Introduction
This website is managed by Farelovers Travel Corporation (hereinafter – “we”, “us”, “ours”, etc.). Farelovers process various personal data, including names, email addresses and other travel related information, as part of their everyday activities. Therefore, we take data security and compliance with data protection laws very seriously. This privacy policy contains information about how we collect, store, use and disclose your personal data when you use this website, and how we protect the confidentiality and secrecy of your personal information. We respect your privacy. It doesn’t matter whether you are a beginner or a long-time user of our services, please familiarize with our working methods and contact us if you have any questions.
Farelovers Travel Corporation (hereinafter – “we”, “us”, “ours”, etc.), is the controller of your personal data and therefore is responsible for legality of the actions that we perform with them.
Personal information collection
As a rule, the personal data we collect is necessary for us in order to organize your trip and make a booking. This includes information such as your first and last name, date of birth, telephone number, email address and postal address, and billing information (such as credit card number, cardholder name, and expiration date). The only data that you should present is the personal data that we need to arrange your trip in accordance with booking through our website. Depending on the type of service you use, we may also request your frequent flyer number, information about your special food requests and health problems (if any) and other information that is relevant to your trip or that is required by another provider travel services (for example, airlines and hotels). This list is not exhaustive. If you contact our support team, we collect the data that you provide during a telephone conversation. As you will see below, our cookie files also collect certain information.
If you make booking through our website for another person, we will request the personal data of that person. In this situation, we expect you to inform this person about this privacy policy.
Confidential personal data collection
In some cases, we may process so-called “special categories of personal data” that may be considered confidential. This is possible, for example, if you (i) submitted a medical certificate to use the insurance service for the cases of cancellation or to return funds from the airline; (ii) you have a disease or health condition affecting your trip for which you have requested assistance or which require specific authorization; or (iii) made a request that revealed some of your other confidential personal data.
Before processing your confidential personal data, we ask for your consent to such processing. Therefore, we email you to use special feedback forms from our email address: privacy@farelovers.com to send any sensitive data. These forms allow you to give a consent required by applicable data protection laws. Of course, you can withdraw such consent at any time. We will not process any of your confidential personal data if we do not have your permit to do so or if you did not provide this data to us. A limited number of our employees will have access to your confidential personal data, and after processing your confidential data in accordance with your request, we will delete your data as soon as possible.
Usage of your personal data
In order to be entitled to processing of your personal data, in accordance with the current legislation on data protection, we are required to have a so-called legal basis for each of our purposes of processing personal data. For this reason, we have prepared the table below, which shows the legal basis for each of our goals.
| What we do (purposes of processing your personal data) | Our legal grounds | Time of storage |
| Travel arrangement and bookings at your request (i.e. travel services booking with our mediation, as well as providing our own services). | Performance of our contract with you. If you have provided us with confidential personal data, the legal basis is your permission. | Consent to processing of confidential personal data may be revoked at any time. |
| If you started the booking process, but did not reach the point of payment, we can send you an e-mail with a link to the search results or the booking procedure that has begun, depending on when your booking process on the website was interrupted. | Our legitimate interest is in doing business and giving you the opportunity to complete your purchase without having to re-enter all the information. If you do not want to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe at any time using the link in the email. | 24 hours from the time of termination of the booking process. |
| Before starting your trip, we will provide you with additional information and suggestions related to your trip, for example, possible additional services, such as extra baggage, and other information useful for your trip. Some of this information is based on an analysis of the data that you provided during the booking process (for example, travel dates, destination, etc.). | Our legitimate interest is to make your trip more convenient and to allow you to easily find additional useful information. If you do not want to receive this information, you can unsubscribe at any time using the link in the email. | Maximum before the start of your trip. Other similar processing may continue in accordance with the objectives set out below. |
| After your trip, we can send you our newsletter containing recommendations on other trips, travel products and services that may interest you. Some recommendations may be based on an analysis of your previous decisions when booking trips and your behavior regarding our emails. | Our legitimate interest is in doing business and giving you an opportunity to organize your trips. If you do not want to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe at any time using the link in the email or our website. In addition, you may refuse from receiving the newsletter prior to completing your purchase. | 3 years from the date of buying. |
| Record telephone conversations for quality control purposes and to process any future requests or questions on your part. | Our legitimate interest is in (i) improving the quality of our services through internal training and (ii) resolving possible requests or complaints from you. If you do not want the telephone conversation to be recorded, you can object against such recording before start of recording. | 6 months from the date of telephone conversation. The record is accessible to only limited number of persons. |
| The use of cookies, for example, to increase the usability of this website, a more personal approach and collection of usage statistics. We also use session cookies to enhance the security of this website. | Our legitimate interest is in (i) improving our website, (ii) showing offers that may interest you, and (iii) ensuring the security of the services and website. If you do not want us to store cookies on your computer, you can change your browser settings at any time. | Depending on the type of cookie files. |
In addition to the above, we take a number of everyday measures that are necessary to provide services to consumers, such as accounting, billing, fulfilling the anti-money laundering obligations and maintaining the security of our website. To the extent that this is not necessary under applicable laws, we take these measures based on our legitimate interests. We can also analyze the behavior of our customers for the overall improvement of our websites and services. However, such an analysis is performed using generalized or depersonalized aggregated data.
