Luxury Cruise News Privacy Policy
Updated: September 2010
This Privacy Policy applies to Luxury Cruise News e-newsletter and all affiliated e-mail and postal communications, database access, website and social media activity
Luxury Cruise News is an e-mail newsletter published by Thomas Townsend and Kent (TTK) who owns and operates a variety of different websites, e-mail newsletters, their respective subscriber lists, and other properties where consumers transact and may disclose information to us. These properties include but are not limited to: Art Travel Guide, Luxury Cruise News, Your Travel Insider and Home Electronics Journal .TTK understands that in your interaction with us you may have concerns about safeguarding your privacy online. The Privacy Policy that follows explains our views and practices concerning the privacy and transmission of data acquired by TTK and how these policies may pertain to consumers. Please consider these factors as you make a choice to interact with our websites, e-newsletters and offers that are emailed on behalf of our partners and advertisers. This statement discloses the data privacy practices for all TTK owned and operated websites, e-newsletters and e-mails currently and formerly operated by TTK which are pertinent to all consumer data that TTK retains.
Collection of Personal Information
The following information is automatically collected and/or tracked, if possible, from visitors to TTK owned and operated websites: (1) The home server domain names and IP address, type of computer, and selected web browser (2) E-mail address and other personal data (including but not limited to address, city, state and zip) that consumers provide when subscribing to an e-mail newsletter or when updating their profile (3) Personal, financial, behavioral, demographic and other information gathered though the use of online registration forms, surveys, e-mail interactions, contests, sweepstakes and technology-based tools (4) Information, aggregate or user specific, on visitor interaction with our web pages and e-mails including activity on links included within these websites and e-mails. Some of this data may be collected and stored on systems not owned by TTK, but only TTK and its employees have access to using this information for marketing efforts.
Use of Personal Data Collected
Personal data collected, as stated above, may be used by TTK for any or all of the following purposes: Editorial feedback; Marketing and promotions for TTK or its clients, partners or associates; Statistical analysis of user behavior; Product development and content improvement; To inform advertisers of how many consumers viewed and/or clicked an advertisement and other services for our advertisers; To customize content and layout of TTK-operated websites; and to create, relay and/or direct advertising messages. Customer contact information (including but not limited to names, e-mail addresses and postal information) and all other data collected, may be added to TTK's databases and used for future promotional campaigns and e-mail communication regarding: Site updates; New and existing products and services; Upcoming events; Distribution of online publications; Direct mail campaigns for our clients; Distribution of e-mail and online advertisements for clients, partners or associates. Financial data and other demographic information may be overlaid to subscriber file for the purpose of targeted advertising campaigns.
Demographic and behavioral data collected is used to: Define the appropriate publications and offers for our users; Analyze marketing results; personalize the visitor’s experience at our site(s); and assist TTK in development of relevant e-mail content and advertising for our users. A customer’s contact information may also be used to notify him or her in the event of sweepstakes or contest winnings, and to notify the relevant taxing and regulatory authorities regarding prizes awarded.
Surveys and Promotions
From time to time Luxury Cruise News subscribers will receive reader surveys to gather information about what our readers are most interested in and their travel habits. This information is to provide subscribers with more personalized and relevant communication but participation is entirely voluntary. We may also provide you with the opportunity to participate in sweepstakes or other promotions via email or on our website or social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc). If you participate we will request certain personal information from you but participating is always completely voluntary.
Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties
TTK may from time to time share data with third parties. Partners may be granted permission by TTK, within its sole judgment, to use the personal data for the marketing of products and services' relevant to users. TTK may disclose to third parties all or part of the information gathered from site visitors and data derived from their online behavior; Data enhanced from third-party sources; and information in aggregate form. At the sole discretion of TTK, under applicable law, all data collected by TTK may also be shared with third parties for uses including but not limited to: Direct marketing of products and services'; Creation of additional data products for TTK; Appending and/or enhancing the existing data, Appending of data to third party data files; Validation and data updates; The creation and use of aggregate data products; Suppression services, and for comparison and validation with other data properties not owned or controlled by TTK. TTK reserves the right to transfer the data multiple times and concurrently on both a temporary and permanent basis and for an unlimited or unspecified amount of time and for unspecified number and types of uses. By consenting to this privacy policy the visitor permanently waives all rights or restrictions on the use, transmission, storage or transfer of the data and any claim to fees, royalties or other compensation directly or indirectly as a result of TTK’s use, storage, transfer or transmission of the data by TTK, TTK’s partners, vendors, clients, associates and service companies. Through the use of third-party cookies and other tracking methods, an advertiser may be electronically notified when visitors view or click on its advertisements. TTK’s properties often contain links to other sites and TTK is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
Unsubscribe
At any time, users can unsubscribe from Luxury Cruise News by following the link at the bottom of all email communications that are sent on behalf of Luxury Cruise News. Unsubscribing to Luxury Cruise News does NOT automatically unsubscribe a user from other TTK owned newsletters (see above for list of other e-publications).
Consumer Choice - TTK Exclusion List
It is TTK's policy to allow any consumer whose information is included in any of TTK’s newsletter lists to 'opt-out' of having their information further shared with third party companies or partners and/or for any use by TTK in its data related products or operations, except for the use of that data to ensure the consumer is excluded from future uses.
Therefore, TTK maintains an exclusion list of persons who specifically have requested that their data not be further shared with third parties and/or who have requested their data not be used for future marketing purposes by TTK. A person may have their information added to the TTK Exclusion List by sending a written request with their e-mail address first and last names to traffic@ttkpub.com with a request to opt-out of future data sharing and/or marketing operations. It may take up to 30 days for all electronic marketing uses of the data to cease and 60 days for all postal marketing and other uses to cease.
Collection of Personal Data from Children
The information and services' provided at TTK’s website, via postal mail or through e-mailings by TTK, its affiliates, sponsors, and advertisers are not intended for children under 18 years of age and TTK does not knowingly market to children under 18 years of age. All contests, sweepstakes, free subscriptions to e-mail newsletters and any other activities offered at LuxuryCruiseNews.com, Luxury Cruise News e-newsletter, postal mailings, social media campaigns, or other e-mail communication are open to United States residents 18 years or older only. TTK will not knowingly permit a child or minor to participate in a contest, sweepstakes or any another activity. If a child or minor wins a drawing, that child’s entry will be voided, and another winner will be drawn. If a child’s or minor's data is discovered in a TTK database, list or other operation, then TTK will add that data to the TTK Exclusion list and no further data sharing or marketing will be done with that child or minor. It is TTK's policy to transact and communicate only with persons 18 years or older except as noted below.
TTK's Right to Contact Users
TTK reserves the right to contact site visitors regarding account status and changes to subscriber agreements, this privacy policy, and any other policies and agreements relevant to site visitors or members of our database.
TTK's Right to Change Privacy Policy
TTK reserves the right to change this policy at any time. This page will always contain our current and in-forced privacy policy.
UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 2010.