PRIVACY STATEMENT

Your personal data (e.g. title, name, house address, email address, phone number, bank details, credit card number) are processed by us only in accordance with the provisions of German data privacy laws. The following provisions describe the type, scope and purpose of collecting, processing and utilising personal data. This data privacy policy applies only to our web pages. If links on our pages route you to other pages, please inquire there about how your data are handled in such cases.

INVENTORY DATA

(1) Your personal data, insofar as these are necessary for this contractual relationship (inventory data) in terms of its establishment, organisation of content and modifications, are used exclusively for fulfilling the contract. For goods to be delivered, for instance, your name and address must be relayed to the supplier of the goods.

(2) Without your explicit consent or a legal basis, your personal data is not passed on to third parties outside the scope of fulfilling this contract. After completion of the contract, your data is blocked against further use. After expiry of deadlines as per tax-related and commercial regulations, this data is deleted unless you have expressly consented to its further use.

WEB ANALYSIS WITH GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies, i.e. text files stored on your computer to enable analysis of website usage by you. Information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. In case of activated IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address is previously truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is a full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On behalf of this website's owner, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports about website activities, and provide the website's operator with further services related to website and Internet usage. The IP address sent from your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data by Google. You may prevent storage of cookies by appropriately setting your browser software. In this case, however, please note that you might not be able to fully use all functions offered by this website. In addition, you can prevent data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being collected and processed by Google, by downloading and installing a browser plugin from the following link:  http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

SOCIAL PLUG-INS FROM FACEBOOK

We use social plugins from facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. The plugins can be recognized by way of the Facebook logo or the supplement "Facebook Social Plugin". For example, if you click on the "Like" button or leave a comment, the relevant information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. Furthermore, Facebook makes your likes public for your Facebook friends. If you are logged into Facebook, it can assign the invocation of our page directly to your Facebook account. Even if you are not logged in or don't have a Facebook account, your browser sends information (e.g. which web pages you have called up, your IP address) which is then stored by Facebook. For details about handling of your personal data by Facebook and your related rights, please refer to the data privacy policy of Facebook: www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to map data collected about you via our Websites to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before you visit our web pages.

CUSTOMER DATA PROTECTION

WHAT / WHY / HOW WE ARE USING IT

1. Why are we collecting personal data? We are asking for your personal data (name, date of birth, nationality, postal address, phone number, nationality, bank details, passport number) due to various reasons. As we are a tour operator, we are bringing people (both EU and non-EU citizens) to different European countries. Your personal details are asked because of legal factors and we need to keep accounting who we are transporting. Your contact information, phone number and an email address, is asked to contact you concerning the trip you booked and that we could reach you the most efficient way when needed.

2. What will happen to my personal data? Your personal information (name, date of birth, nationality, postal address,email, phone number, nationality) will be saved to our database, but will not be forwarded to anyone, if not necessary. HIGHER RISK DATA (bank details, our website account details, passport number) WILL NOT BE STORED IN OUR DATABASE. It will be deleted automatically after the trip the personal data is given for.

3. Is pm2am  Trips using my personal data for advertising? We are using only your email address for online advertising in a newsletter form once in a while. Through our newsletter we want to inform you about our future trips and special offers. You can always inform us, if you don’t want to receive them anymore.

4. How long will you have my data? We are storing your data in a secured database and it doesn’t have any expiration date when we cancel it. You can always ask us to delete your personal data.

5. Is someone else (third party) getting my personal data? Your information is not passed or shared to third parties. Your personal details are only forwarded to our suppliers when it is necessary, for example when it is required by the country officials before entering the country.

TRAVELLERS RIGHTS

1. Transparency _ As a user you have a right to know all the data we have from you and we are ready to present it for you in electronic form when asked.

2. Right to be forgotten _ You have a right to ask us to delete your personal data. This is part of EUs new regulation “right to be forgotten” .

3. Who gets access to your personal data? You have a right to know if there is any third parties concerned in our operation when handling data.

4. Tracking purchases _ You have a right to receive a copy of your “shopping cart” when asked.

WHAT WE ARE DOING

1. Adaptability _ We, pm2am Trips team, are aware of new EU regulation concerning our customers data and will adapt to it in future operations. In case of updates for the regulation, we will keep up with them.

2. Accessibility _ Our team knows the data protection regulations and are ready to act to provide an even more secure environment to handle our customers data. Only the necessary amount of pm2am Trips employees have access to the database.

3. Protection _ We keep the data protected and keep account of what kind of data we have, where it is stored and who receives it (only third parties).

4. Following the rules _ We are ready to provide your needs concerning deleting your data and providing all the information of your data in our possession when asked.

5. Informing _ We are ready to answer your questions about our data handling.

CONTACT POSSIBILITY VIA THE WEBSITE

The website of pm2am Trips contains information that enables a quick electronic contact to our enterprise, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail. If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the data controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.

PRIVACY NOTICE

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for:

pm2amtrips.com/user/listAllActiveTrips.action

This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.

2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.

3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.

4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

INFORMATION, COLLECTION, USE AND SHARING

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organisation, other than as necessary to fulfil your request, e.g. suppliers (e.g. hostels) and country officials. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about changes to this privacy policy.

YOUR ACCESS TO AND CONTROL OVER INFORMATION

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

1. See what data we have about you, if any.

2. Change/correct any data we have about you.

3. Have us delete any data we have about you.

4. Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

SECURITY

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the Web page.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment. If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via email: travelagent@pm2amtrips.com

REGISTRATION

In order to use our booking system, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact you about the products/services on our site in which you have expressed interest. At your option, you must also provide demographic information (such as gender or age) about yourself. All this information is necessary as we are a tour operator and we are transporting people inside and outside of the EU Schengen area.

COOKIES

We use "cookies" on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance you don’t have to be a registered user. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site. No other third party can access or control these cookies.

SHARING

We share aggregated demographic information with our partners when it is necessary. We partner with other parties to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, passport information, Visa information and other demographic information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services. In the case of pm2am Trips these third parties can be hotels, hostels, cruise/ferry companies, bus companies or country officials before entering the country.

DISCLOSURE

According to the Federal Data Protection Act, you have a right to free-of-charge information about your stored data, and possibly entitlement to correction, blocking or deletion of such data. Inquiries can be directed to the following email addresses:  travelagent@pm2amtrips.com