Last update: October 1, 2009

cost4travel.com (“cost4travel”, “the Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respects your privacy. This policy explains the privacy practices for our website at www.cost4travel.com.

This policy covers, among other things, what information we collect from you, how we use this information, whom we share it with, the data obtained automatically when you use cost4travel and how we retain it.

When you share your cost information and related comments with cost4travel, we will ask you to provide only your age, gender, country of residence, professional occupation and context of your trip (“non-identifiable personal details”). The fields for compulsory completion will be explicitly indicated.

In the event you chose to register with cost4travel, we will ask to provide your name and email address. If you do not enter this data in the relevant fields, you will be unable to use certain Services on cost4travel, like My Trips and My Alerts.

We may collect further information when you use cost4travel. For example, we may record the frequency and scope of your use of cost4travel, the duration of your sessions, web pages that you visit, information that you read, content that you use or post, advertisement banners that you click on, the Internet protocol (IP) address that serves you to access cost4travel and the geographic location from where you logged-in.

Your name and email address may also be collected when we exchange communications with you, for example, if you submit a request via email or when we are in contact with you with respect to your content on cost4travel.

In the event we have access to personally identifiable information, we will only use for the following purposes:

- To respond to your requests;
- To contact you as and when we believe it to be necessary;
- To send you information pertaining to our Services;
- To any other purpose, as stipulated in this policy, or in the Terms of use governing the use of our Services.

We may use anonymous information for the proper operation and function of the Services, to improve the quality of the Services and to enhance your experience, to create new services, including services tailored to users’ personal requirements and expectations, and to change or cancel existing features and content.

We will not share and disclose any personally identifiable information that we may have access to with others, except in the following instances:

- If we reasonably believe that you have breached the Terms of Service or abused the Services;
- If by using cost4travel, you perform or attempt to perform any activity which we may reasonably believe to be illegal;
- If we are required by law to do;
- In any case of dispute, or legal proceeding of any kind between us and you;

We may however aggregate cost information and non-identifiable personal details, and share it with partners and customers.

We may use cookies on our Services. Cookies are packets of information sent by our servers to your web browser and then sent back by the browser each time it accesses our servers.

The cookies may contain a variety of information, such as the cost4travel’s pages you have accessed, session durations and IP addresses.

We may use cookies for various purposes, such as facilitate the use of the Services, to collect statistical information about the use of the Services, to verify information, to adjust the Services to your personal preferences and for information security purposes.

Some of the cookies may expire when the session ends and you exit your browser. Other cookies are saved on your computer’s hard drive. If you wish to block our cookies, you may do so by clicking the “options” button on your browser’s menu and follow the necessary instructions. However, bear in mind that disabling cookies may complicate or even prevent the use of the Services, or certain features thereof.

cost4travel may contain links to other web sites. If you choose to visit a third party web site or use its products or services, be aware that this policy does not govern your activities or any information you disclose to such third party.

We may permit certain other companies to conduct advertising campaigns on cost4travel. The advertisements that you see when accessing cost4travel are redirected to the servers of those advertising companies. Some advertisers may use cookies on your computer. The use made by the advertisers of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies and not to this policy.

We implement systems, applications and procedures to secure the information collected, including your personal information when we have access to it, to minimize the risks of theft, damage, loss of information, or unauthorized access or use of information. However, these measures are unable to provide absolute assurance. We therefore do not guarantee that the Services and our database shall be immune from any wrongdoings or malfunctions.

We may choose to update this policy occasionally. If we do, we will post a notice on the website, so that you can review any changes and how they may affect you. Also, please review this page from time to time to make sure you have not missed any such notices. By continuing to use cost4travel, you agree to this policy and any update to it.

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or our information handling practices, you may contact us at support@cost4travel.com.

We will attempt to respond to your questions or concerns as soon as possible.