PRIVACY STATEMENT

Discount Vacations wished to build our users? trust and confidence in our site by promoting the use of fair information practices. This statement discloses the privacy practices for www.discountvacations.com, Discount Vacations? website.

In Summary:

• Without your knowledge and permission, we will not collect personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") such as your name, e-mail and mailing address and telephone number
• Unless authorized by you, we will not disclose your Personal Information to third parties
• You can at any time through our web site view, correct or delete any personal information associated with your registration for use of our site.
• Discount Vacations will take reasonable and appropriate actions to protect the security of the Personal information we have collected from you

Visitors

You can always visit our site without signing in or registering or providing any Personal Information. When you visit our site, we do collect usage information ("session data"), but it is anonymous and is not linked to you as an individual. We use session data to better to analyze trends, administer the site, track use'r movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use including the Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses from which our visitors connect to our site. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

When you use the Discount Vacations web site, a "cookie," (a piece of data stored on the hard drive containing user information) may be used to make the session more convenient. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates.

Registration

In order to use all of the functionality of this website, a you must first complete the registration form by clicking "Join". During registration you will be required to give your contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact you about the services on our site for which you have expressed interest. It is optional to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers, but you are encouraged to do so, so that we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.

You are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having their information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information. For example, when you register you may elect to 'opt-out' of receiving any additional marketing materials. In this manner your email address or fax number will not be used for this purpose.

If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from our partners, you may opt- out of receiving these communications by replying "unsubscribe" in the subject line in the email or by selecting the 'opt-out' option in your Profile.

You will always notified when you information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so that you can make an informed choice as to whether you wish to proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.

Ordering/Booking

Booking your vacation will require specific information. Additional contact information must be provided and billing information (such as credit card number and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes only and to complete your reservation. If we have trouble processing a booking request, this contact information is used to get in touch with the you.

When our registration/booking form asks you to enter sensitive information, ( such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected through the use of "Secure Socket Layers" (SSL) an industry standard encryption method. While on a secure page, such as our booking form, you may note the lock icon on the bottom of your Web browsers. This ensures you that the information being transacted is secured through encryption.

Tell - A - Friend

If you wish to use "Tell-A-Friend," our referral service for sending a friend information about our site, you will be asked for the friend's name and email address. Discount Vacations will automatically send the requested information. Discount Vacations stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. If desired, the friend may contact Discount Vacations to request the removal of this information from our database.

Sharing of Personal Information

We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This information is not linked to any specific personal information that can identify any individual person.

We use a credit card processing company to bill users for services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally-identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

We partner with airlines, hoteliers, and other partners to provide specific services. When you sign up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are allowed to use personally identifiable information only for purposes of providing these services.

Technical, Operational and Physical Safeguards

Discount Vacations takes rigorous precautions to protect its information systems from damage or tampering. These safeguards include, but are not limited to physical security measures such as locked server cabinets, restricted access to certain offices, or areas, and the use of passwords and encryption. Technical safeguards include the use of passwords, data access permission levels and encryption. Human resource security measures include security training, and confidentiality agreements.

Discount Vacations has established an information security team for the purposes of addressing privacy and information security issues. This team is comprised of members of senior management, information systems and operations. The purpose of this team is to ensure that information privacy and security issues continue to be in the forefront of Discount Vacation's' business strategies.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, Discount Vacations will post any changes to our privacy policy on our Homepage. If at any point we decide to use personally-identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users through email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this policy statement please contact webmaster@discountvacations.com