Privacy Policy
In this Policy, references to “we,” “us,” or “Abiri Tours” are references to Abiri Tours LLC.
Purpose
At Abiri Tours, we are committed to maintaining strong and meaningful privacy protections for our customers. This privacy policy describes Abiri Tours’ practices regarding personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) that we:
• collect from you, or that you provide or make available to us, when you make a booking with us, use our websites, use our mobile applications, or use our social media pages (our “Platforms”);
• collect from third parties including our affiliated entities, advertising and business partners, data providers etc;
• collect automatically from your computer or mobile device, including IP address, browser type etc or through use of cookies or similar tracking technologies on the Platforms or third party platforms.
We will only collect and use your Personal Information where we have lawful grounds and legitimate business reasons to do so.
Collection and Usage of Personal Information
In General. We receive and store information about you when you:
• visit our Platforms;
• visit third party platforms;
• open or respond to our emails;
• contact customer service or use support tools;
• visit any page that displays our ads or content;
• purchase programs or services on our Platforms;
• connect or link to any Platform via social networking sites;
• post comments to online communities; and/or
• provide information to our suppliers, advertising and business partners.
Personal Information collected may include:
• first and last name;
• telephone number;
• postal address;
• email addresses;
• gender;
• data of birth;
• passport number;
• government identification number; and
• billing information (such as credit card number, cardholder name, and expiration date).
We may also request information regarding your insurance and medical coverage options, hotel room preferences, etc. You can choose not to provide Personal Information to us, but, in general some Personal Information about you is required in order for you to: register for our programs; book travel; complete a program profile; participate in a survey contest, or sweepstakes; ask us a question; or initiate other transactions on the Platforms.
You may also provide us with special categories of Personal Information, including information about any relevant medical conditions, diseases or disabilities you may have and which we need to enable us to meet your particular needs in relation to the booking. We will only collect and use these special categories of Personal Information with your explicit consent and for limited purposes which will be explained to you.
How We Share Your Information
We share your information with or for:
Suppliers
We share your Personal Information, only when necessary, with hotel, airline, coach & bus, car rental, insurance, medical and activity providers, to fulfill your program requirements and reservations. By enrolling in our programs, through any Platform, you are authorizing us to disclose to our suppliers the information required to complete the program requested and fulfill related requirements such as insurance and medical coverage. We do not control the privacy practices of suppliers.
Third Party Vendors
We share your information with third party vendors who provide services or functions on our behalf. These third party vendors include credit card processing companies, and fraud prevention firms. We may also authorize third party vendors to collect information on our behalf as necessary to operate features of our Platforms. We have appropriate privacy safeguards in place with third party vendors who are providing services or functions on our behalf.
Please note that third party vendors, such as hotels, airlines, and other travel partners, may have access to and collect your personal information to perform their own functions and deliver their own services. We do not control these additional practices of third party vendors – please refer to the third parties own privacy notices for information about how they treat your Personal Information.
Business Partners
We may jointly offer products or services with business partners. You can tell when a business partner is involved in a product or service you have requested because their name will appear, either alone or with ours. If you choose to access these optional services, we may share your Personal Information with our partners. We do not control the privacy practices of business partners.
Sale of Personal Information
We do not sell, rent, or share Personal Information we collect directly from you or about you with third party Advertisers for their own marketing purposes.
Surveys and Promotions
Abiri Tours may conduct surveys and promotions on our Platforms that collect your Personal Information. Our surveys and promotions are voluntary and any information you provide may be collected, used, shared, disclosed, stored, transferred and processed in accordance with this policy.
Legal Requirements
Abiri Tours may be required to disclose personal data to the authorities, law enforcement agencies, government agencies, or legal entities. We may disclose information by law, litigation, or as a matter of national security to: a) comply with valid legal process including subpoenas, court orders or search warrants, and as otherwise authorized by law b) in the event of an emergency that threatens an individual’s life, health, or security; or c) to the extent permitted by applicable law in special cases in which we believe it is reasonably necessary to investigate, identify, or take preventive measures or bring legal action against someone who may commit or cause harm, fraud, abuse, or illegal conduct, such as a threat of harm to you or anyone else, interference with our rights or property, or interference with U.S. homeland or national security or public safety anywhere in the world.
