Privacy Policy

 

Last Updated: November 1, 2024.

Travel Concepts a corporation incorporated in Kansas referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Travel Concepts”, “we”, “us”, or “our”. We are committed to respecting your privacy and personal information. IN support of our commitment we developed this privacy policy (together with our Cookie Notice and Controls, collectively, “Privacy Policy”) in order to be transparent about how we collect, use, disclose and safeguard your (and/or the members of your group/traveling party’s) personal information submitted by you at https://travelconceptskc.com (“Website”), as well as any other media form, media channel (including, without limitation, email), mobile website, mobile application, or call center, related or connected thereto our Website, regardless of whether they directly display or link to this Privacy Policy (individually, a “connected service”, and collectively, “connected services”). 

This Privacy Policy applies to the following:

  • All connected services relating to Travel Concepts, including all information collected through our connected services.
  • Information collected by us (or on our behalf) but excluding instances where your information is collected under a different Privacy Policy or notice made available to you at the time your information is collected.
  • Information shared with us by third parties for our own use, as well as publicly available information collected by us.

The collection, use, and disclosure (collectively, “processing”) of information described in this Privacy Policy is controlled by Travel Concepts. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the site or submitting any personal information.  If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our practices with regards to the information processed under this notice, please contact us using the contact information and methods provided under How To Contact Us below. By using the Website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. These practices may be changed from time to time, but any changes will be posted to our Website, and we will take the appropriate steps to inform you consistently of the significance of the changes, and in accordance with applicable law. As it deems necessary, Travel Concepts reserves the right to amend or make revisions to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason in its sole discretion You can see the date the policy was last updated by looking at the “Last updated” date shown at the beginning of this Privacy Policy document. You are encouraged to review the Privacy Policy whenever you visit the site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used. Your continued use of our services (including without limitation using our Website or submitting any personal information) after any changes to the Privacy Policy constitutes your consent to said changes.

Travel Concepts, uses travel tools, such as https://vacationcrm.com or https://acuityscheduling.com, to which we provide information to or which provide information to us, who may have different policies or practices and we encourage you to read before providing information on or through them.

 

International Transfers

We may transfer, store, and process your information in, to, through or with countries other than your own.

Travel Concepts and our servers are located in the United States. If you are engaging with us from outside the United States, please be aware that your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our facilities located in the United States and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information, which third parties may be located in the United States or in other countries.  The level of protection for your information in the United States or such other countries may not be the same as the level of protection in your country.

If you are a resident in the European Economic Area, then these countries may not have data protection or other laws as comprehensive as those in your country. We will however take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

In particular, we comply with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union to the United States and has certified its compliance with it. As such, we are committed to subjecting all personal information received from European Union (EU) member countries, in reliance on the Privacy Shield Framework, to the Framework’s applicable Principles. To learn more about the Privacy Shield Framework, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield List.

Travel Concepts is responsible for the processing of personal information it receives, under the Privacy Shield Framework, and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. With respect to personal information received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Framework, Travel Concepts is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. FTC. In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. 

Collection of your Personal Information

You control the personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, address, phone and email address (“Personal Information”), that you share with us. You can correct, delete, or modify this data at any time, or you can withdraw consent at any time, by notifying Travel Concepts at 913-888-1671. Keep in mind that third parties to whom Travel Concepts, has transmitted your data with your consent may still retain copies of your Personal Information even after you have deleted your account with Travel Concepts.

How We May Use and Disclose Personal Information About You

The following are the different ways we may use and disclose your Personal Information without first having to obtain your written authorization.

Browsing
When you browse our website, we do not collect Personal Information, unless you voluntarily provide it to us. This means that we will not know your Personal Information just because you browse our website, unless you have created an account or access the site from a link in an email that we sent to you.

When we need to collect Personal Information from you to provide you with a particular service, we will ask you to voluntarily supply us with the information we need, as explained below.

General Information Collected
To monitor site usage and improve the quality of our website, we gather general information about the use of our website. We use web server logs and industry-standard website statistics software to count the number of users who visit our website and to count the number of views of particular pages, as well as to track other general statistics about our website. We do not track individual users’ visits to our website. At times Travel Concepts, may share with third parties aggregate, anonymous information about overall usage of our website and other Internet services that we collect, to provide general information about our Internet services, sell advertising, or establish sponsorships or other business relationships.

Information Collected from Surveys
We may conduct online surveys via our website. Participation in such surveys is voluntary and you may decline to participate. In general, the data collect in such surveys will be used by Travel Concepts, and not shared with any third parties.

