This Privacy Policy describes how Mapping The Himalayas (“we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal information. By accessing or using our website and services or providing information to us, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy applies to the website mappingthehimalayas.com, registered as Mapping The Himalayas. This privacy statement also does not apply to the websites of our business partners, corporate affiliates, or any other third parties, even if their websites are linked to the mappingthehimalayas.com website.

We recommend you review the privacy statements of the other parties you interact with. For the purpose of this privacy policy, “Business partners” means any subcontractor, vendor, or other entity with whom we have an ongoing business relationship to provide products, services, or information.

Information we collect and how we use it.

Personal Information means and includes all information that can be linked to a specific individual or to identify any individual, such as name, address, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card number, cardholder name, expiration date, information about the travel, bookings, co-passengers, and any details that may be requested while any customers visits or uses the website.

When you browse the website, mappingthehimalayas.com may collect information regarding the domain and host from which you access the Internet, the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer or Internet Service Provider you are using, and anonymous site statistical data. The Website uses cookie and tracking technology depending on the features offered. Personal Information will not be collected via cookies and other tracking technology; however, if you previously provided personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties. In no conditions do we sell or rent our customers’ Personal Information to third parties.

Please note that we review our Privacy Policy occasionally, and we may make periodic changes to the policy in connection with that review. Therefore, you may wish to bookmark this page and/or periodically review this page to make sure you have the latest version. Regardless of later updates, we will abide by the privacy practices described to you in this Privacy Policy at the time you provided us with your Personal Information.

When browsing our website, you are not required to provide any personal information unless and until you choose to make any booking or sign up for one of our e-mail newsletters or other services as described below:

a. Making a booking: In order to book a trek, or any other service offered by Mapping The Himalayas through our website, you must provide us with certain personal information such as your name, email address, and telephone number.

If you are making a reservation for one or more travelers other than yourself, you must confirm and represent that each of these other travelers has agreed, in advance, that you may disclose their Personal Information to us.

b. Purchase a service: To purchase a trek or any other service offered by Mapping The Himalayas through our website, you must provide us with certain personal information such as your name, email address, telephone number, credit card number, credit card expiration date, credit card billing address, credit card CCV, and the name or names of the person(s) traveling.

If you are making a reservation for one or more travelers other than yourself, you must confirm and represent that each of these other travelers has agreed, in advance, that you may disclose their personal information to us.

c. Member Registration: When you choose to become a registered member of the website, you must provide your email address and a password. This information is collected on the registration form for several reasons including but not limited to:

Personal identification.

To allow us to contact you for customer service purposes if required.

In addition, we need your email address to confirm your new member registration and each reservation you make on our website and to send you reminders and updates of your bookings.

As a website member, you will also occasionally receive updates from us about special offers, new services, and other noteworthy items. However, you may choose at any time to no longer receive these types of email messages. Please see our Opt-Out Policy described below for details.

d. Member Profile: As a website member, you can choose to complete your online profile by providing us with credit card billing information and other personal information. This information is primarily used to assist you in making reservations quickly without having to type in the same information repeatedly.

Automatic logging of session data.

We automatically log generic information about your computer connection to the Internet, which we call “session data,” that is anonymous and not linked to any Personal Information. Session data consists of things such as IP address, operating system, type of browser software being used, and the activities conducted by the user while on the website.

An IP address is a number that lets computers attached to the internet, such as our web servers, know where to send data back to the user, such as the pages of the website the user wishes to view. We collect session data because it helps us analyze such things as what items visitors are likely to click on most, the way visitors are clicking through the website, how many visitors are surfing various pages on the website, how long visitors of the website are staying and how often they are visiting. It also helps us diagnose server problems and better administer our systems. Although such information does not identify any visitor personally, it is possible to determine from an IP address a visitor’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the approximate geographic location of his or her point of connectivity.

Cookies.

Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. The cookies used on our website are only read by the server that placed them and cannot run programs on your computer, plant viruses, or harvest your personal information. The use of cookies is very common on the Internet, and mappingthehimalayas.com use of cookies is similar to that of such websites as of reputable online companies.

