chinaetravel.com
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privacy policy
chinaetravel.com
respects the privacy of confidential information keyed in by registered
users of our website.
Information
Collection and Use
chinaetravel.com
collects and stores personal information on a strictly CONFIDENTIAL basis
only from individuals who have voluntarily offered such information when
registering as a user of our website.
When
you register with chinaetravel.com,
we ask for your name, email address and birth date. If you would
like to book online flights, you must submit more detailed information,
including your telephone contacts, mailing address, gender, address,
credit card details and other optional information.
While not all
of this information is compulsory, the more information you volunteer
and the more accurate it is, the better we are able to customize
your experience. If you choose not to provide the requested information,
chinaetravel.com may not be able to
offer you some of the services that depend on this type of information
to function. We use your personal information for the following
primary purposes:
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To
allow you to use our online booking systems. |
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To
make the site easier for you to use and to make sure you don't
have to enter the same information more than once. |
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To
help us create content most relevant to you. |
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To
alert you to product changes and enhancements, special offers
and other new services from chinaetravel.com
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Cookies
chinaetravel.com
uses small pieces of data called cookies stored on users' computers
to stimulate a continuous connection. Cookies let us remember your
user ID and password and allow you to move within our site without
reintroducing yourself. Once you close your browser, the cookie
will terminate. If you reject the cookie you may still use our site,
but you will not have access to some areas of our site and will
be unable to use our online booking systems.
Information
Sharing and Analysis
chinaetravel.com
reserves the right to analyze user behavior in order to improve
the site and meet the needs of our users as well as to help advertisers
reach their target market. chinaetravel.com
will use its best endeavors to avoid unnecessary advertising material
reaching non-target markets causing irritation to users.
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chinaetravel.com
automatically receives and records information on our server
logs from your browser including your IP address, cookie information
and the page you requested. |
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chinaetravel.com
uses information for three general purposes: to allow us or
our partners to customize the advertising and content you see,
to fulfill your requests for certain products and services,
and to contact you about specials and new products. |
Third
Parties
chinaetravel.com
will not sell or rent your personal information to any third party without
your approval. We will only send personal information about you to other
companies or people when:
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We
have your consent to share the information. |
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We
need to share your information to provide the product or service
you have requested. |
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We
need to send the information to companies who work on behalf
of chinaetravel.com to provide
a product or service to you. |
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We
respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process. |
These
parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information
except for the purpose of providing such product or service.
Legal Disclaimer
chinaetravel.com
may disclose personal information when required by law or in the
good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform
to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on
our website or we believe such disclosure is necessary to protect
and defend the rights, property or safety of chinaetravel.com,
our users or others.
Links
This website contains
links to other sites. Please be aware that chinaetravel.com
is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
chinaetravel.com hopes that all third
parties involved adhere to our policies regarding the privacy of
our users, however, this privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this site and chinaetravel.com
does not assume any responsibility for any actions of third parties.
Communications/Opt-out
chinaetravel.com
sends all new users a welcome email that verifies your password
and username. Users will also receive our newsletter, the chinaezine
which highlights special deals and keeps you informed on the latest
developments at chinaetravel.com and
the travel industry in general. Out of respect for the privacy of
our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications
during the registration process and on receipt of emails. Please
email us at info@chinaetravel.com
if you would like to unsubscribe from our mailing list.
If there is any change to the use of your personally identifiable
information, we will email you to notify you of such change. If
you do not agree to the changes, you will be given the choice to
opt-out of the new use. In addition the new policy will be posted
on the site prior to its effective date.
Correcting/Updating
Personal Information
chinaetravel.com
provides its registered users the ability to access, update and
edit their personal information. You can easily correct or update
your information in 'your profile' after you log in or you can email
us at info@chinaetravel.com.
Security
chinaetravel.com
has security measures in place to attempt to protect against the
loss, misuse and alteration of personal information under our control.
When we ask users to enter sensitive information such as credit
card information, that information is encrypted and is protected
with SSL, the best encryption software in the industry.
While we use SSL encryption
to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in
our power to protect users' information offline. Only authorized
employees have access to the information you provide us and strict
rules are applied on chinaetravel.com
employees who have access either to the databases that stores user
information or to the servers that host our services. While we cannot
guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur,
we make every effort to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
While chinaetravel.com
will strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure
or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and
you do so at your own risk. You alone are responsible for the security
of your chinaetravel.com user ID and
password.
The
above are effective as from February 6, 2002.
chinaetravel.com
reserves the right to change, add to or alter any of the above policy
statements at any time. If we are going to use your personally identifiable
information in a manner different from that stated at the time of
collection we will notify you via email. You will have a choice
as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner.
However, if you have opted out of all communication with the site,
or deleted/deactivated your account, then you will not be contacted.
Nor will your personal information be used in this new manner. In
addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices
that do not affect user information already stored in our database,
we will post a prominent notice on our web site notifying users
of the change. In some cases where we post the notice we will also
email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying
them of the changes in our privacy practices.
The above privacy policy is not intended to and will not create
any contractual or legal rights in or on behalf of any party. The
policies are stated herein on good faith on the part of chinaetravel.com
and registered users.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy,
please contact us at:
chinaetravel.com
Limited.
7/F Hing Lung Commercial Building
68-74 Bonham Strand East
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Email:
info@chinaetravel.com
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