The Association of Business Travellers (ABT) takes the security of the information
received from our members and visitors to our web-sites extremely seriously.
The Association of Business Travellers (ABT) takes the security of the information
received from our members and visitors to our web-sites extremely seriously.
Depending on what you do when you visit any web-site, you are providing information about your visit to that web-site. We value privacy and think you do as well, therefore we want to share with you information you need to make your own decisions about your personal privacy. When you visit or supply information to any web-site, we think it's a good idea for you to first understand what that site's privacy policy is. If the site does not have a privacy policy available, don't hesitate to ask the web-master for it.
The information members or visitors provide about themselves is held securely on ABT's servers. This information is used to assist us in the development and publicity of new ABT services and also provides ABT the ability to allow selected advertisers to offer you goods and services appropriate to your interests. Should an advertiser approach us and wish to make an offer to our members or web-site visitors it will only be via our own email service, our members and visitors email address will never be released to any third party by us.
The end result at abttravel.com is that we use the information that we receive from members or visitors to our web-site is for internal tracking purposes, to make the ABT web-site as useful as we can, and to respond to requests for information or service. Except as specifically mentioned, we do not use members or visitors personal information for any other purpose and we will never release their email address to a third party.
Browsing:
When members or visitors visit the ABT web-site and move from page to page, read pages or download content onto their computer's,
ABT learns which pages are visited, what is downloaded, where our visitors come from (i.e. their domain name ???.com, ???.edu or ???.net ) and the addresses of sites visited immediately before arriving at abttravel.com. However, none of this is associated with with the visitor as an individual. It is measured only in aggregate.
ABT also use standard Web server log files, to help us count visitors and evaluate our site's performance.
ABT uses this information to find out how many people visit abttravel.com, and it helps us arrange the pages in the most user-friendly way, keep the site browser-friendly, and to make our web-site more useful to our members and visitors. We record information on site traffic but not information on individual members or visitors to our site, so no information about you in particular will be kept or used.
Responding to Surveys:
When a member or visitor respond and submits answers or responds to a survey question with their opinion,
We learn their answer or opinion.
We use their response to come up with the survey results and, sometimes, to publish those results in aggregate on the site. We will never permanently record or report any response given on its own or connect it to the name or address. We hold these responses only as anonymous statistics.
Email:
When members or visitors send us an email to comment on something or ask us a question,
We learn their exact email address.
We use the email address to reply to the question, and we will store the email address for future communication advising the person involved of updates to the ABT programme. We will never sell the email address to anyone else for such use.
Mailing Lists, Other Services:
When members or visitors give us their email address and/or other information and ask us to use it to provide them with specific communications or other services offered on the ABT site.
We learn their exact email address, any other information provided, and their request.
We use the email address and any other information given to us to provide them with the information or other services they have requested until they ask us to stop (using the 'unsubscribe' instructions provided with each email as we provide). We will not sell the information to any third party for such use.
Linking To Other Sites:
Please remember that when using a link to go from abttravel.com to another web-site, the abttravel.com privacy policy is no longer in effect. Your interaction on any other web-site, including sites which have a link on abttravel.com, is subject to the rules and policies of that site. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Please note the whenever members or visitors submit any information to ABT in connection with any service provided in connection with abttravel.com, you consent to ABT's processing this information in the manner as described above.
ABT takes privacy matters very seriously, and intends to stay fully aware of privacy policy and protection matters. If you have any questions, complaints, comments or criticisms concerning abttravel.com's privacy policy and/or the way it affects you, please feel free to email us.