Protecting Your Information
We want you to feel confident about using our Platforms to register in our programs and make travel arrangements. We are committed to protecting the Personal Information we collect. While no Platform can guarantee security, we use commercially reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to assist us in preventing unauthorized access, use and disclosure of your Personal Information.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Abiri Tours, and third parties, may use cookies and tracking technologies for the following purposes when you visit our Platforms:
• To track new visitors to our Platforms;
• To operate, maintain and improve our Platforms;
• To facilitate and fulfill travel program requirements and services requests;
• To help us recognize your browser as a previous visitor. This includes saving and remembering any preferences that may have been set while your browser was visiting the our Platforms, such as language preferences;
• To store your username and password if you are registered with us;
• To display interest-based or other ads and offers for products and services from us and our advertising and business partners. This targeting may be based on information you submit on our Platforms or third party platforms. This targeting may also be based on your activities or behaviors on our Platforms or those of third parties. We may also obtain information about your browsing history or other demographic information from our business and advertising partners.
Email Notifications
To respect the privacy of our users, we will only contact you with marketing information and offers relating to our products or services where you have told us that you are happy to receive such information. You will be given the opportunity to opt in to receiving certain types of communication when you register with us, book a trip with us or otherwise provide us with your Personal Information. If you have opted-in, you can still choose not to receive commercial emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in the commercial emails we send you. You may also email us directly at info@Abiritours.com at any time if you would like to unsubscribe from our email service. Please note that even if you do not opt in to receiving commercial email messages, or you opt in but subsequently choose to opt out , we may still email you regarding your account and your transactions.
We will only pass your Personal Information on to our business or advertising partners if you have informed us that you are happy for them to contact you with marketing information and offers.
Storing Your Information and Security
We will use and store your Personal Information only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your Personal Information as described in this privacy policy and otherwise communicated to you, and any mandatory legal requirements governing storage and reporting of information which we are subject to.
We review the Personal Information we hold at regular intervals and delete permanently or anonymize any Personal Information which is no longer necessary.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that your Personal Information is kept in a secure environment and access to it is restricted to a ‘need to know’ basis.
Your Access To and Control Over Your Information
You can inquire as to your Personal Information, ask the following questions, or take the following actions by contacting us via email at info@Abiritours.com or via the address or phone number given on our Platforms to:
1. See what Personal Information we have about you (if any), including why we are holding it and who it could be disclosed to;
2. Ask us to change/correct any Personal Information we have about you;
3. Ask us to delete any Personal Information we have about you;
4. Ask us to restrict the processing of your Personal Information;
5. Express any concerns you have about our use of your Personal
If you choose not to provide certain information, or ask us to delete or restrict the use of your Personal Information, some of the services we provide to you may be affected, and in some cases, we may be unable to deliver the services you have requested.
Third Party Links
We may collect your Personal Information from third parties. This includes when you log in using a third party platform, such as Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. We may also disclose information collected from third parties to customize ads and to manage and facilitate messaging on third party platforms. We do not control the privacy practices of third party platforms. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third party Platforms for more information regarding the applicable privacy practices.
Your California Privacy Rights
As provided by California Civil Code Section 1798.83, a California resident who has provided Personal Information to a business with whom they have established a business relationship for personal, family, or household purposes (“California customer”) is entitled to request information about whether the business has disclosed Personal Information to any third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. In general, if the business has made such a disclosure of Information, upon receipt of a request by a California customer, the business is required to provide a list of all third parties to whom Information was disclosed in the preceding calendar year, as well as a list of the categories of Information that were collected and/or disclosed. To request such information, please submit your request by email to update@Abiri Tours.org, or in writing to Abiri Tours, Attn: California Shine the Light Inquiry, 218 Water Street West # 400, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902. Please allow 30 days for a response. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year and you will not be charged for this request.
If you are a California resident, who is a registered user of the Platforms and is a minor, you may remove, or request removal of, content or information that you posted on the Platforms, unless: (i) the content or information was posted by a 3rd party, (ii) any other provision of state or federal law requires Abiri Tours or a 3rd party to maintain the content or information, (iii) Abiri Tours anonymizes the content or information, or (iv) you received compensation from Abiri Tours for providing the content or information. To request removal of information or content that you posted, please e-mail info@Abiritours.com. Please note that the removal described does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information that you post, as content or information may be cached in backup files or other storage. Abiri Tours will make all reasonable efforts to honor any removal request made as described in this paragraph.
If you would like to review and/or change your Personal Information retained by Abiri Tours please see the section above “Your Access to and Control over Information.” If you have questions regarding the process to review and/or change your Personal Information please email us at info@Abiritours.com.
California and other customers may request further information about our compliance with this law by emailing Abiri Tours at info@Abiritours.com.
Changes to Privacy Policy
Any material changes to this policy will be posted on our webpage to keep you aware of what Personal Information is collected, how it is used, and under what circumstances it will be shared. It is your responsibility to review Abiri Tours’ Privacy Policy each time you provide Personal Information to us as the policy may have changed since the last time you used our Platforms.
How You Can Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy (or your program registrations or travel planning) please email us at info@Abiritours.com or contact us 404-490-3443.