, or our terms, conditions and policies including this Policy and User
Agreement; for the delivery of notices and notifications under law, or our terms, conditions and policies, including this Policy and User Agreement; to reply your queries; for advertising and promotion purposes; for celebration of certain events or days; and for keeping you posted about events. If you do not want to receive commercial electronic messages listed in (vi), (vii) and (viii) above, you can opt out anytime by updating your preferences in your user account or by following the directions provided within the applicable electronic message, if sent. In the event you choose to opt out by using either of the above methods, we will cease to send you commercial electronic messages in 3 (three) business days, upon receipt of your request to opt out.