Privacy Policy

Your personal information security is important to us, and we work to make sure your information is safe and secure in SearchFlightFares. We gather information whenever needed to improve your experience and better your services. All your data are safe and will not be disclosed to third companies unless you agree with us. We put up cookies to enhance the functionality of our sites and gather traffic analysis. With the help of our site, you consent to our data collecting patterns. In case of the doubts or aspects related to our privacy policy, please contact us. We value your trust and do not want to lose it.

Outline of the Privacy Policy

This is a snapshot of our Privacy Policy Summary that goes into detail. Please read the Privacy Notice carefully. Many of the aspects that we work on are listed below:

• How and for what purposes are we utilizing the data (personal information)?
• Whom are we disclosing the information to?
• How may personal information be accessed and modified?
• What options do people have regarding how we gather, use, and distribute personal data?

What personal details do we acquire, and how is it put to use?

The data you provide gets shared when you contact us via our website, such as when you book your ticket or sign up for any of the offers or other information offered. Additionally, when you access the website, we gather your personal information via automatic technologies such cookies that are installed on your browser. Additionally, we obtain specific data from our business partners, affiliated companies, and other third parties. This information helps us to enhance our platform and related services, keep accurate records, possibly identify and investigate any fraud, and improve our marketing services.

When do we provide others access to your personal data?

There are several reasons why your personal information might be shared. This includes helping you plan your trip or vacation, providing support while you're on traveling, providing you with information about goods and services, and helping you get in touch with travel companies. We can additionally disclose your data to comply with the law. To learn more about how we handle your personal information, please read our full Privacy Statement below.

Provided Choices and Rights

You may utilize your liberty of data protection in a number of ways. To drop out of receiving marketing content, for instance, simply click the unsubscribe link in emails, go to your account, or get in touch with customer service directly.

You can find more about your options and the various data protection rights in our Privacy Policy Statement. By adhering to the Cookie Statements guidelines, one can effortlessly regulate the "usage" of unnecessary cookies. The following is a list of rights:

• By login into your account or getting in touch with us, you can ask about any specific removal or learn more about your personal information at any time.
• Simply click the UNSUBSCRIBE button to stop receiving emails.
• We will continue to provide crucial information, such as transactional and account-related communications, even after you unsubscribe from marketing content.
• Simply get in touch if you would want to modify your private data.
• If at any point you decide that you no longer want us to process your information with your consent (permission), simply contact us. The removal of your consent will not alter the legality of any activity that was carried out prior to your removal, nor will it alter the way in which we handle your personal data if we are using an authorized basis other than consent.

Country-Specific Information Usage

Specific countries, or regions, readily provide specific rights that are fundamentally connected to personal data. Read through the following rights that are dependent on the country:

• Request a copy of your private data.
• Learn the reasons behind the handling of your data.
• Remove all of your personal data.
• Control the way your data is processed and used.
• You are entitled to oppose the sharing or disclosure of your information.
• Request the non-sale of your private information.
• Find out more about the results of our automated decision-making process.
• As entirely automated making decisions, including profiling, has significant legal repercussions, it is preferable to request a manual decision-making procedure.
• Oppose a decision that was solely made by a machine.

International Data Transfer

The information you provide may be used, transferred, or handled in nations other than your home country. Please be aware that the rules and guidelines in such nations may differ from those in your home country regarding data protection. Managing your transaction with us and accomplishing the other goals outlined in this Privacy Statement require this cross-border exchange of your private information.

Our platform's servers are situated in the United States, while third-party service providers are active in numerous nations throughout the world. We may process the personal information we gather in any country. Your private data that has been received from other countries may be accessed by our staff here. Additionally, individuals in nations other than your home country may receive your personal information.

We have taken the necessary actions and put safeguards in place in compliance with the Privacy Policy and the data protection law to help ensure that any access to, processing of, or transfer of your private information is kept secure. Irrespective of where your data is accessed from, handled, or moved to, these characteristics give it a level of security that is comparable to that provided by the similar local law in your nation. We take care to adhere to the rules established by the appropriate authorities on application privacy laws, conditions, and rules.