Information Collected to Process a Transaction
To conduct a transaction the Travel Concepts, website, visitors must complete a booking form that collects passenger information, contact information, trip information, payment information, and additional information that you provide voluntarily. Personal Information collected may include your name, address, telephone and fax numbers, email address, and credit card number or other payment information.

Information Payment Method
Payment information is collected through vacationcrm.com and held on their server, it is not collected or held on Travel Concepts, website or server. By submitting, you certify that you are the cardholder and are authorizing the Travel Concepts, or its chosen Tour Operator/Supplier/Cruise Line to charge the listed amount to the credit card. You certify that you have verified that all information contained in the confirmation you received is accurate. You also certify you have read the Terms & Conditions and the appropriate Travel Protection Plan details. Cancellation penalties may apply. Insurance is not refundable.

This charge will be manually applied by the agency to your reservation. If there are any issues, an agent will get back to you. Please note that you may not see a charge from Travel Concepts, on your credit card statement; the charge will come from our supplier and/or the airline directly. Payment may take 3-5 business days to fully process and be reflected on your statement.

Emails/Newsletters
It is our intention to only send you email communications that you want to receive. When you provide us with your email address by creating a booking, we will periodically contact you via email about Travel Concepts, programs and services. Every time you receive an email, you will be provided a choice to opt-out of future emails by following the instructions provided in the email. You may also opt-out by emailing [email protected] or calling 913-888-1671.

Please allow 10 business days for us to process your opt-out and provide your email if you call our phone and leave a message. Please note that Travel Concepts, will never send you an email requesting your credit card number, social security number or other similar personal or private identification information. If you receive an email that looks like it is from Travel Concepts, but asks you for Personal Information, it is a fraudulent email, and you should not reply or provide such information.

Opting Out of Email/Newsletter Marketing

Should you wish to no longer receive communications from us, you have the option of unsubscribing by clicking “unsubscribe” in the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting us using the details under “How to Contact Us” below. Upon receipt of your request, you will be removed from the marketing email list, however, we will still need to send you all service-related emails that are necessary for the administration of any booking(s) you have with us. For all third-party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe or opt out from their communications.

Submitting Information and Materials
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post information or materials to public areas on our website or any other public forums, such information and materials can be accessed by the public. If you submit information, comments or materials to the website or on our social media pages or apps, you agree that we may freely use them, along with your name and location.

Retention of Information and Materials
We retain the Personal Information and materials we may collect, and you provide us for no longer than is reasonably necessary for us to achieve the purposes for which you have provided it to us, or to the extent reasonably necessary for us to protect our rights, or as may be required to fulfill our legal obligations.

Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Travel Concepts, uses the services of third parties, such as interactive marketing agencies, market researchers and email service providers, to assist us with marketing and promoting our website. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose Travel Concepts, specifies. We do provide non-personally identifiable information to certain service providers for their use on an aggregated basis for the purpose of performing their contractual obligations to us. We do not permit the sale of Personal Information. We may disclose Personal Information in certain situations, where required by law.

Grounds for Use of Personal Information
We rely on the following legal bases for processing and use of your Personal Information:

Performance of a Contract: We may collect and use your Personal Information that is necessary for us to enter into a contract with you or to fulfill a contract that you may have entered with us, or to take steps requested by you prior to entering into a contract with us, for example, when you decide to book with us to attend certain travel events.

Legitimate Interests: We may use your Personal Information as necessary for our legitimate interests consistent with the products, services, and content on travelconceptskc.com or any other website owned or operated by Travel Concepts, and on our social media pages, in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the foregoing sites, and for our promotions.

Consent: We also may collect and share your information with your consent. To withdraw your consent, you may contact us via our contact information, which is provided to you below.

Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, you will be notified when your Personal Information may be shared with third parties and will be given the option to prevent the sharing of this information.

Booking Registrations
By booking for a travel event, Travel Concepts, may use your Personal Information to: (a) enable your event registration; (b) market Travel Concepts, opportunities in which you may be interested; (c) share your Personal Information with third parties that perform services on behalf of Travel Concepts, in connection with the event, including, but not limited to, database management, event housing and transportation; and (d) share your Personal Information with third parties who sponsor the event for their marketing purposes. To opt out of receiving email communications from any such companies, you may unsubscribe from their email marketing lists using the information provided in such email communications. To opt-out of Travel Concepts, communications, please follow the methods detailed below.

