This Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains in general terms how TravelOnline and controlled entities (Travel Online Pty Ltd ACN 063 119 620) ("we" "our" or "us") protects the privacy of your personal information. This Policy sets out how TravelOnline aims to protect the privacy of your personal information, your rights in relation to your personal information managed by TravelOnline and the way TravelOnline collects, holds, uses and discloses your personal information.
We are firmly committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal information and maintain robust physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect personal information in our care.
In handling your personal information, TravelOnline will comply with the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) (“the Privacy Act”) and the 13 Australian Privacy Principles.
Personal information is information or an opinion, in any form (whether true or not) about a natural person whose identity is apparent or can reasonably be ascertained from the information or opinion.
Sensitive information may be required to be collected in order for TravelOnline to provide you with products and/or services. Sensitive information is a type of personal information and will only be collected where it is reasonably necessary for one or more of TravelOnline’s functions and/or activities. An example of sensitive information and its use includes when we ask of you to disclose any medical issues or conditions that may be of relevance for your booking.
Where practical we will collect personal information directly from you. Generally this will be collected by us when you deal with us either in person, by telephone, letter, facsimile, email or when you visit our website. We may request information about you when you purchase or make enquires about accommodation or other products and services; when you enter competitions, register for promotions or when you request brochures or other information. We may also collect information when we invite you to complete surveys or provide us with feedback or when you register as a member and complete your personal profile and preferences.
Other organisations may also provide us with your information in order to allow us to facilitate the provision of a product and/or service of ours.
TravelOnline collects, holds, uses and discloses your personal information where it is reasonably necessary for the purposes of:
Generally, the type of personal information we collect about you is the information that is needed to facilitate your travel arrangements and bookings to provide travel services and products to you. For example, we may collect details such as your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, credit card number and expiry date, passport details, dietary requirements (if any) and health issues relevant to your travel arrangements. We also collect information that is required for use in the business activities of TravelOnline including, for example, financial details necessary in order to process various transactions and any other information you may elect to provide to us. In some circumstances TravelOnline may also hold other personal information that has been provided by you.
We are required by law to obtain your consent to the collection of sensitive information. In order for us to provide the services you request, you consent to the collection of all information which is provided to us for use in accordance with this Policy, unless you tell us otherwise.
When we sell products and services to you, we usually do so as agent for the wholesaler or provider of those products and services. This means that we usually collect personal information about you both for our internal purposes, and on behalf of the parties for whom we act as agent for their internal purposes. Accordingly, the consent you provide under this Policy to the collection of personal information by us, applies equally to the parties whose products and services we sell. For example, if you purchase a hotel booking from us, then under this policy you will have consented to your personal information being used by us, being provided to that hotel to enable your accommodation to be booked and being used by the hotel.
We act as agent for many hundreds of companies, so it is not possible for us to set out in this statement exactly how each of these companies will use your personal information, but we are happy to provide more specific information to you if you contact us via the details provided in section 12 of this Policy.
Where personal information is used or disclosed, TravelOnline takes steps reasonable in the circumstances to ensure it is relevant to the purpose for which it is to be used or disclosed. You are under no obligation to provide your personal information to TravelOnline. However, without certain information from you, TravelOnline may not be able to provides its products and/or services to you.
We will use your personal information to provide you with accommodation and travel related products and/or services.
We may use and disclose your personal information for the purposes for which it was collected, or for a related or ancillary purpose such as any one or more of the following purposes:
TravelOnline may use and disclose your personal information in order to inform you of products and/or services that may be of interest to you.
Should you no longer wish to receive information on promotions and services we think may be of interest to you, participate in market research, or if you would like to opt-out of receiving any promotional or marketing communications, kindly e-mail us at the contact details provided in section 12 of this Policy.
Alternatively, you can opt-out through the mechanism contained in any marketing communication to you.
