Privacy Policy
Effective as of April 1st, 2011.
Introduction
This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices of MainPursuit, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliated entities (collectively, "MainPursuit," “we,” “our” or “us”), which own and operate various sites on the World Wide Web, including without limitation mainpursuit.com (collectively, the “MainPursuit Websites”), and the MainPursuit Services (as defined below). This privacy policy covers the operation of all MainPursuit Services.
MainPursuit provides online and mobile travel related services. MainPursuit Websites include user generated content that is produced by independent publishers and licensed content published by third party publishing companies. All of this content (the "Content") can be downloaded, viewed, or streamed onto your computer or portable multimedia player for your enjoyment. Your access to and use of the MainPursuit Websites, the Content, and all the services provided in connection with the MainPursuit Websites, including all application programming interfaces, widgets, and mobile applications (collectively, the “MainPursuit Services”) are subject to MainPursuit’s Terms of Use (http://mainpursuit.com/terms_of_service) and all applicable laws.
This privacy policy describes how MainPursuit collects, uses, and shares information about you that it obtains in connection with providing MainPursuit Services to you.
We value your comments about our privacy statement and invite you to e-mail us with suggestions and concerns at privacypolicy [at] mainpursuit [dot] com.
What information is collected
In order to enhance your user experience and improve the MainPursuit Services, MainPursuit collects information about you from two sources: (i) information you affirmatively give to us; and (ii) information automatically collected when you visit any of the MainPursuit Websites or use any MainPursuit Services. Third parties may also collect your information in connection with your use of MainPursuit Services.
Information you give us
Should you sign up for MainPursuit Services and become a member, we will ask you to provide certain information about yourself such as your name and email address. You can view all of the information collected during the registration process by visiting the registration page. You may modify or remove any of your personal information at any time by logging into your account and accessing features that will allow you to edit your profile and account information. After you provide such information and set up your account, we may ask you to provide additional information about yourself on an optional basis. We may ask you for certain financial information, including credit card account data or other payment method data, to process payments for some of our services. You may have the option to tell us where you are by, for example, allowing your mobile device to send us your location. MainPursuit may collect any communication it has with you via any means, including e-mail, telephone, and letter.
MainPursuit may also allow you to contribute to the MainPursuit Service in a number of different ways, including by providing journals, recommendations, reviews, opinions, news articles, directories, guides, text, photographs, illustrations, graphics, logos, audio clips, images, information, data, photographs, software, messages, ideas, comments, questions, or other materials for public display on the MainPursuit Service (your “User Content”).
By choosing to provide any information to us, including without limitation your User Content, you are giving MainPursuit permission to use and store such information consistent with this privacy policy.
Information we collect automatically
In addition, MainPursuit automatically collects information about your interactions with the MainPursuit Websites and MainPursuit Services. For example, MainPursuit may automatically collect information about your use of the Content on the MainPursuit Website. MainPursuit may also log information from your computer and browser, such as your IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, browser type, software and hardware attributes, pages you request, and cookie information. By using the MainPursuit Services, you are giving MainPursuit permission to use and store such information consistent with this privacy policy.
We may use means such as “cookies” to collect information about you in order to personalize your experience using MainPursuit Services and with respect to advertisements. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
Information collected by third parties
MainPursuit may use services that collect data remotely by using "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs," or similar technologies. Such technologies can recognize certain types of information on your web browser, check whether you have viewed a particular web page or email message, and determine, among other things, the time and date on which you viewed them and the IP address of the computer from which you viewed them.
MainPursuit may access information about you from third party sources and platforms such as social networking sites like Facebook, Flickr, and FourSquare when you link your MainPursuit account to such sources and platforms.
MainPursuit Services may include advertisements from third parties, often with the ability to click through to websites or properties run by third parties. MainPursuit is not responsible for the privacy practices of such advertisers. Once you leave the MainPursuit Services by clicking on an advertisement, you should carefully review the privacy policy of the advertiser to determine how it handles information it separately collects from you.
Some of the advertisements that appear in connection with the MainPursuit Services may be delivered to you by third party Internet advertising companies (also called “ad networks” or “network advertisers”). These companies may use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to collect non-personal information about your visits to MainPursuit Websites. MainPursuit does not have access to or control over cookies, web beacons or other technologies that they may use. The information practices of these advertising companies are governed by their own privacy policies and are not covered by this privacy policy. Some of these advertising companies may be members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”), a cooperative of online marketing companies that offers a centralized tool for opting out of behavioral advertising delivered by each of its member companies. If you would like to obtain more information about the NAI and make choices about their use of your information, please go to: http://networkadvertising.org/.
MainPursuit Services may be linked to or provided through third party websites. MainPursuit is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on such third party websites. When linking or accessing such websites, you should carefully review the privacy policy of such third party to determine how it handles information it separately collects from you.
How information is used
MainPursuit uses the information it collects from you to deliver MainPursuit Services to you and continuously enhance and personalize your user experience. Generally speaking, we use the collected information to communicate with you, fulfill your requests, customize the Content and advertising, improve our products and services, protect our and your rights, and comply with laws and regulations.
We may use your personal information to send you promotional information and updates regarding MainPursuit and its products and services. You may choose not to receive such information and opt-out of such future communications by sending an email to optout@mainpursuit.com. All such communications sent to you will also contain instructions for opting-out.
