We understand that making
purchases online involves a great deal of trust
on your part; we take this trust very seriously,
and make it our highest priority to ensure the
security and confidentiality of the personally
identifiable information ("PII") you
provide us. (PII includes information that can
be linked to a specific individual, such as name,
address, phone number, or e-mail address.)
As a visitor to Cancuntravel.com,
you have the right to understand our information
privacy practices prior to providing Cancuntravel.com
with any of your PII.
REQUEST
YOUR PII
• Cancuntravel.com only collects PII that
you voluntarily provide to us and uses your PII
only for the purposes of responding to and processing
your requests for Cancuntravel.com travel products
and services. PII includes information that can
identify you as a specific individual, such as
your name, phone number, or e-mail address. Although
you are required to register as a member of Cancuntravel.com
in order to use selected travel planning tools,
and some PII is needed in order to process and
fulfill travel requests, many areas of Cancuntravel.com
can be accessed without providing any PII.
• On all Cancuntravel.com pages that collect
PII, we specifically describe what information
is required in order to provide you with the product
or service you have requested.
• Cancuntravel.com will only share your
PII with our authorized service providers that
perform certain services or functions on our behalf
or as required by law. Cancuntravel.com does not
sell or rent your PII to anyone.
• Cancuntravel.com provides you with the
opportunity to specifically choose the promotional
marketing communications you wish to receive from
Cancuntravel.com. This can be accomplished at
any time by updating your preferences in "My
account". If you choose not to receive any
of the promotional e-mail services that Cancuntravel.com
provides, then Cancuntravel.com will only send
you e-mail that relates to a specific travel purchase.
Cancuntravel.com
collects and uses PII when:
1. You become an Cancuntravel.com member
Cancuntravel.com collects your Member ID, password,
and e-mail address when you register to become
a member of our Web site.
2. Complete a traveler profile
Cancuntravel.com collects the full name and contact
number for a traveler when a travel reservation
is made. We may also collect information about
each traveler's preferences, including meal requests,
seat selection, frequent flyer/hotel/car rental
programs and membership numbers, and ticketing
options. This information is stored in the My
Account area of a member's Cancuntravel.com account.
3. Purchase travel
When someone other than yourself is accompanying
you on travel purchased through Cancuntravel.com,
we may collect PII and travel preferences about
that individual. You should obtain the consent
of other individuals prior to providing Cancuntravel.com
with their full names, contact numbers, e-mail
addresses, and travel preferences, as they will
be unable to directly access our systems to view
or change any information you provide on their
behalf.
Cancuntravel.com collects the billing address
of the credit card that is used to purchase travel.
We will also collect credit card information,
including card number, card type, cardholder name,
and expiration date, in order to bill you for
travel purchased through Cancuntravel.com. Please
view our Credit Card Guarantee for additional
information on Cancuntravel.com's commitment to
protecting your credit card security.
4. Use the Travel Arranger service
Cancuntravel.com offers you the ability to authorize
others to make and purchase travel arrangements
on your behalf and allows you to become an authorized
Travel Arranger for other Cancuntravel.com members.
If you elect to participate in this service, Cancuntravel.com
will collect the e-mail address of the person
you are authorizing to make travel arrangements
on your behalf or for whom you are requesting
authorization to make travel arrangements.
5. Participate in a survey, contest, or sweepstakes
Occasionally, Cancuntravel.com may offer our members
and site visitors an opportunity to participate
in a survey, contest, or sweepstakes. Information
collected by Cancuntravel.com when you participate
in a survey, contest, or sweepstakes may include
your full name, e-mail address, and street address.
6. Contacting Cancuntravel.com.
Cancuntravel.com collects PII such as your full
name, Member ID, e-mail address, and/or contact
number whenever you submit a question or suggestion,
or request assistance with viewing your itinerary,
logging on to Cancuntravel.com, or accessing your
account.
Our
partners.
