PRIVACY POLICIES

Personal Information Collected 
ABSTravel.Asia collects information from our users at several different points on our web site. We ask for various personally identifiable information depending on your use of the services provided on the ABSTravel.Asia web site. We may ask for your name, email address, city, state, country, age, and gender. We may also ask about personal interests such as your favorite activity or a desired destination. This information may be collected through member registration, bulletin board submissions, contests, surveys, article submissions, or general feedback you provide to us.

How Information is Used 
ABSTravel.Asia uses personally identifiable information to improve our content, services, and marketing. We also use such information to customize our site's content and better tailor it to user needs. We may also use personal information to directly deliver information to you on specific topics, such as environmental and conservation issues, equipment and gear, favorite activities, destinations and trips, information on promotions and services, and banners targeted to your interests.

We may also use this information in the aggregate for purposes of marketing research and reports, and to statistically analyze site usage in order to improve our content and services.

ABSTravel.Asia is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.

With Whom the Information May be Shared 
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

We may partner with other parties to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for third parties to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

Public Forums 
ABSTravel.Asia makes bulletin boards available to its registered members. Any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Surveys and Contests 
From time-to-time this site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.

Newsletters 
You may choose to sign up for a subscription to ABSTravel.Asia newsletters. In order to sign up to receive newsletters from ABSTravel.Asia, you will be asked to provide your e-mail address as well as other personally identifiable information. You may, at any time, decline to receive these e-mail newsletters by using the "unsubscribe" link provided in the newsletter.

Operator and Product Reviews and Favorite Itineraries
When you submit an operator or product review or a favorite itinerary to share with the ABSTravel.Asia community, you have the choice of providing your e-mail address if you would like to talk directly with others about the trip. This is entirely optional; you are not required to give your e-mail address in order to submit a customer review.

Article Submissions
When you submit an article to share with the ABSTravel.Asia community, you will be required to enter your name and e-mail address in addition to the text. You will also be asked whether you wish to permit ABSTravel.Asia to publish your story online. If you do not provide this permission, ABSTravel.Asia will not publish your story. Submission of articles is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information.

Send This to a Friend 
If you elect to use our referral service to inform a friend about our site, we ask you for your friend's name and email address. ABSTravel.Asia will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. ABSTravel.Asia stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. Your friend may contact ABSTravel.Asia at feedback@abstravel.asia to request removal of this information from our database.

Links 
The ABSTravel.Asia web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.

IP Addresses 
ABSTravel.Asia uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Cookies 
ABSTravel.Asia uses cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie is set when you browse our site. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, but your user experience at ABSTravel.Asia may be significantly limited if you do so. For example, you will not be able to participate in any of our contests or monthly drawings that take place.

We use cookies to: 
1.    Enable you to login to ABSTravel.Asia;
2.    Allow us to determine who existing users are without requiring them to re-register;
3.    Allow us to offer you personalized services;
4.    Calculate the number of people who view our site (or a certain page of our site) to allow us to provide better service in the future; and
5.    Enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.

Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.

Security 
ABSTravel.Asia takes every precaution to protect your personal information. ABSTravel.Asia uses accepted industry standard best practices to protect your personal information.

Changes in Privacy Policy 
ABSTravel.Asia may need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to address changes to our web site as well as new technologies and services we may offer. ABSTravel.Asia will post notice of any change in our Privacy Policy on our Home page so that you may be aware of such changes. ABSTravel.Asia will only use information in accordance with the Privacy Policy under which the information was collected.

Questions 
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the security at our web site, please send an e-mail toFeedback@ABSTravel.Asia.

ABSTravel.Asia
ABSTravel.Asia believes in, and is committed to the protection of, your privacy. ABSTravel.Asia also believes that you have the right to know what kind of information we collect and how that information is used.
The following policy explains the information ABSTravel.Asia collects from you and how that information is used to better serve you and the ABSTravel.Asia community. By using the ABSTravel.Asia web site you indicate your acceptance of the following Privacy Policy.