PRIVACY POLICY

What this policy covers

Your privacy is extremely important to us and so is being clear and open about how we collect, use, and share information about you. This document is intended to help you understand:

What information we collect about you
How we intend to use any information that we collect
How we share information we collect (or don’t)
How we store and keep secure any information we collect
How you can access and control your information
How we transfer information we collect internationally
Other important privacy information

This Privacy Policy covers the information that we collect about you as a process of you using our websites, purchasing our books, booking travel services or joining one of our retreats as a guest. Track Your Life, Boyd Varty, “we” and “us” refers to Track Your Life (Pty) Ltd and any of our subsidiaries. We refer to all of these processes as “Services” in this policy.

This policy also explains your choices about how we use information about you. Your choices include how you can object to certain uses of information about you and how you can access and update certain information about you.

Where we provide the Services under contract with an organization (for example your Travel Agent or Tour Operator) that organization controls the information processed by the Services. For more information, please see Notice to End Users below.

What Information We Collect About You

Information you provide to us
We collect information about you when you interact with our websites, our booking process and when you input your details and information as part of using the Services we provide.

Content you provide through our products:
We collect your data when you fill in booking information. Our primary purpose in collecting your information is to help with a smooth and efficient booking process for the Track Your Life Retreats and for working with Boyd Varty. Having your information allows us to provide the correct services to best suit your needs, preferences and to make your experience as enjoyable as possible.

Information we collect automatically when you use the Services
We collect information about you when you use our Services, including browsing our websites, reading marketing emails, and taking certain actions within the Services.

Your use of the Services:
We collect and keep track of certain information about you when you visit and interact with any of our Services. This information includes the features you use, the links you click on and frequently used search terms. The information we collect about your use of the Services is limited to just the data we can see concerning how you interact with and use features in the Services, in addition to content-related information described in “Content you provide through our products,” above.

Device and Connection Information:
We collect information about the computer, phone, tablet, or other devices you use to access the Services. This device information includes your connection type and settings when you access our Services. We also collect information through your device about your operating system, browser type, IP address, URLs of referring/exit pages, device identifiers. We collect and use your IP address and/or country preference in order to approximate your location so that we can provide you with a better Service experience. How much of this information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies:
Track Your Life and our third-party partners, such as our travel, advertising and analytics partners, use cookies and other tracking technologies (e.g. pixels) to provide functionality which enables us to recognize you across different Services and devices. We collect this information so that we can provide you with a better Service experience, such as remembering your last search or being able to pre-fill your details on a form. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Information we receive from other sources
We receive information about you from other Service users, from third-party services, from our related companies, and from our business and travel channel partners.

Other users of the Services:
Other users of our Services may provide information about you when they submit content through the Services. For example, we may receive your email address from other people who use the Services, when they fill in details on a form in order to add you to a booking, or invite you to the Services.

Track Your Life Travel Partners:
We work with a global network of travel partners and companies who help us market and fulfill our product. We may receive information from these partners, such as reservation information, contact information, and what country you are in.

Other Partners:
We may receive information about you and your activities on and off the Services from third-party partners, such as advertising and market research partners, who may provide us with information about your likes, dislikes, interests, your engagement with our Services and your engagement with online advertisements. We collect this information so that we can provide you with a better Service experience, such as being able to offer you the most relevant products or deals.

How We Use the Information We Collect About You

How we use the information we collect depends in part on which Services you use, how you use them, and any preferences you have communicated to us. Below are the specific purposes for which we use the information we collect about you.

To provide the Services and personalize your experience:
We use information about you to provide the Services to you, including to process transactions with you and provide customer support. We combine information about you and your activities to provide a seamless experience, such as to allow you to find information from one Service while searching from another, or to present relevant product information as you browse across our websites.

For research and development:
We are always looking for ways to make our Services smarter, faster, secure, integrated, and useful to you. We use collective learnings about how people use our Services, as well as feedback provided directly to us, in order to troubleshoot and to identify trends, usage, activity patterns and areas for integration and improvement of the Services.

To communicate with you about the Services:
We use your contact information to send transactional communications via email and within the Services, including confirming your booking, reminding you for payments, responding to your comments, questions and requests, providing customer support, and sending you notices. We may also send you communications as you onboard to a particular Service to help you become more proficient in using that Service. These communications are part of the Services and in most cases you cannot opt out of them. If an opt out is available, you will find that option within the communication itself or in your account settings.

To market, promote and drive engagement with the Services:
We may use your contact details and information about how you use the Services to send promotional communications that may be of specific interest to you, including by email and by displaying Track Your Life advertising, aimed at you, on other companies’ websites and applications, as well as on platforms like Facebook and Google. These communications are aimed at driving engagement and maximizing the value you get out of the Services. We may also communicate with you about new offers, promotions and contests. You can control whether you receive these communications as described below under “Email Preferences”.

Customer support:
We may use your information to resolve any issues you may encounter, to respond to your requests for assistance and to improve the Services.

For safety and security:
We use information about you and your Service use to verify accounts and activity, to monitor suspicious or fraudulent activity and to identify violations of Service policies.

To protect our legitimate business interests and legal rights:
Where required by law or where we believe it is necessary to protect our legal rights, interests and the interests of others, we use information about you in connection with legal claims, compliance, regulatory, and audit functions.

