Privacy Policy Last updated: June 29, 2021 Except as otherwise noted in this Privacy Notice, ULC, L.L.C. dba UL Consultancy Group is a data controller and a member of the Uniglobe Travel & Virtuoso, which means that we manage how and why the information you provide to us is processed. This Privacy Notice may be amended or updated from time to time to reflect changes in our practices with respect to the Processing of your information, or changes in applicable law. We want you to know ULC, L.L.C. dba UL Consultancy Group will never sell, lease, or rent your Personal Information to ensure your privacy is protected. We will always endeavor to take steps to assure that any personal information you provide to us will remain private and secure. We encourage you to read this Privacy Notice carefully, and to regularly check this page to review any changes we might make. "Personal Information” means information from which any individual is directly or indirectly identifiable. “Process”, “Processing” or “Processed “means anything that is done with any Personal Information, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction. “Controller” means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. “Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the Controller. Information we may collect We may Process the following categories of Personal Information about you:
· Personal details: your name; username or log in details; password.
· Demographic information: gender; age/date of birth; nationality; salutation.
· Contact details: postal address; telephone and/or mobile number; email address.
· Consent records: records of any consents you may have given, together with the date and time, means of consent and any related information (e.g., the subject matter of the consent).
· Purchase and payment details: records of purchases and prices; invoice records; payment records; billing address; payment method; cardholder or accountholder name; payment amount; and payment date.
We may also collect:
· Information about your use of the services, such as usage data and statistical information, which may be aggregated.
· Searches for and interactions with e-commerce opportunities, such as merchants and offers contained in the services.
· Non-precise information about the approximate physical location (for example, at the city or postal code level) of a user’s computer or device derived from the IP address of such computer or device (“Geo IP Data”).
· Device identification (“ID”), which is a distinctive number associated with a smartphone or similar handheld device but is different than a hardware serial number.
· Advertising ID, which is a unique, user-resettable identification number for advertising associated with a device (e.g., iOS uses the Identifier for Advertising (or “IDFA”) and Android uses Google Advertising ID).
· Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, which is a unique string of numbers automatically assigned to your device whenever you access the Internet.
· Internet connection means, such as internet service provider (“ISP”), mobile operator, Wi-Fi connection, service set identifier (“SSID”), International Mobile Subscriber Identity (“IMSI”) and International Mobile Equipment Identity (“IMEI”).
· Information collected through the use of cookies, eTags, JavaScript, pixel tags, device ID tracking, anonymous identifiers and other technologies, including information collected using such methods and technologies about (i) your visits to, and interaction and engagement with, the services, content and ads on third-party websites, applications, platforms and other media channels (“Channels”), and (ii) your interaction with emails including the content and ads therein (collectively, “Online Data”).
· Device type, settings and software used.
· Log files, which may include IP addresses, browser type, ISP referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamps and/or clickstream data, including any clicks on customized links.
· Web Beacons, which are electronic files that allow a website to count users who have visited that page or to access certain cookies.
· Pixel Tags, also known as clear GIFs, beacons, spotlight tags or web bugs, which are a method for passing information from the user’s computer to a third-party website
· Local Shared Objects, such as Flash cookies, and Local Storage, such as HTML5.
· Mobile analytics to understand the functionality of our mobile applications and software on your phone.
Sensitive Personal Information We do not collect or otherwise process Sensitive Personal Information about race or ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual preference, any actual or alleged criminal offences or penalties, or any other information that may be deemed to be sensitive (collectively, “Sensitive Personal Information”) in the ordinary course of our business except where we are explicitly given consent to support the booking process. Children. The services are not intended for use by children, especially those under 13. No one under the age of 13 should provide any Personal Information or use our public discussion areas, forums, or chats. Minors under the age of 18 are not permitted to make purchases through the services or to obtain coupons or codes from the services to purchase goods or services on third-party websites. If, notwithstanding these prohibitions, your children disclose information about themselves in our public discussion areas, consequences may occur that are not intended for children (for example, they may receive unsolicited messages from other parties). If it is discovered that we have collected Personal Information from someone under 13, we will delete that information immediately. How we Collect Information We may collect Personal Information about you from the following sources
· Data you provide: We may obtain your Personal Information when you provide it to us across our services (e.g., where you sign up for emails, newsletters, bulletins, webinars or white papers; register for site membership or create a profile or account on any part of the services; enter a sweepstakes, contest, competition or prize drawing; receive promotional information by SMS text message; participate in surveys; perform search queries through the services; contact us via email, telephone or by any other means; purchase a subscription, software license or product; or when you provide us with your business card, etc.).