We may disclose your personal information:
The third parties to whom we disclose your personal information may also be taken to have collected your personal information in their own right, for their internal use. For more information, see the heading above, titled “When we act as agent”.
Where we engage third party contractors to perform services for us those third party contractors may be required to handle your personal information. Under these circumstances those third party contractors must safeguard this information and must only use it for the purpose for which it was supplied.
Other than the above, we will not disclose your personal information without your consent unless disclosure is either necessary to prevent a threat to life or health, authorised or required by law, reasonably necessary to enforce the law or necessary to investigate a suspected unlawful activity.
In providing our services to you it may be necessary for us to forward personal information to relevant overseas third party service providers.
Given the nature of the travel industry it is inherently difficult for us to disclose as part of this Policy each of the specific countries in which the recipients are likely to be located.
Before disclosing any personal information to an overseas recipient, TravelOnline takes steps reasonable in the circumstances to ensure the overseas recipient complies with the Australian Privacy Principles or is bound by a substantially similar privacy scheme unless you consent to the overseas disclosure or it is otherwise required or permitted by law.
TravelOnline has implemented stringent physical, electronic and managerial security procedures in order to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction.
TravelOnline regularly reviews security and encryption technologies and will strive to protect information to the fullest extent possible.
TravelOnline takes steps reasonable in the circumstances to ensure the personal information it holds is accurate, up-to-date, complete, relevant and not misleading. Under the Privacy Act, you have a right to access and seek correction of your personal information that is collected and held by TravelOnline. If at any time you would like to access or correct the personal information that TravelOnline holds about you, or you would like more information on TravelOnline's approach to privacy, please contact TravelOnline via the contact details set out in Section 12 of this Policy. TravelOnline will grant access to the extent required or authorised by the Privacy Act or other law and take steps reasonable in the circumstances to correct personal information where necessary and appropriate.
To obtain access to your personal information:
If TravelOnline refuses your request to access or correct your personal information, TravelOnline will provide you with written reasons for the refusal and details of complaint mechanisms. TravelOnline will also take steps reasonable in the circumstance to provide you with access in a manner that meets your needs and the needs of TravelOnline.
TravelOnline will endeavour to respond to your request to access or correct your personal information within 30 days from your request.
For further information, feedback or enquiries regarding the Policy, or to access your personal information, please contact TravelOnline's Chief Information Officer by:
Post
TravelOnline
PO Box 1432
SPRINGWOOD QLD 4127
AUSTRALIA
Phone (During office hours)
From within Australia phone 1300 883 887
From outside Australia phone +617 3804 8411
Fax
Within Australia fax 07 3208 3266
International fax +617 3208 3266
If you have any complaints about our privacy practices, please contact us via the details provided for in section 12 of this Policy.
We take complaints very seriously and will respond to acknowledge your complaint within 7 days of receipt. We aim to provide you with a response to your complaint within 14 days of receipt.
13.1. Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
If you are unsatisfied with the response we provide to your complaint relating to your privacy or if you feel the issue remains unresolved, you may wish for the Privacy Commissioner to further investigate your complaint. You can contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner as detailed below:
Post
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Phone
From within Australia phone 1300 363 992
Email
enquires@oaic.gov.au
From time to time it may be necessary for us to review and revise this Policy. We reserve the right to change our Policy at any time, should this occur the amendment would be posted on our website.
15.1. When You Visit Our Website
If you visit TravelOnlines's website to browse, read or download information, our system will log these movements. These web site logs are not personally identifiable and TravelOnline makes no attempt to link them with the individuals who browse the site.
When you come on to our website we may collect certain information such as browser type, operating system, website visited immediately before coming to our site, etc.
This information is used in an aggregated manner to analyse how people use our site, such that we can improve our service.
15.2. Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of text that is placed within the memory of a computer and can be later retrieved by web page servers. We use cookies to enhance your interaction and convenience with our website and do not use cookies to record any personal information.
15.3. Linked Sites
Our website may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites that you directly interact with. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of any linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.
