Borton Overseas, LLC
Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

Borton Overseas, LLC (“Borton Overseas”), a Minnesota limited liability company, respects your privacy and is committed to protect the information that you share with us. Below is our Privacy Policy that applies to www.bortonoverseas.com and/or any website owned, operated, licensed or controlled by Borton Overseas (the “Site”). The Site is intended for use by persons who are residents of North America and who are over eighteen (18) years of age. By using the Site or communicating via telephone or otherwise with Borton Overseas, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Please read this notice carefully. If you do not understand any aspect of this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact Borton Overseas as described at the end of this Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION

“Personal Information”

When you browse the Site and have not registered for any online service from Borton Overseas, you browse anonymously. “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. Personal Information is not collected as you browse anonymously.

However, 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 Borton Overseas, or to be contacted as requested. Additionally, we may request your upcoming travel plans and the next destination you plan to visit which allows us to further personalize your use of the Site and e-mail messages you may receive to meet your specific needs, as well as make Borton Overseas product improvements. We may also use this Personal Information to generate market research reports.

Further, 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 an Borton Overseas Site, we may combine information about your use of Site products or services with certain other online and offline information we have about you as a Borton Overseas customer as well as information available from external sources in order to customize your Site experience and present you with relevant online and offline communications.

When you enter a contest, respond to an online survey or other promotional feature on the Site, we may ask for your Personal Information so that we can administer the contest and notify winners. Participation in these contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose the required information.

We may use Personal Information you have given us within our group of companies to, for example, provide a service, ensure proper booking, measure consumer interest in our various products and services and inform you about products and services. If you have provided your e-mail address to us, our group of companies, or to a company we’ve partnered with to make their products and services available to you, we may send you e-mail communications. These e-mails may be based on Personal Information you provided in your initial transaction with us, in surveys both online and offline, from information that may indicate purchasing preferences and lifestyle, as well as from available external sources. These e-mails may come directly from Borton Overseas. You can opt-out from receiving e-mail from Borton Overseas as described below in the section, “Declining E-mail.” When we send you e-mail, we may use your e-mail address to identify information about your receipt of the e-mail, 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 e-mail communications as well as enhance your Site experience.

Borton Overseas does not provide your Personal Information to our business partners. However, we may send you offers on behalf of our business partners. If you take advantage of an offer from a Borton Overseas business partner and become their customer, they may independently wish to send e-mails to you. In that case, you will need to inform them separately if you wish to decline receiving future e-mails from them.

We may share Personal Information with law enforcement agencies or other governmental authorities in the event of a criminal investigation, suspected illegal activity, or as otherwise required by applicable law.

Information Collected Through Cookies and Other Technologies

Borton Overseas may use cookies, client variables, and session variables to collect information about how the Site and our servers are used and to recognize you as a Borton Overseas online service user when you return to 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 e-mail hyperlink, is collected and tracked in the aggregate. This information is used for the purpose of measuring response rates to web page and e-mail hyperlinks as well as overall Site activity and performance. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Site features or services may not function properly without cookies. Borton Overseas does directly or through third parties track your online activity after you leave the Site.

Borton Overseas uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) to collect certain information relating to your use of the Site. Google Analytics uses “cookies.” The information generated by a cookie about your use of the Site will be transmitted to and stored by Google. Borton Overseas uses Google Analytics to improve the Site’s visitors online experience. Further, Google may use cookies to service ads based on a user’s prior visit to the Site and they may show ads for the Site on search engine result pages and other websites across the internet. Borton Overseas also uses Google Analytics data to inform and optimize such ad campaigns based on a user’s prior visits to the Site.

As stated above, you may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Site. By using the Site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. You may opt out of personalized ads by visiting the Google advertising Opt-out page. In addition, you may also opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page at www.networkadvertising.org/choices/. Further, you may opt out of our use of Google Analytics by visiting the Google Analytics Opt-out page.

 IP Addresses

Borton Overseas collects the IP addresses used to access our Site and the dates and times of access. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the Site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not personally linked to identifiable information.

DISCLOSURE TO THIRD-PARTIES

Borton Overseas does not share Personal Information with third-parties, except in accordance with applicable laws and as described above in the section, “Information Collection and Use of Information.”

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

 Borton Overseas abides by all applicable state and federal laws pertaining to the security of data supplied through the Site. Borton Overseas has administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in place designed to protect any Personal Information that Borton Overseas may collect from you through the Site.

When data is ready to be destroyed or disposed of, Borton Overseas will follow all applicable laws and regulations and take measures to ensure that all such records and data are destroyed and unrecoverable.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

You should be aware that other Internet sites to which you link to from the Site may contain privacy provisions that differ from the provisions of our Privacy Statement. Borton Overseas does not own, control or operate the links or their respective websites and is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of other such sites. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of any such website. We encourage Site users to be aware when they leave the Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by the Site.

FORWARD/E-MAIL THIS PAGE

Site users can choose to request that a Site webpage be sent electronically to another person. When you elect to do this, you will be required to enter your e-mail address and name, the receiver’s e-mail address and name, a subject line, and a text message that will go to the receiver. This will generate a preformatted e-mail message that will go from you to the receiver’s mailbox with your message embedded in the text of the e-mail. The option to forward or to e-mail this page is completely voluntary and you will therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose the required information.

DECLINING E-MAIL

Borton Overseas provides customers with a means to decline receiving e-mail. At any time, you may request to discontinue receiving e-mail from Borton Overseas by following the opt-out instructions included within any Borton Overseas e-mail and informing us of your preference.

CHILDREN UNDER AGE 13

Borton Overseas does not offer services to children under the age of thirteen (13) and the Site is not used to knowingly solicit Personal Information from or market to children under the age of thirteen (13). The Site is intended for use by persons who are over eighteen (18) years of age. If we learn that Borton Overseas has collected Personal Information from a child under the age of thirteen (13), Borton Overseas will promptly delete that information.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

Borton Overseas may need to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If so, Borton Overseas will post an updated Privacy Policy on the Site. Borton Overseas encourages you to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Your continued use of the Site, services on the Site and/or continued provision of Personal Information to Borton Overseas will be subject to the terms of the then-current Privacy Policy.

LEGAL COMPLIANCE

All information obtained by Borton Overseas will be collected, stored, and used in compliance with all applicable laws.

CUSTOMER INFORMATION

If you would like information about your account, you believe that Borton Overseas has not complied with this Privacy Policy with respect to your Personal Information, or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write to: Borton Overseas LLC, 620 W. 58th St., Minneapolis, MN 55419. In your letter, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the Borton Overseas Privacy Policy has not been complied with. Borton Overseas will investigate your inquiry or concern promptly.