With your consent:
We use information about you where you have given us consent to do so for a specific purpose not listed above. For example, we may publish testimonials or featured customer stories to promote the Services, with your permission.

Legal Basis For Processing (For EEA Users)

If you are an individual in the European Economic Area (EEA), we collect and process information about you only where we have legal bases for doing so under applicable EU laws and the GDPR legislation. The legal bases depend on the Services you use and how you use them. This means we collect and use your information only where:

We need it to provide you the Services, including to operate the Services, provide customer support and personalized features and to protect the safety and security of the Services.
It satisfies a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your data protection interests), such as for research and development, to market and promote the Services and to protect our legal rights and interests.
You give us consent to do so for a specific purpose.
We need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.

If you have agreed to our use of information about you for a specific purpose, you have the right to change your mind at any time, but this will not affect any processing that has already taken place. Where we are using your information because we or a third party have a legitimate interest to do so, you have the right to object to that use, but in some cases this may mean that you are no long able to use the Services.

How We Share Information We Collect

We need it to provide you the Services, including to operate the Services, provide customer support and personalized features and to protect the safety and security of the Services.
It satisfies a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your data protection interests), such as for research and development, to market and promote the Services and to protect our legal rights and interests.
You give us consent to do so for a specific purpose.
We need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.

How To Access and Control Your Information

You have certain choices available to you when it comes to your information. Below is a summary of those choices, how to exercise them and any limitations.

Your Choices:
You have the right to request a copy of your information, to object to our use of your information (including for marketing purposes), to request the deletion or restriction of your information, or to request your information in a structured, electronic format. As below, we describe the tools and processes for making these requests. You can exercise some of the choices by sending an email to the contact details below. Where applicable there may be a fee charged for the request of personal information in a structured electronic format.

Your request and choices may be limited in certain cases:
For example, if fulfilling your request would reveal information about another person, or if you ask to delete information which we are permitted by law or have compelling legitimate interests to keep. If you have unresolved concerns, you may have the right to complain to a data protection authority in the country where you live, where you work or where you feel your rights were infringed.

Access and update your information:
Our Services give you the ability to access and update certain information about you from within the Service. For example, you can access your profile information from your account. You can update your profile information within your profile settings and modify content that contains information about you using the options associated with that content. If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Request that we stop using your information:
In some cases, you may ask us to stop accessing, storing, using and otherwise processing your information where you believe we don’t have the appropriate rights to do so. You can also opt-out of any use of your information for marketing purposes by contacting us via the details provided below. When you make such requests, we will resolve it within 30 days of receipt. If there is delay or dispute as to whether we have the right to continue using your information, we will restrict any further use of your information until the request is honored or the dispute is resolved.

Opt out of communications:
You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by using the unsubscribe link within each email, updating your email preferences within your Service account settings menu, or by contacting us via the details provided below. We will subsequently have your contact information removed from our promotional email list or registration database. When you make such a request, we will resolve it within 24 hours of receipt. Even after you opt out from receiving promotional messages from us, you will continue to receive transactional messages from us regarding our Services.

Turn off Cookie Controls:
Relevant browser-based cookie controls are described in our Cookies and Tracking Notice.

Data portability:
Data portability is the ability to obtain some of your information in a format you can move from one service provider to another (for instance, when you transfer your mobile phone number to another carrier). Depending on the context, this applies to some of your information, but not to all of your information. Should you request it, we will provide you with an electronic file of your basic account information and any information that you created within the Services that are under your sole control.

How We Transfer Information We Collect Internationally

International transfers of information we collect
We collect information globally and primarily store that information in South Africa, the United States, the Netherlands and Ireland. For the purpose of providing the Services to you, we may transfer, process and store your information outside of your country of residence, to wherever our third-party service providers operate. Whenever we transfer your information, we take steps to protect it.

International transfers within Track Your Life:
For the purposes described in this policy, in order to facilitate our global operations, we may transfer information to either the United States, the Netherlands or Ireland and allow access to that information from countries in which we servers. These countries may not have equivalent privacy and data protection laws to the laws of many of the countries where our customers and users are based.

Other Important Privacy Information

Notice to End Users
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and not using your personal information for anything you have not agreed to. We take a proactive approach to security and privacy, and work to international standards and protocols. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of any other organization, which may be different than this policy.

Security of transactions:
Our secure booking server uses 128 bit encryption which ensures the highest levels of security. This is shown by the padlock in the closed position at the base of your browser screen when initiating the payment gateway. Any information, including credit card details, that you enter and submit on that page will be encrypted and securely transmitted via Paygate DPS or via PayPal. When your transaction is complete, your information is stored in an encrypted state. All information transmitted on the booking page is done using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). SSL uses a cryptographic system that uses two keys to encrypt data; which are a public key, and a private or secret key known only to the recipient of the message.

Our policy towards children:
The Services are not directed to individuals under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information. If you become aware that a child has provided us with any personal information, please contact our support services.

Changes to our Privacy Policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page under a log and, if the changes are significant, we will notify you by sending you an email notification. We encourage you to review our privacy policy whenever you use the Services to stay informed about our information practices and the ways that you can help protect your own privacy. If you disagree with any changes to this privacy policy, we politely request that you should stop using the Services.

Contact Us
This website is owned and operated on behalf of Boyd Varty by Track Your Life (Pty) Ltd. If you have questions or concerns about how your information is handled, please contact us using the form on this website.

*Last Updated 24th May 2018