| Privacy Policy |
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| As a registered member of Tour On Wings, you will
be entitled to savings and benefits on airfares, hotel
reservations, holiday packages and car rentals, among other
travel services. In addition, look forward to receiving
monthly newsletters and exclusive promotions offering special
deals. |
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| 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 theTour On Wings 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| This Privacy Policy explains the following: |
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What
personal information we collect from you and how we use
it? |
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With
whom (if anyone) your personal information is
shared? |
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How
you can opt - out of receiving our promotional e -
mails? |
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What
safeguards we have in place to protect your personal
information? |
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Other
information you should know about your privacy? |
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| What personal
information we collect from you and how we use
it? |
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| 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
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| 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 frequent traveler 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. |
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| Member Registration |
| If you choose to become a
registered member ofTour On Wings 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: |
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Personal
identification |
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To complete air, hotel, car, and other
reservations |
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To allow us to contact you for
customer service purposes, if
necessary |
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To customize the content of our site
to strive to meet your specific needs;
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To make product or other improvements
to our site. In addition, we need your e - mail
address to confirm your new member registration
and each reservation you transact on our site.
As a Tour On Wings site member you will also
occasionally receive updates from us about fare
sales in your area, special offers, new Tour On Wings, and other noteworthy items.
However, you may choose at any time to no longer
receive these types of e - mail messages. Please
see our Opt - Out Policy described below for
details. |
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| Member Profile |
| As a Tour On Wings 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. For example,
you can store your airline frequent - flyer
numbers so that when your make a reservation on
that airline, we may automatically pre - fill the
frequent - flyer number input box for you. |
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| Online Surveys |
| Tour On Wings 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 theTour On Wingssite and its services and to develop appealing content, features and promotions forTour On Wings site members. Survey participants are anonymous unless otherwise stated in the survey. |
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| Promotions &
Sweepstakes |
| Tour On Wings frequently
sponsors promotions and sweepstakes to give Tour On Wings site members the opportunity to win
great travel and travel - related prizes.
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 Tour On Wings site. |
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| 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 onTour On Wings 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. |
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| 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 Tour On Wings 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. |
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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 theTour On Wings site and, as
a result, none can be passed on to any third
parties. |
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Cookies allow us to serve
you better and more efficiently, and to
personalize your experience at our site. Tour On Wingsuses cookies to personalize your
experience on theTour On Wings 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 onTour On Wings site or to send you a
"Best Day to Buy" email (or similar emails -
assuming you have not opted out of receiving such
emails) 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
onTour On Wings site. |
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A cookie may also be
placed by our advertising server. Such cookies are
used only for purposes of tracking the
effectiveness of advertising served by us on our
site and no PII is gathered from you by the use of
these cookies, nor is this information shared with
any third parties. Similarly, a cookie may be
placed by our third - party advertising companies.
These companies may use aggregated statistics
about your visits to this and other web sites in
order to provide advertisements about travel -
related goods and services that you may be
interested in. The information they collect does
not include your PII. |
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The third - party
advertising companies may also employ technology
that is used to measure the effectiveness of ads.
Any such information is anonymous. They may use
this anonymous information about your visits to
this and other sites in order to provide
advertisements about goods and services of
potential interest to you. No PII is collected
during this process. The information is anonymous,
and does not link online actions to an
identifiable person. If you would like more
information, and want to explore the option of not
having this information collected by third - party
advertisers. |
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Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies. Of course, by
changing the options on your web browser or using
certain software programs, you can control how and
whether cookies will be accepted by your browser. Tour On Wings supports your right to block any
unwanted Internet activity, especially that of
unscrupulous websites. However, blocking Tour On Wings cookies may disable certain features on
the Tour On Wings site, and may make it
impossible to purchase or use certain services
available on the Tour On Wings site. Please note
that it is possible to block cookie activity from
certain websites while permitting cookies from
sites you trust, like Tour On Wings. |
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From time to time we may
add or enhance services available on Tour On Wings 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 email us with a
question, we will use your email 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 the better and easier
to use. |
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| With whom (if anyone)
your personal information is shared? |
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When you
reserve or purchase travel services through Tour On Wings, 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 other
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 theTour On Wings 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, Tour On Wings 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. |
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| How you can opt-out of
receiving our promotional e-mails? |
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At any
time, you may unsubscribe from our Real Deals,
Insider, or other newsletter or similar services
through the "My Account" link on the Tour On Wings Site home page. As a member or
promotion/sweepstakes entrant, you will
occasionally receive e-mail updates from us about
fare sales in your area, special offers, new Tour On Wings services, and other noteworthy items.
We hope you will find these updates interesting
and informative. Of course, if you would rather
not receive them, please click on the
"unsubscribe" link or follow the instructions in
each e - mail message or send us an email privacy@touronwings.com Tour On Wings reserves the right to limit membership
to those who will accept e - mails. Members will
be notified via e - mail prior to any actions
taken. |
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| What safeguards we have
in place to protect your personal information? |
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All payments on
the Tour On Wings site is Verisign SSL secured.
This means all personal information you provide to Tour On Wings is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket
Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system
that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or
scramble, data before you send it to us. The same
process happens when you make travel purchases on
the Tour On Wings site. |
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| What other information
should I know about my privacy? |
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Tour On Wings site contains links to
other web sites. Please note that when you click
on one of these links, you are entering another
web site for which Tour On Wings has no
responsibility. We encourage you to read the
privacy statements of all such sites as their
policies may be materially different from this
Privacy Policy. Of course, you are solely
responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your
passwords, and your Tour On Wings site membership
account information. Please be very careful,
responsible, and alert with this information,
especially whenever you're online. |
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In addition
to the circumstances described above, Tour On Wings may disclose the Tour On Wings 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 Tour On Wings 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 Tour On Wings or substantially all of
its assets are acquired, our customer information
will most likely also be transferred in connection
with such acquisition |
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This policy
is effective as of April 15, 2005. Any material
changes in the way Tour On Wings 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 email to privacy@touronwings.com. Please reference the privacy policy in your
subject line. Tour On Wings will attempt to respond
to all reasonable concerns or inquiries within
five business days of receipt. |
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| Thank you
for using Tour On Wings! |
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