Cancuntravel.com has partnered with reputable
third parties to offer our members and site visitors
a variety of products and services. All travel
services throughout Cancuntravel.com that are
provided by a third-party partner are described
as such. Although we only work with reputable
third parties, our business partners may have
different privacy policies and practices than
Cancuntravel.com We encourage you to review our
business partners' privacy policies to further
understand their procedures for collecting, using,
and disclosing your information.
OTHER
INFORMATION WE COLLECT.
Some information is collected automatically every
time you visit Cancuntravel.com (e.g., cookies
and computer information). In addition, information
may be collected from other independent, third-party
sources.
COOKIES
AND OTHER WEB TECHNOLOGIES.
When you visit Cancuntravel.com we collect information
about your computer and assign you a "cookie"
(a small, unique identifier text file). You do
not provide this information—it is collected
automatically as a means of supporting your visit
to our site. This cookie does not contain any
PII. You can always choose to not receive a cookie
file by enabling your Web browser to refuse cookies
or prompt you before accepting a cookie. Be advised
that, by refusing to accept a cookie, you will
not be able to access many travel services and
planning tools offered by Cancuntravel.com.
When you access the My account
area of the Cancuntravel.com, reserve or purchase
travel, or use selected travel planning tools,
TC&P S.A. de C.V. requires you to sign in
as a member, using your Member ID and password.
Once you sign in as an Cancuntravel.com member,
we record the Member ID and the name on the member
account in the cookie file on your computer. We
may also record your password in this cookie file
if you checked the box entitled "Save this
password for automatic sign-in." Your Member
ID, password, and the name on your member account
is stored in the cookie file as encrypted data,
so no one can view the information it contains
by obtaining unauthorized access to your computer.
Permanent cookie files remain on your computer's
hard drive until you manually delete the file.
A cookie file may also be placed
on your hard drive by Cancuntravel.com's third-party
advertising companies. These companies may use
aggregated statistics about your visits to this
and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements
about travel-related goods and services that you
may be interested in. The information they collect
does not include your PII.
The third-party advertising
companies may also employ technology that is used
to measure the effectiveness of ads. This is primarily
accomplished through the use of a Web beacon (a
single-pixel GIF), which is placed on our site
to collect anonymous information. They may use
this anonymous information about your visits to
this and other sites in order to provide advertisements
about goods and services of potential interest
to you. No PII is collected during this process.
The information is anonymous and does not link
online actions to an identifiable person
COMPUTER INFORMATION
Cancuntravel.com collects certain technical information
from your computer each time you request a page
during a visit to Cancuntravel.com. This information
is collected from your computer's Web browser
to enhance your experience on our site and may
include your IP address, operating system, Web
browser software (i.e., Netscape Navigator or
Internet Explorer), screen resolution, and referrer
Web site.
INFORMATION
FROM OTHER SOURCES
To improve services and enhance personalization,
we may periodically obtain information about you
from other independent third-party sources and
add it to our account information. Additionally,
authorized TC&P S.A. de C.V. personnel may
update your profile to accurately reflect any
new profile information included in communications
received from you.
USE
OF YOUR INFORMATION
Information collected on Cancuntravel.com may
be used to:
• Register you as an Cancuntravel.com member
When you register to become a member of Cancuntravel.com,
we use your information to create your member
account. You will then receive a "Welcome
to Cancuntravel.com " e-mail that contains
your Member ID and describes the \benefits of
using Cancuntravel.com for planning and purchasing
your travel needs.
• Plan and purchase travel
Information collected when you complete your traveler
profile is used to confirm and process your travel
reservation. In addition, information collected
from you when you purchase travel is used to bill
your credit card and deliver your travel itinerary,
either electronically or through the mail.
• To doTravel Alerts notification
In the event your travel plans are disrupted because
of mechanical, weather, or carrier business conditions,
Cancuntravel.com may send you an e-mail notification
to inform you of these conditions and help you
make alternative travel arrangements.
