PRIVACY POLICY & GDPR COMPLIANCE
The following Privacy Policy applies to the website www.koultours.com (hereafter, “the website”) owned by Koul Tours P.C. (hereafter, “the Company”). By using our website and the services provided therein, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions, you must not use the website and its services.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
The Company may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time to comply with the relevant legislation. We recommend that you regularly visit this page to review the current Privacy Policy. Continued use of the website after any changes to the Privacy Policy implies your unconditional acceptance of the updated terms.
Privacy and Protection of Personal Data
The Company collects and processes your personal data only when necessary. Your personal data will not be sold, rented, distributed, or publicized in any way.
If you are under the age of 16, you must obtain the consent of your parent or legal guardian before using the services of the website.
Relevant Legislation
The Company’s website is designed to comply with the European Union Data Protection Directive (DPD of year 1995) and the Regulation on general EU data protection (GDPR of year 2018).
Collection of Personal Information and Its Purpose
Website Traffic Monitoring
The website uses Google Analytics (GA) to track user activity. The data collected by GA helps us to determine the number of website visitors, how they find and use the website. This data includes your geographic location, device, web browser, operating system, and computer’s IP address. However, none of this information identifies you to us. We believe that Google is a third-party data processor that is compliant with European legislation.
Contact Forms and Email Links
If you choose to contact us using a contact form or an email link, none of the data you provide will be stored to our site or transferred or processed by any third-party data processor as defined below in the section “Our Third-Party Data Processors.” Instead, this data will be sent to us via an SMTP protocol (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). Our SMTP servers are protected by a TLS security protocol (also known as SSL), meaning that email content is encrypted before being sent over the Internet. The content of the email is decrypted by our local computers and devices.
Cookies
Cookies are small data files that a website transmits to your web browser’s hard disk, either temporarily or for longer periods, depending on the type of cookie. Cookies perform different operations (e.g., distinguishing you from other site visitors, remembering your preferences), and are used by most websites to improve your user experience.
Types of Cookies
Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your device’s browser only during your visit and are deleted when you close the browser.
Persistent Cookies: These remain in the cookie file of your device’s browser even after the browser closes, sometimes for one year or more (the exact length of stay depends on the lifetime of each cookie). Permanent cookies are used when the site administrator may need to know who you are for more than one visit (e.g., to remember your username or your site configuration preferences).
First-Party Cookies: These are cookies installed on your browser and/or hard drive of your device from the site you are visiting. This includes assigning a unique ID to you, in order to monitor your site navigation. Site creators often use first-party cookies to handle visits and for identification purposes.
Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies used by third parties, such as social networks, to track your visits to the various sites they advertise. The site administrator has no control over these third-party cookies.
Cookies on this site and how to manage them
On this site, we use cookies to improve your user experience. Site functionality will be significantly affected if you disable or disagree with the use of cookies.
See the following information about the third-party cookies we use on this site, including how to disable them and the effect of disabling on the site’s functionality. If you need any help on how to manage certain types of cookies, including how to check or delete them, please visit www.aboutcookies.org.
Google Analytics cookies
Google Analytics cookies are performance analytics/logging cookies that allow us to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site. These cookies can inform us on how many visitors use the site, the visit’s time and duration, and also provide information on how visitors navigate across the site. This information helps us improve the way our site works. They are anonymous information and do not contain personal information.
The information collected by the Google Analytics cookies about our site is transferred and stored on Google’s servers in accordance with Google’s privacy policy.For more information on Google Analytics, please visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
You can disable Google Analytics tracking by visting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB
If you disable these cookies, your activity will not be counted or used in the statistics we collect to improve the services we provide through this site. Website functionality will not be affected.
Video providers cookies
Video providers can place cookies on your device if you watch their video on our site.
If you disable these cookies you may not be able to see the embedded videos on our site.
Social Networks cookies
Third-party social networks can place cookies on your device if you choose to share a web page of our site with another third-party Social Network site, by clicking on one of the «share» buttons.
If you disable these cookies, you will not be able to share any of our content with third-party social networks
Data breaches
We will report any unlawful data breach of this website’s database or the database(s) of any of our third-party data processors to any and all relevant authorities within 72 hours of the breach if it is apparent that personal data stored in an identifiable manner has been stolen.
Questions and Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@koultours.com.