Your privacy is important to us. Our website is designed so that you can visit without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information. Once you choose to provide personally identifiable information (any information by which you can be identified), it will only be used to support your customer relationship with us.
AESU WORLD TRAVEL (AESU) provides this Online Privacy Statement to inform you about our privacy policy and the practices and choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. This notice may be accessed from any area of our web site.
What we collect: On some of our web pages, you can request travel services, make requests, and register to receive materials. The types of personal information collected at these pages are name, contact and billing information, transaction, and credit card information.
We may also utilize interactive devices on its site to create a sense of “community” and to provide its site visitors with the benefit of exchanged travel information. These interactive devices may include, but not be limited to, video clips, chat rooms, message boards, forums and similar devices. We shall not be responsible for the online exchange of customer data through these means between its customers. By posting a message on our site, you understand it becomes public domain and therefore may be used by AESU for marketing purposes.
AESU uses commonly employed Internet technologies to collect additional information. For example, AESU uses “cookies” to determine how users reach the Website and to track general usage patterns once a user is on the Website. This information is collected and analyzed in the aggregate in order to improve the function, content, overall appearance, and capability of the Website. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that are transferred by a website and stored by your web browser on your computer’s hard drive. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies; however, you can always choose not to accept a cookie by changing your computer preferences to refuse cookies or to prompt you to accept each cookie. AESU requires that your web browser accept cookies to access the Website properly.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research or to provide you with marketing information we think would be of particular interest. At a minimum, we will always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such direct marketing or market research information. In some circumstances, we will permit you to opt in before receiving unsolicited messages.
Who we share it with: We will not sell, rent, or lease your personally identifiable information to third parties, unless we have your permission or are required by law.
We will not use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the purposes described above without letting you know and offering you a choice. As previously stated, we will also provide you the opportunity to let us know if you do not wish to receive unsolicited direct marketing materials from us and we will do everything we can to honor such requests. We do not share information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete your order and fulfill your travel arrangements. Such other parties may include, but shall not be limited to, appropriate airlines, credit card merchant services, and the SABRE reservation system. Should we ever in the future need to share your information with third parties that are not acting on our behalf and governed by our privacy policy, we will secure your permission before sharing your information with any such third parties.
Third-Party Links: The Website may contain links to web sites operated and maintained by third parties over whom we have no control. The information practices of those web sites are not covered by this privacy policy. Any information you provide to third-party web sites or that we provide in relation to travel reservations you made will be governed under the terms of each such website’s privacy policy. We have no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the content, actions, or policies of third-party web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of all third-party web sites that link to the Website, because such privacy policies may be materially different from this privacy policy.
Access & Accuracy: Our site strives to keep your personally identifiable information accurate. We make every effort to provide you with online access to your registration data so that you may update or correct your information at where it was submitted. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make corrections.
Security: We are committed to protecting the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. We use encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as credit card information.