This could entail completing duties including security evaluations and/or certifications and executing agreements with foreign receivers in compliance with the usual terms established by the relevant authorities.

Some of the regulations are listed below

EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

All of Searchflightfares's wholly-owned U.S. affiliates have obtained certification from the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) (collectively, "the DPF Frameworks"). For private information from the EU, Switzerland, and the UK, we are in compliance with the DPF Framework Principles of Notice, Choice, Responsibility for Onward Transfers, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Security, Access, Recourse, Enforcement, and Liability. The adherence to the DPF Frameworks by such Searchflightfares affiliates falls within the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission. Furthermore, in the event that any of our certificates to the DPF Frameworks cease to be a viable safeguard for a relevant transfer, we hold intra-group Standard Contractual Clauses, where applicable, to cover the exchange of EU personal data to the U.S.

Concerning unanswered complaints regarding our management of personal information obtained using the DPF Frameworks, Searchflightfares allies promise to collaborate and follow the panel's recommendations created by the EU data protection authorities (DPAs), the UK Information Commissioner's Office, the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA), and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC). For concerns about DPF Framework compliance that cannot be addressed by any of the other DPF Frameworks processes, you may be able to use binding arbitration in specific situations.

International Cross-Border Regulations

Please be aware that Searchflightfares's privacy rules, as stated in this Privacy Policy, apply to the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules. Organizations can ensure the safety of personal data being transferred between participating economies by using the framework that the Global CBPR system provides. A more detailed explanation of the Global CBPR framework may be found here.

Children aged 12 to 14 years

Children between the ages of 12 and 14 are prohibited from providing any information through or to the website. On the other hand, children between the ages of two and twelve are eligible for standard airplane seats. Please be aware that children are not the target audience for our services. We do not intentionally or knowingly gather information from children under 14 years old.

Any personal data that we discover was obtained or collected from a kid under the age of 14 without that child's consent will be deleted. Additionally, please contact us immediately if you discover that your child or another child has shared information without your permission.

Security and Safety

We make care to take the appropriate safety measures to safeguard the information we gather. Additionally, we want you to feel at ease and assured when utilizing our platform, which has all the necessary capabilities. Although no business can guarantee total security, we only take precautions to create organizational, physical, and technically sound protections to secure the personal data we gather and process.

Our cybersecurity team creates and implements strong technical security measures and processes to guarantee the responsible gathering, storing, and sharing of personal data in accordance with its degree of sensitivity and confidentiality. To prevent unwanted access, loss, alteration or destruction of your personal information, we are dedicated to continuously improving our security protocols. We have the same high standards for our data-handling partners.

Our information security protection system is set up in accordance with industry best practices, and we are able to do regular assessments and certifications, including PCI-DSS certification. And in compliance with our information classifications and processing criteria, we have implemented appropriate security that is easily applicable throughout the lifespan of data collection, storage, processing, transfer, and sharing. Notably, Searchflightfares has implemented technological and managerial procedures such as SSL encrypted transmission, multifactor authentication, verifications, and VPN to ensure the safety of systems and services.

Employees with access to your data can be properly managed and authorized by us. Periodically, we provide information security training to our members here. If there be a security incident involving personal data that potentially affect our rights or interests, you will be notified in accordance with prevailing data protection laws and regulations. Additionally, if required by the relevant rules and guidelines, we will also inform the relevant regulatory bodies about the suspicious situation.

Information Retention

For as long as it may be necessary to achieve the goals outlined in this privacy statement, we will maintain the information you provide in compliance with all applicable laws, unless the law requires or permits a longer retention time. If we intend to use the information you provide for research or trend analysis over an extended period of time, we will anonymize, identify, or even combine it.

