Protecting our customers and visitors personal information is of the utmost importance of CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS [operator of Maldives Explorer]. Therefore, we have prepared this Privacy Policy to inform you as to how we will use the information you entrust to us.

INFORMATION COLLECTED
In general, you can visit this Website without informing to CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS who you are or revealing any personally-identifying information (Personal Information) about yourself. For portions of this Website, CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS may need to collect Personal Information from you for a specific purpose, such as to provide you with certain information that you request about CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS or CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOUR’S products, ordering e-mail newsletters, and/or signing up for an event. Personal Information collected by Capital Travel & Tours not limited to an e-mail address, country or location nor information (such as IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring website addresses, etc.) when needed to provide a service you requested. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of this website.

In addition to personally-identifiable information, CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS automatically gathers general statistical information about this Website and its visitors, such as Internet protocol addresses, browsers, and pages viewed, number of visitors, goods and services purchased, etc., but in doing so CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS does not reference you by individual name, e-mail address, home address, or telephone number. CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS uses such information, in the aggregate, to determine how often and for how long visitors use parts of this Website and to research visiting patterns.

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
• To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
• To deliver services, such as holiday packages or resort holidays, live aboard holidays, newsletters, events, that you request or purchase.
• To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
• To alert you to special offers, updated information and other new services from CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS, if you so request.

TO ALLOW YOU ACCESS TO LIMITED AREAS OF OUR AS APPROPRIATE

We may merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry sections of this website, with your approval, we may combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide you with personalized content.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including mailing and delivering purchases and sending postal mail. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

Your information will be stored and processed in the Republic of Maldives or any other country in which CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS and CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the Maldivian Law regarding the collection, use, and retention of data.

We do however; use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

CONTROL OF COLLECTED INFORMATION

Except as set forth herein, CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS does not sell, trade, or rent any information gathered from you. CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS may use information that you provide to respond to your questions, resolve disputes, investigate problems, and enforce these Terms of Use. CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS may disclose or access information that you provide whenever it believes in good faith that the law so requires or if CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS- Maldives otherwise considers it necessary to do so.

CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS may send out periodic e-mails informing you of special offers, upgrades related to a product you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. You will be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings.

Access to your Personal Information

We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current.

You can access your personal information by contacting CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS as described at the bottom of this statement, or through alternative means of access described. You can review and edit your personal information by contacting Capital Travel & Tours at +960 331 50 89.

SECURITY OF COLLECTED INFORMATION

CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS maintains electronic and administrative safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized or inappropriate access.

COOKIES

When you view this Website, CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS may store some information on your computer in the form of a “Cookie” or similar file. A “Cookie” is a small amount of data or information that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drives we can recognize you when you return. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above.

Web beacons, also known as clear gif. technology or action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology tells us how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a capitaltravel.com Web page. We do not use this technology to access your personally identifiable information on CAPITALTRAVEL.COM; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about www.capitaltravel.com site usage.

Our web site may include links to the sites of our business partners, vendors and advertisers. CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS is not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by any third party.

INTERNET SECURITY

Although no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure, we will do our best to ensure the security of any client account information on our system and/or personal information you send to us via electronic mail through our web site. As a result, while we strive to protect all client account and personal information, CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS and its affiliates cannot ensure or warrant the security of any such information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

CHILDREN AND PRIVACY

This Website does not target and is not intended to attract, or to be used by, children under the age of 13. CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS does not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from children under the age of 13, and CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS does not knowingly market products and services to them. CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS encourages parents to instruct their children about safe and responsible use of their personal information while using the Internet.

Enforcement of this Privacy Statement

If you have questions regarding this statement, you should first contact CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS at sales@capitaltravel.net

CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, CAPITAL TRAVEL & TOURS will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Capital Travel & Tours welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement; please contact us by e-mail or postal mail.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Capital Travel & Tours Pvt Ltd

M. Banff Villa (4th Floor) Majeedhee Magu

Male’, Republic of Maldives

Phone: +960 331 5089, Fax: +960 332 03 36

E-mail: support@capitaltravel.net