PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy of personal information is an
important principle to Fantasy Travel Inc. We are committed to collecting, using and disclosing personal information responsibly
and only to the extent necessary for the travel products and services we provide. We also try to be open and transparent as
to how we handle personal information. This document describes our privacy policies.
Personal information is information about an identifiable individual. Personal information includes
information that relates to their personal characteristics (e.g., gender, age, income, home address or phone number, ethnic
background, family status), their health (e.g., health history, health conditions, health services received by them) or their
activities and views (e.g., religion, politics, opinions expressed by an individual, an opinion or evaluation of an individual).
Personal information is to be contrasted with business information (e.g., an individual's business address and telephone
number), which is not protected by privacy legislation. In addition, due the nature of the travel consulting business, we
also include in our policies and staunchly protect therein an individual's financial information including checking account
information and credit card information.
Who we are?
Fantasy Travel
Inc., is a commissioned travel consulting service and we advise and suggest
travel products and services for our clients with a wide spectrum of industry suppliers .
Accordingly, we deal with a number of consultants and third parties that may, in the course of their duties, have
limited access to personal information we hold. These include airlines, railroads, cruise lines, tour operators, computer
reservations system providers, and other travel-related vendors. We restrict their access to any personal information we hold
as much as is reasonably possible. We also have their assurance that they follow appropriate privacy principles in accordance
with their own policies under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents
Act (PIPEDA).
We collect personal information for the following purposes:
Like all travel consulting services,
we collect, use and disclose personal information in order to serve our clients. For our clients, the primary purposes for
collecting personal information are as follows:
- to understand
your needs and eligibility for products and services
- to make
and secure travel reservations and other travel-related services
- to issue
transportation documents, vouchers and ID cards
- to provide travel suppliers
with information to complete the necessary purchasing arrangements for a wide array of travel and tourism products.
- Compile statistics and conduct market research
- Distribute promotional materials
- Distribute
publications that have been subscribed to
- Audit and compliance with
the law
Please note that all airlines are required by new security laws in the US and other countries to give security, customs, and immigration
authorities access to passenger data. Accordingly any information we hold about you and your travel arrangements may be disclosed
to the concerning authorities of these countries in your itinerary. The data will only be used for security purposes.
Examples of the
type of personal information we collect for those purposes include the following: name, address, telephone, age, credit card
information, passport or visa information, Social Insurance Number, web site cookies, and similar personal information necessary
to properly identify our clients and their entitlement to the services we arrange. We also collect personal information from
our employees and contractors to assure our proper compliance with employment laws, remuneration, tax payments, and other
employee/contractor functions.
Protecting personal information:
Fantasy Travel Inc. understands the importance of protecting your personal information
in its possession or custody, including personal information that has been transferred to, or received from, a third party
in the course of commercial activities for processing or other purposes for which you have consented. For that reason, we
have taken the following steps:
- Paper information is either
under supervision or secured in a locked or restricted area.
- Electronic
hardware is either under supervision or secured in a locked or restricted area at all times. In addition, passwords are used
on computers.
- Paper information is transmitted through
sealed, addressed envelopes or boxes by reputable companies.
- Electronic
information is transmitted either through a direct line or is anonymized or encrypted.
- Staff are trained to collect, use and disclose personal information only as necessary to fulfill
their duties and in accordance with our privacy policy.
- External
consultants and agencies with access to personal information must enter into privacy agreements with us or acknowledge that
the abide by PIPEDA.
Retention and destruction of personal information:
We need to retain personal information for some time
to ensure that we can answer any questions you might have about the services provided and for our own accountability to external
regulatory bodies. However, we do not want to keep personal information too long in order to protect your privacy. We keep
our client files for about 2 years. Our client and contact directories are much more difficult to systematically destroy,
so we remove such information when we can if it does not appear that we will be contacting you again. However, if you ask,
we will remove such contact information right away. We keep any personal information relating to our general correspondence
with people who are not our clients, newsletters, seminars and marketing activities for about 6 months after the newsletter,
seminar or marketing activity is over. We destroy paper files containing personal information by shredding. We destroy electronic
information by deleting it and, when the hardware is discarded, we ensure that the hard drive is physically destroyed. Alternatively,
we may send some or all of the client file to our client.
You can look
at your information:
With only a few exceptions, you have the right to see what personal information we hold about you.
Often all you have to do is ask. We can help you identify what records we might have about you. We will also try to help you
understand any information you do not understand (e.g., various industry forms, technical language, etc.).
We will need to confirm your identity,
if we do not know you, before providing you with this access. We reserve the right to charge a nominal fee for such requests.
If there is a problem, we may ask you to put your request in writing. If we cannot give you access, we will tell you within
30 days if at all possible and tell you the reason, as best we can, as to why we cannot give you access. If you believe there
is a mistake in the information, you have the right to ask for it to be corrected. This applies to factual information and
not to any professional opinions we may have formed. We may ask you to provide documentation that our files are wrong.
You can withdraw your consent:
We need to get your express or implied
consent before obtaining or using information about you, or disclosing this information to anyone. You may withdraw this consent
at any time upon reasonable notice, subject to legal or contractual restrictions. To withdraw your consent you should contact
our Privacy Officer at the address or telephone listed. Unless we hear otherwise from you, you are giving to us your consent
for the collection, use and disclosure of personal information as provided in this Policy for the Identified purpose.
Our Privacy Policy Officer is available to address any questions or concerns you
might have. If you wish to make a formal complaint about our privacy practices, you may make it in writing to our Privacy
Policy Officer at:
Fantasy Travel Inc. Privacy Policy Officer
Our Privacy Policy Officer will acknowledge receipt of your complaint, ensure that it is investigated
promptly and that you are provided with a formal decision and reasons in writing.
For more general inquiries, the Information and Privacy
Commissioner of Canada oversees the administration of the privacy legislation in the private sector. The Commissioner also acts as a kind
of ombudsman for privacy disputes. The Information and Privacy Commissioner can be reached at: 112 Kent Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1H3 as well as by:
Phone: | (613) 995-8210 |
Toll-free: | 1-800-282-1376 |
Fax: | (613) 947-6850 |
TTY: | (613) 992-9190 |
E-mail: | info@privcom.gc.ca. |
We appreciate and value your patronage. At Fantasy Travel Inc., privacy is not a privilege, it's a right.