SILKA TOURS LLC PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy applies to Silka.tours, operated by Silka Tours, LLC, and governs data collection, storage, and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Silka.tours shall include Silka Tours, LLC. The Silka.tours website is a marketing, registration, and subscription provider site. By using the Silka.tours website, you consent to the data practices described herein.

1. Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Silka.tours may collect personally identifiable information associated with your account(s), such as your:

If you purchase Silka.tours's products and services, we collect billing and credit card information upon “check out”. This information is used to complete online purchase transactions. Further, this information is not retained by the Site or Silka Tours, LLC. All payments are processed through an independent third party.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us by using Silka.tours. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. We will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us.

2. Use of Cookies and Your Personal Information

Silka.tours collects and uses "cookies" as part of the operation of this site to deliver the services you have requested. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Silka.tours website.

Silka.tours may also use cookies to inform you of other products or services available from Silka.tours and its affiliates.

3. Sharing Information with Third Parties

Silka.tours offers travel insurance through a reseller partnership with Allianz Travel Insurance. Silka.tours further offers access via external link to Skyscanner, a free, web-based third party flight booking engine. Silka.tours processes merchant services through PayPal. Customers have a right to request information on how their personal information and data collected is being used, including what category or categories of data are being collected and why such data is/has been acquired. Customer is advised this foregoing paragraph shall be governed by the terms stated in Section 4. External Links.

Silka.tours may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Silka.tours, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. Customers have a right to request information on what third parties Silka.tours partners with in relation to the foregoing shared data.

Silka.tours may disclose your personal information with notice as required if and when required to do so by official court order, act of law, national security threat, or national emergency. Silka.tours will disclose such requested information in a manner compliant with state and federal standards of legal process and data confidentiality.

4. External Links

This website contains links to external sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such external sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of external sites that may collect personally identifiable information.

Further, these links are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by Silka.tours of any of the products, services or opinions of the corporation or organization or individual. Silka.tours bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality, or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.

5. Security of your Personal Information and SSL Protocol

Silka.tours secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Customers are advised that no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network is 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Silka.tours will provide the following available services and functions as part of the Software: (i) the use of encryption technology to protect customer data from unauthorized access; and (ii) routine backup and archiving of customer data. Silka.tours will comply with the requirements of federal and state laws and implement the data safeguards set forth in this Section, and Silka.tours will further implement reasonable security standards that it determines are necessary, but in no event less than industry standards, to protect (i) the physical security of the customer data; and (ii) Silka.tours network, all operating systems and software applications, and all data storage systems and media provided by Silka.tours or its licensors or contractors.

6. E-mail Communications

From time to time, Silka.tours may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Silka.tours or click on a link therein.

You may opt out of such communications by clicking the unsubscribe link.

7. Changes to this Statement

Silka.tours reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Silka.tours welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Silka.tours has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Silka Tours, LLC at the address listed on page six (6).