GrepAway Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 26, 2023
Important Notice
Introduction
Welcome to GrepAway! This Privacy Policy explains how GrepAway ("GrepAway", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information when you use our travel aggregation website, services, and applications (collectively, the "Service").
We are committed to protecting your privacy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit grepaway.com and our practices for handling that information.
By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. This policy should be read in conjunction with our Terms of Service.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information to provide and improve our Service to you:
Information You Provide to Us:
- Search Queries: Destinations, dates, number of travelers, flight/hotel/car preferences, etc., that you enter when using the search functions.
- Account Information (If Applicable): If you create an account (optional feature), we might collect your name, email address, password, and preferences.
- Communication: Information you provide when you contact us for support or feedback (e.g., email address, content of your message).
Information Collected Automatically:
- Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the Service, such as pages viewed, features used, searches performed, links clicked, time spent on pages, IP address, browser type, operating system, device information, and referring URLs.
- Location Information: We may infer your general location from your IP address or ask for your precise location (with your consent) to provide localized search results (e.g., nearby airports, prices in local currency).
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities. Please see our Cookie Policy for detailed information.
Information from Third Parties:
- Occasionally, we might receive information about you from our partners, such as analytics providers or advertising networks, typically in aggregated or pseudonymous form.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To Provide and Operate the Service: Process your search queries, display travel options from third-party providers, and maintain core functionality.
- To Personalize Your Experience: Remember your preferences (currency, language), potentially show relevant deals based on past searches, and customize content.
- To Improve the Service: Analyze usage patterns, understand user needs, identify technical issues, enhance features, and optimize performance using analytics.
- For Security: Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, and enforce our Terms of Service.
- For Communication: Respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, and send service-related announcements (if necessary).
- For Marketing and Advertising (with consent where required): Show relevant travel advertisements on GrepAway or other sites (retargeting), measure ad effectiveness. You can manage preferences as described in our Cookie Policy and Your Rights section.
- For Legal Compliance: Comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests.
Data Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. For example, we use encryption (like HTTPS) for data transmission and limit access to personal data.
However, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data, and transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (e.g., for legal, accounting, or reporting requirements). We will then securely delete or anonymize your information. Criteria used to determine retention periods include the duration of your relationship with us, the nature of the data, and legal obligations.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law (such as GDPR in Europe or CCPA in California), you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights may include:
Summary of Potential Rights
- Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erasure ('Right to be Forgotten'): Request deletion of your personal information under certain conditions.
- Restriction: Request restriction of processing under certain conditions.
- Portability: Request transfer of your data to another controller under certain conditions.
- Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
- Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
- Opt-Out (e.g., from 'sale' under CCPA): Request to opt-out of certain data sharing practices defined as "sale"under specific laws.
- Lodge a Complaint: Right to complain to a data protection authority.
How to Exercise Your Rights: To exercise any applicable rights, please contact us using the details in the "Contact Us" section below. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by law.
Please note that some requests may be limited by legal requirements or affect our ability to provide the Service (e.g., deleting account data). For managing cookie preferences, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
International Data Transfers
GrepAway may operate globally, meaning your personal information might be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries other than your own, including the United States, where data protection laws may differ.
We will take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy when transferred internationally. This may include using Standard Contractual Clauses approved by relevant authorities or relying on adequacy decisions where applicable. [Legal review needed for specifics]
Children'sPrivacy
Our Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 16 (or a higher age threshold depending on jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, or if you wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:
Email: privacy@grepaway.com