Cookies and Pixel Tags
Our website uses “cookie” technology. “Cookies” are encrypted strings of text that a website stores on a user’s computer. Our website requires the use of a “Session” Cookie when accessing the online traveler community. “Session” Cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you close your Internet browser. We do not use Cookies to ascertain any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us. Cookies do not corrupt or damage your computer, programs, or computer files. Most browsers have an option to reject or disable cookies, which will prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allowing you to decide no acceptance of each new cookie in a variety of ways. Although you can block cookies and similar technology, your experience of the website and services could be affected by doing so.

Pixel tags are not visible to the user of the website and consist of a few lines of computer code. Pixel tags are not used to collect any personally identifiable information about you. Our website uses pixel tags to track the aggregate number of page views made on our website by all website visitors. We also use social media pixels in compliance with the policies of the various social media websites, such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, to track cookies. These pixels allow social media to track visitors to outside websites in order to tailor the advertising messages that users see while visiting that social media website. Pixel tags also allow us to know how many users open an email and allow our service provider to compile aggregated statistics about an email campaign for us.

Securing Your Information
The Personal Information you provide is sent to us using a secure method. We treat personal information that you provide as confidential information, and we use commercially reasonable security measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction.

Although we strive to provide reasonable and appropriate security for the personal information we process, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.  In particular, email or forms sent using our connected services may not be secure.  You should take special care before deciding to send us information via email and the transmission of personal information to and from our connected services is at your own risk.  Further, if you create an account through our connected services, it is your responsibility to protect your access credentials from unauthorized access or use. You understand and agree that our efforts to secure your information does not guarantee that use of the Website is invulnerable to all security breaches, and that Travel Concepts makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation that use of any portion of our website is protected from viruses, security threats or other vulnerabilities.

Legal Issues
This is a United States website and is subject to laws of the United States. Travel Concepts may disclose personally identifiable information without your permission if required by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with legal requirements or legal process served on Travel Concepts or one of its affiliates, or (b) investigate or protect against harmful activities to Travel Concepts or its associates, property (including our website) or to others.

Controls For Do-Not-Track Features

Our connected services do not respond to “do not track” requests or signals at this time. Certain web browsers may allow you to enable a “do not track” option that sends signals to the websites you visit indicating that you do not want your online activities tracked.  Right now, there is no industry standard for how companies should respond to “do not track” signals, although one may be adopted in the future.  If we do so in the future, we will modify this Privacy Policy accordingly.  More information about “do not track” is contained in our Cookie Notice and Controls below.

Important Information Regarding Minors
Our connected services are intended for general audiences.  We are in compliance with the requirements of the Federal Trade Commission’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and as such we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 through our connected services, except after obtaining verifiable parental consent or as otherwise permitted under applicable law.

IF YOU ARE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO FORM LEGALLY BINDING OBLIGATIONS IN YOUR APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, PLEASE TALK TO YOUR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS BEFORE USING OUR ONLINE SERVICES OR PROVIDING YOUR NAME OR OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION TO TRAVEL CONCEPTS.  YOU CANNOT SUBMIT INFORMATION TO OUR ONLINE SERVICES WITHOUT YOUR PARENT’S OR GUARDIAN’S PERMISSION.  If the parent or guardian of a child believes that their child has provided us with personal information without permission, the parent or guardian should contact us using the details provided under How To Contact Us below to request access to the information and deletion of such information where required. For more information regarding protecting children’s privacy online visit https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/privacy-security/childrens-privacy.

Jurisdiction Specific Rights

In some regions and jurisdictions (such as California and the European Economic Area), you may have certain additional rights under applicable data protection laws.  To the extent that relevant jurisdictions grant additional privacy rights to individuals, these rights are described separately under the applicable Supplemental Information and Rights section included with and incorporated in this Privacy Policy below.

How to Contact Us

If you have any comments, suggestions or questions about privacy policy, please contact us:

By email at: [email protected]
By phone at: 913-888-1671
By mail at:
Privacy Issues
Travel Concepts
9324 Rosner Dr.
Lenexa, KS 66219

 

Supplemental Information and Rights for CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

If you are a California resident, the following additional information and rights apply to you subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) with respect to Travel Concepts’ collection, use, and disclosure of personal information about you.  For purposes of this section, “personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California consumer or household.  “Personal information” does not include publicly available information or information that is deidentified or in the aggregate.

