CheapFlightHacks is the US based Travel Company and Itinerary Planner offering international and domestic flight tickets and budgeted travel options. The terms like "Website," "Site," "Our," and/or "We" address the concerns of CheapFlightHacks, and Cheapflighthacks.com respectively. We collate, use and/or share the information of the Travelers/Users when they book the flight tickets through the interface of the website – www.cheapflighthacks.com.
CheapFlightHacks undertakes the responsibility for maintaining the confidentiality and safety of the private information shared to us by the Travelers/Users. Trust of the Travelers/Users on us is highly regarded, and therefore we make sincere efforts to safeguard the Personal Identifiable Information of the traveler(s). The responsibility of sharing the information and its plausible or intended use shall rely with CheapFlightHacks, and the Travelers/Users should remain knowledgeable of this fact.
The Traveler/User, as s/he browses our website, will acknowledge the fact that information and policies delineated on WebPages are subjected to changes any point in time without any earlier notification.
How we Use the Personal Identifiable Information
The information received by CheapFlightHacks will be saved in the secured database. The information shall include: IP Address, Mobile/Telephone Number, Billing Address, First and the Last Name in Full.
Security norms are put in place to ensure password protection, which prevents the divulgence of information to 3rd parties and unscrupulous elements. Our agents shall gather information with regards to Credit Card Number, Billing Address, and Name of the travelers or Group Members (in case it is a Group Tour). The prospective Users/Travelers have the right to gain access to the services offered at www.cheapflighthacks.com without sharing their personal information, though it is still mandated that such prospective Users/Travelers should divulge inevitable information to our agent(s) for utilizing specific features or services on the website. We also encourage the prospective Users/Travelers or even the general website visitors to undertake the Surveys or Contests and in the process acquire the obligatory information about their rights and responsibilities while they book the flight tickets on the interface of the cheapflighthacks.com.
There may be the times when our agents may ask Travelers/Users for revealing Personal and/or Non-Personal Information, which in the most likely situations is shared to our Business Affiliates, Advertisers and Suppliers. The necessity of sharing the information is required according to the legalities encompassed in Law of the Land. The information that the prospective Users/Travelers provide to us may also be used for financial transactions, and/or providing the promotional advertorials as and when required (purely Off and On Basis). The key motive behind asking for the information from the prospective Users/Travelers is to ensure efficient flight ticket booking based on the informed decisons.
www.cheapflighthacks.com (working as an online travel agency) receives and maintains the accounts of the private information collected from the prospective Users/Travelers. All protocols with respect to sharing the information with Suppliers, Partners or 3rd Party service providers are adhered to diligently, by the www.cheapflighthacks.com . We also make sure that no unauthorized access is made to the private information otherwise provided by prospective Users/Travelers.
The disclosures made thereof are strictly with respect to purpose of booking the Flight Tickets. We declare that no part of information shall be used or shared by unscrupulous resources.
How will your Personal Data is Protected
www.cheapflighthacks.com entail that the information on the website for the protection of Personal Identifiable Information as likely shared by Users/Travelers, shall be protected and not shared with anyone otherwise needed/required for fulfilling the obligatory norms. We have incorporated latest technologies as well as the physical safeguards to prevent the information getting disclosed to unscrupulous elements. www.cheapflighthacks.com guarantees the righteousness of data, and also judicious use of personal data. The transactions made through credit card shall remain secured and protected with Socket Layer Encryption.
How the personal information and data is safeguarded by cheapflighthacks.com
Cheapflighthacks.com delineates the list of categories to which the personal information shall be shared for the business purposes. These categories include:
Suppliers: The information of the prospective Users/Travelers shall be shared with the Airlines or Flight Consolidators for booking flight ticket;
Partners: The information provided by the prospective Users/Travelers shall be passed on to the 3rd Party Partners and/or our Business Associates. We have contracted on paper (In Black and White) with 3rd Party Partners and/or our Business Associates to ensure privacy of data and information in accordance to the norms settled and provided in the document of the Privacy Policy;
Future Transfers and Services: There is a likelihood of an occurrence where cheapflighthacks.com may acquire any Travel Agency or Business. We hold the right of using the Personal Identifiable Information of the prospective Users/Travelers as and when required to fulfil the requirements of such business transfers. In the likelihood of such transfers, cheapflighthacks.com would ensure that the personal information stored on the website is only utilizable in accordance to the protocols of the Privacy Policy as earmarked/involved during the Business Transfers.