• Send e-mail notifications for special
promotions
As a registered Cancuntravel.com member, you can
receive e-mails about special promotions, surveys,
contests, sweepstakes, flight specials, trip information,
or other travel opportunities on Cancuntravel.com
and its marketing partners. We may also use your
e-mail address or telephone number to contact
you about changes to your purchased travel itinerary.
To assess the effectiveness of these e-mails,
we may attach a Web beacon that provides confirmation
when you open an e-mail from Cancuntravel.com.
This only occurs if your computer supports such
technology.
• Respond to your questions or suggestions
We will use your e-mail address or telephone number
to respond when you submit a question or suggestion,
or request assistance with viewing your itinerary,
logging on to Cancuntravel.com, or accessing your
account.
• Improve the quality
of your visit to our site
We collect certain information (e.g., travel information)
based on your navigation of our site in order
to better understand and serve our customers.
This data allows us to streamline your ability
to navigate the site and develop featured programs
and content that will be of interest to our members
and site visitors. No PII is collected unless
you explicitly provide it.
This information can also be used to display targeted
advertisements. Advertisement information is taken
from data you explicitly provide on the Cancuntravel.com
Web site, such as a flight origin or destination.
No PII is used to deliver targeted advertisements.
SERVICE
PROVIDERS
To provide and process the services you request,
Cancuntravel.com shares your PII with our authorized
service providers that perform certain services
or functions on our behalf. We only share information
about travel either reserved or purchased on Cancuntravel.com.
Our service providers need information about your
traveler profile, as well as your credit card
information, to process and confirm your travel
reservation. These service providers will disclose
information about your traveler profile to hotel,
airline, cruise, and/or rental car suppliers whose
products you have purchased. Like any other travel
agent, this information must be shared with our
travel suppliers to confirm your reservation and
travel preferences. Although Cancuntravel.com
offers travel products from hotel, airline, cruise,
and rental car suppliers that are reputable companies,
we have not placed limitations on these suppliers
from using or disclosing your information without
your permission. Therefore, we encourage you to
review the information privacy practices of any
travel suppliers whose products you purchase on
Cancuntravel.com. In addition, these travel suppliers
may also contact you as necessary to obtain additional
information about your confirmed reservation.
Cancuntravel.com will occasionally share aggregated
information with our service providers. This information
does not contain any PII and is used to develop
featured programs and content that will be of
interest to our members and site visitors.
In the event that you make a new, or update an
existing, travel reservation by calling our toll-free
number, your information may be accessed by a
third-party service provider, as necessary, to
respond to your request for customer service.
Cancuntravel.com may contract a reputable third
party to facilitate the distribution of survey,
promotion, or sweepstakes programs. Upon completion
of these projects, all information is returned
to Cancuntravel.com
TRUSTED
BUSINESS PARTNERS
In addition, we have partnered with various third-party
Web sites to offer Cancuntravel.com travel services.
These trusted third-party companies have added
travel sections to their Web sites in order to
offer Cancuntravel.com provided travel services.
OUR
OBLIGATIONS
Cancuntravel.com may be required by law to disclose
information you have provided in obtaining our
travel products or services. Cancuntravel.com
may also disclose information against someone
who poses a threat to Cancuntravel.com 's interests
(such as customer fraud) or whose activities could
bring harm to others. In addition, it may be necessary
for Cancuntravel.com to provide customer information
to third parties, such as credit card companies,
for the purpose of resolving disputes that arise
in the normal course of business.
OTHER
WEB SITES
There are several places throughout Cancuntravel.com
that may link you to other Web sites that do not
operate under Cancuntravel.com's information privacy
practices. When you click through to these Web
sites, Cancuntravel.com's information privacy
practices no longer apply. We recommend that you
examine the privacy statements for all third-party
Web sites to understand their procedures for collecting,
using, and disclosing your information.
CONTROL
OVER AND ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION.
