This Privacy Policy applies to all your dealings with S-Cape UK and governs data collection and its usage. By using our website and services, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. To learn about cookies, see the next tab below.
WHAT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Depending on how you choose to interact with S-Cape UK, we collect personally identifiable information to allow us to provide our services as requested. Such information includes:
1. Your name, address, date of birth, gender, email address, telephone numbers, postal address, medical and dietary information, passport details, travel insurance details and previous outdoor experience.
2. Details of previous trips or events you have attended or enquired about.
3. Information provided through our customer surveys.
4. Your travel preferences and other details from your online interactions with us, including your use of our systems and services such as our website and/or social media pages, IP addresses.
5. Any additional information collected and provided by your travel agent or other third party websites you may book our trips through.
HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
When making an enquiry or booking a trip, we hold certain information so that we can transact your request.
You may supply your information when making an enquiry on our website, sending us a direct email, providing information over the phone, interacting with our social media channels, our various social media channels, at third party events, through market research, or by supplying your information to a travel agent or online affiliate who you utilise. We update your information where possible to ensure we fulfil your requests accurately.
When you visit our website we collect certain information, such as your IP address, device information, site visit history via the use of cookies. We also track a visitor’s behaviour on our website to help provide us with analytical insights and tailored marketing campaigns. You can review our Cookie Policy further below.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
S-Cape UK collects and uses your personal information to ensure we can fulfil your requests and to provide a more personalised experience. This can include:
- Providing the relevant requested trip information either online or through the post.
- Providing trip documentation once booked either online or through the post.
- To fulfil your booking by updating our partners with personal information such as medical or dietary information and COVID-19 Vaccination status so they can operate the trip safely, providing information to local authorities to secure relevant permits required for your trip, or liaising with insurers or your emergency contacts in case of an emergency.
- Registering you for an information evening or special event.
- Where you have requested us to book additional pre or post tour services, we will provide your full name, date of birth and when it is required, your passport details, to providers of these services.
We may also use your information to market relevant products and events that we believe you may be interested in by way of:
- Sending tailored emails or postal communication (which you can always opt-out of).
- Remarketing ads on social media or the wider internet.
WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH?
Sharing your information is required to fulfil your booking or enquiry.
- We do not sell or trade any of your personal information collected.
- We will only share your information with suppliers who require it to fulfil your booking. We have no control over how these suppliers hold or utilise your personal information.
- We may operate competitions from time to time where you will be asked if you are happy to share your information with a third party partner. That third party will be clearly identified on the competition material. In such cases, if you give clear consent for your information to be shared we will do so.
- We may share information with external market research companies for research purposes only. They will not be authorised to hold your information for any other purpose.
YOUR CHOICE TO 'OPT OUT' IS RESPECTED
If you have opted to receive enewsletter communications from us and at a later stage change your mind, you may at anytime remove yourself from that email distribution list by;
- Clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of every email, or by
- Forwarding the email you received to the company email address advertised at the bottom of the email you received.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
The S-Cape UK websites may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked websites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.
CORRECT AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION
If you would like to verify or change the data we have received from you, please contact S-Cape UK. Please note that you will need to verify your identity before we can disclose the information we hold.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal identifiable data for marketing purposes. We will inform you before collecting your personal identifiable data if we intend to use this data for such purposes. To exercise your right, send an email to info@s-cape.co.uk.
CARD SECURITY
S-Cape UK provides a safe and secure e-commerce environment. We protect the security of your credit card data with the following measures:
- We do not store your credit card details on any of our servers.
- We use PCI compliant payment gateways to provide a secure, encrypted environment for the authorisation of credit card and charge card transactions between your browser and our financial institution.
COMPLAINTS
If you have a complaint regarding our practices and believe your privacy has been compromised or breached you must direct your complaint in writing to us.