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At DiveTravel.com, we are committed to protecting your
privacy. Our systems are designed to provide you with a private,
secure means of interacting with us.
Your Privacy
When you subscribe to our newsletter or request information
from DiveTravel.com, we need to know your name, e-mail address
and mailing address. When you purchase a dive travel package
or an item from our
gift shop, we also need your credit card number and expiration
date. This allows us to process and fill your order, provide
you with any follow-up
information and notify you of your booking and purchase order
status. Individual information is strictly for the use
of DiveTravel.com and
is not shared with any other company. We share ONLY aggregate
information on our audience with third parties so that
they may better understand
the overall demographics of people visiting DiveTravel.com.
If you submit a review of equipment or a trip, we may
ask you to provide your e-mail address so that others may
contact you with questions. You may choose not to have your e-mail
address displayed with
your review.
Choice/Opt-Out
DiveTravel.com provides users the opportunity to opt-out
of receiving communications from us and our partners at the
point where we request information about the user.
In addition, if you have not initially chosen to opt-out
from additional communications, you have the option to be
removed at any time from lists to whom we send communications
about DiveTravel.com and DiveTravel.com promotions. If you
wish to do this at
anytime, please
send an email to the following address: newsletter@DiveTravel.com
Protecting Orders
When you place orders or access your account information,
we offer use of a secure server. The secure server software
encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us.
All customer data
we collect is protected against unauthorized access.
IP Addresses
An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned
to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web. Web servers
automatically identify your computer by its IP address.
DiveTravel.com collects IP addresses for the purposes
of system administration and to report anonymous, aggregate
information to our advertisers and to current and potential
strategic partners. DiveTravel.com
does not link your IP address to anything that can personally
identify you. This means that your session on DiveTravel.com
will be logged, but
that you will remain anonymous to us. We can and will use
IP addresses to identify a user when we feel it is necessary
to enforce compliance
with our rules and policies or to protect our service, site,
customers or others.
Cookie Policy
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers
to a visitor's computer for record-keeping purposes. Cookies
make web-surfing easier for you by saving your password and
preferences while visiting
DiveTravel.com. Cookies are used by most sites throughout
the Internet.
Cookies allow us to personalize and enhance your experience
at DiveTravel.com. They help us store information and minimize
your need for re-typing things like
your name and billing address.
Cookies also tell us how and when you use our site. This helps us at DiveTravel.com
determine which areas and products are popular and which are not. Many improvements
and updates to our site are based upon such information.
Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies.
You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate
when a cookie is being sent. However, note
that some parts of DiveTravel.com's site will not function properly or may
require you to enter your DiveTravel.com registration information.
Merchandise/Co-Branded Sites
To provide users with access to related information or merchandise,
DiveTravel.com links to the web sites of several other companies. While
these sites may look
similar to DiveTravel.com, they are run by separate companies with whom which
we may or may not have e-commerce relationships.
DiveTravel.com may receive commissions for purchases that are made by you on
these third party sites. We do not provide personal information to our partners.
However, in order to determine these commissions, We send tracking numbers
to these partners. In return, these partners may let us know what you purchased
on their sites. Although DiveTravel.com is not responsible for the acts of
these
partners, we expect our partners to abide by our privacy policy. If you would
like to receive a copy of any partner's privacy policy, please let us know.
Sale, Trade or Rent of Information to Third Parties
DiveTravel.com does not sell, trade or rent your personal
information to others.
Third-Party Links
As a service to our users, DiveTravel.com contains links
to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices
or the content of such sites.
Hosting
Please note that DiveTravel.com provides virtual hosting
for other companies and that these sites for these other
companies may use URLs (site addresses)
containing the "DiveTravel.com" name. This privacy policy only applies
to the site operated by DiveTravel.com, which is www.DiveTravel.com Other sites
operate under their own unique privacy and security policies.
Public Forums
DiveTravel.com may make chat rooms, forums, message boards
and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember
that any information disclosed in these
areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding
to disclose your personal information.
Contacting DiveTravel.com
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of or your dealings with this site, you may contact us at:
info@DiveTravel.com
Your Consent
By using our web site, you consent to the collection and
use of this information by DiveTravel.com. If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post
those changes on this pages so that you are always aware of what information
we collect,
how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. However, even if
there are later changes, we will never use your information in a new way (in
a way
not described in this current privacy notice) without also providing you a
prior opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prevent that new use.
Last updated: January 29, 2003.
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