Christopher Travel® LLC - Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY OF CHRISTOPHER TRAVEL® LLC

Effective Date: February 21, 2022

Christopher Travel® LLC ("us", "we", or "our") operates the https://christopher.travel and https://penciltreks.com websites (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://christopher.travel/terms/

DEFINITIONS

  • PERSONAL DATA
    Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
  • USAGE DATA
    Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • COOKIES
    Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
  • DATA CONTROLLER
    Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed.For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

  • DATA PROCESSORS (OR SERVICE PROVIDERS)
    Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller.

We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

  • DATA SUBJECT (OR USER)
    Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED

PERSONAL DATA

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address;
  • First name and last name;
  • Phone number;
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City;
  • Date of Birth;
  • Information about your browsing behavior on our website and mobile apps;
  • Information about when you click on one of our advertisements, including advertisements on other websites;
  • Information about the way you access our digital services, including operating system, IP address, online identifiers and browser details;
  • Social preferences, interests and activities.

We may collect the following information when you buy our products:

  • Passenger information, passport details, other ID document details;
  • Insurance details;
  • Relevant medical data and any special, dietary, religious or disability requests;
  • Information about your purchases, including what you bought, when and where you bought it, how you paid for it, and credit or payment information;
  • Information about your browsing behavior on our websites and mobile apps;
  • Information about when you click on one of our advertisements, including advertisements on other websites;
  • Information about the way you access our digital services, including operating system, IP address, online identifiers, and browser details;
  • Social preferences, interests, and activities.

We may collect the following information when you contact us or we contact you to take part in promotions, competitions, surveys or questionnaires about our services:

  • Personal data you provide when you connect with us, including by email, mail, and telephone, or through social media, such as your name, username, and contact details.
  • Details of emails and other digital communications we send to you that you open, including any links within those communications that you click on.
  • Your feedback and contributions to customer surveys and questionnaires.

Other sources of personal data:

  • We may use personal data from other sources, such as specialist companies that supply information, retail partners, and public registers.
  • Your insurance company, their agents and medical staff may exchange relevant personal data and special categories of personal data with us in circumstances where we/they need to act on your behalf or in the interest of other customers or in an emergency.
  • If you log-in using your social network credentials to connect to our platforms and online services e.g. Facebook, Google+, Twitter, you will agree to share your user details with us. For example, your name, email address, date of birth, location, and any other information you choose to share with us.

Personal data you provide about others:

  • We use personal data about other individuals provided by you, such as those people on your booking.
  • By providing other people’s personal data, you must be sure that they agree to this and you are allowed to provide it. You should also ensure that, where appropriate, they understand how their personal data may be used by us.

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

USAGE DATA

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

TRACKING & COOKIES DATA

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • SESSION COOKIES
    We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
  • PREFERENCE COOKIES
    We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings. These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.
  • SECURITY COOKIES
    We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
  • ESSENTIAL COOKIES
    Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket and checkout securely.
  • STATISTICS COOKIES
    These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
  • MARKETING COOKIES
    Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.  The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.
  • FUNCTIONAL COOKIES
    These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER

We use your personal data in a variety of ways and in particular for the following reasons:

To provide the products and services you request

We need to process your personal data so that we can manage your account or booking, provide you with the products and services you want to buy, and help you with any orders and refunds you may request.

To manage and improve our products, services and day-to-day operations

We use personal data to manage and improve our products, websites, mobile apps, customer loyalty or recognition programs, and other services.

We monitor how our services are used to help protect your personal data, detect and prevent fraud, other crimes, and misuse of services. This helps ensure that you can safely use our services.

We may use personal data to respond to and manage security operations, accidents or other similar incidents, including medical and insurance purposes.

We may use personal data to carry out market research and internal research and development, and to develop and improve our product range, services, IT systems, security and the way we communicate with you.

To personalize your experience

We want to ensure that marketing communications relating to our products and services, including online advertising, are relevant to your interests.

To do this we may use your personal data to better understand your interests so that we can try to predict what other products, services and information you might be most interested in. This enables us to tailor our communications to make them more relevant and interesting for you.

Looking at your browsing behavior and purchases helps us to better understand you as a customer and it allows us to provide you with personalized offers and services.

We may also measure responses to marketing communications relating to products and services we offer, which enables us to offer you products and services that meet your needs as a customer.

If you do not want to receive personalized services from us, you can change your preferences online, over the phone or by emailing us at any time. We will update our records as soon as possible.

To make contact with you and interact with you

We want to serve you better as a customer so if you contact us, for example by email, mail, telephone, or social media, we may use the personal data to provide clarification or assistance to you.

We need to process your personal data so that we can manage any promotions and competitions you choose to enter, including those we run with our suppliers and retail partners. For example, if you win a prize.

We may invite you to take part in customer surveys, questionnaires and other market research activities carried out by Christopher Travel® LLC and by other organizations on our behalf.

To help us to better understand you as a customer, and to be able to provide you with services and marketing communications (including online advertising relevant to your interests), we may combine the personal data we collect when you make purchases in-shop with personal data collected from our websites, mobile apps and other sources.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKET RESEARCH

From time to time we may send you relevant offers and news about our products and services in a number of ways, including by email. We may also send you information about other companies’ products and services that we believe may be of interest to you. We will only do this if you previously agreed to receive these marketing communications.

When you book or register with us, we will ask you if you would like to receive marketing communications. You can change your marketing preferences online, over the phone, using the “unsubscribe” link in our emails, replying STOP to the short code in our marketing text messages or by writing to us at any time. Of course, the choice is entirely yours, but if you say you do not want to receive marketing information from us you will miss out on receiving great offers and promotions that may be of interest to you.