· Relationship data: We may collect or obtain your Personal Information in the ordinary course of our relationship with you (e.g., if you purchase a service from us).
· Service data: We may collect or obtain your Personal Information when you visit, download, use or register to use any part of our Service.
· Content and advertising information: If you choose to interact with any third-party content or advertising services, we may receive Personal Information about you from the relevant third-party.
· Third-party information: We may collect or obtain your Personal Information from third parties who provide it to us. This may include offline channels such as through telephone or direct mail efforts; from customers, vendors, suppliers, third parties, commercially available or publicly available sources (e.g., data brokers, data aggregators, public databases, etc.); third-party affiliate network operators; referral sources; social network sites or services (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.). If you use a third-party connection or log-in (e.g., Facebook Connect, Twitter, or Google+) to access the services, create a membership or profile on any part of the services, access our content or forward our content to another person, platform or service, we may also receive your username or email address for those third-party services or other information available about you or collected from you on those services.
Video surveillance We always care about your safety. When you visit our facilities, you will notice that we have implemented CCTV systems to register the activity in public areas. These video records will not be shared outside of UL Consultancy Group unless there is a valid legal or government requirement to do so. In all public areas that are being video recorded you will find a visible sign board that states you agree to be video recorded if you use our facilities. Automatic Decision-Making Processes ULC, L.L.C. dba UL Consultancy Group does not use automatic decision-making processes. If we start using that technology to process your Personal Information in the future, we will let you know and inform you of your rights. Purposes for Which We May Process Your Information The purposes for which we may Process Personal Information, subject to applicable law, include:
· Accounts and Personalization: providing personalization for services from ULC, L.L.C. dba UL Consultancy Group or its partners including (i) management of your account, (ii) posting of your personal reviews, testimonials, or comments, (iii) offering of contests, as well as chat areas, forums and communities, and (iv) customer support and relationship management.
· Offering and improving the services: operating and managing the services for you; providing personalized content to you; communicating and interacting with you via the services; identifying issues with the services and planning improvements to or creating new services; and notifying you of changes to any of our services.
· Surveys: engaging with you for the purposes of obtaining your views on our services.
· Communications: communicating with you via any means (including via email, telephone, text message, social media, post or in person) regarding news items and other information in which you may be interested, subject to ensuring that such communications are provided to you in compliance with applicable law; maintaining and updating your contact information where appropriate; and obtaining your prior, opt-in consent where required. We may provide direct marketing to you.
· Advertising: providing advertising based on your interests and interactions with the services and channels, including using Personal Information to serve you advertisements on the services and Channels.
· User Engagement and Purchases: tracking purchase traffic and activity across the Service and on Channels, including review of your browsing history (if available); provision of analytics and measurement of cost of traffic against money being made.
· Commerce Offerings: using cookies to track your browsing history and the amount of money spent at a particular third-party merchant’s site to offer coupons and other offers that are relevant to your shopping experience; offering of coupons via SMS messages if a mobile phone number is provided.
· Marketing to Customers: We may market to current and prospective customers who have indicated an interest in doing business with us, or have previously conducted business with us, to further generate and promote our business. Such efforts include sending marketing emails or conducting phone calls to drive the purchase of services.
· IT Administration: compliance audits in relation to internal policies; identification and mitigation of fraudulent activity; and compliance with legal requirements.
· Security: Cyber-security measures (including monitoring of login records and access details) to help mitigate the risk of and provide the ability to identify and rectify a security incident.
· Legal Compliance: Subject to applicable law, we reserve the right to release information concerning any user of services when we have grounds to believe that the user is in violation of our Terms and Conditions or other published guidelines or has engaged in (or we have grounds to believe is engaging in) any illegal activity, and to release information in response to court and governmental orders, other requests from government entities, civil subpoenas, discovery requests and otherwise as required by law or regulatory obligations. We also may release information about users when we believe in good faith that such release is in the interest of protecting the rights, property, safety or security ULC, L.L.C. dba UL Consultancy Group, any of our users or the public, or to respond to an emergency.
