Confidentiality & Information Protection
How we collect information about you
When you visit the Birders Travel website, we collect your IP address and standard
web log information, such as your browser type and the pages you accessed on
our website.
If you register with us, we collect the following types of information from
you:
Contact information - your user name, full name and email address in order to
bring you future offers.
In the case of tour Operators we will collect more information such as address,
telephone number etc. and such financial information as is necessary for you
to use our PayPal account to buy destination tokens.
How we use cookies
When you access our website, we, or companies we hire to track how our website
is used, may place small data files called "cookies" on your computer.
We send a "session cookie" to your computer when you log in to your
account. This type of cookie helps us to recognize you if you visit multiple
pages on our site during the same session, so that we don’t need to ask
you for your password on each page. Once you log out or close your browser,
this cookie expires and no longer has any effect.
We also use longer-lasting cookies for other purposes such as to display your
e-mail address on our sign-in form, so that you don't need to retype the e-mail
address each time you log in to your account.
We encode our cookies so that only we can interpret the information stored in
them. You are free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but doing
so may interfere with your use of our website.
How we protect and store personal information
Throughout this policy, we use the term "personal information" to
describe information that can be associated with a specific person and can be
used to identify that person. We do not consider personal information to include
information that has been anonymized so that it does not identify a specific
user.
We store and process your personal information on our computers, and we protect
it by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in compliance
with applicable regulations.
We use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, we authorize access to personal information only for the company directors who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities.
How we use the personal information we collect
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with
a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We may use your personal
information to:
provide the services and customer support you request;
process transactions and send notices about your transactions
troubleshoot problems;
customize, measure, and improve our services and the content and layout of our
website;
send you targeted marketing, service update notices, and promotional offers
based on your communication preferences;
We will not share personal information with other parties
How you can access or change your personal information
You can review your personal information and make any necessary changes, at
any time by logging in to your account and changing your preferences in the
Profile page of the "My Account" tab.
How you can contact us about privacy questions
If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy use our feedback forms
to contact us.