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The
following information explains our policy regarding
any personal
information you may supply to us when visiting
cruisedirectonline.com or other
Travel
Direct Corporation web sites. You can generally
visit our web site without
telling us who you are or revealing any
personal information, including your
e-mail address.
Cruise Direct Online does not collect personally
identifiable information about
individuals
except when such individuals specifically provide
such
information on a voluntary basis, such as when
requesting a brochure or filling
out
our cruise quote forms.
Cruise Direct Online will not share e-mail addresses
nor any information submitted
by a
user when accessing our web site with anyone outside
Cruise Direct Online
nor will
Cruise Direct Online disclose user information to
any third party.
Our
web servers may automatically recognize your domain
name when you visit
our
site, and
this information is aggregated and used to measure
statistics
regarding the use of
our site, such as the number of visitors, average
time
pent on the site, pages
viewed
and similar information. This information is
likewise
not distributed to or shared
with third parties.
When you visit our Web sites, or book a
travel-related product such as a cruise
with
us, we may ask for the following types of information:
General information, such as your name, address,
phone, and e-mail address to fulfill your requested
service and to contact you in the future. Information
to verify your identity in order to provide you with
secure access. We may also verify your identity, or
your status as a registered user, by means of a
cookie. Financial information, such as credit card
data obtained from you and passed on to the cruise
line or other travel-related entity.
Cruise Direct Online may use the information it
gathers for its own
internal purposes.
Cruise Direct Online's goal in
collecting personal information online is to continually
improve the
content of our web site and to offer consumers
with cruise products that
best meet your preferences
and desires. Cruise
Direct Online may use the personal
data you provide
online to send you information
about new products and services, or
offers that we
feel may be of interest
to you. However, we will protect your online
information in the same manner
that we protect our clients information obtained
through other means.
When
it may be necessary to share the information you
provide:
Travel Direct Corporation does not share your
personally identifiable information with
third
parties unless it is related to fulfilling the
services you've asked us to perform,
or as
is permitted by law. The information you provide us
can only be shared under
limited circumstances. These include:
(1) Within Travel
Direct Corporation and our subsidiaries -
We may share information
about you, and the products and services
you have purchased from
us, among Travel Direct Corporation and
our subsidiaries, all of
whom follow our privacy policies.
(2) With
travel service providers- In some cases, travel
service
providers such as cruise
lines and other travel providers provide a
product or a service you
request. While this may require us to share
your information, these
service providers are strictly prohibited from
using your information
other than to act on your behalf.
(3) For
legal reasons- In some cases we may be required to
disclose certain information to comply with the law,
an investigation,
or a legal process, such as a court order or subpoena.
(4) In
case of a sale of a business- Your information may
be
transferred in connection with a sale, merger,
transfer, exchange,
or other disposition (whether of assets, stock, or
otherwise) of all
or a portion of a business of Travel
Direct Corporation, or its
subsidiaries.
Credit Card
Information Is Never Online
We employ safeguards to
protect the personally identifiable information that
you have provided to us
from loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration.
We never prompt you for
information, such as a credit card number
online through our Web
sites, as all sensitive information is handled off
line.
Cruise Direct Online reserves the right to change
this policy at any time.
This
statement and the policies outlined herein are not
intended to and
do not
create any contractual or other legal rights in or
on behalf of any
party.
By using the Cruise
Direct Online.Com site, you signify your
agreement with the terms of our privacy statement.
If you have
any
questions about Cruise Direct Online's privacy policy,
please
contact
the site's webmaster.
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