Disclosures of your personal data We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out above.
· Service Providers:
· Other companies in the UL Consultancy Group acting as processors or controllers who provide the services that make up any booking of travel services that you make with us
· Suppliers of accommodation and travel services acting as processors or controllers who provide the services that you booked with us.
· Marketing companies to send information and offers on our behalf.
· Other companies that provide IT and System administration services.
· Third Parties:
· Professional advisers acting as processors or joint controllers including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
· Regulatory and governmental bodies and other authorities acting as processors or joint controllers who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.
· Third parties to whom we may choose to transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy notice.
· Businesses who we have a partnership with to provide related services to our customers.
We require all service providers and third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third parties and service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes without your consent and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. International Transfers of Information Because of the international nature of our business, we may need to transfer your Personal Information within the UL Consultancy group of companies, and to third parties, in connection with the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. For this reason, we may transfer your Personal Information to other countries that may have different laws and data protection compliance requirements to those that apply in the country in which you are located. Transfers of Personal Information almost always occur so that we may conclude a contract to provide you with services. Having a contractual relationship is a permissible reason for transferring Personal Information in all countries with privacy regulations. We have implemented appropriate technical security measures to protect Personal Information during international transfers, in compliance with applicable laws. Where you have made a reservation for accommodation or travel arrangements which are located or otherwise due to be fulfilled outside your origin country, we will have to transfer your personal data to the suppliers fulfilling or providing those travel arrangements to make your booking and for those suppliers to be able to provide you with the travel arrangements you have booked. Please contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data. Contact details can be found at the bottom of this Privacy Notice. Data Security We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your Personal Information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, unauthorized access, and other unlawful or unauthorized forms of Processing, in accordance with applicable law. In certain instances, we may use Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.1 or higher to transfer certain Personal Information to provide protection. However, we are not responsible for any breach of security or for the actions of any third parties. Because the internet is an open system, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will implement reasonable measures to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to us using the internet. Any such transmission is at your own risk, and you are responsible for ensuring that any Personal Information that you send to us is sent securely. Data Accuracy We take every reasonable step to ensure that your Personal Information that we Process is accurate and up to date. When you inform us that your Personal Information is inaccurate, we will correct or erase it. Know Your Rights In accordance with different Data Protection Regulations a person has the right to request
· a copy of what information we collected from you
· to update/rectify your personal information
· Deletion of your personal information
· that we stop certain types of processing with your information
· a copy of your data in an electronic file
At any time, you can request us to delete your data but keep in mind that we might not be able to do so if there is a valid legal or business requirement to keep it. Your information is required to provide you with products and services. Deletion or restriction of certain data may prevent us from providing the services you requested. You also have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Authorities in your location of residence. No fee usually required You will not usually have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances. Time limit to respond We try to respond to all legitimate requests within 30 days. Occasionally it may take us longer than 30 days if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated. Data Retention We take every reasonable step to ensure that your Personal Information is only processed and stored for the minimum period necessary for business and legal requirements. We will only use your data for the reasons you provided it to us, and for legal reporting purposes. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you. Cookies/Automated Collection of Information and Third-Party Policies ULC, L.L.C. currently uses "cookies" on our site. Our cookies tag each visitor's browser with a random, unique number. The cookie simply assigns a number and does not disclose any personal information about the person using the browser. By noting where these uniquely numbered browsers go on our site, we can study traffic patterns and site usage, and improve our site to better fit our customers' needs. We may connect information collected automatically with information we already have about you to identify you as a ULC, L.L.C. dba UL Consultancy Group guest, including from third parties or service providers (for example, Google Analytics) to whom you have given permission for this purpose. This allows us to provide you with a personalized experience regardless of how you interact with us online, in store, mobile, etc. We, service providers, and third parties you have given permission to, may use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us through your computer or mobile device. This information, which includes, but is not limited to: the pages you visit on our site, which web address you came from, the type of browser/device/hardware you are using, purchase information and checkout processes, search terms, and IP-based geographic location, helps us recognize