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Because protecting your privacy is important to
us, you can be assured that Portugal.com
discloses the following:
What personal information is
being gathered by Portugal.com and how is
this information being used?
Travel or Contact Submission
When you submit a travel request or a contact form
to Portugal.com you provide your name,
address, telephone number, e-mail address and
other personal information including in certain
cases your credit card information. This
information is collected on the registration
form for several reasons including: (i) personal
identification; (ii) to complete air, car, and
hotel reservations; (iii) to allow us to contact
you for customer service, if necessary; (iv) to
customize the content of our site to meet your
specific needs; and (v) to make product
improvements to Portugal.com. In addition,
your e-mail address is collected to send you an
e-mail message confirming each reservation you
transact online. As a user you will occasionally
receive, and other noteworthy news items.
However, you may always decline to receive these
e-mail messages. Please see our
Opt-Out
policy described below.
User Profile
Users can choose to provide Portugal.com with
travel credit-card billing information,
ticket-delivery address, and other
personal information. This information is
primarily used to assist users in making
reservations expediently without having to type
in the same information repeatedly. In addition
this information may be required by our third
party services such as hotels, tour operators
etc.
Newsletters
Portugal.com's newsletter (if applicable)
is an optional benefits for users that keep you
up to date with the latest travel deals and low
airfares.
Online Surveys
Portugal.com values opinions and comments from
users, so we frequently conduct online surveys.
These surveys are entirely optional for all
users. Typically, the information is aggregated
and used to make improvements to Portugal.com
and to develop appealing content, features and
promotions for users. Survey participants are
anonymous unless otherwise stated in the survey.
Please be aware that we have links on our site to
other sites that may collect personally
identifiable information about you. This Privacy
Statement does not cover the information
practices or policies of such Web sites.
Who will the information be
shared with, if anyone?
When you reserve or purchase travel services
through Portugal.com, we provide information
about you to the airline, car-rental agency,
hotel, travel agency or other involved third
party to ensure the successful fulfillment of
your travel arrangements.
We do not sell individual customer names or other
private profile information to third parties and
have no intention of doing so in the future.
Occasionally, Portugal.com will hire a third
party to act on our behalf for projects such as
market-research surveys and contest-entry
processing and will provide information to these
third parties specifically for use in connection
with these projects. The information we provide
to such third parties is protected by a
confidentiality agreement and is to be used
solely for completing the specific project. See
"What other information should I know about my
privacy?" below.
Opt Out Policy
Portugal.com's newsletter have instructions to
opt out. Please follow the instructions at the
end of each newsletter. Once you follow the
instruction and choose the email to opt out, you
will be automatically removed from future
versions of our newsletter.
What other information
should I know about my privacy?
Portugal.com contains links to other Web sites.
Please note that when you click on one of these
links, you are entering another Web site for
which Portugal.com has no responsibility. We
encourage you to read the privacy statements of
all such sites as their policies may be
materially different from Portugal.com's
Privacy Statement. Of course, you are solely
responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your
passwords and any account information. Please be
very careful, responsible, and alert with this
information, especially whenever you're online.
In addition to the circumstances described above,
Portugal.com may disclose user information if
required to do so by law, court order, as
requested by other government or law enforcement
authority, or in the good faith belief that
disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable
including, without limitation, to protect the
rights or properties of Portugal.com or
when we have reason to believe that disclosing
the information is necessary to identify,
contact or bring legal action against someone
who may be causing interference with our rights
or properties, whether intentionally or
otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed
by such activities.
Any material changes in the way Portugal.com
uses personal information will be described in
future versions of this Privacy Statement. Of
course, you may always submit concerns regarding
our Privacy Statement or our privacy practices
by
contacting us . Please reference the privacy
policy in your subject line. Portugal.com
will attempt to respond to all reasonable
concerns or inquiries within five business days
of receipt.
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