Sharing your personal data with third persons
We will only share your personal information with third parties if it is necessary for the purposes listed in this privacy policy. Third parties may include other companies, governmental agencies, and our trusted business partners. For example, we may provide your personal data (including confidential personal data, as appropriate) to business partners, such as airlines, hotels, insurance companies and global distribution systems (called GDS), to arrange your trips and bookings.
Each partner is personally responsible for how it processes your personal data after receiving it from our company. This means that with any queries related to your rights under applicable data protection laws, you should contact the appropriate partner. We recommend that you familiarize with the relevant privacy policies of partners for information on how they process your personal data.
To provide the services you have requested, we will also provide your personal data to other companies (so-called data processors), for example, service providers who are responsible for the operation of our contact centers, and our other providers who will process your personal data in the provision of our services to us (e.g. external storage).
Third-party suppliers
Please note that our website contains links to other websites and displays materials provided by third-party suppliers. This privacy policy applies only to our website and our services. If you click on links to other websites or use third-party services and products, you should familiarize with the relevant privacy policies. In addition, if you contact us through social networks, this privacy policy does not apply to personal data transmitted by you during such application. In this case, we recommend that you read the privacy policy of a social network provider.
Your rights
In accordance with applicable data protection legislation, you have certain rights as a “data subject”. Your rights are listed below. You have the following rights:
- Access right. You have the right to access your personal data that we process. You also have the right to receive certain information about what we do with personal data. This information is provided in this document.
- Right to correct. In certain circumstances, you have the right to correct inaccurate personal data concerning you and to supplement incomplete personal data. Please note that in some situations we will not be able to correct inaccurate personal data that you provided, for example, due to airline rules, and that such a change may entail costs.
- Right to delete. Under certain circumstances you are entitled to delete your personal data.
- Right to restrict processing. In certain circumstances, you have the right to limit our use of your personal data.
- Right to data portability. You have the right to receive your personal data from us (or transfer your personal data directly to another data controller) in a structured, distributed, machine-readable format.
- Right to object. You have the right to object to certain types of personal data processing that we carry out. This applies to all our actions that are based on our legitimate interests.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer. Some cookies are only stored until the browser is closed (the so-called session cookies), and some are stored for a long period of time (the so-called persistent cookies). If you do not want cookies to be stored on your computer, you can change the settings in the browser. However, please note that in some cases this may lead to incorrect operation of some functions of our website and incorrect display of some materials.
This website uses cookies for a number of reasons, including providing a personal touch, improving website usability and collecting usage statistics. We also use session cookies to enhance the security of this website.
In some cases, when using cookies, we transfer data to third parties. For example, we use the Google Analytics and Google AdWords services, which transfer website traffic data to Google’s servers. Google Analytics does not identify individual users and doesn’t associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use the reports provided by Google to analyze website traffic, understand the use of web pages and optimize advertisement purchased on the Google advertising network and other advertising networks. Google may process data in accordance with Google Confidentiality Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) for the purposes described above in this section. You can refuse from collecting Google Analytics data by disabling cookies, disabling JavaScript, or using the Google opt-out service. To refuse from Google advertisement functions, use this link. (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout)
Our website also uses the Pixel Facebook tool, which collects depersonalized aggregated data, helping us optimize the purchase of advertisements on various Facebook platforms (including Instagram). Facebook collects user identifiers that help determine whether a user has visited a site with a Facebook pixel. However, we, as advertisers, cannot identify a specific user who performs an action. Facebook and its related platforms are located in a closed advertising ecosystem in which users may or may not agree that advertisers will use the data collected on their sites to purchase ads on Facebook. To see and change advertisement settings in Facebook, use this link. (https://www.facebook.com/login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fads%2Fpreferences)
Data security
To protect your personal data, we have introduced a number of technical and organizational security measures. For example, we maintain a high level of technical security for all systems (including traceability, emergency recovery, access restriction, etc.). In addition, we adopted the policies so that our employees (who, of course, have obligations to maintain confidentiality) do not use personal data unnecessarily. Such policies also define our standards when making contracts with suppliers or introducing new IT systems in the course of our business.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data or the use of cookies, or you want to exercise any of your rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws, send an email to privacy@farelovers.com or use the following data for communication:
Farelovers Travel Corporation
Attn: Privacy Manager
400,906 12 Ave SW,
Calgary, AB T2R 1K7
Changes in the Confidentiality Policy
If we change the rules for the processing of your personal data or the rules for the use of cookies, we will immediately update this privacy policy and publish it on this website.