Before any such business transfers come into effect, (All or Any), the Users/Travelers connected to the transfers will be intimated through a written notification and following the standards of the obligatory protocols thereof.
Legal Compliances – Cheapflighthacks.com shall hold the right of disclosing the information about the prospective Users/Travelers within the legal framework as provided under the Law of the Land. Information about the Website Users/Travelers may also be disclosed to the government and even the law enforcement organizations and even to the 3rd Parties for various reasons that are categorically described underneath:
- For discontinuing/preventing the malicious/fraudulent or any malicious activity and also protecting the legal and institutional rights of Cheapflighthacks.com;
- For protecting the Intellectual Property Rights of the website and companies affiliated to Cheapflighthacks.com.
The cumulative information, which otherwise is not Personally Identifiable shall be shared with existing and the future business partners of Cheapflighthacks.com. The notification of such sharing may not be made known to the Travelers/Users.
What Email policies we adhere to?
It is recommended that the Website Users/Travelers shall take legitimate control of their Personal Identifiable Information shared to cheapflighthacks.com. Such action is desirable for receiving the promotional material, advertisements and various types of marketing materials including the offers.
What is the Child’s Right to Privacy and the Consent of the Parent?
The Website User or Prospective Traveler should be at least 18 Years and all users below 18 years shall be regarded as Minors. The age criteria for accessing the website are clearly defined within the laws as proclaimed under the US Jurisdiction. We undertake all efforts to safeguard the Personal Identifiable Information of the children submitted on the website. It is requested to the Parents/Legally Attached Guardians to evaluate the personal information of their Kids/Children and if the information is deemed Not Correct, then the same may most likely lead to deletion.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”)
COPPA enforces obligatory norms on the website users, including those who use the personal information of the children for activities like flight booking. These norms are aimed at safeguarding the privacy of children who are either 13 years of age or under by the website users. The privacy norms are under the purview of Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. For the detailed information on the privacy policy of the children, click on: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-312
Associations to 3rd Party Websites
Cheapflighthacks.com contains links to 3rd Party Websites, and many of these websites may directly or indirectly relate to Travel or Flights Booking. If in any case, the Users/Travelers gain access to these 3rd Party websites and try to book either domestic or international flights on them, then cheapflighthacks.com shall not take any responsibility of fraudulent activities. We strictly recommend that the Website Users/Travelers should go through the policies as delineated on 3RD Party Websites and strictly adhere to them. The policy framework of 3rd Party Websites may differ from cheapflighthacks.com.
Website Users/Travelers are also encouraged to read the information provided on the website carefully and apply their discretion to ensure its rightful use.
Cross Border Transfer of Data
Cheapflighthacks.com has its operational base in the USA market, and therefore we have the obligatory rights to transfer the Personal Data of Users/Travelers who have their land base in other countries, to our jurisdiction. In such transfers, the Privacy of Users/Travelers will not receive similar level of protection as the provided in their home country.
The purpose behind cross-border transfer to the USA market is essential for the purpose of streamlining and providing transparency to financial transactions besides exercising the defense of legal claims and when required, and as earmark by the legislations. Under all situations, the usage of website or the Personal Data assents to the fact that the Users/Travelers show their adherence to the cross-border transfer of Personal Data and also follow obligatory regulations as provided in the Privacy Policy dossier.
Cookies Policy
Cheapflighthacks.com integrates advanced technology that uses “Cookies, Scripts, Beacons, Tags” for a great and instilling user experience. COOKIES are the BIT CODES downloaded in the hard disk and gives the website a personalized experience as it will remember the information of the user on his/her next visit.
The BIT CODE is employed for storing the preferences of individual users and the content is displayed on the basis of the visit, on the basis of the latest trends of the visit, and also keeping the track of the user. The BIT CODE is also essential for the purpose of targeting the advertising, and trails the demography of the user. Here are the cookies incorporated in cheapflighthacks.com:
- First Party Cookies – The cookies will provide engagement and enhance the experience of the user while s/he browses the website. The stored cookie will be triggered as soon as the user will open the website, and as the result the upload time shall be saved. The First Party Cookies are also indispensable in storing the search criteria of the Website User when s/he visits the website again. The cookies will collect personal data of the First Party – The Website Visitor and does not have a role in collecting personal data of the Third Party.
