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PRIVACY POLICY
A LEGAL DISCLAIMER
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general and high-level explanations and information on how to write your own document of a Privacy Policy. You should not rely on this document as legal advice or as recommendations regarding what you should actually do, because we cannot know in advance what specific privacy policies you wish to establish between your travel and tourism business and your customers or visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice to help you understand and assist you in the creation of your own Privacy Policy.
PRIVACY POLICY - THE BASICS
Having said that, a Privacy Policy is a statement that discloses some or all of the ways a travel and tourism website collects, uses, stores, discloses, and manages the data of its visitors and customers. It usually includes a statement regarding the website’s commitment to protecting its visitors’ or customers’ privacy and an explanation about the different mechanisms the website implements to protect personal information.
Different jurisdictions have different legal obligations regarding what must be included in a Privacy Policy. As a travel and tourism service provider, you are responsible for ensuring that your Privacy Policy complies with the relevant legislation applicable to your activities and the regions where your services are offered.
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THE PRIVACY POLICY
Generally speaking, a Privacy Policy for a travel and tourism company often addresses the following types of issues: the types of personal information the website collects such as names, contact details, travel preferences, and payment information; the manner in which the website collects the data; an explanation of why the website collects such information for booking, customer service, and travel arrangements; the website’s practices regarding storing and protecting personal information; whether information may be shared with third parties such as hotels, airlines, transport providers, or payment processors in order to complete travel bookings; the ways in which visitors or customers can access, update, or request deletion of their personal data according to relevant privacy legislation; and the specific practices regarding the collection of information from minors or individuals under the applicable legal age.