Statement & Security
Hud Hud Travels respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal information that you share with us. Below is our privacy policy that applies to any website operated by Hud Hud Travels (referred to in this Privacy Statement as the “Site”) owned, operated, licensed or controlled by Hud Hud Travels. By using this Site or communicating via telephone or otherwise with Hud Hud Travels, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Cookies
Please note that in order for us to provide you with optimum service, we use ‘Cookies’ on our website. A cookie is a text-only string of information that a web site such as https://www.hudhudtravels.com/ transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer’s hard disk so that the web site can remember who you are. Cookies will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. Two types of cookies are used on this web site – session cookies, which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site, and persistent cookies, which remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie). Most browsers have options that allow the visitor to control whether the browser will accept cookies, reject cookies, or notify the visitor each time a cookie is sent. You may elect to reject cookies by adjusting your browser’s settings, but doing so will limit the range of features available to the visitor on our site and most other major websites that use cookies. To find out more information about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org
‘Cookies’ allow us to obtain information regarding users of our site which essentially helps us to provide you with a better user experience and tailor our services to your individual needs. We may collect information such as your IP address, online activity, web browser details and online activity. We will not however collect or store any of your passwords or other highly sensitive data.
Legal update: In the UK From 26 May 2012, all websites will be under an obligation to obtain your consent to download cookies onto your computer for any reason other than where it is strictly necessary to download cookies onto your computer, e.g. where a cookie is required to remember the holiday arrangements you have chosen in order to allow you to proceed to the checkout and purchase the arrangements. Therefore from this date, we request your consent to download cookies onto your computer for services where it is not strictly necessary to do so. You can choose to opt out and prevent us from downloading cookies from your system, however this will affect your user experience of our website and we may not be able to offer you all the services on our website as a result. Therefore, in order to provide you with the best experience of our website and offer you all of our services, we would recommend opting in and allowing us to download cookies on to your computer. If you would like to opt out please email us – sales@hudhudtravels.com
Please note we do not store any individual data from our cookies, we simply use the information to understand user trends, detailed below are the cookies we use:
Google Analytics – user experience and trends, not at individual level
Information Collection
When you browse the Site and have not registered for any online service from Hud Hud Travels, you browse anonymously. Personal Information (“Personal Information” is defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains including, but not limited to, a first and last name, E-mail address, a home, postal or other physical address, or other contact information) is not collected as you browse. Hud Hud Travels do, however, use “client variables” and “session variables” to collect information about how the Site and server are used and to recognise you as an Hud Hud Travels online service user when you re-enter our Site. Information, such as the server your computer is logged onto, your browser type, and whether you entered the Site via a Website or Email hyperlink, is collected and tracked in aggregate. This information is used for the purpose of measuring response rates to Web page and Email hyperlinks as well as overall Site activity and performance.
When you register for or request any Site service, you may be asked to provide us with Personal Information which is used to enhance your Site experience, expedite communications, allow you to receive electronic/postal mailings from Hud Hud Travels, or to be contacted as requested. We may also use this Personal Information in aggregate to generate market research reports.
Personal Information Taken When Booking With Us
Some of the information Hud Hud Travels collect (such as about health or religion) may be considered “sensitive personal data” under the Data Protection Act 1998. We collect it to cater to your needs or act in your interest and we are only prepared to accept sensitive personal data from you on the condition that we have your positive consent. Hud Hud Travels will seek this consent when necessary.
The Personal Information Hud Hud Travels collects about you through these various sources may include:
- Name, addresses and telephone numbers
- Email addresses, fax numbers and pager numbers
- Online forms of payment like credit/ debit card number(s), including associated billing address(es) and expiration date(s)
- Information necessary to facilitate travel or other services, including travel companion(s) names, emergency contacts and special service needs including those relating to any disability or medical condition which may affect the chosen holiday arrangements, or dietary restrictions which may disclose your religious beliefs, Passport number, nationality and country of residence
- Use of products and services such as self-service devices, flight status notification and web check-in
- Information provided via survey, focus group or other marketing research efforts
- Information provided to customer-service representatives to research and resolve issues or questions
Registration For Online Products & Services
In order to provide you with a particular Site product or service, we may request that you voluntarily supply us with Personal Information for purposes such as correspondence, Site registration, submitting an application or booking request, requesting product descriptions, or participating in Site surveys and/or contests. If you are known to us as a registered user of the Hud Hud Travels, we may combine information about your use of Site products or services with certain other online and offline information we have about you as an Hud Hud Travels customer as well as information available from external sources in order to customise your Site experience and present you with relevant online and offline communications.
Information Use
We may use Personal Information you have given us within our group of companies to, for example, provide a service, ensure proper booking, and inform you about products and services. If you have provided your Email address to us, we may send you Email. These Emails may be based on Personal Information you provided in your initial transaction with us, in surveys both online and offline, as well as available from external sources. These Emails come directly from Hud Hud Travels. You can opt-out from receiving Email from Hud Hud Travels as described below in the section, “Declining Email.” When we send you Email, we may use your Email address to identify information about your receipt of the Email, including whether the communication was opened, how many times it was viewed and whether you clicked on an embedded hyperlink to reach a particular product or service. This information is used to measure response rates to Email communications as well as enhance your Site experience. Information you supply to us will not be passed to any third party. We may share Personal Information with law enforcement agencies in the event of a criminal investigation or suspected illegal activity.
Forward/Email This Page
Site users can choose to request that a Site Web page be sent electronically to another person. When you elect to do this, you will be required to enter your Email address and name, the receiver’s Email address and name, a subject line, and a text message that will go to the receiver. This will generate a preformatted Email message that will go from you to the receiver’s mailbox with your message embedded in the text of the Email. Forward/EMail This Page is completely voluntary and you will therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose the required information.
Declining Email
Hud Hud Travels provides our agents with a means to decline receiving marketing information by Email. At any time, you may request to discontinue receiving marketing Email from Hud Hud Travels by following the opt-out instructions included within any Hud Hud Travels marketing E-mail, and informing us of your preference.
Customer Information
If you would like information about your account, you believe that Hud Hud Travels have not complied with this Privacy Policy with respect to your Personal Information, or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may email: sales@hudhudtravels.com
Handling Of Advance Passenger Information (API)
More and more countries require airline companies that fly to them to transmit passenger data before an aircraft lands in one of them. Usually, these legal regulations encompass the transmission of data on the passengers’ identity and travel documents (passport, visa).
As a general rule, Hud Hud Travels does not have these data, so it must collect them shortly before an aircraft departs, which increasingly is being done by means of the so-called ‘machine-readable zone’ in the new travel documents.
Collection of the data is done solely for immediate transmission to the authorities of the destination country.
Protecting Your Information
We take website security very seriously and we are committed to safeguarding your personal information. We take a number of administrative and technical steps to ensure the security of the information you provide to us.
Privacy Policy Updates
Hud Hud Travels reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy where necessary due to developments in the law we encourage you to re read this from time to time so you are aware of any changes in how we gather and use your personal information.
Any changes to this Policy will be either posted on our website, brochure and/or made available on request. The Privacy Policy on our website will be dated so that you are aware of when the Privacy Policy was last updated.
This Privacy Policy was last updated in May 2018.