Privacy Policy

Micato Safaris, Inc. (referred to in this Privacy Statement as “Micato”) respects your privacy and is committed to protect the personal information that you share with us. Below is our privacy policy that applies to www.Micato.com and/or any Web site (referred to in this Privacy Statement as the “Site”) owned, operated, licensed or controlled by Micato. This Site is intended for use by persons who are over 18 years of age. By using this Site or communicating via telephone or otherwise with Micato, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION COLLECTION

When you browse the Site and have not registered for any online service from Micato, you browse anonymously. Personal Information (“Personal Information” is defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains including, but not limited to, a first and last name, E-mail address, a home, postal or other physical address, or other contact information) is not collected as you browse. Micato does, however, use “cookies,” “client variables” and “session variables” to collect information about how the Site and server are used and to recognize you as an Micato online service user when you re-enter our Site. Information, such as the server your computer is logged onto, your browser type, and whether you entered the Site via a Web site or E-mail hyperlink, is collected and tracked in aggregate.

This website uses Google Analytics to help analyse how visitors use this site. Google Analytics uses “cookies” to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form. No personally identifiable information is collected about you unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on this website.

The anonymous information generated by Google Analytics cookies about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google.

This information is used for the purpose of compiling statistical reports and measuring response rates to Web page and E-mail hyperlinks as well as overall Site activity and performance. A third-party cookie may also be placed on your computer which will collect information about your visit to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. Usage of cookies is not linked to any Personal Information. You can turn off third-party cookies by going to Google advertising opt-out page and requesting a “no thanks” cookie to stop any further cookies being written to your machine. When you register for or request any Site service, you may be asked to provide us with Personal Information which is used to enhance your Site experience, expedite communications, allow you to receive electronic/postal mailings from Micato, or to be contacted as requested. Additionally, we may request your upcoming travel plans and the next destination you plan to visit which allows us to further personalize your Site and E-mail messages you may receive to meet your specific needs, as well as make Micato product improvements. We may also use this Personal Information in aggregate to generate market research reports.

IP ADDRESSES

Micato collects the IP addresses used to access our Site and the dates and times of access. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the Site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not personally linked to identifiable information.

REGISTRATION FOR ONLINE PRODUCTS & SERVICES

In order to provide you with a particular Site product or service, we may request that you voluntarily supply us with Personal Information for purposes such as correspondence, Site registration, submitting an application or booking request, placing an order, requesting product descriptions, or participating in Site surveys and/or contests. If you are known to us as a registered user of a Micato Site, we may combine information about your use of Site products or services with certain other online and offline information we have about you as a Micato customer as well as information available from external sources in order to customize your Site experience and present you with relevant online and offline communications.

INFORMATION USE

We may use Personal Information you have given us with any of our group of companies, including our parent companies and any of our subsidiaries or commonly-owned companies, to for example, provide a service, ensure proper booking, measure consumer interest in our various products and services and inform you about products and services. If you have provided your E-mail address to us or to a company we’ve partnered with to make their products and services available to you, we may send you E-mail. These E-mails may be based on Personal Information you provided in your initial transaction with us, in surveys both online and offline, from information that may indicate purchasing preferences and lifestyle, as well as available from external sources.

These E-mails come directly from Micato. You can opt-out from receiving E-mail from Micato as described below in the section, “Declining E-mail.” When we send you E-mail, we may use your E-mail address to identify information about your receipt of the E-mail, including whether the communication was opened, how many times it was viewed and whether you clicked on an embedded hyperlink to reach a particular product or service. This information is used to measure response rates to E-mail communications as well as enhance your Site experience.

Micato does not provide your Personal Information to our business partners. However, we may send you offers on behalf of our business partners. If you take advantage of an offer from a Micato business partner and become their customer, they may independently wish to send E-Mails to you. In this case, you will need to inform them separately if you wish to decline receiving future E-mails from them. We may share Personal Information with law enforcement agencies in the event of a criminal investigation or suspected illegal activity.

CONTESTS

When you enter a contest or other promotional feature on the Site, we may ask for your Personal Information so that we can administer the contest and notify winners. Participation in these contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose the required information.

ONLINE SURVEYS

We value opinions and comments from Micato customers, and you have the opportunity to give us your feedback through Site surveys. In conducting these surveys, we may ask for your Personal Information so that we can appropriately identify you. Survey and Personal Information collected will be aggregated and used to make improvements to the site and improve Micato products and services. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose the required information.

MESSAGE BOARDS

Users of Site Message Boards agree not to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of any individual’s privacy or otherwise in violation of any law. Users agree not to post any copyrighted material unless they are the owners of the copyright. Users remain solely responsible for the content of their messages, and agree to indemnify and hold Micato harmless with respect to any claim based upon the transmission of their message(s). As a user of a Message Board, in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any posted message, Micato reserves the right to reveal your identity (or any other information about you in our hands). Micato does not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and is not responsible for the contents of any message.

The messages posted express the views of the author of the message and not necessarily the views of Micato. As a user of a Message Board: (a) you automatically grant to Micato (or warrant that the owner thereof has granted to Micato), a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to use, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, create derivative works of, transfer or sell any such content, for any purpose whatsoever, including, without limitation, a commercial purpose, without any compensation to you; and (b) you agree that you will not publish, submit, or display such content to or on any other commercial travel-related web-site or on-line service without Micato’s prior written consent, which consent may be withheld by Micato in its discretion. Micato reserves the right to edit or delete messages prior and/or subsequent to their appearance on the Site. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact Micato immediately by E-mail at inquiries@micato.com.

CONTRIBUTIONS

By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents and/or proposals (“Contributions”) to Micato, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) Micato is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (c) Micato shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) Micato may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (e) your Contributions automatically become the property of Micato without any obligation of Micato to you; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Micato under any circumstances.

NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT

Micato respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Micato’s Copyright Agent the following information:

a. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;

b. a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;

c. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;

d. your address, telephone number, and email address;

e. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

f. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.

Micato’s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:

By mail:
Copyright Agent
c/o Micato Safaris
15 West 26th Street,
New York, NY 10010
By phone:212.545.7111
By fax: 212.545.8297
By email: copyright@micato.com

DECLINING E-MAIL

Micato provides customers with a means to decline receiving E-mail. At any time, you may request to discontinue receiving E-mail from Micato by following the opt-out instructions included within any Micato E-mail and informing us of your preference.

CHILDREN

This Site is not used to knowingly solicit Personal Information from or market to children under the age of 13. This Site is intended for use by persons who are over 18 years of age.

CUSTOMER INFORMATION

If you believe that Micato has not complied with this Privacy Policy with respect to your Personal Information, or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write to: Micato Safaris, attention: Marketing, 15 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10010, USA. In your letter, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the Micato Privacy Policy has not been complied with. Micato will investigate your inquiry or concern promptly.

LINKED INTERNET SITES

You should be aware that other Internet sites to which you link to from this Site may contain privacy provisions that differ from the provisions of our Privacy Statement. Micato is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of other such sites. We encourage Site users to be aware when they leave the 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 Site.

AFFILIATIONS

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