Off the Beaten Path's Privacy Policy
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OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
We respect your privacy, and we are committed to controlling the collection, use and disclosure of the personal information provided by our travellers. We believe that all great travel experiences are the result of a partnership based on trust and respect, and that this partnership extends both before and after the actual trip itself. In order to create personalized travel experiences, we ask for a variety of information from our travellers prior to their trip, and in return we promise to protect the information and ensure that it stays confidential.
What is personal information?
"Personal information" is personally identifiable information
such as your name, residential address and e-mail address and includes
information about your trip history, credit information and billing
records and service. It also includes travel specific information
such as dietary restrictions, health details and various travel preferences
ranging from personal interests to room choice.
Personal information is collected by Off the Beaten Path, LLC only
when you specifically and knowingly choose to provide it us (either
electronically, by fax or over the phone), such as when you request
additional information, book a trip, enter an OTBP promotion or otherwise
choose to receive information, products or services from OTBP.
Publicly available information, such as a public directory listing
of your name, address, telephone number and electronic address, is
not considered personal information.
Collection and use of personal information
We collect and use your personal information for the purpose of
providing you with the travel-related products and services that
you have requested from us, including specific tours, transfer arrangements,
insurance, and all other travel related services.
Your personal information is also used to communicate with you about
your account and to provide you with information related to other
OTBP products and services.
If you enter a contest or other promotion offered by OTBP or on a
OTBP website, your personal information will be used to administer
the promotion, including the use of your name and selected other
information for the purposes of contacting, announcing and promoting
the winners of the promotion.
We may also contact you from time to time to conduct market research
and surveys in an effort to continually improve our product and service
offerings.
OTBP will NEVER sell, lease or trade your personal information to
other third parties.
Anonymous or "non-personal" information gathered by OTBP
through our website may be used for technical, research and analytical
purposes. Information collected through surveys, existing files and
public archives may be used by OTBP to analyze our markets and to
develop or enhance service offerings.
We will only ask for information about you that we need and will
only ask for it when we need it. When we ask you for the information,
we will explain to you why we need it and what we are going to do
with it.
Our Commitment to Protecting Your Sensitive Information
You can shop at Off the Beaten
Path, LLC online with confidence. We have partnered with Authorize.Net,
a leading payment gateway since 1996, to offer safe and secure
credit card and electronic check transactions for our customers.
The Authorize.Net Payment Gateway manages the complex routing of
sensitive customer information through the credit card and electronic
check processing networks (see
an online payments diagram). The company adheres to strict industry
standards for payment processing, including:
* 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology for secure Internet
Protocol (IP) transactions.
* Industry leading encryption hardware and software methods and security
protocols to protect customer information.
* Compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard.
For additional information regarding the privacy of your sensitive
cardholder data, please read the Authorize.Net Privacy
Policy.
If you prefer, we can process your transaction by fax. Print out
our printable
reservation form and return it by fax to one of our office numbers
indicated on the form.
Off the Beaten Path, LLC is registered
with the Authorize.Net Verified Merchant Seal program.