- Third Party Cookies – Cheapflighthacks.com utilizes the 3rd Party Cookies for the following purposes:
- Targeting of the Ads – We have associations with the 3rd Party Advertising Firms for showing Advertorials to the visitors who intentionally visit the website. Such Advertorials are meant to specifically target the goods and services of the Website User’s interest. It is suggested that the Website Visitor reads the privacy policy of the 3rd Party Advertising Firms to ensure complete transparency.
- Providers of the Data – Companies/Firms that provide the Data have the right to collate and collect the Data Logs from the Website Users/Website Visitors and some of these Data Logs consist of IP Address, Information on the OS, Browser interalia when Website Users/Website Visitors visit the website. The cookies do not collect any Personal Identifiable Information, though there are instances of demographic data et.al. with the Identifiable information removed. The instance is: Website Users/Website Visitors providing their email will be shared with other users or Data Providing companies as hashed or non-human format.
- Analytical Cookies – The 3rd Party Analytic Cookies provides an insight on the Website Visitor, which ensures an improvised user experience and also plays critical role in Website Optimization. The Data and Information pieces collected by Cheapflighthacks.com are:
➜ The current pages and all other pages that they are visited by the website owner;
➜ the Date and Time as well as the Stamp Information of the Technology used by the website owner;
➜ No of hits recorded on the individual webpage as visited by the Website Visitors/Website User;
➜ Mouse scrolling activity and inter page movement;
➜ The search words used by the Website visitor;
➜ The preferred type of text used for getting the website noticed.
The analytical cookies are important for measuring the outcome of the advertising campaigns; as such calibration is significant in gaining the knowledge on the priorities regarding the use of information upon the Visit by the website Visitor. Read More About Cookie Policy here.
The advertisements shall include those which are flashed by THE WEBSITE OWNER either on his website or on any relevant 3rd Party platform.
Remarketing Pixel Tags and JavaScript Codes
Pixel Tags are utilized in tracking the Website Users scattered over the Web Interface. The state of the art web technology shall keep record of the instances of the Website User/Visitor, visiting the website. Such instances are recorded by JavaScript Code and it is subsequently attached to the unidentified browser cookie. Over the period of time when the website visitor makes the revisit to any webpage, the attached cookie is going to retarget the visitor and this stands to aid in serving the purpose of Advertorials flashing on our website. In this manner, brand advertisement is created and interest of the Website Visitor is built up.
With the Remarketing Pixel Targets in place, the Website Visitor can have access to the features including the Profile and Account Creation apart from creation of the personalized account. If the Website User deletes these cookies from their computer, it may lead to abrupt performances in the functionality of the website and therefore user experience will be seriously affected.
Cookies on the Mobility
Cheapflighthacks.com may gather and store certain specific identifiers, which get synchronized with the Mobile Device of the users with a discreet purpose of delivering the customized Advertorials and/or Content pieces while they visit the website or any other 3rd Party resources. May we remind here that the information gathered from the user and subsequently collated, is reasoned for gaining benefits from advertisements.
The Website Users/Website Visitors has every right and options available on their web browser or use Software services to limit the Cookies and its functions in the manner accepted by the browser. Should any efforts are engendered wherein the Cookies from Cheapflighthacks.com are limited, there are key elements and programs, which shall not be in active use as the result of which the services offered through the website, become inactive or non-accessible.
Edits in the Privacy Policy and Structures
Cheapflighthacks.com may undertake necessary efforts to update its Privacy Policy as and when required. Such changes/alterations or revisions are meant to address the legal concerns, or the manner in which the Data/Information shall be collected. By all means of Intents and Purposes, the Website Users/Travelers shall hold the right to use the Website depending on the nature of the information. Should the Website Users/Travelers finds the changes made on the website as NOT ACCEPTABLE personally, then they can forward the request of closing the account. We shall ensue that the account is closed immediately. However, after closing the account, the information shall be retained in our database with the intention of using it for the future purposes.
The Dossier on Privacy Policy is updated on: July, 2024