inside/out (hereinafter “i/o”) is committed to safeguarding the privacy and security of all our visitors, subscribers,and customers. i/o collects information throughout this website for several different purposes, which are explained below.
i/o collects information we need to provide our travel services to you. In the reservation process and during the course of providing adventure travel services to you, we may collect additional information, such as your dietary requirements, travel preferences,medical conditions that may require the special attention of our employees during trips, and similar information.
We also receive your personal information when you request a catalog, subscribe to our e-mail list, or contact us through our website or email. This may include additional types of information as provided.
In order to ensure that our website is as useful as possible, we may collect and retain details concerning visits to the website. The purpose of such collection is to analyze details about our website users’ activities so that we can track the number of visits to our site, how many times each page is accessed, the paths visitors take to access various pages and other usage details. Whenever you access our website, our servers may document the pages visited, partners’ websites visited and certain information about your computer, including your IP (Internet Protocol) address, operating system, web browser information and screen resolution. Each time you access the Internet,your computer is automatically assigned an IP address by your ISP(Internet Service Provider) or network. When you visit pages on the i/o website, our servers may record your IP address in a log. These logs are then used for system administration (such as site usage reporting and analysis) so we can constantly improve the content we provide. We will not use your IP address or website usage information for marketing purposes.
We do not use ‘cookies’. The use of cookies is not required by our system.
If you send us personal information by submitting an email, completing an online form or survey, requesting materials or information, or ordering merchandise, we will use this information to respond to your inquiry or request. Additionally, if you have checked the “Please add my name to your mailing list” box, we will add your name, E-mail and mailing address to our mailing list database.
i/o adheres to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the Federal Trade Commission’s regulations implementing thisAct. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from children under thirteen years of age. If a child under the age of 13 sends an email to i/o, we will respond to that email but we will not create a profile or otherwise retain any personal information about the writer.
It is possible that, despite our best efforts, we may receive information given to us by children under the age of 13. If this occurs, we will immediately destroy any personally identifiable information we have stored.
Some of the services we offer require us to share your personal information with service providers we use to provide our services to you (for example, accommodation providers used on our adventure trips). In order to provide these services to you, we must share certain personal information about you with these providers. We may also disclose your personal information to third parties that indirectly allow us to provide services to you. For example, our web host may have access to personal information transmitted through our website.
i/o may engage in cooperative marketing programs with select entities. We may receive your personal in that manner or it maybe shared with these partners for that instance only.
As an i/o customer, you may receive mailings and/ore-mails about special promotions, surveys, trip information, or other. You may opt-out of receiving such mailings and/or e-mails at any time.
We will use your e-mail address or telephone number to respond to you should you encounter and report a problem with our services or our website.
i/o may be required by law to disclose personal information you have provided to us. We may also disclose personal information pertaining to someone who poses a threat to i/o’s interests (such as fraudulent member activities) or whose activities could harm others.
The i/o website provides hyperlinks to third parties’ websites that provide additional services and information. Our privacy policy cannot and does not apply to external websites. Once you depart the i/o website you are subject to the third party’s privacy policies and procedures, even those of our partners. Because i/o has no control over third parties, you should consult each website’s privacy policy before providing any personal information. However, we invite you to contact us if you have concerns about privacy policies of sites linked on our website.
This policy is effective as of March 2008. i/o reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time by the posting of a modified version on its website and/or mailing the modified version to its customers. i/o is intended for use only by U.S. residents 18 years of age or older. i/o reserves the right to transfer personal information to a buyer in connection with its sale, merger or any other transaction resulting in a change of control of i/o. In that instance,the buyer will be required to honor the promises of privacy outlined here.