We encourage you to review our
Privacy Policy, and become familiar with it, but you should know
that we do not sell or rent our customers' personal
information to third parties under any circumstances.
Please note that we review our Privacy Policy from time to
time, and we may make periodic changes to the policy in
connection with that review. Therefore, you may wish to bookmark
this page and/or periodically review this page to make sure that
you have the current version.
This Privacy Policy explains the following:
What personal information
does Cozumel Charters gather from me and how is this
information used?
When browsing our site, you are not required to provide any
personal information unless and until you choose to make a
reservation. We do not knowingly permit the site to be used by
any person under the age of eighteen and we do not knowingly
collect any personal information from children (meaning those
younger than thirteen years of age). A valid credit card is
required to make a purchase on our site.
Making a Purchase
In order to purchase travel and related services through our
site, you must provide us with certain personal information such
as your name, your credit card number and expiration date, your
credit card billing address, your telephone number, your e-mail
address and the name or names of the person(s) traveling (if not
you). We may also ask you for other personal information, such
as your travel dates, or hotel. We require this information so
that we can process, fulfill and confirm your reservations and
transactions and keep you informed of each transaction's status.
If you are making a reservation for one or more travelers other
than yourself, you will need to make sure that each of these
other travelers agrees, in advance, that you may disclose their
personal information to us. For your convenience, we make
certain information about your reservation available to you or
other persons authorized by you to receive such information. For
example, if you forgot your tour date, you or another person
authorized by you may retrieve that information from us after
providing information sufficient in our eyes to confirm your
identity or that such other person is authorized by you to
receive that information.
Automatic Logging of Session Data
We automatically log generic information about your computer's
connection to the Internet, which we call "session data"..
Session data consists of things such as IP address, operating
system and type of browser software being used and the
activities conducted by the user while on our site. An IP
address is a number that lets computers attached to the
Internet, such as our web servers, know where to send data back
to the user, such as the pages of the site the user wishes to
view. We collect session data because it helps us analyze such
things as what items visitors are likely to click on most, the
way visitors are clicking through the site, how many visitors
are surfing to various pages on the site, how long visitors to
the site are staying and how often they are visiting. It also
helps us diagnose problems with our servers and lets us better
administer our systems. It is possible to determine from an IP
address a visitor's Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the
approximate geographic location of his or her point of
connectivity.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by
your browser on your computer's hard drive. There are many myths
circulating about cookies, but you should know that cookies are
only read by the server that placed them, and are unable to do
such things as run programs on your computer, plant viruses or
harvest your personal information. The use of cookies is very
common on the Internet and Cozumel Charters's use of
cookies is similar to that of such sites as Expedia and Orbitz,
as well as Yahoo!, CNN.com and other reputable online companies.
First and foremost, you can rest assured that no
personal information about you is gathered or stored in the
cookies placed by the Cozumel Charters.com web site and,
as a result, none can be passed on to any third parties.
No personal information about you is gathered
through the use of these types of cookies.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. Of course, by
changing the options on your web browser or using certain
software programs, you can control how and whether cookies will
be accepted by your browser. Cozumel Charters supports
your right to block any unwanted Internet activity, especially
that of unscrupulous websites. However, blocking Cozumel
Charters cookies may disable certain features on our site and may
make it impossible to purchase or use certain services available
on the site. Please note that it is possible to block cookie
activity from certain web sites while permitting cookies from
sites you trust, like Cozumel Charters. Click
here for more information.
Other
From time to time we may add or enhance services available on
the site. To the extent these services are provided and used by
you, we will use the information you provide to facilitate the
service requested. For example, if you email us with a question,
we will use your email address, name, nature of the question,
etc. to respond to your question. We may also store such
information to assist us in making the site the better and
easier to use.
With whom (if
anyone) will my personal information be shared?
When you reserve or purchase travel services through Cozumel
Charters, we provide to the tour operator, travel agency
or other involved third party only that portion of your personal
information that is needed for the successful fulfillment of
your travel arrangements. We use non-personally identifiable
information in aggregate form to build higher quality, more
useful online services by performing statistical analyses of the
collective characteristics and behavior of our customers and
visitors, and by measuring demographics and interests regarding
specific areas of our site. We may provide anonymous statistical
information based on this data to suppliers, advertisers,
affiliates and other current and potential business partners. We
may also use such aggregate data to inform these third parties
as to the number of people who have seen and clicked on links to
their web sites.
What
safeguards are in place to protect the loss, misuse or
alteration of your information?
All personal information you provide to Cozumel Charters
is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL
is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically
encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us.
What other
information should I know about my privacy?
Cozumel Charters contains links to other web sites.
Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are
entering another web site for which Cozumel Charters has
no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy
statements of all such sites as their policies may be materially
different from this Privacy Policy. Of course, you are solely
responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and
your Cozumel Charters membership account information.
Please be very careful, responsible, and alert with this
information, especially whenever you're online.
In addition to the circumstances described above, Cozumel
Charters may disclose member information if required to
do so by law, court order, as requested by other government or
law enforcement authority, or in the good faith belief that
disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable including,
without limitation, to protect the rights or properties of
Cozumel Charters or its affiliated companies or when we
have reason to believe that disclosing the information is
necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against
someone who may be causing interference with our rights or
properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone
else could be harmed by such activities. In addition, if Cozumel
Charters or substantially all of its assets are
acquired, our customer information will most likely also be
transferred in connection with such acquisition.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of June 21, 2006. We may
change or supplement this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any
material changes in the way Cozumel Charters uses
personal information will be described in future versions of
this Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy changes will apply to the
information collected from the date we post the revised Privacy
Policy, as well as to existing information held by us. If we
decide to change this Privacy Policy in a material way, we will
obtain the necessary consents required under applicable privacy
laws if we seek to collect, use or disclose personal information
for purposes other than those for which consent has been
obtained, unless otherwise required or permitted by law. If any
proposed change is unacceptable to you, you may request that we
remove your personal information (and/or that of other
individuals for whom you made travel reservations) from our
records by clicking here. Of course, you may always submit concerns
regarding our Privacy Policy or our privacy practices via email
by clicking
here. Please reference the privacy policy in your subject
line. Cozumel Charters will attempt to respond to all
reasonable concerns or inquiries within five business days of
receipt.
Thank you for using
Cozumel Charters!
