Constellation Travels, Inc. Data Privacy Statement
Constellation Travels, Inc.
Data Privacy Statement
Updated: September 10, 2024

 
Aim of the Data Privacy Statement

As part of its social responsibility, Constellation Travels, Inc ("CTI" or "We") is committed to complying with Republic Act 10173 otherwise known as "The Data Privacy Act of 2012.

This is in order to ensure that strong data protection measures are in place that will be part of CTI's foundation towards building trustworthy business relationships and earning for it a reputation as a trustworthy travel service provider.

The Data Privacy Statement provides one of the necessary conditions for using personal and sensitive data under the Data Privacy Act. This also includes data transmission from CTI to their service providers and third parties.

It ensures an adequate level of data protection as prescribed by the National Privacy Commission’s directive of protecting individuals with regard to data processing and movement of Personal Data.

 
Scope and amendment of the Data Privacy Statement

This Data Privacy Statement provides for the personal and sensitive data we obtain or which you may provide through:

a.      CTI website (www.constellationtravels.com.ph)
c.      Official CTI Email Addresses
d.      Messaging Platforms
e.      Filling-out of CTI Forms
f.       Filling-out Third-Party Forms
g.      CTI Consolidator Tool

and the standards we observe in using, processing, keeping, securing, and disclosing said personal and sensitive data.

It applies to all departments of Constellation Travels, Inc. and its employees. CTI may update this statement from time to time to reflect change(s) in the DPA and/or other international standards for Data Privacy.

When changes have been made, CTI will notify you by posting the updated Statement in this Website for your information and reference. By accessing the website, and submitting personal data through it, by social media, email, consolidator tool, third-party and official CTI forms, you expressly acknowledge that you have read, understood and hereby agree to all the terms of this Policy and that you provide consent for us to:

1.      Collect personal data to process travel-related requests and use these data for legitimate purpose stated in CTI’s Data Privacy Statement.
         purpose/s;
2.     Share your personal information to relevant suppliers of my chosen arrangement together with any third party who needs this information so that the company can arrange my travel.
3.     Safeguard your information by implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect against unauthorized or unlawful processing of data and against accidental loss or destruction.
4.     Retain your information for a period of three years or until such time that you have signified to withdraw this consent.
5.     Inform you future campaigns and base its offer using the personal information you shared with the company.

 
Why and how CTI collect personal information

The term “personal data” in this Policy refers to personal information which customers voluntarily supply to CTI when requesting for a particular service. CTI only asks for information in relation to the service being provided.

Personal data may be collected as part of but not limited to:

1.      Information directly received from traveler through Social Media platforms, email, SMS, Messaging Applications or Website
2.     Information shared by manning agency/company thru Crewing System, email

     
What type of information CTI collects

The information includes, but not limited to the following:

1.       Basic personal information (e.g. Name, Date of Birth, Gender, Address)
2.      Contact Details (e.g. email address, mobile phone number, office number)
3.      Passport Information – bio page, arrival stamp, departure stamp, immigration status
4.      Other Travel Document/Information – Visa, Reduced Travel Tax Certificate, Travel Exemption Certificate, etc.

When you navigate through and interact with our Website and social media account, depending on your settings, We may use automatic data collection technologies (e.g., cookies, web beacons, small data text files or similar technologies) to obtain certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, such as:

1.      Details of your visits (e.g., traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data, and their resources that you access and use on the Website)
2.      Information about your computer/device and internet connections, as well as IP address, operating system, and browser type (collectively, “Collected Data”).

The Collected Data are mostly statistical data but may include other Personal Data, and we may maintain and associate them with the Personal Data that we ask you to provide to CTI.

 
How CTI Use Personal Information

We may use and disclose relevant portions of personal information to:

1.       Provide, manage, and administer services
2.      Provide customer service and respond to your requests
3.      Enable to operate the business efficiently and sustainably
4.      Improve marketing and promotional efforts
5.      Customer satisfaction, quality assurance surveys and feedback

 
Disclosure and Sharing of personal and Collected Data

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify, or when combined with other information, does not directly and certainly identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose and share the Personal Data, Sensitive Data, and Collected Data, subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, on a need to know basis, and in all cases only for legitimate purposes, as follows:

1.      To service providers, and other third parties we engage to support our business, and who are bond by contractual obligations to keep Customer Information and Collected Data confidential and use it only for the purposes for which We disclose to them.
         and Collected Data confidential, and use it only for the purposes for which We disclose to them;
2.      To government and regulatory bodies.
3.      To comply with orders of courts, government agencies, regulator bodies, stock exchanges and with applicable laws and regulations
4.      If We believe disclosure if necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of CTI, our affiliates, officers, employees, customers, or other third parties
5.      To conduct investigations of breaches of CTI’s internal policies, laws, and regulations, enforce appropriate sanctions and pursue legal actions if necessary.

 
How CTI protects Personal Information

The confidentiality and security of personal information is important to CTI. All information captured by CTI is stored securely at all times and will not be provided to any unauthorized third parties.

We have implemented technical, organizational, and physical measures designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your Personal Data and Collected Data and secure such Data from destruction, alteration, disclosure, fraudulent misuse and/or any other unlawful processing, as well as other natural and human dangers.

 
Retention of Personal Data and Collected Data

CTI and its duly authorized third party shall retain the Personal Data ad Collected Data for a maximum period of three (3) years from the date you provide it to CTI, or when they were collected, respectively.


Website Visitor Under the Age of 18

No one under age eighteen (18) (“Minors”) may provide any Personal Data on the Website. CTI does not knowingly collect Personal Data from Minors. If you are a Minor, please do not use or provide any information on this Website about yourself.

 
Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Data

You are entitled to certain rights in relation to the Personal Data collected from you, including the right to access and correct your Personal Data being processed, object to the processing, and to lodge a complaint before the National Privacy Commission in case of violation of your rights as data subject.

You may send us an email at dpo@constelltravel.com.ph to request access to, correct and/or delete any Personal data that you have provided to use.

 
Contact Information

Should you have questions and/or concerns regarding this Statement, CTI’s use of your Personal Data and the Collected Data, or your rights in relation thereto under Republic Act 10173 – Data Privacy Act of 2012, please do not hesitate to contact the CTI Data Privacy Officer at the following: dpo@constelltravel.com.ph and (+632) 8671-1805 or +63917-133-8710.

 
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