Your privacy is important to us. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 ("data protection laws"). You confirm that you will only enter information about yourself and those in your party and that such information is true.
Information that we collect
We collect information from you for operational purposes: to help process your booking, brochure, dossier and availability requests, and to help us provide you with a more personal service.
What we do with your personal information
Explore Worldwide uses your personal information to provide you with marketing information deemed necessary to send the appropriate brochure or dossier plus any new features, tours, or special offers which we think may be of interest to you. We may also use your information for internal administration of a booking and for analysis. If you send in a booking request for a tour(s), we may need to disclose your information to third party providers of flights, tours and travel insurance. They will only have access to the personal information needed to perform the relevant service and may not use your personal information for any other purpose. However, we respect our customers privacy and do not sell, rent, trade or give away any of your personal information for any purpose.
Data Protection Legislation
Explore Worldwide is registered on the UK Data Protection Register in the UK.
Security To Protect Your Information
When you book your holiday online, we use the latest secure server software (SSL) which encrypts your credit card details and booking confirmation information before it is sent. Furthermore, as required by the UK Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998, we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us to prevent unauthorised access.
Explore Worldwide Ltd strives to protect its users' personal information and privacy; we do not guarantee the security of any information you disclose online and you do so at your own risk. You acknowledge that you are aware of security and privacy limitations inherent to the internet environment.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information which are stored on your computer's hard drive. We use these cookies on a limited basis to ensure you receive the correct tour information. We think that using cookies in this way is beneficial as it means that once your identifying code is stored you do not need to identify yourself each time you return to the site. Other than this, we do not store personal information in the cookie or use it for any other purpose.
Your Consent
By using Explore's website, you consent to the collection of this information by Explore Worldwide Ltd in the ways described above. Your information will be kept on file and may be used to send you details of relevant future offers and brochures. If you do not wish to receive such information please let us know by using the opt out boxes on the relevant web pages. You are entitled to a copy of your information held by us. We make a small charge for providing this to you. Under the 1998 Data Protection Act your data controller is Explore Worldwide Ltd.
Website Traffic
Explore uses a Web based analytics software service to analyse traffic on this website including information such as overall visitors, referrer information, time/day visits, visits to individual tours and dossiers downloaded. This software service does not collect personal information such as name, address or email.
Contact us
If you have any concerns about the content of this privacy statement or any personal information Explore Worldwide holds about you please email us: webmaster@explore.co.uk