Privacy Policy

AVG Enterprises, Inc. DBA Avant-Garde Travel (“Agency”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy states how Avant-Garde Travel collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from clients, potential clients and users of the avgtravel.com website (“website”). This Policy applies to the website, services and products offered by Agency. You may choose not to provide certain information to us but doing so may restrict your ability to use our Services. If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided at the bottom of this Notice.

ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVACY POLICY

Through the use of this website, you are hereby accepting the details listed in the Private Policy below. If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not use our website. Your continued use of the website is your acceptance of the Policy and all changes. In addition, your continued use of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our Policy shall mean that you are in acceptance of all changes.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We obtain certain personal information in connection with the services we provide. The types of personal information we obtain include but are not limited to:

  • First and Last Name
  • E-mail Address
  • Mailing Address
  • Billing and credit card information
  • Date of Birth
  • Passport Information
  • Frequent Flyer Information or other Loyalty Programs
  • Data on purchase choices

You are not required to provide this information, but if you choose not to do so, we may not be able to offer you certain products or services available on the website.

AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Agency Website. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Avant-Garde Travel’s website.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Avant-Garde Travel and others contracted to assist or work with our agency, may collect and use a user’s personal information for various purposes, such as: book your selected services, respond to your requests, improve customer service, run an advertising promotion, send a survey, manage and improve our website features, personalize your communications and marketing features, communicate with you about our services or your booking details,
investigate and prevent fraudulent activities, for any other purpose which we notify and receive consent from you.

SHARING INFORMATION

Avant-Garde Travel does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties.

To fulfill the travel service arrangements for our clients, it will be necessary to process personal information via a third party (these will include but are not limited to airlines, hotels, tour operators, cruise lines, car rental companies, and Visa service or Passport companies). Personal information shall only be shared with, or processed by, third party companies where such companies are necessary for the fulfillment of the requested travel arrangement services.
These third parties are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements.

We also may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law, regulation or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena), (ii) in response to requests by government agencies, such as law enforcement authorities, (iii) for the purpose of or in connection with legal proceedings, or otherwise for the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending our
legal rights, or (iv) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity. We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution, or liquidation).

SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Keeping your information secure is important to us. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use.

Please note that no website, mobile app or service is completely secure and so, while we endeavor to protect our Clients’ information using the measures described above, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss or a data breach will not occur.

RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will retain your personal information for no longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the information was originally collected unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, for legal, tax or regulatory reasons, or other legitimate and lawful business purposes.

WEB BROWSER COOKIES

Our website may use cookies to improve the quality of the Site by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Avant-Garde Travel to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject or destination area. Most web browsers accept cookies automatically but can be configured not to do so or to notify the user when a cookie is being sent. If you wish to
disable cookies, refer to your browser help menu to learn how to disable cookies.

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that this Notice does not apply to, nor are we responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or service to which the Website links. The inclusion of a link on the Website does not imply our endorsement of the linked site or service. We encourage our users of our website to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy policy of any other site that collects your personal information.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Children are not eligible to use our website, apps or services, and we ask that minors (children under the age of 18) not submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor, you can only use the site only in conjunction with your parents or legal guardians.

UPDATES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Avant-Garde Travel reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy. This Policy may be updated periodically to in response to changing legal, technical, or business developments. We make changes by posting revised terms at www.avgtravel.com/privacy-policy. We encourage you to review this Notice regularly to stay informed of the latest modifications. Your continued use of this websites and/or Services available through this websites and our agency after such modifications will constitute your acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice identifying categories of personal information we share with affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes, and providing contact information for affiliates and/or third parties. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to us using the contact information below.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like us to update information we have about you, change your preferences or exercise other applicable data protection rights, please contact us at:

Avant-Garde Travel
550 West B Street, 4th Floor
San Diego, CA, 92101
Email: [email protected]
Telephone number: +1 (619) 446-6400

Effective as of March 11, 2021
CST#2130874-40