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Cookie Policy

This COOKIE Policy was updated and comes into effect on December 22, 2023. Your continued use of our services will be subject to this new Policy.

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What is a Cookie?

Cookies (known as internet cookies) are small pieces of data or text files that are used to identify your computer when using a network. Specific cookies are used to identify specific users and improve their web browsing experience. That small data file is downloaded on to a device when the user accesses certain websites. Cookies allows a website to recognize a user’s device. Data stored in a cookie is created by the server when you connect. This data is labeled with an ID unique to you and your computer. 

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Due to international laws, such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and certain state laws, such as California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), websites are now required to ask for permission to use certain cookies with your browser and provide you with information on how those cookies will be used if you accept.

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How does Oafare use cookies?

Cookies allow us to improve the users experience, website's content, functionality and speed, while our tracking ability helps us understand your likes and dislikes, giving us the ability to respond quickly and adapt the site accordingly.

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We use cookies to recognize you when you visit our site or use our Services, remember your preferences, and give a personalized experience:

  • Authentication cookies: If you're signed into our Services, these cookies will help us show you the right information and help personalize your experience.

  • Session cookies: These cookies store the ID of a user’s session. The cookie is set when a user signs in and is used to restore the session without entering personal data.

  • Security cookies: We use these cookies to harden our security features and help us detect malicious activity.

  • Preferences, features and services: These cookies help us customize your preferences, such as which language you prefer and what your communications preferences are or to fill out forms faster.

  • Performance, Analytics and Research Cookies help us analyze our web sites performance. We use cookies to improve the products, features, and services, including to create logs and record when you access our site.

  • Third-party cookies: In addition to the cookies travel.oafare.com delivers to your computer, certain third parties may deliver cookies to your computer for a variety of reasons for a more targeted advertising experience. We are working with online advertising companies to display online behavioral advertising on our sites and third-party sites that you visit. This targeting may be based on information you submit on our sites or third-party platforms. Your search parameters (origin, destination, travel dates, class and number of passengers) could be used for advertising purposes.

Please note that we do not share Personally identifiable information to third parties.

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What information Oafare collects with cookies?

Whether it’s your first visit, or you visited our site directly, via a link or search form published by one of our partners, cookies allow us to understand that search history: origin, destination and travel dates.

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What can you do if you don't want cookies to be set or want them removed?

Most browsers accept cookies automatically; however, you may prefer not to allow cookies. You may change the security settings of your web browser to stop your device from receiving and storing cookies, allow receiving and storing cookies from selected websites you trust, or to be notified before receiving cookies. You may also delete cookies stored in your browser at any time. Information stored will be removed from your device.

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You can change the security settings of your web browser to stop your device from receiving and storing cookies, to allow receiving and storing cookies from selected websites you trust, or to be notified before receiving cookies. You may also delete cookies stored in your browser at any time. Information stored in such cookies will be removed from your device.

Note: These settings may have negative effects on websites usability.

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Browsers usually provide help pages relating to cookie management. See the list below for help with your cookie settings

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For browsers not listed, please consult the documentation your browser manufacturer provides. You may opt-out of third-party cookies from Google Analytics on its website. You can also opt out of interest-based targeting provided by participating ad servers here.

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Oafare Social features and widgets

Our website contains Social Media features and widgets, such as “Facebook Like”, “Facebook Share”, “Facebook Pixel”, “Twitter Tweet”, features, buttons and other interactive (“Social Media Features”). These features may collect information such as your IP address or page you are visiting from and may set a cookie to enable them to function properly. Social media features are hosted by a third party or directly on our website. If you 'like' us' or 'share' (perform a similar action) on social networks, we may collect your first and last name.

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When choosing to interact or share personal Information via social media widgets, you are in fact providing it to third parties and not Oafare. Your interactions are managed by those platforms policies and not ours. For example, you will not be able to use the “Facebook Like” button if you are not logged in to your Facebook account. Once you use such buttons it will be associated with your Facebook history, Oafare will not process this information.

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Information Oafare might obtain from third parties

We might obtain some non-personally identifiable information from third parties. We protect data obtained from third parties according to the practices described in this statement, plus any additional restrictions imposed by the source of data.

We might insert advertising on our subdomain websites, social networks or advertising networks who might categorize website visitors with similar characteristics or interests into non-personally identifiable data segments and offer these segments to their own clients, visitors and subscribers.

 

As an example, if a person expresses an interest in cryptocurrency or beauty products, they might see an advertising banner linking to similar service providers company web site. We might obtain and record information such ad was requested or shown, how many times, the target geography of the ad (which will not include an IP address or specific personally identifiable location and any user interactions with the ad or the page and where the ad appeared. This information is used for analysis, reporting and troubleshooting. Oafare does not perform any visitors profiling activities.

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Where Do We Store Your Information?

