Privacy Policy

This privacy policy has been compiled by awa Travels (“We”,”Us”,”Our”, “AWA”) to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.

Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

What personal information do we collect from the people who visit our blog, website or magazine?

When accessing our site, you may be asked to enter your name and email address to help you with your experience.

In addition to the personal information you share with us, we receive and store certain types of information when you use AWA. This information often includes device-specific information such as your hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, historical details of how you used our service, broad, non-specific location (which can be derived from your IP address), and device event information such as hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your activity and referral/sharing URL.

When do we collect information?

We collect information from you when you access our site or enter information on our site.

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you subscribe to our newsletter or access our website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

–To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
–To improve our website in order to better serve you.
–To alert you of new publications.

How do we protect your information?

We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards.

We only provide articles and information. We never ask for credit card numbers.

Do we use ‘cookies’?

We do not cookies for tracking purposes.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings.

If you disable cookies, some features will be disabled that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

Third-party disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:
–Users can visit our site anonymously.
–We will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.
–Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can be easily be found on the page specified above.
–Users will be notified of any substantive privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page

How does our site handle do not track signals?
We honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking (via our affiliates).

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify the users via in-site notification within 7 business days

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

–Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions

To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

–Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
–Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
–Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
–Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
–Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
–Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at admin@awaTravels.com and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Contact

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us at admin@awaTravels.com.