|
Please read the
following information carefully:
Your privacy is very important to Advantage
Rent-A-Car, Inc. With that in mind, we have established and implemented
information handling practices for AdvantageRentaCar.com, which we believe
are consistent with the highest standards and best practices of
organizations doing business on the Internet. This privacy policy describes
the practices that apply to our site, including, specifically, the
information we collect about you, when and how we collect that information
and what may happen to that information. We have prepared a detailed policy
because we believe you should know as much as possible about our practices
so that you can make an informed decision about the extent of your use of
our site.
• Advantage Rent A Car will not collect
personal information like your name, e-mail and mailing address and
telephone number without your knowledge and permission.
• Advantage Rent A Car will not disclose your
Personal Information to third parties unless you have authorized us to do
so.
• Advantage Rent A Car will allow you to view,
correct or remove your Personal Information and other information associated
with your profile as a user of our site; and we will take all reasonable
steps to protect the security of the Personal Information we collect from
you.
Cookies
A “cookie" is a small computer file that is
stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies help us
recognize you when you visit our site again. We use cookies on our site to
keep track of your use of our site, gather data to improve the content of
our site, provide information that may be of interest to you and improve the
security of your experience with us. Most Internet browsers automatically
accept cookies. However, you can instruct your browser, by editing its
options, to stop accepting cookies and the information gathering practices.
If you decide not to accept our cookies, you will still be able to access
those parts of our site that are available to the general public. You can
learn more about the use of cookies and the information gathering practices
and about opting out of our advertising partners, by visiting
www.networkadvertising.org.
IP Addresses
AdvantageRentaCar.com uses IP addresses to
help diagnose problems with our servers and for system administration. IP
addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Reservations
When you make a reservation at AdvantageRentaCar.com you will provide your name,
email address and telephone number. This information is collected, so that
you can gain access to the services we offer.
In addition, your email address is necessary in order to send you an email
message confirming your reservation and communicate with you about changes to your travel plans.
For certain reservations your credit card information might be required in
order to confirm specialty vehicles.
Email statements
As a member you will
receive a monthly points Frequent Renter statement from us which will also
contain special offers in your area, new AdvantageRentaCar.com services, and other noteworthy news items. You may
elect to be removed from this mailing list at any time.
Sharing your
information
AdvantageRentaCar.com
does not sell or rent your personal information to anyone.
Protection of Personal Information
AdvantageRentaCar.com uses the Secure Sockets
Layer and Private Communication Technology security standards that are
supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later and other popular
browsers. SSL encodes your personal information so that it is
available only to you and AdvantageRentaCar.com. This encryption makes doing
business over the Internet as secure as making a purchase by telephone.
Our partners
AdvantageRentaCar.com
has partnered with reputable third parties to offer our members and site
visitors a variety of products and services. All non-rental car travel
services throughout AdvantageRentaCar.com that are provided by a third-party
partner are described as such. Although we only work with reputable third
parties, our business partners may have different privacy policies and
practices than ourselves. We encourage you to review our business partners'
privacy policies to further understand their procedures for collecting,
using, and disclosing your information.
Service providers
To provide and process
the services you request, AdvantageRentaCar.com shares your personal
information with our authorized service providers that perform certain
services or functions on our behalf. We only share information about travel
either reserved or purchased on AdvantageRentaCar.com. Our service providers
need information about your traveler profile, as well as your credit card
information, to process and confirm your travel reservation. These service
providers will disclose information about your traveler profile to hotel and
airline products you
have purchased. Like any other travel agent, this information must be shared
with our travel suppliers to confirm your reservation and travel
preferences. Although AdvantageRentaCar.com offers travel products travel suppliers that are reputable
companies, we have not placed limitations on these suppliers from using or
disclosing your information without your permission. Therefore, we encourage
you to review the information privacy practices of any travel suppliers
whose products you purchase on AdvantageRentaCar.com. In addition, these
travel suppliers may also contact you as necessary to obtain additional
information about your confirmed reservation.
Our obligations
AdvantageRentaCar.com
may be required by law to disclose information you have provided in
obtaining our car rental and travel products or services.
AdvantageRentaCar.com may also disclose information against someone who
poses a threat to AdvantageRentaCar.com's interests (such as customer fraud)
or whose activities could bring harm to others. In addition, it may be
necessary for AdvantageRentaCar.com to provide customer information to third
parties, such as credit card companies, for the purpose of resolving
disputes that arise in the normal course of business.
Other Web sites
There are several
places throughout AdvantageRentaCar.com that may link you to other Web sites
that do not operate under AdvantageRentaCar.com's information privacy
practices. When you click through to these Web sites,
AdvantageRentaCar.com's information privacy practices no longer apply. We
recommend that you examine the privacy statements for all third-party Web
sites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing
your information.
Privacy Policy Changes
This Privacy Statement was created and posted
on AdvantageRentaCar.com on October
24, 2005. AdvantageRentaCar.com reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy
Statement at any time and for any reason.
|