We take Client confidentiality and 100% committed to data protection and your security. We are committed to protecting the Personal Data you share with us. We use a combination of industry-standard security technologies, procedures, and measures to help protect your Personal data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

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The data processing consisting in hosting provider services (storage and maintenance of databases containing your personal data, protected by password) is performed on our behalf under written confidentiality agreements by our authorized data processors hosted on AWS and Google Cloud Platform cloud-based data centers, for which Equinix provides all physical colocation services. Our host company infrastructure providers maintain industry-standard security certifications, including ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3 and PCI DSS Level 1.

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The written agreements with the data processor guarantee that the requirements will be met, and the rights of data subjects are protected. The Data Processor will only act on behalf of our documented instructions, have direct responsibilities under the GDPR and may be subject to fines or other sanctions if they don’t comply. Once this contract is concluded, the data processor will return data to us or transmit to another processor appointed by us and erase any copy in its possession. However, the processor may keep that data locked to address possible administrative or jurisdictional responsibilities.

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Data Retention

Unless otherwise specified, we may retain your Personal Information (contact details) for as long as your 'User Account' remains active or as otherwise needed to provide you with information about our travel services. As the data user, you have rights related to the processing of your personal data and the option of withdrawing your consent to receive promotions at any time. Please see paragraph “Your rights”. If you and Oafare enter into any type of contractual relationship, we might keep your data during the performance of said contract as long as it is necessary for travel related interests. Please see paragraph “Lawful basis and the purposes of the processing" (Uses made of your personal information).

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Lawful basis and uses made of your personal information

Oafare uses data we collect for the following basic purposes, described in detail below:

To take steps at the request of the data user prior to providing you with the requested service):

During the purchase process, we ask you only for the personal data that we need to provide you with our mediation services to contract travel products, as well as to service your travel related activities on Oafare and solve any post-contractual query, claim or request, and lawful basis of any contract and our Legitimate interests.

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We will use the provided information to operate effectively and do our best to respond to your inquiry. Once you enter into a business relationship (oral or written contract) with us, we will invoice our services and offer you post-sales service and loyalty if required. Oafare may hold your information for as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations and in accordance with legitimate interests as a data controller after the contractual relationship between you and Oafare expires. The lawful basis for such retention is Legal obligation. As the data user you have rights related to maintenance, storage and processing of your personal data. Please see paragraph “Your rights”.

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When you choose to subscribe to our Fly-High program and mailing lists to receive alerts about cheap prices, communications, including promotional and advertising with your explicit consent or allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, the lawful basis for such processing is consent. If you wish not to receive such promotional e-mails, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us as described in paragraph “Your rights” or follow the “unsubscribe” or instructions contained in the promotional communications you receive.

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Oafare website improvement

We might use your automatically collected data such as IP address and browser data for our ebsite improvement, such as:

To administer our site and for internal operations, including data security, troubleshooting, testing, statistical and survey purposes.

To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device. The lawful basis for such processing is Legitimate interests.

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Disclosure of information to third parties

We do not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with second, third-parties or non-affiliated companies without your consent except to provide products or services you've requested or under the following circumstances:

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We provide the information to trusted partners who provide us services under confidentiality agreements, specified in the Paragraph “Trusted partners (data processors) who act on our behalf under confidentiality agreements and might store, maintain or process your data. These companies do not have any independent right to share this information.

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We may disclose your information to third parties when we reasonably believe we are obligated to do so by law, and in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual prohibited activities, including but not limited to, fraud and situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person.

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In the event we are acquired by or merged with a third-party entity or undergo a change of control, we reserve the right to transfer information, including any PII and non-PII, to a successor entity. In this event, we will notify you by electronic means before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

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International transfers

You can find detailed information related to data location in paragraphs 'Where Do We Store Your Information?' and 'Trusted partners (data processors) who work on our behalf under confidentiality agreements and might store, maintain or process your data.

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Law Enforcement, Legal Requests and Duties

We may disclose or otherwise allow others access to your Personal Information pursuant to a legal request, such as a subpoena, legal proceedings, search warrant or court order, or in compliance with applicable laws, if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so, with or without notice to you. Your details may also be disclosed to police and law enforcement agencies for the purpose of fraud detection, crime prevention and national security.

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Your rights

You have the following rights in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation:

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The right to be informed. In this privacy statement we supply you detailed information related to your personal data storage, maintenance and processing.

  • The right to access information held about you.

  • The right to access information held about you.

  • The right to rectify your personal data if it is inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date.

  • The right to erasure (delete or remove) your personal data.

  • The right to restrict (block) processing. When processing is restricted, we will store your personal data, but not further process it.

  • The right to data portability which allows individuals to obtain and reuse their personal data for their own purposes across different services. It allows them to move, copy or transfer personal data easily from one IT environment to another in a safe and secure way, without hindrance to usability.

  • Rights related to automated decision making including profiling We are not making any decisions which might produce a legal effect on you based on automated processing.

  • The right to withdraw your consent (object) to direct marketing You can exercise your rights by contacting us at support@travelpayouts.com

  • The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority if you have a concern about our information rights practices.

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Updates to Statement

We may update this cookie policy in response to changing laws or technical and business developments. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by means of a notice on this page. You can check when this Cookie Policy was last updated by viewing the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Statement.

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