 

Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information

Categories of Personal Information Collected

Travel Concepts has collected the following categories of personal information about California consumers in the preceding 12 months:

  • Identifiers, such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, telephone number, account name, Social Security Number, driver’s license number or state identification card number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
  • Other identifiers or consumer information, such as physical characteristics or description, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.
  • Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as race, color, sex, age (40 and older), religion, national origin, disability, citizenship status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, political affiliations or activities, military or veteran status, medical condition, or status as a victim of domestic violence, assault, or stalking.
  • Commercial information, including records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement.
  • Geolocation data.
  • Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.
  • Professional or employment-related information.
  • Inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, preferences, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

Travel Concepts uses these categories of personal information for the purposes described under How We Use Your Information above.

Categories of Personal Information Disclosed for Business Purposes

Travel Concepts has disclosed for a business purpose the following categories of personal information about California consumers in the preceding 12 months:

  • Identifiers, such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, telephone number, account name, Social Security Number, driver’s license number or state identification card number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
  • Other identifiers or consumer information, such as physical characteristics or description, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.
  • Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as race, color, sex, age (40 and older), religion, national origin, disability, citizenship status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, political affiliations or activities, military or veteran status, medical condition, or status as a victim of domestic violence, assault, or stalking.
  • Commercial information, including records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement.
  • Geolocation data.
  • Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.
  • Professional or employment-related information.
  • Inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, preferences, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

 

“Business purposes” include the use of personal information as reasonably necessary and proportionate for operational purposes, such as performing services on our behalf (e.g., maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing orders, verifying member information, processing payments, or providing marketing or analytic services), auditing related to a current interaction with you and concurrent transactions, detecting and protecting against security incidents, debugging to identify and repair errors, conducting research, and undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our products and services.

 

Categories of Personal Information Sold

Travel Concepts has not sold personal information about California consumers in the preceding 12 months.

 

Your Privacy Rights Under California Law

In addition to the rights described under Your Privacy Rights above, California residents also have the rights described below.

 

Right to Notice and Access

You have the right to request that Travel Concepts disclose additional information regarding our collection and use of your personal information, including the following:

  • The categories of personal information we have collected about you.
  • The categories of sources from which personal information is collected.
  • The purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
  • The categories of third parties with whom we share personal information.

In addition, you have the right to request access to the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.  To request this additional information or to access your personal information, please submit a request to Travel Concepts using one of the methods described under How to Exercise Your California Privacy Rights below.

 

Right to Deletion of Personal Information

You have the right to request that Travel Concepts delete any personal information about you which we have collected from you.  To request deletion of your personal information, please submit your request to Travel Concepts using one of the methods described under How to Exercise Your California Privacy Rights below.  Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive deletion of your personal information and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow deletion even if requested.

 

Right to Transparency Regarding Disclosure or Sale of Personal Information

You have the right to request that Travel Concepts disclose additional information regarding the disclosure or sale of your personal information, including the following:

 

  • The categories of personal information that Travel Concepts disclosed about you for a business purpose.
  • The categories of personal information that Travel Concepts sold about you and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold (by category or categories of personal information for each third party to whom the personal information was sold).

In addition, you have the right to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by Travel Concepts to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.

To request additional information regarding the disclosure and sale of your personal information (as applicable), or to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, please submit your request to Travel Concepts by using one of the methods described under How to Exercise Your California Privacy Rights below.

 

Right to Opt-Out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

Travel Concepts generally does not sell your personal information, and only shares your personal information with necessary suppliers and vendors in connection with the travel products and services being provided to you. If Travel Concepts sells your personal information to third parties, you can opt-out of the sale of your personal information at any time by submitting a request to Travel Concepts using one of the methods described under Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information below.

 

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. Once we receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from you, we will stop selling or sharing your personal information. To exercise your right to opt-out, please contact us via phone or email provided above.

 

Rights of Children

Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Privacy Policy, Travel Concepts will not sell the personal information of individuals if Travel Concepts has actual knowledge that the individual is less than 16 years of age, unless the individual, in the case of individuals between 13 and 16 years of age, or the individual’s parent or guardian, in the case of individuals who are less than 13 years of age, has affirmatively authorized the sale of the individua’s personal information (the “right to opt-in”).