To ensure that your personal information cannot be recovered or accessed again, we follow industry-standard protocols when deleting it. Your sensitive information may be kept on file in multiple copies to prevent unlawful system loss. Until it is recovered, this personal data will not be accessible, and any unnecessary data will be removed.

Our retention terms are based on the standards listed below:

• The length of time we keep your information will depend on how long we have known you, particularly any active accounts you may have with Searchflightfares and any current reservations or purchases you made on our website.
• Additionally, we could keep your personal information if mandated by law or if it's needed to satisfy other regulatory or legal requirements.
• The retention term may also be impacted by the existence of continuing legal matters, such as statutes of limitations, obligations under contracts, litigation holds, or regulatory inquiries.
• To maintain data integrity and security, your personal information could also be kept in safe system backups.

Get in Touch With Us

Please get in touch with us immediately if you have any queries or worries about how we use your personal information, would want more information about how we handle it, or want to take action on your rights to request deletion, access or update to your personal data.

What information do we collect about you, and how do we gather it?

We gather information from users on our websites and apps that can be used to readily identify you online or offline, such as your email address, complete name, credit card number, telephone number, or other information. Be aware that although it doesn't name you by name, it does contain information about your internet connection, use data, and the tools you use to access our website.

Additional data, including your passport or other government-issued identity number, gender, date of birth, arrival and departure times, and airline mileage program numbers, may be gathered to help you with your travel arrangements.

We Gather the Information:

• When you tell us.
• Additionally, when you explore the website, it will happen automatically. This is an example of automatically acquired information, as is data that was obtained by IP addresses, cookies, web beacons, and other types of tracking technologies.
• Through our business associates as well as from a variety of external sources.

Categories of Personal Data Collected and Their Uses

CATEGORY 1:

Platform and Booking Purpose

• After completing the booking procedure, double-check your identity and purchase travel insurance.
• Regarding the account and/or booking-related services.
• Additionally, we will record the searches and travel history, accommodation and travel preferences, and any other relevant information relating to your use of Searchflightfares's platform and offerings, as further explained in this privacy policy statement.
• Allowing the traveler partner to validate your payment details, expedite the check-out process, or handle any relevant fees, payments, or refunds is necessary in order to hold a reservation. This includes facilitating the acknowledgment and processing of payments by collecting or validating your payment model, coupon, and other transaction details.
• For Searchflightfares's online booking services, you may always get in touch with us. We can help you use our services more quickly and easily.
• Gather every booking review.
• Periodically check promotions and loyalty.

CATEGORY 2:

Prospects for Marketing

• For marketing purposes, one can contact us via phone, email, push alerts, or any other available communication channel.
• To assess how well our primary marketing is working.
• Utilize data analysis, including browsing and/or purchase history, to tailor advertising and marketing to your preferences and areas of interest.
• Promote to a particular demographic based on the profile. In our cookie statements, we also go into further detail about how we utilize cookies and related tracking technology.
• In addition, to manage promotions.

CATEGORY 3:

Concerns Regarding Communications and Customer Service

• When a customer needs assistance with booking updates, trip booking notifications, emergencies, or other reasons outlined in the Privacy Policy section, we get in touch with them by phone calls, emails, and text messages.
• Provide pertinent information, process the data choices, and receive answers to your questions.

CATEGORY 4:

The goal of Security and other Compliance is to

• Enable actions that protect against claims and all other liabilities, manage risks, prevent and investigate fraud, encourage security, and confirm the identity of our clients.
• Respect the rights and interests of our users and our company while abiding by any relevant regulations, including those pertaining to the exchange of tax information. As part of a formal legal procedure, we might also take the required actions to defend our legal position and reply to questions or requests from officials, courts, government agencies, law enforcement, and other legal institutions.
• Observe due diligence requirements, anti-terrorism, anti-bribery, customs, and immigration rules, as well as your obligations under applicable security legislation.
• We may also monitor or record calls, conversations, and other interactions with the customer care support members, as well as platform communications between or among the partners and different travelers, for dispute resolutions, training, quality assurances, and all other reasons specified in this Privacy Policy.