The information that we collect about you may be used to display targeted advertisements and promotional offers to you. Except as expressly provided in this privacy policy, MainPursuit does not provide any personal information to the third party advertisers or offerors when you interact with or view a targeted advertisement or promotional offer.
We may store and use any location-based information that you share with us to provide you with location-based services and advertising.
The information that we collect from you may be used in aggregate form in various ways to optimize and improve MainPursuit Services. While such information may be based on information about you, it will not identify you personally. We may use such information for the following purposes: website management, administration and security, promotional activities, research and analysis, and advertising.
We may display your User Content as part of the MainPursuit Services, including without limitation personally identifiable information that you choose to include in your User Content. We are not responsible for the information you choose to include in your User Content.
With whom information is shared
Public Information
MainPursuit may share as it sees fit information that you voluntarily make public, including information that you post on any blogs, message boards, chat rooms or other similar forums, whether or not such forums are owned by MainPursuit. Since such public information can be accessed by the public and used by any member of the public, such use by third parties is beyond the control of MainPursuit.
Personal Information
If we have your consent, MainPursuit may share your personal information that it collects with advertisers, business partners, and other third parties that are not affiliated with MainPursuit. Note that if you sign up for service from one of our affiliates, we may ask for your consent to share with such third party partner certain of your personal information. While MainPursuit is not responsible for the acts of such partners, we encourage all of our partners to adopt privacy policies that protect against the disclosure of personal information to third persons.
MainPursuit may disclose your personal information without asking for your consent in order to protect the legal rights of MainPursuit or its affiliates, and each of their respective investors, directors, officers, employees, agents, and suppliers; to protect the safety and security of users of the MainPursuit Services or to enforce our Terms of Use; to protect against fraud or for risk management purposes; or to comply with or respond to the law or legal process or a request for cooperation by a government entity, whether or not legally required. If you notify us that you believe your legal rights have been violated by MainPursuit or another user of the MainPursuit Services, we may provide the information that you provide to us to others to the extent that we believe it is necessary to evaluate and respond to your complaint. For instance, if you submit a notice of copyright infringement to us, we may send a copy to the person or entity who uploaded, stored, or transmitted the material addressed by the communication.
Also, in order to provide goods or services that you have requested or to complete a transaction at your request, MainPursuit may share your personal information with its third party service providers, including companies that assist with payment processing, business analytics, data processing, account management, advertising, and other services. We require these companies to agree that they will only use personal information about you that they have obtained from us to provide us with specific services that we have requested and not for any other purpose.
The personally identifiable information that you choose to include in your User Content may be shared with users of the MainPursuit Services and other third parties.
Non-Personal Information and Aggregate Data
MainPursuit may share with third parties your personal information and related aggregated data. For example, (i) MainPursuit may share IP addresses of its users to provide anonymous aggregated data to advertisers about the volume of use on the MainPursuit Services and the specific MainPursuit Services in which users are most interested; and (ii) MainPursuit may share information about its users with advertisers so they can measure the effectiveness of advertisements viewed through the MainPursuit Services. Because this form of data does not identify particular users, these third parties will not be able to contact you based solely on this data.
Change of Control
If MainPursuit sells all or part of its business, or makes a sale or transfer of assets, or is otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy, MainPursuit may transfer your personal information and non-personal information to one or more third parties as part of such transaction.
How you can control the information we collect, use and share
You have the choice about whether to disclose your personal information or other information about yourself to MainPursuit. Regardless of your choices with respect to promotional communications and updates regarding content, MainPursuit may send you administrative messages, service announcements, terms and conditions of your account, or other similar communications, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
You can change your privacy settings at any time by clicking http://mainpursuit.com/privacy_settings. You may delete your MainPursuit account, in accordance with our Terms of Use, by clicking: http://mainpursuit.com/terms_of_use. Please note that, if you cancel your account, MainPursuit may retain some information about you and continue attributing your user content to you but will remove your profile from the MainPursuit Website.
How information is protected
Your MainPursuit accounts are secured by member-created passwords and reasonable precautions are taken to ensure that your account information is kept private. You are responsible for keeping your passwords confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. MainPursuit uses reasonable measures to protect your information stored within our databases, and we restrict access to such information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology. Despite these efforts, please note that we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of your information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of your information at any time.
Users from outside the United States
MainPursuit and its MainPursuit Services are based in the U.S., and our offices are headquartered in the U.S. Please be aware that information you provide to us or we obtain as a result of your use of the MainPursuit Services may be processed and transferred to the U.S. and be subject to U.S. law. This information may also be processed by staff working for us or for one of our suppliers in the U.S. The privacy and data protection laws in the U.S. may not be equivalent to such laws in your country of residence. By using our website, participating in any of the MainPursuit Services, or by providing us with your information, you consent to this collection, transfer, storage, and processing of information to and in the U.S. MainPursuit will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that you data is treated securely in accordance with this privacy policy.
Changes to this privacy policy
From time to time, we may make changes to this privacy policy. In order to ensure that you are familiar with our most updated policies and practices, you should check the effective date indicated above of this privacy policy each time you use the MainPursuit Services. If we make any changes, we will notify you of such changes by posting the updated privacy policy on the MainPursuit Websites. We may also send you an email alerting you of such changes. You will be bound by any such changes to the policy when you use the MainPursuit Services after those changes have been posted. If we make material revisions concern practices where we have represented that we will obtain your consent to use or disclose your personal information, we will obtain your consent before taking any action inconsistent with those representations.