you, customize your website experience and make our marketing messages more relevant. This includes ULC, L.L.C. dba UL Consultancy Group content presented on another website or mobile application, for example, ULC, L.L.C. dba UL Consultancy Group emails. These technologies also enable us to provide features such as storage of items in your cart. We also use Flash cookies for fraud prevention purposes. Cookies, Tracking & Interest-Based Advertising The help the function of your browser it should contain instructions on how to set your computer to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued or to not receive cookies at any time. If you set your device to not receive at any time, certain personalized services cannot be provided to you, and accordingly, you may not be able to take full advantage of all of our features (i.e. you will be able to browse the site but will not be able to make a purchase). California Residents If you are a California resident and have an established business relationship with us, you can request a notice disclosing the categories of personal information we have shared with third parties, for the third parties' direct marketing purposes, during the preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident under 18 years old and a registered user, you can request that we remove content or information that you have posted to our website or other online services. Note that fulfillment of the request may not ensure complete or comprehensive removal (e.g., if the content or information has been reposted by another user), or when there is a valid legal or business requirement to retain that data. Please contact us at any time if you have questions, you will find our contact information at the end of this Privacy Notice in the How to Contact Us section How to Contact Us You may contact us at the addresses set out below or by emailing [email protected] or calling us at 888-511.1887 Attention: ULC, L.L.C. Attn: Privacy 1515 SE 17th Street Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33315
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ULC, LLC dba UL Consultancy Group is covered by E&O insurance - The best corporate travel services for professionals online. Online corporate, IT and government travel for professionals.ULC, L.L.C. respects your privacy and recognizes the need to protect the personally identifiable information (any information by which you can be identified, such as name, address, and telephone number) you share with us. We would like to assure you that we follow appropriate standards when it comes to protecting your privacy on our websites.
In general, you can visit ULC, L.L.C. website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We track the Internet address of the domains from which people visit us and analyze this data for trends and statistics. We will not sell your data to a third party. ULC, L.L.C. takes appropriate steps to protect the information you share with us. We have implemented technology and security features and strict policy guidelines to safeguard the privacy of your personally identifiable information from unauthorized access and improper use or disclosure. Please contact us at
[email protected] to obtain names and addresses of the specific entities that shall have access to your personal information in a transaction. ULC, L.L.C. will continue to enhance its security procedures as new technology becomes available, and ensures that its security procedures are compliant with current applicable regulations. If our privacy policy changes in the future, it will be posted here and a new effective date will be shown. You should access our privacy policy regularly to insure you understand our current policies.
Some of our web pages use "cookies" so that we can better serve you with customized information when you return to our site. Cookies are identifiers which web sites send to the browser on your computer to facilitate your next visit to our site. You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the option to decide whether or not to accept it. The information we collect and analyze is used to improve our service to you.
With specific reference to third party NPII advertising, we use third-party service providers to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet and sometimes on this site. They may collect anonymous information about your visits to our website, and your interaction with our products and services. They may also use information about your visits to this and other websites to target advertisements for goods and services. This anonymous information is collected through the use of a ‘pixel tag', which is industry standard technology used by most major websites. No personally identifiable information is collected or used in this process. Such third parties do not know your name, phone number, address, email address, or any personally identifying information. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this anonymous information used by our third party service provider, please click http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
With specific reference to booking/e-commerce transactions, ULC, L.L.C. collects the following personal sensitive information from you while transacting through ULC, L.L.C.:
Name and Sex Phone Number
Address
Credit Card details
Date of birth in case of a child
Ultra Luxury Concierge does not sell or trade upon any of the above foregoing information without the consent of the user or customer. The foregoing information collected from the users/customers/travelers is put to the following use:
· Customer name, address, phone number, traveler’s name and age are shared with applicable service providers like the airlines, hotels, etc., for the purpose of reservation and booking the services for the customer/traveler.
· Information like Credit Card Details and Net Banking Details are usually collected directly by the payment gateways and banks and not by ULC, L.L.C., but if ever stored or retained by us, remain internal and is never shared, except that they may be shared with third party private/government security agencies to screen for fraudulent activities. These details are also shared with certain third parties only for the purpose of processing 'Cash Back & Discounts' and Charge Backs, if applicable.
· Information like Mobile no, e-mail address and postal address may be used for promotional purposes, unless the customer/user "opts-out" of such use. If you choose not to share this information, you can still visit the ULC, L.L.C. website, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers and services.