 

Right to Removal of Content Posted Publicly by Minors

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and a registered user of any connected services where this Privacy Policy is posted, you may request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted.  To make such a request, please use one of the methods described under How to Exercise Your California Privacy Rights below and include a detailed description of the specific content or information to be removed.  Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

 

Right Not to Be Subject to Discrimination

Travel Concepts will not and cannot discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights described above, such as by denying you goods or services or by providing you with a different level of goods or services.  However, we can charge a different price or rate or provide a different level or quality of goods or services, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to you by your personal information.  In addition, we may offer financial incentives, including payments to you as compensation, for the collection, sale, or non-deletion of your personal information.  If we offer you any such financial incentives, we will first notify you of the applicable incentives and will only include you into a financial incentive program with your prior opt-in consent (which may be revoked by you at any time).

 

How to Exercise Your California Privacy Rights

To exercise any of your California privacy rights described above—including to request additional information regarding our collection and use of your personal information, to request access to your personal information, to request that we delete your personal information, to request additional information regarding the disclosure and sale of your personal information, or to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes—please submit your request to Travel Concepts using one of the methods provided under How To Contact Us above.

 

Supplemental Information and Rights for EUROPEAN RESIDENTS

If you reside in Europe or your personal information is otherwise covered by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or U.K. Data Protection Act (collectively, “European Privacy Regulations”), the following additional information and rights apply to you with respect to Travel Concepts’ collection, use, and disclosure of personal information.  For purposes of this section, “personal information” means any information that identifies an individual or for which there is a reasonable basis to believe the information can be used to identify an individual.  “Personal information” does not include publicly available information or information that is deidentified or in the aggregate.

 

Controller | European Representative

The processing of personal information collected by Travel Concepts is governed by this Privacy Policy, and Travel Concepts is the “controller” of such information. To contact us concerning our processing of your personal information, please email [email protected].

 

Your European Privacy Rights

In addition to the rights described under Your Privacy Rights above, you have various additional rights with respect to the collection, use, transfer, and processing of your personal information, as described below.  We reserve the right to limit these rights at any time where permitted under applicable law, including where your identity cannot be reasonably verified by Travel Concepts or to the extent your rights adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.  To exercise any of the rights below, please submit your request to Travel Concepts. You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not your personal information is being processed by Travel Concepts.  Where we are processing your personal information, you have the right to access the data and to obtain certain information about the processing of such data.

 

Right to Rectification

You have the right to obtain rectification of any personal information that is inaccurate or incomplete, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

 

Right to Erasure

You have the right to have your personal information erased where one of the following applies:

  • Your personal information is no longer necessary with regards to the purposes for which it was collected.
  • You withdraw your consent (where the processing is based on such consent).
  • You object to the processing where such processing is based on Travel Concepts’ (or a third party’s) legitimate interest and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing.
  • Your personal information must be erased in order to comply with a legal obligation under applicable law. 
  • However, this right to erasure will not apply to the extent the processing is necessary for:
  • Compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by applicable; or
  • Archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes, to the extent permitted under applicable law.

 

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal information where one of the following applies:

 

  • The accuracy of the personal information is contested.
  • The processing is unlawful, and you oppose the erasure of your personal information and request the restriction of its use instead. 
  • Travel Concepts no longer needs the personal information for the purposes of the processing, but it is required by you for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
  • Where the processing is based on Travel Concepts’ (or a third party’s) legitimate interest, and you have objected to processing (as described immediately below).

 

Right to Object

You have the right to object (on grounds relating to your particular situation) at any time to the processing of your personal information for direct marketing purposes or where the processing is based on Travel Concepts’ (or a third party’s) legitimate interest.  When objecting to processing based on our legitimate interest, Travel Concepts will no longer process your personal information unless Travel Concepts demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

 

Right to Withdraw Consent

Where the processing of your personal information is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before such withdrawal.

 

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive your personal information, which you have provided to Travel Concepts, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and have the right to transmit such data to another entity without hindrance from Travel Concepts, where each of the following conditions are met:

 

  • Your request does not adversely affect the rights of others;
  • Your request does not adversely affect Travel Concepts’ rights (including intellectual property rights);
  • The processing is based on your consent or the performance of a contract to which you are a party; and
  • The processing is carried out by automated means.

 

Right Not to Be Subject to Solely Automated Decisions

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, unless permitted under applicable law.

 

Right to Submit a Complaint to Supervisory Authorities

You have the right to lodge a complaint with an applicable data protection authority.  If you reside in Europe, you have the right to lodge such a complaint in the European country of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of an alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of your personal information infringes applicable European Privacy Regulations.  A list of all European supervisory authorities and their respective contact information is available here.