You may still receive service-related communications from us. For example, confirming bookings you make with us and providing important information about the use of our products and/or services.

We would like to hear your views to help us improve our products and services, so we may contact you for market research purposes. You always have the choice about whether to participate or continue in our market research.

SHARING PERSONAL DATA WITH SUPPLIERS AND RETAIL PARTNERS

In order to provide products or services you have requested, we may share your personal data with suppliers of your travel arrangements, including airlines, hotels and transport companies.

We also work with carefully selected suppliers that carry out certain functions on our behalf. For example, companies that help us with IT services, storing and combining data, marketing, market research, processing payments, and delivering products and services.

We may need to share personal data to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights; this includes providing personal data to others for the purpose or preventing fraud and reducing credit risk.

When we share personal data with other organizations, we require them to keep it safe, and they must not use your personal data for their own marketing purposes.

We only share the minimum personal data that enables our suppliers and retail partners to provide their services to you and us.

SHARING PERSONAL DATA FOR PAYMENT PROCESSING

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The payment processors we work with are:

  • STRIPE
    Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/us/privacy

SHARING PERSONAL DATA WITH REGULATORY AUTHORITIES

So that you can travel, it may be mandatory (as required by government authorities at the point(s) of departure and/or destination) to disclose and process your personal data for immigration, border control, security, and anti-terrorism purposes, or any other purposes which they determine appropriate.

Some countries will only permit travel if you provide your advance passenger data (for example Caricom APR Data and US Secure Flight Data). These requirements may differ depending on your destination and you are advised to check. Even if not mandatory, we may assist where appropriate.

We may share the minimum personal data necessary with other public authorities if the law says we must, or we are legally allowed to do so.

SHARING PERSONAL DATA WITHIN CHRISTOPHER TRAVEL®

Our privacy notice applies to all of the services offered by Christopher Travel® , but excludes services that have separate privacy notices that do not incorporate this Privacy Notice. We may share the minimum personal data necessary with other companies and members of Christopher Travel® , for example, to provide the products and services you request; to manage and improve our products, services and day-to-day operations; to help to personalize your experience; where appropriate, to make contact and interact with you; and if allowed and appropriate, for marketing or marketing research purposes.

We may also share personal data with an organization we sell or transfer (or enter into negotiations to sell or transfer) any of our businesses or any of our rights or obligations under any agreement we have with you. If the transfer or sale goes through, the organization receiving your personal data can use your data in line with this Privacy Notice.

PROTECTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures reasonably expected to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

The security of your data also depends on you. For example, where we have given you or where you have chosen a password for access to certain services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.

The personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by organizations operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. We put in place appropriate protections to make sure your personal data remains adequately protected and that it is treated in line with this Notice. These protections include and are not limited to, appropriate contract clauses, such as standard contract clauses approved by the European Commission, and appropriate security measures.

HOW CAN I CONTROL THE COOKIE PREFERENCES?

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the "Privacy & Cookie Policy" tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit https://www.wikipedia.org/ , https://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or follow the links below.

Our websites use Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States. We use reports provided by Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage.

Our websites may also use Google Ads which does collect data. You can control your Google privacy settings by visiting https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

Our websites may also use Facebook Ads and Facebook Analytics. Facebook also has also implemented flexible ways for their users to see and control how the pixel is used on partner websites. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen

Our websites may also use Pinterest Tags. You can control Pinterest privacy settings by visiting https://www.pinterest.com/settings/

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA UNDER THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Christopher Travel® LLC legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

  • We have your consent;

Example: Customer account

You give us permission to process your personal data when you register for a customer account.

  • It is necessary for a contract with you or to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract;

Example: To provide the products and services you request

We need to process your personal data so that we can manage your account or booking, provide you with the products and services you want to buy and help you with any orders and refunds you may ask for.

  • It is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation;

Example: Sharing personal data with regulatory authorities

So that you can travel, it may be mandatory (as required by government authorities at the point(s) of departure and/or destination) to disclose and process your personal data for immigration, border control, security and anti-terrorism purposes, or any other purposes which they determine appropriate.

  • It is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another individual;

Example: In an emergency

Your insurance company, their agents and medical staff may exchange relevant personal data and special categories of personal data with us in circumstances where we/they need to act on your behalf or in the interest of other customers or in an emergency.

  • It is in the public interest or we have official authority; or

Example: Security operations

We may use personal data to respond to and to manage security operations, accidents or other similar incidents, including medical and insurance purposes.

  • It is in our or a third party’s legitimate interests and these are not overridden by your interests or rights.

Example: To personalize your experience

We may use your personal data to better understand your interests so that we can try to predict what other products, services and information you might be most interested in. This enables us to tailor our communications to make them more relevant and interesting for you.

Where we need to process special categories of personal data, for example health data for medical reasons, we will only do so if one or more additional conditions apply. For example, we have your explicit consent; it is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or another individual and you are physically or legally incapable of giving consent; it is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; it is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest.

RETENTION OF DATA

Christopher Travel® LLC will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Christopher Travel® LLC will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

TRANSFER OF DATA

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Christopher Travel® LLC will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

SECURITY OF DATA

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

OUR POLICY ON "DO NOT TRACK" SIGNALS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ONLINE PROTECTION ACT (CalOPPA)

We do not support Do Not Track ("DNT"). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.

You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS UNDER THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Christopher Travel® LLC aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed about what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
  • The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
  • The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
  • The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Christopher Travel® LLC relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data.

For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

  • By email: privacy@christopher.travel
  • By phone number: 202-601-0189
  • By mail: 1300 I St NW Suite 400E Washington, DC 20005

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

CONTACT US

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.