You have entered a “replicated website” of an Independent Brand Partner or Customer of Travel Sherlock™ (referred to herein as “Travel Sherlock”, “our”, “us” or “we”).  This Site is owned and operated by TraVertex, Inc., and is hosted on our  servers  and  those  of  our  third-party  technology  provider(s).   The  contact  information  you  submit  on  this  site  is accessed by Travel Sherlock and the Independent Brand Partner to whom this Site is assigned (except as set forth in this privacy policy).   By visiting this Site and providing information to Travel Sherlock you consent to the following privacy policy, use and disclosure of information.

 

INFORMATION COLLECTION

Travel Sherlock  is the  sole  owner of the  information collected on our websites and on  the  replicated Travel Sherlock websites that we provide for use by independent contractor “Independent Brand Partners” and Customers (hereafter the “websites”).   We collect information from Independent Brand Partners, Customers and visitors to the websites at different points on the websites.

 

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

Through  your  use  of  or  visits  to  our  websites,  you  may  be  required  or  requested  to  provide  personally  identifiable information  to  us.    Personally  identifiable  information  is  any  piece  of  information  that  can  potentially  be  used  to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person including names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, social security and tax identification numbers, and credit card or banking information.

 

INDEPENDENT BRAND PARTNER AND CUSTOMER INFORMATION

In  order  to  become  an  Independent  Brand  Partner,  an  applicant  must  provide  biographical  and  contact  information (such as name, mailing address, telephone  numbers, and email address)  to  us.   We  also  require  an applicant’s Social Security  Number  or  Federal  Tax  ID  Number  so  that  we  may  prepare  and  file  necessary  non-employee  compensation forms  for  the  IRS.   Independent  Brand  Partners  and  Customers  are  required  to  provide  contact  information  (such  as name,  mailing  address,  telephone  number(s),  and  email  address).   Customers  are  also  required  to  provide  payment information  (such  as  credit  card,  debit  card,  or  checking  account  information).   We  use  this  information  to  maintain contact with Independent Brand Partners and Customers and to process Customer purchase transactions.

 

PROFILE INFORMATION

Travel Sherlock gathers and stores information that it collects through cookies, log files, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create a profile of visitors to our websites (“users”), including Customers and Independent Brand Partners.   A profile is stored  information  that  Travel  Sherlock  keeps  on  individual  users  which  details  their  viewing  preferences.    Profile information is tied to the user’s personally identifiable information to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user.

 

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

INFORMATION USE & SHARING

Travel Sherlock DOES NOT share personally identifiable information except with contracted service providers as may be necessary  to:  (a)  process orders  and/or  returns  and  obtain  payment;  (b)  complete  an  enrollment  as  an  Independent Brand Partner or Customer.  We also provide information to Independent Brand Partners (a) to provide information on business metrics in the Activation, Booking and Sales Report sections; and/or (b) to assign a sales or enrollments to an Independent Brand Partner.

 

ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

As  a  marketing  company,  Travel  Sherlock  provides  certain  information  to  Independent  Brand  Partners  regarding Customers enrolled for business metrics purposes.   If you enroll as a Customer of Travel Sherlock, your name, address, email   address,   telephone   number,   services   purchased,   and   sales   volume   information   will   be   provided   to   the Independent  Brand  Partner  to  whom  this  site  is  assigned  as  statistical  information.   No  Billing  Information  or  other personally identifiable information will be shared with any other Independent Brand Partners, vendors, suppliers, third party  providers,  or  advertisers,  other  than  that  required  to  process  purchase  transactions.    Information  relating  to Customer  and  other  Independent  Brand  Partners  is  made  available  to  Travel  Sherlock  Independent  Brand  Partner subject to a Confidentiality and Non-solicitation Covenant in the Agreement that each Independent Brand Partner enters into with Travel Sherlock.  However Travel Sherlock does not warrant that other Independent Brand Partners will adhere to the confidentiality and non-solicitation covenants, and Travel Sherlock shall not be responsible for Independent Brand Partners’ violation of these covenants.

 

SALES INFORMATION

If you make a purchase through this Site, we will provide the Independent Brand Partner to whom this Site is assigned with your name, contact information, a description of the item(s) purchased, and the sales volume associated with the purchase.  No other personally identifiable information will be shared with the Independent Brand Partners.

 

AGGREGATE INFORMATION (NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE)

Travel  Sherlock  may  share  aggregated  demographic  information  with  our  partners,  vendors,  suppliers,  third  party providers, and advertisers.  This is not linked to any personally identifiable information.

 

BUSINESS TRANSITIONS

In the event Travel Sherlock goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, the personal information of Independent Brand Partners and Customers will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.  If as a result of the business transition, an Independent Brand Partner’s or Customer’s  personally  identifiable  information  will  be  used  in  a  manner  different  from  that  stated  at  the  time  of collection, the Independent Brand Partner or Customer will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.

 

SPECIAL OFFERS AND UPDATES

COMMUNICATIONS FROM US

Travel Sherlock sends all new Independent Brand Partners and Customers a welcoming email to verify password, and username.  All Independent Brand Partners and Customers will occasionally receive information on the Travel Sherlock products, services, special deals, and a newsletter.

 

SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

On  rare  occasions  it  is  necessary  to  send  out  a  strictly  service  related  announcement.   For  instance,  if our  service  is temporarily  suspended  for  maintenance  we  might  send  Independent  Brand  Partners  and/or  Customers  an  email.

Generally,  Independent  Brand  Partners  may  not  opt-out  of  these  communications,  though  they  can  deactivate  their account.  However, these communications are not promotional in nature.

 

INDEPENDENT BRAND PARTNER AND CUSTOMER SERVICE

Travel Sherlock communicates with Independent Brand Partners and Customers via email, regular mail and telephone on  a regular basis to  provide  requested services and in  regards to  issues relating  to  Travel Sherlock  business.   Travel Sherlock  communicates  with  Customers  with  respect  to  services  purchased  by  such  Customers  from/through  Travel Sherlock.   Such communications may be by email, regular mail or telephone.   Travel Sherlock also communicates with Independent Brand Partners through leaving messages in Independent Brand Partners’ Back-Offices.

 

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

MISCELLANEOUS

Though  Travel  Sherlock  makes  every  effort  to  preserve  user  privacy,  Travel  Sherlock  may  need  to  disclose  personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a law enforcement action, a court order or legal process served on Travel Sherlock.

 

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Travel Sherlock reserves the right to amend or change this Privacy Policy at any time at its sole discretion, without prior notice to users.

 

CHOICE

Users are notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties.   We do this so users can make an informed choice as to whether or not they should proceed with services that require an outside party.

 

LINKS

Travel Sherlock’s websites may contain links to other sites.  Please be aware that Travel Sherlock is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.   We encourage users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.   This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Travel Sherlock websites.

 

CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy  Protection  Act.   We  therefore  will  not  distribute  your  personal  information  to  outside  parties  without  your consent.

 

CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act); we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age.  Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

 

ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY ONLY

This online  privacy  policy applies  only  to  information  collected  through our  website  and  not  to  information collected offline.

 

QUESTIONS

Questions  regarding  this  Privacy  Policy  should  be  directed  to  http://support.Travel  Sherlock.com  or  by  mail  to  Travel Sherlock, c/o TraVertex, Inc., 6404 International Pkwy, Suite 1200, Plano, TX 75093.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

The effective date of this Privacy Policy is October 10th, 2016.