• Cancuntravel.com believes that members
and site visitors should have control over the
collection and use of their PII. You have access
to your information in MY ACCOUNT area of Cancuntravel.com
The My account page on Cancuntravel.com
allows members to view and change their account
settings. The e-mail settings option lets you
change your e-mail address and subscribe or unsubscribe
to the Fare Tracker or special promotional notification
services. You can also change your password and
elect to have an automatic password sign-in when
logging on to Cancuntravel.com. You can add new
travelers and delete existing travelers from your
member profile; update or correct names, phone
numbers, passport information, and emergency contacts
for travelers associated with your profile; and
update your travel preferences.
•
Sign up to become an Cancuntravel.com member .
When you sign up as a new Cancuntravel.com member,
you will receive a "Welcome to Cancuntravel.com
" e-mail. This e-mail contains your Member
ID and describes the benefits of using Cancuntravel.com
for planning and purchasing your travel needs.
Request
to close an account
When you complete an Account Closure request,
we will send you an "Account Closure Confirmation"
e-mail.
Purchase
travel
Each time you purchase travel through Cancuntravel.com,
or change or cancel a confirmed travel reservation,
you will receive confirmation of your travel itinerary
via e-mail. In the event that your travel plans
are disrupted because of mechanical, weather,
or carrier business conditions, Cancuntravel.com
may contact you to inform you of these disruptions
and help you make alternative travel arrangements.
Elect to receive, Travel Arranger,
Trip Guides, or other special promotional marketing
communications
As a registered Cancuntravel.com member, you will
occasionally receive e-mails notifying you of
special promotions or other travel news. Special
promotional e-mails are intended to inform you
of new or unique travel opportunities or special
deals that are available on Cancuntravel.com.
If you have purchased travel services, you may
also receive a Trip Guide e-mail that provides
information about your destination, such as weather
conditions, current events, or items of interest.
If you choose to receive our Fare Tracker service,
we will use your e-mail address to notify you
of current fares to cities you have selected.
You can opt out of your subscription to Cancuntravel.com
's promotional e-mail services at any time on
the My Account page under the heading "E-mail
settings."
Contests
and sweepstakes
You have the option of sending an e-mail to Cancuntravel.com
requesting a change to the information you provided
to us or to receive a copy of the information
we have stored during the length of the contest
or sweepstakes. We will make every reasonable
effort to honor your wishes. Proof of identity
is required.
Request
customer support or submit questions/suggestions
When you request assistance with viewing your
itinerary, logging on to the Cancuntravel.com
Web site, or accessing your account, we will respond
to you via e-mail or telephone.
Protecting
your information
We want our members and site visitors to feel
confident about using Cancuntravel.com to plan
and purchase their travel, so we are committed
to protecting the information we collect. Cancuntravel.com
has implemented a security program to keep information
that is stored in our systems protected from unauthorized
access. Our systems are configured with data encryption,
or scrambling, technologies, and industry-standard
firewalls. When you send personal information
to Cancuntravel.com over the Internet, your data
is protected by Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology
to ensure safe transmission.
Cancuntravel.com has also obtained a digital certificate
from RSA Data Security, Inc., a top maker of hardware
and software used to protect and manage computer
network access.
Changes
to the Cancuntravel.com Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement was produced and posted
on Cancuntravel.com on June 1, 2002. Cancuntravel.com
reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy
Statement at any time and for any reason. If there
are material changes to this statement or in how
Cancuntravel.com will use your PII, Cancuntravel.com
will prominently post such changes prior to implementing
the change.
Regardless of later updates, we will abide by
the information privacy practices described in
this Privacy Statement at the time you provided
us with your information.
Contacting
Cancuntravel.com
We want to make sure you have control over your
online travel experience as an Cancuntravel.com
customer, from planning and purchasing your travel
to protecting your personal information.
Cancuntravel.com customer service travel agents
are ready to help with your Cancuntravel.com travel
concerns 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When
you need help, contact us. All e-mail receives
a response within 24 hours. Agents will address
any questions or concerns you may have about your
Cancuntravel.com travel planning or purchases.
We will do our best to respond to your request
for assistance or other questions about Cancuntravel.com
within 24 hours. In addition, you may directly
contact the travel supplier at the phone number
or address provided on your travel itinerary.