Introduction
Travel Associates Australia Pty Ltd (TAA) is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect personal information in our care.
What personal information do we collect?
We collect information that is required for to organise your travel arrangements. This may include, but is not limited to: your name, mailing and email addresses, telephone number(s), passport details, financial information necessary to process your travel arrangements and any other information you may elect to provide to us.
How do we use personal information?
We use personal information to provide our clients with a variety of travel products and services.
Travel Associates may also use the information for related purposes such as:
- Regulatory reporting and compliance;
- Internal accounting and administration; and
- The promotion of other travel opportunities.
Is the information disclosed to third parties?
Travel Associates Australia Pty Ltd (TAA) primarily acts in the capacity of an agent and accordingly is obliged to disclose your personal information to other companies involved in providing your travel related services. Under these circumstances, other companies may receive your personal information, but they are legally bound to safeguard this information and not use it for any other purposes. However Travel Associates Australia Pty Ltd (TAA) is not responsible for ensuring this. Depending on the nature of your travel arrangements, it may be necessary for us to forward personal information to relevant overseas third party service providers.
We may disclose information about individuals as permitted by law. We may share information with regulatory bodies and law enforcement officials, provide information to protect against fraud and share information with your consent. In the event that an accident, disaster or emergency is reported to have occurred in a country where you may be travelling, you authorise Travel Associates Australia Pty Ltd (TAA) to disclose to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade details of your itinerary and your contact details within Australia and overseas.
Access and correction of personal information
You can gain access to the information we hold on you by contacting Travel Associates Australia Pty Ltd (TAA) in writing at 109 James Street, Perth WA 6003. Please contact us to correct or update any personal information we may hold on you.
Opt-out
Should you no longer wish to receive promotional information from Travel Associates Australia Pty Ltd (TAA), please e-mail your request to us at admin@travelassociates.com.au.
Linked Sites
Our website contains links to other sites. Travel Associates Australia Pty Ltd (TAA) is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of any linked sites as their Privacy Policy may differ from ours.
Changes to our privacy policy
It may become necessary for us to review and revise our privacy policy. We reserve the right to change our privacy policy at any time. Any amendments will be posted on our website.