If your data is published or displayed in public areas on the website and needs to be transferred with other users or third parties, you can also submit your consent. You also acknowledge all liability when you post user contributions that you have submitted to others. Additionally, even though we limit access to specific pages, no security is 100% flawless or, to put it another way, invincible. Furthermore, even if you consent to share user contributions with other active users of the website, we have no control over their behavior. But we can't promise that an unauthorized individual won't read the user's contributions.

The following information may also be automatically gathered by the websites when you visit them:

Using Information:

We may automatically gather information about access and usage, such as traffic statistics and location data, as you use the website. The resources you access and use on or through the app, along with Logos and all other forms of communication data.

Shared Data and Files:

All data that is connected to other items on the device, including metadata, may also be accessible to the website. Among the few examples are contacts from the address books, such as pictures, movies, and music.

Device Data and Documents:

We might collect information from your internet connection and mobile device, including your IP address, phone number, operating system, and browser type. Additionally, we might gather data about your mobile service.

We gather data and utilize it

By using our website, we may automatically gather information about your device, preferences, and usage habits. These include the following:

• Data such as traffic, location, logs, and other communication information obtained from visits to our websites, as well as details on the many resources that are accessed and utilized.
• It contains all of the details about your device and its internet connection, such as your operating system, browser type, and IP address.

We will retain or gather all of the data and then merge it with any personal information that was automatically gathered, obtained from outside sources, or obtained in some other way. This is done in order to expand the website and provide visitors with a more personalized experience because it allows our staff to:

• Break down the audiences' sizes and behaviors.
• Recognize that the website's interactions will be recorded for your benefit.
• If you return to our website, we will be able to identify you.

Techniques we might employ for data collection include:

Cookies

Both the computer's hard drive and the memory of your smartphone store this small file with data. By making certain appropriate selections on your web browser and mobile device, you can even opt out of accepting browser cookies. Note that you may lose access to the websites if you decide to disable this option. For example, unless you have configured your browser to reject cookies, our system will automatically transmit cookies to your device when you visit our website.

Flash Cookies

Through the use of local saved objects, certain parts of the website may gather and store information about your preferences as well as how you have visited, used, and navigated the site. Please take note that Flash Cookies are not controlled by the exact same browser settings as browser cookies.

Web Beacons

These are the small digital files that the business offers that have the capacity to monitor site stats and then log the number of website visitors as well as the individuals who have clicked on emails.

Cookies from Third Parties and Other Tracking Devices

As a result, a number of the website's features, applications, and content are well-provided by third parties, including ad networks, content providers, advertisers, analytics companies, the maker of your phone, and without limitation, ticket assurance and payment processing.

Third parties may gather information about you when you visit the website using cookies alone, web beacons, or other forms of tracking technology. Depending on your settings, the information may be used to target you with other advertisements or share content based on your interests. It may also link the data collected to personal information already in possession of you or gather data about your online activities across various websites as well as online services over time.

Our organization has no control over the monitoring devices or how the third parties use them. Therefore, you can simply get in touch with the appropriate service provider directly if you have any questions or issues about advertising or other content. By following the guidelines in the Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Data section below, one can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from these and other sources:

Making Use of Your Information

• A broad overview of the website and its contents can be obtained.
• To finish your reservations, be able to get in touch with you regarding any travel-related issues, and supply any information you requested regarding the goods or services.
• Any additional goal one might have established.
• In compliance with all responsibilities and to preserve the rights under any agreements we may have with you, including those pertaining to billing and payment processing.
• In order to ensure that you are informed of any changes we make to our website or to any of the products or services we offer you.
• In order to allow you to interact with all of the interactive elements of our Searchflightfares website.
• To provide you with promotional and marketing materials we make so you will be interested in purchasing the products and services.
• In order to communicate the information you provided, we might additionally use the description that seems relevant.
• With your consent, but for any other purpose.

