Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2025

Thank you for choosing About Tours and Travel ("we," "our," or "us"). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you use our website, social media platforms, or otherwise interact with us.

We may collect the following types of personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") from you when you interact with us through our website, social media pages, or other channels:

• Contact Information: Name, title, email address, mailing address, phone number
   
• Account Information: Username, password (if applicable)
   
• Travel Preferences, Needs and Interests
   
• Payment Information (processed securely through third-party providers)
   
• Communications: Correspondence you send us, including inquiries or feedback
   
• Usage Data: IP address, browser type, device type, and pages visited (collected via cookies and similar technologies)
   

We use your information to provide, improve, and personalize our services, including:

• Booking and managing travel services and experiences
   
• Communicating with you about your bookings, inquiries, and promotional offers
   
• Sending newsletters or updates (only with your consent)
   
• Providing customer support
   
• Conducting internal analytics and market research
   
• Preventing fraud and ensuring the security of our systems
   
• Complying with applicable laws and regulations
   

We may share your information in the following situations:

• Group Leader specific to your trip
• Service Providers and Partners: With trusted third-party vendors (e.g., tour operators, hotels, payment processors) to fulfill travel bookings and related services.
   
• Legal Compliance: When required to do so by law, subpoena, or other legal process.
   
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or other business transfer.
   
• With Your Consent: We may share information with other parties if you give us explicit permission.
   

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience and collect usage data. You may adjust your browser settings to refuse some or all cookies, but doing so may affect certain site features.

We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information. However, no system can guarantee complete security.

You may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• Accessing or correcting your personal information
   
• Opting out of promotional communications
   
• Requesting deletion of your information (subject to legal or contractual obligations)
   

To make such requests, please contact us at privacy@abouttoursandtravel.com.

We recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of minors. While our services are intended for students and adults, we collect information about minors only for the purpose of facilitating travel services, such as flight or hotel bookings, tour participation, or travel insurance.

Such information is collected only with the knowledge and verifiable consent of a parent or legal guardian, and in accordance with applicable laws and travel regulations. We do not knowingly market to minors or collect their data for any purpose other than the fulfillment of travel arrangements.

If you are located in the European Union or European Economic Area, the following rights and practices apply to your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• You have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your personal data.
   
• You have the right to object to or restrict certain data processing activities.
   
• You have the right to data portability where technically feasible.
   
• We process your data on lawful bases, including contract performance (e.g., booking travel services), legal obligations, and your consent (where required).
   
• You may withdraw your consent at any time without affecting prior processing.
   

To exercise any of your rights under GDPR, or to file a complaint, please contact us at privacy@abouttoursandtravel.com. If unresolved, you have the right to contact your local data protection authority.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing them with your information.

If you interact with us via social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), we may collect any information you make publicly available. Those interactions are also governed by the privacy policies of the respective platforms.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the updated policy on our website with a revised effective date.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

About Tours and Travel
Email: privacy@abouttoursandtravel.com