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Privacy Policy
www.globaltravel.com
is owned and operated by Global Travel International, Inc., a Florida
corporation ("GTI"). GTI created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate
our firm commitment to disclose our current policies regarding your privacy and
the confidentiality of your personal information. In addition, we take further
measures to enhance the protection of your privacy and personally identifiable
information, as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Applicability
of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is intended to apply to you, GTI, GTI's affiliates
and all Internet websites owned and operated by GTI and GTI's affiliates,
including, but not limited to,
www.globaltravel.com.
By accessing and using
www.globaltravel.com, you agree to comply with all of the terms and
conditions of this Privacy Policy, including any changes or revisions to this
Privacy Policy, which GTI, in its sole discretion, may make in the future.
YOU AGREE TO READ THIS
PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING
www.globaltravel.com. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you
may not access or otherwise use
www.globaltravel.com.
This Privacy Policy is a
statement of GTI's current policies with regard to how information about you is
collected from www.globaltravel.com,
used, and potentially shared by GTI.
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Personally
Identifiable Information Provided by You
Much of
www.globaltravel.com is accessible to you without providing personally
identifiable information. However, GTI may request you to register and provide
personally identifiable information to enable you to become a member and
utilize certain features of www.globaltravel.com,
such as making reservations, subscribing to our weekly e-newsletter, and
entering contests and other promotional features.
www.globaltravel.com will specifically ask you for the personally
identifiable information, and your provision of such information will always be
on a voluntary basis.
GTI may, at its
option,tape and record any conversation that may occur between you and GTI.
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GTI's
Use of Your Personally Identifiable Information
When you make a
reservation using our services, we may need to know your name, e-mail address,
mailing address, phone number, credit card number, and expiration date. This
allows us to process and fulfill your order and to notify you of your order
status. When you subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter, we may ask for your
name, address, phone number and email address so that we can properly route the
information. Also, when you enter a contest or other promotional feature, we
may ask for your name, address, phone number and e-mail address so we can
administer the contest or other promotional feature and notify winners.
In addition, we
personalize your experience online by using your contact with our site to shape
our content. We also monitor customer traffic patterns and site usage to help
us develop the design and layout of the site. We may provide aggregate
statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related
information to reputable third party vendors.
We may use the
information we collect, online and offline, to notify you about important
changes to our services, new services, and special offers we think you will
find valuable. Currently, GTI shares your personally identifiable information
with third parties. At times we may choose to sell, loan, trade, or rent your
personally identifiable information to others.
In addition, GTI
reserves the right to share or disclose your personally identifiable
information when it determines, in its sole discretion, that the disclosure of
such personally identifiable information is necessary to identify, contact, or
bring legal action against you if you may be: (i) causing intentional or
unintentional injury to another; (ii) interfering with another's rights or
property, including GTI's rights or property; (iii) violating any applicable
law, rule or regulation; or (iv) such disclosure is required by any applicable
law, rule or regulation.
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Opting
Out
Please let us know if you do not want GTI to use your email address to
deliver to you:
(i) updates highlighting specials, promotions, contests, sweepstakes and other
travel opportunities available on our site and/or sponsored by our travel
service providers and advertisers; and/or (ii) our newsletter highlighting
specials, promotions, contests, sweepstakes and other travel opportunities
available on our site and/or sponsored by our travel service providers. We use
an email delivery and marketing company to send the emails that you have agreed
to receive. Currently, GTI shares your personally identifiable information with
third parties. At times we may choose to sell, loan, trade, or rent your
personally identifiable information to others.
If you would rather not
receive this information or would like us not to share your information with
third parties, please send us an email notification at
service@gticorporate.com or in writing at GTI - Service - 2600 Lake
Lucien Drive, Suite 201, Maitland, FL 32751 - USA. Once we receive your
correspondence, please allow up to 14 business days for the change to take
effect in our system.