Additionally, we may display adverts to audiences that our advertisers have targeted using the data we have collected about you. Please be aware that your personal information is never shared for any of these purposes without your permission. Be aware that if you click on an advertisement or interact with it, the advertiser may believe that you have satisfied its intended needs.

Your Data will be Shared

Find out that we don't have any restrictions on the distribution of data that is gathered about numerous users or information that doesn't belong to any particular individual. Additionally, as stated in the Privacy Policy section, we retain the exclusive right to share any information you have given us, including personal data:

• Our network of businesses will be informed of the information.
• By sharing, we can make it easier for us to run our business or provide you (our customer) with our services. These services include processing payments, sending flight service alerts, analytics, compliance, and, above all protecting against fraudulent activity. We can also tailor our ads to your preferences and interests.
• We may provide your information to airlines, agents, websites, and other third parties that help us manage our business for the different travel arrangements. We frequently need to handle your personal information through a third party, such as passport, airlines, and visa authorities, in order to finalize your reservations.
• Searchflightfares will transfer all of its assets to the new acquiring company or to its successors if it ever needs to merge, disband, reorganize, restructure, divest, or sell all of its assets, whether as a continuing business or as a result of bankruptcy, similar proceedings, liquidation, or any other sale or transfer. This includes the personal data of the website's users.
• They will try their hardest to market you their company.
• When you provide us with your information, we will use it for all other purposes that you will be informed of.

With your consent, we may disclose your personal information for legal purposes

• To respond to subpoenas, legal requirements, procedural requests, and requests from the government or regulatory agencies.
• To manage, uphold, or carry out our Terms and Conditions and all related contracts, including those pertaining to billing and collections.
• If we believe, in good conscience, that disclosing the information is necessary to safeguard our clients' safety, their property, their rights, or your own, or any combination of these, or to comply with the law, prevent or investigate fraud, or any combination of these. To stop fraud and lower credit risk. Data exchange with other companies and organizations is required for this.

Security of Data

Our top goal is protecting your information. We have now put quality-security measures in place to guard against loss, theft, unauthorized access, use, alteration, and leaking of your personal data. We save all of the information you have given us on these secure servers, which are protected by firewalls. Additionally, all financial transactions will be encrypted through the use of SSL technology.

Information sharing over the internet is rather safe. Despite our best efforts to protect it with cutting-edge security measures, the security of all private data that is shared online cannot be ensured or guaranteed. You send personal information at your own risk, and we don't take responsibility for any misuse of the website's security or privacy settings.

If we learn that your private data has been damaged, we will send you the alert on the email address you gave us as soon as it is possible in the given situation or as soon as the law requires it. However, for as long as it takes us to evaluate the extent of the breach, work to restore the appropriate integrity of our system, and assist law enforcement, we have the right to postpone notice.

Making Use of Your Data

You agree to the storage, transfer, processing, and access of your information in the US and other countries by using this Searchflightfares website. These nations might have different, and possibly less stringent, data protection regulations than your own. You understand and consent to the possibility that, as specified in this Privacy Policy, your data may be exchanged with our facilities and reliable third parties, wherever they may be located.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Changes to applicable legislation, modifications to our services, and other situations may require us to update our privacy and data protection policies. As a result, the company may alter this privacy statement at any moment.

The page will be updated if our privacy statement is modified. Even though we make every effort to update our website and privacy policy, you still need to keep your email address up to date, legitimate, and deliverable.

You are assumed to If you continue to use the website, you agree to any revisions we make to this policy. It is advised that you frequently check the policy for any revisions.

Reasons Why We May Update the Privacy Policy

• For making things easier to grasp.
• Following the legal, tax, and/or regulatory obligations.
• Modifying our processes and services to provide better experiences.
• For Security-related matters. If we plan to make changes that might materially impact your rights or duties, we will give you an adequate amount of advance notice, unless the changes are urgently needed to comply with security, regulatory, or tax requirements.