Last
Updated on February 15 2005.
respects the privacy of all
of its users and is committed to protecting
such privacy in accordance with this Privacy
Policy. This Privacy Policy explains AdventureEngine
Inc.'s ("AEI") treatment of your personally
identifiable information collected in connection
with your activities on or related to all AEI
Web Sites referencing this Privacy Policy (the
"AEI Sites") and all services made available
on the AEI Sites (collectively, unless noted
otherwise, the "AEI Services"). This Privacy
Policy also explains how you can ask questions
and make suggestions about our privacy practices
and review and update your personal information.
We urge you to read this Privacy Policy carefully and to check back periodically as this Privacy Policy may change form time to time. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies or Web Sites which are not owned or controlled by AEI.
In the course of operating the AEI Services, we may collect two types of information about our users: Personal Information and Non-Personal Information.
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"Personal Information" is personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, e-mail address, birth date and gender. Personal Information is collected by us when you choose to provide it to us when registering for an AEI Service, such as when you choose to subscribe to an AEI Service, enter an AEI promotion or choose to receive an AEI newsletter. We may also receive Personal Information from our business partners and other third parties, provided that such third parties confirm to us that you have permitted them to share such information.
Business contact information such as the name, title, business address, e-mail address or telephone number of a business or professional person or an employee of an organization is not considered Personal Information.
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"Non-Personal Information" is information of an anonymous nature, such as an Internet Protocol Address ("IP Address"), the domain used to access an AEI Service, and the type and version of browser or operating system being used. Aggregate information, such as demographic statistics of our users (e.g., average age or geographical allocation of our users), number of visitors and average time spent on an AEI Service, is also considered Non-Personal Information.
Non-Personal Information is collected or derived by us in the course of operating the AEI Services. For example, our Web servers may automatically collect Non-Personal Information which is provided through your browser or stored on a Cookie ? or through a Web Beacon ? when you choose to visit an AEI Service. Non-Personal Information is used by AEI as described here.
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to remove tours you
wish to discontinue from being listed on
the Adventure Engine web site.
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to process any cancellations
by customers, manage and update any trip
cancellations and provide refunds to your
customers.
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to provide accurate
company information including commissions
you are willing to pay resellers such as
travel agents. These funds will be deducted
from your gross trip revenue and paid automatically
to resellers and agents by the Adventure
Engine system.
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to complete the upload
of company information and inventory in
a timely manner - partial uploads will receive
warnings from the Adventure Engine system
administration and will be removed if upload
has not been completed within 72 hours of
the issuance by us of a warning.
Personal Information may be used by us for the following purposes:
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Providing you with the
AEI Services and information you have requested
from us, including your use of the AEI Sites.
We may from time to time use your Personal
Information to contact you about changes,
enhancements or similar notices related
to the AEI Services;
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If you indicated that
you were interested in receiving offers
or information from AEI or certain of our
selected sponsors or advertisers, AEI or
such sponsors or advertisers may send you
e-mail materials and other mailings about
products and services that we feel may be
of interest to you. If at any time you would
like to end your subscription to any such
e-mail materials, follow the directions
posted at the bottom of the e-mail material;
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If you enter a contest
or other promotion offered on an AEI Site,
we may, under the rules of the promotion,
use your name and certain other information
to administer the promotion, such as contacting,
announcing and promoting the winners of
the promotion;
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AEI may also use Personal
Information if it has reasonable grounds
to believe the information could be useful
when investigating a contravention of a
federal, provincial or foreign law or in
order to protect or defend a legal interest.
We will not sell or rent your Personal Information to anyone. We will only disclose your Personal Information to third parties:
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Where you have specifically given us your consent to disclose your Personal Information for a designated purpose;
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Who are acting on our behalf as our agents, suppliers or service providers, solely to enable us to more efficiently provide you with the AEI Services. Such entities act under strict contractual controls, requiring them to maintain the confidentiality of all such Personal Information and to use such information solely for purposes related to the provision of the AEI Services;
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As may be set out in the Terms and Conditions applicable to an AEI Service, to facilitate the provision of such AEI Service, such as fulfilling legal requirements;
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As required by law, including
by an order of any court, institution or
body with jurisdiction or authority to compel
the production of information, or in order
to protect or defend a legal interest; or
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In connection with an AEI corporate re-organization, merger or amalgamation with another entity, or a sale of all or a substantial portion of the assets of AEI provided that the Personal Information disclosed continues to be used for the purposes permitted by this Privacy Policy by the entity acquiring the information.
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AEI's Services contain
links to other Web Sites and services. While
we try to link only to sites and services
that share our high standards and respect
for privacy, please understand that we are
not responsible for the content of, or the
privacy practices employed by, other companies
or Web Sites. This Privacy Policy applies
only to the AEI Services referencing this
Privacy Policy. Please take the time to
review the privacy policies contained on
the linked Web Sites before sharing your
personal information with such those sites.
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The majority of the advertisements
which are displayed in connection with the
AEI Services are served through a reputable
third party advertisement serving partner.
If you would like to know more about what
Non-Personal Information is collected and
how information is used by our partner or
about its "opt-out" procedures, please click
here ?
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The security of your
Personal Information is important to us.
AEI takes technical, contractual, administrative,
and physical security steps to protect Personal
Information that you provide to us. We instruct
our employees with access to your Personal
Information that it is to be used only in
adherence with the principles set forth
in this Privacy Policy and the laws applicable
to each specific business.
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In certain areas, such
as when you provide credit card information
to us, we work to help protect the security
of your credit card information during transmission
by using industry standard Secure Sockets
Layer ("SSL") encryption technology.
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You can help protect
the security of your Personal Information
as well. For instance, never give out your
password, since this is what is used to
access your Account or Registration Information.
Also remember to log out of your account
and close your browser window when you finish
using an AEI Service or surfing the Web,
so that other people using the same computer
won't have access to your information.
AEI may from time to time change its Privacy Policy as new AEI Services are added or old ones changed. Changes will be effective when notice of such change is posted at an AEI Site. Please check this Privacy Policy regularly for updates by checking the date of "Last Update" at the top of this document.
Privacy procedures specific to an AEI Service can be found on an AEI Site at the location of the particular AEI Service, or in additional terms referenced at such AEI Site. Those procedures are an addendum to this policy, and are provided to you at the place where they will be of most use and relevance to you.
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AEI provides you with the
means to access, update, edit or delete any
Account or Registration Information you may
have provided to us at any time on your own
by going to the appropriate page in the Account
or Registration section of the relevant AEI
Service, and changing or deleting such information
as desired.
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If you are unsure whether
we have a record containing any of your Personal
Information and would like to confirm whether
or not we do, please send an e-mail to our
Privacy Manager at ?, indicating all e-mail
addresses that you may have given us.
- If you decide at any time that you do not
want to receive any e-mail materials to which
you have subscribed, you may choose to unsubscribe
to these e-mails by following the instructions
at the bottom of the e-mail material.
If you have questions, comments, complaints or
suggestions about this Privacy Policy or AEI's
privacy practices that were not answered here,
send our Privacy Manager an e-mail at admin@adventureengine.com
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