Privacy Policy
Last Updated 23rd January 2010
Protecting your privacy is important to us. Our primary goal in collecting your information is to provide you with an excellent personalised holiday networking platform. We will not sell or pass on your email address to any third party.
Our Privacy Policy statement sets out how Vida Loca Travel Ltd collects, uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website. This Privacy Policy applies to all sites under the vidalocatravel.co.uk domain (Our Site).
The Information that We Collect
When you register for Our Site we will ask you for your first name, your surname, your gender, your email address and a password selected by you.
We may also ask you for your holiday preferences, occupation, date of birth, biography, personal image and past holidays. It is at your discretion whether you provide such additional information.
We may collect other information such as postings you make on the public areas of our website, other information that you post on your profile, messages you send to us, and correspondence we receive from other members or third parties about your activities or postings on our website.
We may collect your IP address (the Internet address on your computer) which enables us to do research into our user’s usage patterns to help us to improve our service to you.
We may collect data which allows us to recognise you, your preferences and how you use this website through Cookies.
How We Use Your Information
Any information that you post to your profile or on any other part of the site will be accessible to any users registered on our site, with the purpose of allowing people to share holiday experiences and learn about each other.
We will use the information that we collect to improve:
- our personalised service to you, including contacting you with updates or information that we consider appropriate for you;
- our website, services or content;
- our product offering to all of our users.
Sharing Your Information
Vida Loca Travel Ltd may share your information with a third party to confirm your booking on a holiday and any information shared will be soley for this purpose.
Any information that you post information publicly on our Site will be accessible to all users of Our Site. We recommend you exercise caution with the information that you post on our site and do not post sensitive information about yourself or others.
About Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. We use cookies on our website to respond to you as an individual. The website can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. Cookies allow us to recognise you when you visit multiple pages on our site and prevent you from having to re-enter your password multiple times. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. Details about this can normally be found in the Help facility provided with your browser.
Who May Process Your Data
Your personal information may be processed by us in accordance with this privacy policy. We take all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal data. Personal information will not be sold or transferred to unaffiliated third parties without your prior consent, except where required by law.
Changes to This Policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. When a change is made we will post a revised version on the vidalocatravel.co.uk website. It is your responsibility to view this privacy policy from time to time to be aware of any change. Your continued use of our will indicate your agreement to any changes made to the privacy policy.
Links to Other Websites
Our website contains links to other websites. However, once you have used these links and leave our site, you should be aware that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.
Contacting Us
Upon request, we may provide you with a copy of the personal information which we hold about you (in return for a small fee). Please address requests to info@vidalocatravel.co.uk