Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 1, 2024

At WorldWide Adventures, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at https://www.worldwideadventures.com (the "Site").

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Personal Data

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Register for an account
• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Complete a contact form
• Book a tour or travel package
• Request a custom itinerary
• Participate in surveys or contests
• Purchase products or services

The personal information we collect may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Postal address
• Phone number
• Payment information
• Travel preferences
• Passport details (for booking purposes)
• Dietary requirements or health information relevant to your trip

1.2 Automatically Collected Data

When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Operating system
• Device information
• Usage data (pages visited, time spent on pages)
• Referring website
• Location information

1.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

Types of cookies we use:

• Essential cookies: Necessary for the functioning of the Site
• Analytical/performance cookies: Allow us to recognize and count visitors and see how they move around our Site
• Functionality cookies: Enable us to personalize content for you
• Targeting cookies: Record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our Site
• Process and fulfill your tour bookings and travel arrangements
• Improve, personalize, and expand our Site's offerings
• Understand and analyze how you use our Site
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, including for customer service, updates, and marketing purposes
• Process transactions and send related information including confirmations and invoices
• Find and prevent fraud
• Send you promotional materials and newsletters
• Respond to your comments or inquiries
• Fulfill any other purpose disclosed at the time you provide your information

3. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with:

• Service Providers: Third-party vendors, contractors, or service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf, such as hotels, tour guides, transportation providers, and payment processors
• Business Partners: Business partners with whom we jointly offer products or services
• Affiliates: Our parent company, subsidiaries, and affiliates
• Legal Requirements: To comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
• Vital Interests: To protect the vital interests of you or others, such as in emergency situations
• Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition
• With Your Consent: With your consent or at your direction

4. International Data Transfers

As a global travel company, we may transfer your personal information to countries other than the country in which you are resident. Our servers and third-party service providers and partners may be located in countries whose data protection laws may be different from those of your country.

When we transfer your personal information to countries outside of your country of residence, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal information, and we will comply with applicable data protection laws regarding such transfers.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen security or to improve the functionality of our Site, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

6. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Site is at your own risk.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the 'Contact Us' section below.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Third-Party Links

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites, services, or applications that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

10. Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Site.

• Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Site. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having your activity on the Site made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
• Facebook Pixel: Facebook Pixel is an analytics tool that allows us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising by understanding the actions people take on our Site. We use the data from Facebook Pixel to ensure our ads are being shown to the right people and to measure the effectiveness of our ads.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the 'Last Updated' date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us