Tourism Bookings recognises and values the protection of your personal information. TB is governed by and observes the requirements of the Privacy Act 1988.
We also recognise our customer’s concerns about the collection of their personal information and how Tourism Bookings will use that information. Tourism Bookings has implemented this privacy policy in order to reassure our customers about how we will use their personal information.
The types of personal information that we collect will depend on the nature of your dealings with us. For example, we may collect personal information directly from you when you:
In each case, we only collect the personal information that we need to carry out our specific functions.
Any personal information collected by Tourism Bookings will only be made available to our personnel whose duties require them to use this information.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties where it is necessary for our functions and activities. Examples of such third parties include external service providers such as IT organisations, marketing/advertising agencies or business partners with whom Tourism Bookings has a formal contractual relationship with. Any personal information collected will also be disclosed if required by law.
When you request information from Tourism Bookings, enter one of our competitions or apply for employment you may be asked to supply personal information such as your:
Tourism Bookings may also conduct surveys or market research and may seek information from you from time to time. These surveys will provide us with information that allows improvement in the types and quality of service offered to you and the way those services are offered.
Tourism Bookings may also be provided with your personal information when businesses apply for membership with us and supply contact details or details for referees for credit checking purposes.
Your credit card details may also be collected when you make payments for Tourism Bookings or its affiliates’ goods or services.
Your personal information may be collected through our Website, over the telephone, in paper form, or in relation to prospective employees, from recruitment agencies.
Our website provides information regarding accommodation, tours and attractions, and provides users with contact details for most of these providers. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those providers, and you should refer to the separate Privacy Policy of the provider of your choice prior to providing your personal details.
Tourism Bookings has accepted and adopted the National Privacy Principles reflected in the Privacy Act 1988 as amended or varied from time to time. In accordance with these principles, we will not collect any personal information that may reveal racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or details of health, disability, sexual activity or sexual orientation.
When you visit a Tourism Bookings website, our server makes a record of your visit and logs certain information for statistical and promotional purposes. No attempt is or will be made to identify users except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a power to inspect activity logs.
Most commercial websites use cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that websites send to the browser and are stored in the computer hard-drive. Cookies make using this website easier by storing information about your preferences on this website. This allows the site to be tailored to you on any of your return visits. Cookies will not identify you personally. If you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter your security settings on your web browser to disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. However, by disabling the cookie function in your web browser you may impede your ability to use parts of the site.
Google Analytics cookies on our site gather anonymous data such as geographic location, the method you used to reach this site, the length of your visit, the time of your visit, the pages that you visit, and the keywords used to search while on the site. If you don’t wish us to capture this information on your visit you can opt-out here.
Advertising cookies are used across the internet to deliver advertising that is more relevant to your interests. We place advertising cookies on our site that allow us and our partners to serve you relevant advertising content.
When you enquire about our services, request information from Tourism Bookings or apply for employment, you may need to provide us with your personal information. We use this information for the purposes of providing you with our services, information requested or for assessing your employment application. By providing this information you are deemed to have consented to the use and disclosure of that information as outlined in this privacy policy.
Tourism Bookings may run competitions or offer added benefits to you and we may ask you to provide us with your personal details for these purposes. Providing this information to us is absolutely optional; however, if you do not provide the information we may not be able to contact you or give you access to those benefits. Whenever it is optional for you to provide information, we will make this clear to you.
You have the right to opt out of certain communications at any time and can do so by requesting this in writing to Tourism Bookings.
Your personal information, including your e-mail address, may be used for marketing purposes, for the provision of information, to notify you of competitions and prize allocation and for research requirements of Tourism Bookings.
If you have applied for employment with Tourism Bookings we will use your Personal Information to assess your suitability for employment and may contact your referees for this purpose. If your details have been provided as a contact or referee by a business we may use these details for the purposes of that business relationship or for credit checking purposes and may contact you by telephone, post or email.
Personal information disclosed to Tourism Bookings may be disclosed to any other company that is related to, or a subsidiary of, Tourism Bookings.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties where it is necessary for our functions and activities. Examples of such third parties include external service providers such as IT organisations, marketing/advertising agencies or business partners with whom Tourism Bookings has a formal contractual relationship with. Any personal information collected will also be disclosed if required by law.
Your credit card details will only be used by Tourism Bookings for the purpose of taking payment for or its affiliates’ goods and services and will not be disclosed to any other third party.
Tourism Bookings will not use or disclose or permit the use or disclosure of personal information that could be used to identify an individual in any other circumstances except to ensure the proper provision of services (for example, for delivery of prizes to winners of our competitions).
Your personal information may also be used or disclosed if:
Other than as set out above, Tourism Bookings will not sell, distribute, rent, licence, disclose or reveal, share or pass the information onto any third parties, other than to third parties where it is necessary for our functions and activities; or those who are contracted to provide services to Tourism Bookings and who are obliged to keep the information confidential.
We will only retain personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes we are using it for. How long we retain data will vary depending on the purposes it is used for. We routinely update our email newsletter lists to ensure those who are not engaged are removed.
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that all information collected from you that we use or disclose is accurate, up to date, complete and stored in a secure environment accessed only by authorised our personnel. In particular, Tourism Bookings will take reasonable steps to protect the credit card details it holds from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modifications and disclosure. Credit card details will be destroyed in a secure manner when they are no longer needed by us.
Please keep in mind that no information transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We will endeavour to protect your personal information; however we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from our online products or services. These activities are conducted at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we will use our reasonable efforts to ensure its security.
You can always access the information and content that you provide to us. Changes to personal information may impact upon our ability to provide you with our services and you should contact us to update this information.
If you wish to access, modify or delete personal information that you have provided to us, please contact us at Tourism Bookings.
We have procedures in place to prevent unauthorised access to, and the misuse of, personal data.
We use appropriate business systems and procedures to protect and safeguard your personal data. We also use security procedures and technical and physical restrictions for accessing and using the personal data on our servers. Only authorised personnel are permitted to access personal data in the course of their work.
We’ll keep your personal data for as long as is necessary to enable you to use our services or to provide our services to you (including maintaining any Tourism Booking user accounts you may have), to comply with applicable laws, resolve any disputes and otherwise to allow us to conduct our business, including to detect and prevent fraud and/or other illegal activities. All personal data we keep about you as a Tourism Bookings customer is covered by this Privacy Statement.
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