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Email
Addresses, Usernames and Passwords May be Issued to You
You may be issued a username or personal identification number ("PIN") by GTI
to utilize certain features of
www.globaltravel.com. In order to receive a username or PIN from GTI
for use on www.globaltravel.com,
you will be required to submit personally identifiable information. You are
responsible for keeping your usernames and PINs, if any, confidential. You are
responsible for any access, use or activities on
www.globaltravel.com under your username or PIN.
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Security
of Your Submissions and Transmissions
GTI utilizes its best efforts to protect the security of any information
submitted or transmitted by you to
www.globaltravel.com, including, but not limited to, personally
identifiable information. GTI has security measures in place to protect the
loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. When you
submit your order through GTI, we offer the use of a secure server. The secure
socket layer technology (SSL) encrypts all information you input before it is
sent to us.
Please note that,
regardless of the precautions we take, "faultless security" does not exist on
the Internet. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal
information, GTI cannot guarantee the security of any information you submit or
transmit to www.globaltravel.com,
and you do so at your own risk. In the unlikely event that an unauthorized
third party compromises GTI's security system, GTI is not responsible for any
occurrences or damages directly or indirectly caused by an unauthorized third
party's ability to view, use or disseminate your submissions or transmissions
to www.globaltravel.com,
or your personally identifiable information.
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GTI's
Use of Cookies
GTI utilizes "cookies" to track and store preferential information about you as
you use www.globaltravel.com.
"Cookies" are alphanumeric identifiers in the form of text files that are
inserted and stored on your hard drive by your web browser. Cookies track your
personal preferences and activities, but in no way contain any personally
identifiable information. This, however, is subject to change.
Our use of cookies
allows GTI to aggregate certain information about its users. The aggregated
information helps GTI to serve you better by compiling user preferences to
improve the features of www.globaltravel.com.
For example, cookies enable us to provide features such as automated customer
login to our site. GTI may also share, loan, rent or sell this aggregated
information to third parties, but keep in mind that the aggregated information
contains absolutely no personally identifiable information.
If you do not want
www.globaltravel.com cookies to be inserted into your hard drive, you
can disable your hard drive's ability to accept and receive cookies through
your web browser. Even without a cookie, you can still use many of the
www.globaltravel.com features. However, keep in mind that if you
disable your hard drive's ability to accept and receive cookies, you may not be
able to fully utilize all of the convenient features of
www.globaltravel.com. For instance, you may have to log in more than
once per session.
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Links
to Other Internet Websites on
www.globaltravel.com
www.globaltravel.com
may contain links to other Internet websites. This Privacy Policy applies
solely to www.globaltravel.com,
and all Internet websites owned and operated by GTI and its affiliates. GTI
makes no representations or warranties about, nor is it responsible for, the
privacy practices of other Internet websites. When you enter a linked Internet
website, GTI encourages you to read the privacy policy of that linked website,
as its privacy policy may differ substantially from that of this Privacy
Policy. This Privacy Policy will not apply to linked Internet websites.
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Access
and Use by Minors
www.globaltravel.com is
not intended to be accessed or utilized by persons under the age of 18. GTI
does not intend or purposefully attempt to gather information from children
under the age of 18. In addition, GTI does not intend to or purposefully market
to persons under the age of 18. Persons under the age of 18 are not eligible to
enroll in our clubs or purchase any other products or services from GTI, and
persons under the age of 18 should not submit any personal information to us.
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Changes
to this Privacy Policy
GTI developed this Privacy Policy as a manifestation of our firm commitment to
disclose our current privacy and confidentiality policies to you. However, the
Internet and travel industries are rapidly evolving. With this in mind, GTI
reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to
review any changes that have been made. Your continued access and use of
www.globaltravel.com following the posting of any such changes shall
indicate your acceptance of the same.
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Arbitration
and Governing Law
In the event of a dispute between You and GTI, You and GTI agree that
a prompt and fair resolution, without the time and expense of formal court
proceedings, would be in both parties' mutual interests. Except as expressly
provided in the following section titled "Injunctive Relief", all disputes
shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration to be conducted in Orange
County, Florida, or a location closest to Orange County, Florida if no such
location for the chosen arbitration body exists there.
