Privacy Policy: 

Privacy protection is our utmost priority. AVTickets ensures that it handles your personal information carefully, lawfully, and transparently in accordance with U.S. Privacy Laws. The terms (we, us, our ) refer to AVTickets, and (you, your, our) refer to the users or the customers. By reading our privacy policy, you will understand how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect your personal information.

1. Introduction

This privacy policy pertains when you connect and engage with us through:

  • 1.1 Our mobile applications
  • 1.2 Travel bookings and our other provided services
  • 1.3 Our Customer Service methods, such as chat, email, and phone number
  • 1.4 Our website and the booking platform
  • 1.5 Our operated social media pages
  • 1.6 The other platforms, tools, and systems that we use to provide you with services
  • 1.7 Marketing channels and Promotional Content

The above-listed are our services, and when you use any of them, it will be considered your agreement to our Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide Directly

We may collect the personal information that you provide us willingly, when you:

  • Create an account or a profile
  • Contact our customer service
  • Participate in contests, surveys, and loyalty programs
  • Make a reservation or booking
  • Share payment details
  • Subscribe to our newsletter or promotions
  • Fill the inquiry, feedback, and contact forms

It also includes:

  • Your Full Name
  • Phone Number
  • Gender (if necessary)
  • Email Address
  • Date of Birth
  • Residential Address
  • Passport or identification information
  • Nationality
  • Visa details
  • Payment information and transaction details
  • Travel preference and any special requests
  • Special Assistance requirements

The information we collect is used solely for the purpose of providing and processing travel arrangements.

2.2 Sensitive Information

In some situations, we may collect your sensitive information:

  • To meet your travel arrangements.
  • With your consent or when you voluntarily provide it.

It includes:

  • Dietary preferences related to your religion or culture
  • Disability or mobility special assistance requirement
  • Health and Medical Details necessary for travel arrangements
  • Other sensitive information that you provide.

All the sensitive data collected is handled with due diligence and the necessary precautions.

2.3 Information Collected Automatically

Some personal information may be collected automatically when you use our website, application, or other digital services, such as:

  • IP Address
  • Cookies, Pixels, Model Name, analytics identifiers
  • Demographic Data
  • Device Type, operating system, screen resolution, browser details
  • Data Usage (links accessed, time spent, website accessed)

We may use this automatically collected information to:

  • Understand your usage
  • Prevent fraudulent activity
  • Ensure secure access
  • Improve the website/app performance
  • Provide personalized content

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2.4 Information From Third Parties

We may also collect information from third parties, such as:

  • Airlines or travel partners.
  • Marketing or analytics partners
  • Public sources (e.g., social media)
  • Fraud- prevention services
  • Payment processors and financial institutions
  • From acquaintances who book for you

If you notice that your information has been shared without your consent, please inform us immediately.

3. How We Use Your Personal Information?

The collected personal information is used for some specific purposes. Refer to the information below to learn about the purposes.

  • 3.1 Reservations, Booking, Payments, and Cancellation.
  • 3.2 Share the tickets, itineraries, and confirmations
  • 3.3 Improve the user experience
  • 3.4 Provide the business analytics and optimize services
  • 3.5 Provide customer support and service
  • 3.6 Prevent fraudulent activities and ensure security
  • 3.7 Send marketing messages, subject to your opt-out rights.

Legal Bases for Processing (where applicable under U.S. state laws such as CCPA/CPRA)

3. a) Your consent

3. b) Meeting the contractual requirements

3. c) Providing the requested travel services

3. d) Backing the legitimate business purposes

3. e) Following the legal or regulatory requirements

4. Direct Marketing

When you use our services, we may send you marketing communications to provide personalized content and packages such as SMS alerts, newsletters, promotional emails, and travel deals. We will send you these marketing communications if you have agreed to receive them or if you are already an existing customer (soft opt-in), permitted by law.

You have the option to opt out of marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link in emails, altering your account settings, or contacting us directly. We will not share your personal information with any third parties.

5. Sharing and Disclosure of Personal Information

We ensure that your data is handled with utmost safety. To maintain this, we confirm that we do not sell your personal information. Your data is only shared when we need to deliver our services, protect safety, or comply with legal obligations. This includes sharing information with airlines and other travel service providers.

We will also share the information with your consent when you request additional services from us. We may also disclose the information when required by law or government authorities, customs, border control, law enforcement agencies, or regulatory bodies. Your provided or collected personal information may also be shared in situations involving safety, emergencies, or to protect life, health, and security.

We collaborate with reputable third-party vendors for the payment processing, IT hosting, cloud storage, customer support, marketing and communication tools, analytics, and fraud prevention services. Our third-party service providers are bound by contract to maintain confidentiality, security safeguards, and data protection in accordance with the U.S. Privacy Laws.

6. International Data Transfers

The collected personal information may be shared or transferred to other countries to provide you with the requested travel services and coordinate and manage with the global service providers. In the event of International Data Transfers, we employ all possible methods to safeguard your private information, including contractual requirements that necessitate strong privacy and confidentiality protections, data processing agreements, and collaboration with service providers that ensure security and provide data protection.

7. Data Security

We employ technical, physical, and administrative methods to safeguard your personal information, such as:

  • Security monitoring
  • Secure servers and firewalls
  • Use encryption
  • Manage controls
  • Effective employee training

If a data breach may prove harmful, we will ensure that you are notified in accordance with the U.S. State Breach Notification Laws.

8. Data Retention

We retain the collected personal information until we have provided you with the travel bookings, fulfilled our accounting and tax obligations, and prevented fraudulent activities and misuse or unauthorized use of our services. Once we offer you the service, we will delete, anonymize, or de- identify the data, subject to the applicable laws.

9. Travel-Specific Considerations
9.1 Transparency

We will ensure that you are informed about pricing, refunds, and booking conditions with clarity and transparency.

9.2 Payments

When processing the payment, we will not save your full credit card number or any other payment details. The shared payment data is used securely.

9.3 Third-Party Providers

The third-party travel providers may use your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies.

10. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We employ cookies, pixels, and other tools to:

  • Provide personalized content and experience
  • Study the user behaviour
  • Improve the performance
  • Operate and manage our website

If you want to change your cookie preferences, then you can visit your browser settings. Also, you can refer to the detailed Cookie Policy on our website.

11. U.S. Privacy Laws (CCPA/CPRA and Other State Laws)

We follow the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and other applicable U.S. State Privacy Laws, including those from Colorado, Virginia, Utah, and Connecticut. California residents have specific rights, including access to their personal information, the right to request deletion of this information, the ability to opt out of sharing their personal information for advertising purposes, the right to request corrections to their data, the right to limit the use of sensitive information, and the right to designate someone on their behalf. Additionally, we do not sell your personal information.

12. Access & Correction Rights

We will entertain your request of:

  • Checking your personal information
  • Correct the inaccurate data or information

To meet your request, we will take some time and respond, subject to the U.S. Privacy Laws.

13. Children's Privacy

We are not liable for any damages or losses incurred by children under the age of 16 who use our website and services. We don't intend to collect any personal data from minors without the consent of their guardian or parents.

14. Updates to this Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify our Privacy Policy. The revised privacy policy will take effect as of the date displayed on the "Last Updated" section of the website.

15. Contact Us

In case of any query, concern, feedback, complaint, or requests, you can contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) at: davemaan@avtickets.com