First and foremost, you can be assured that no personally identifiable information about you (e.g., name, address, etc.) is gathered or stored in the cookies placed by the website, and, as a result, none can be passed on to any third parties.

Cookies allow us to serve you better and more efficiently and to personalize your experience on our website. mappingthehimalayas.com uses cookies to personalize your experience on the website and for advertisements. As to the former, these cookies allow you to log in automatically without having to type your login name each time (only your password is needed). We may also use such cookies to display an advertisement to you while you are on the website or to send you a Best Day to Buy email (or similar emails – assuming you have not opted out of receiving such emails) focusing on destinations in which we think you might be interested. None of this information is passed to any third party and all the information is used solely by us to provide you with a better user experience on the website.

A cookie may also be placed by our advertising server. Such cookies are used only for tracking the effectiveness of advertising served by us on our website, and no PII is gathered from you by the use of these cookies, nor is this information shared with any third parties. Similarly, a cookie may be placed by our third–party advertising companies or advertisement providers, or servers. These companies may use aggregated statistics about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about travel–related goods and services that you may be interested in or any goods and services of potential interest to you. The information they collect does not include your PII.

From time to time, we may add or enhance services available on the Website. To the extent these services are provided, and used by you, we will use the information you provide to facilitate the service requested. i.e., if you email us with a question, we will use your email address, name, nature of the question, etc. to respond to your question. We may also store such information to assist us in making the Website easier to use.

Sharing of your personal information.

When you book or purchase travel services through the website, we must provide certain of your personal information to the involved third party to enable the successful fulfillment of your travel arrangements. However, we do not sell or rent individual customer names or other Personal Information to third parties.

We use non–personally identifiable information in aggregate form to build higher quality, more useful online services by performing statistical analysis of the collective characteristics and behavior of our customers and visitors and by measuring demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the website. We may provide anonymous statistical information based on this data to suppliers, advertisers, affiliates, and other current and potential business partners. We may also use such aggregate data to inform these third parties as to the number of people who have seen and clicked on links to their websites.

Occasionally, mappingthehimalayas.com will hire a third party to act on our behalf for projects such as market-research surveys and contest–entry processing and will provide information to these third parties specifically for use with these projects. The information we provide to such third parties, alliance partners, or vendors is to be used solely for completing the specific project, and the usage of that information will comply with the TRAI regulations.

Opt-out of receiving our promotional email.

At any time, you may unsubscribe from our newsletter or similar services through the Settings page of your account on the website or directly at the bottom of the email. As a member or promotion entrant, you will occasionally receive email updates from us about fare sales in your area, special offers, new mappingthehimalayas.com services, and other noteworthy items. We hope you will find these updates interesting and informative. Of course, if you would rather not receive them, please click on the “unsubscribe” link, follow the instructions in each email, or send us an email kaly@mappingthehimalayas.com

Safeguards to protect your personal information.

All payments on the website are VeriSign SSL secured. This means all Personal Information you provide on the website is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt or scramble data before you send it to us. The same process happens when you make travel purchases on the website.

Other Privacy Information

Our website contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which mappingthehimalayas.com has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of all such sites, as their policies may differ from this Privacy Policy. Of course, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and website membership account information. Please be very careful, responsible, and alert with this information, especially when online.

In addition to the circumstances described above, mappingthehimalayas.com may disclose the website member information if required to do so by law, court order, as requested by other government or law enforcement authority, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable including, without limitation, to protect the rights or properties of mappingthehimalayas.com or any or all of its affiliates, associates, employees, directors, or officers or when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when such activities could harm anyone else.

In addition, needless to mention that if mappingthehimalayas.com or substantially all of its assets are acquired, our customer information will most likely also be transferred in connection with such acquisition. You may always submit concerns regarding our Privacy Statement or our privacy practices via email to kaly@mappingthehimalayas.com, When doing so, please reference the privacy policy in your subject line. mappingthehimalayas.com will attempt to respond to all reasonable concerns or inquiries as soon as possible.