MANDATORY ARBITRATION
REPLACES THE RIGHT OF EITHER PARTY TO GO TO COURT AND DEMAND A JURY TRIAL. The
party filing the arbitration must choose one of the following three arbitration
firms and follow its rules and procedures for initiating and
pursuing arbitration:
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American Arbitration
Association, 335 Madison Avenue, Floor 10, New York, NY 10017-4605
Phone: 800-778-7879 (www.adr.org)
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National Arbitration
Forum, P.O. Box 50191, Minneapolis, MN 55405-0191
Phone: 800-474-2371(www.arb-forum.com)
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JAMS, 1920 Main Street,
Suite 300, Irvine, CA 92614
Phone: 949-224-1810 (http://www.jamsadr.com)
In the event that the
selected firm cannot administer the arbitration, the party filing the
arbitration will select another of the firms. Each party will bear its own
expenses, and the parties will share equally the filing and other fees of the
arbitration firm and the expenses of the arbitrator, except that the arbitrator
will be entitled to award a different allocation of costs and fees where the
arbitrator determines that a filed claim is frivolous.
The arbitrator will not
have the power to award punitive damages or other damages not measured by the
prevailing party's actual damages, except as may be required by statute. Any
award in arbitration initiated under this clause will be limited to monetary
damages and will include no injunction or direction to any party other than the
direction to pay a monetary amount, except as required by statute or to comply
with the terms of the contract. Any award rendered by the arbitrator will be
final and binding upon each of the parties, and judgment thereon may be entered
in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The Federal Arbitration Act will
govern the interpretation and enforcement of this section.
During the pending of
such arbitration and until final judgment thereon has been entered, this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect unless otherwise terminated as
provided hereunder. If a provision of this clause is held to be invalid, the
remainder of the clause will remain in full force and effect, and, to this end,
the provisions of this clause are severable.
This Agreement and all
transactions between you and GTI shall be governed by, and construed and
enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Florida, without
regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
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Injunctive
Relief
You acknowledge that a violation, attempted violation, or threatened
violation of any of this Privacy Policy will cause such damage to GTI as will
be irreparable, the exact amount of which would be difficult to ascertain and
for which there will be no adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, you agree that
GTI shall be entitled as a matter of right to an injunction issued by any court
of competent jurisdiction, restraining such violation or attempted violation of
this Privacy Policy by you, as well as recover from you any and all costs and
expenses sustained or incurred by GTI in obtaining such an injunction,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees. You agree that no
bond or other security shall be required in connection with such injunction.
For purposes of this
Section, you agree that any action or proceeding with regard to such injunction
restraining such violation, attempted violation, or threatened violation shall
be brought in the courts of record of Orange County, Florida, or the United
States District Court, Middle District of Florida. You consent to the
jurisdiction of such court and waive any objection to the laying of the venue
of any such action or proceeding in such court. You agree that service of any
court paper may be effected on such party by mail or in such other manner as
may be provided under applicable laws, rules of procedure or local rules.
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Miscellaneous
Provisions
If any portion of this Privacy Policy is deemed unlawful, void or
unenforceable by any arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, this
Privacy Policy as a whole shall not be deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable,
but only that portion of this Privacy Policy that is unlawful, void or
unenforceable shall be stricken from this Privacy Policy.
The headings contained
in this Privacy Policy are for convenience of reference only, are not to be
considered a part of this Privacy Policy, and shall not limit or otherwise
affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Privacy Policy.
All covenants,
agreements, representations and warranties made in this Privacy Policy, as may
be amended by GTI from time to time, shall survive your acceptance of this
Privacy Policy and the termination of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy
cannot be orally modified or amended.
This Privacy Policy
represents the entire understanding and agreement between you and GTI regarding
the subject matter of this Privacy Policy, and supersedes all other previous
agreements, understandings and/or representations regarding the same.
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Your
Questions, Comments & Complaints
GTI encourages you to provide GTI with feedback regarding this Privacy Policy.
If you have questions, comments or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy,
please contact service@gticorporate.com.
If you feel that GTI is not abiding by this Privacy Policy at any time, please
immediately contact service@gticorporate.com.
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