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What personal information is being gathered by Cathay Pacific and how is this information being used?
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Cathay Pacific CathayForBusiness.com Registration
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When you register as a Cathay Pacific CathayForBusiness.com member you provide
your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, a unique username,
password and other information. This information is collected on the
registration form for several reasons including: (i) personal
identification; (ii) to allow us to customize offers to meet your travel
needs (iii) to allow us to contact you for customer service,
if necessary; (iv) to make contact with you regarding changes to our site;
(v) and to associate you with a registered company. In addition, your
e-mail address is collected to send you an e-mail message confirming your
new Cathay Pacific CathayForBusiness.com registration. As a member you will
occasionally receive from time to time updates from us about special offers
and promotions. However, you may always decline to receive these e-mail
messages by removing yourself from the Cathay Pacific CathayForBusiness.com program
by following the instructions shown in the Removal Policy section.
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Member Profile
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Members must provide Cathay Pacific Airways with a basic amount of
information as indicated by the required fields in the membership
application form. This information will be used to assist members in
accessing the various offers and promotions we make available quickly
without having to type in the same information repeatedly as well as
relating the membership to the company registration.
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Cathay Pacific CathayForBusiness.com
communications delivered by e-mail
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Cathay Pacific's communications will be delivered by e-mail and will
identify benefits and offers. Your specific e-mail address is needed
to deliver this information to you.
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Cookies
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"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by
your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cathay Pacific Airways
uses cookies in several ways. We use cookies to allow you to log in
without having to type your username each time. Instead, only your
password is needed to access the system. We also use cookies to
track the effectiveness of various banner advertising campaigns to
determine which ads work better than others. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your
browser options to block them in the future. We do not use cookies for
the purpose of tracking or tracing the use of our system in any way.
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IP Addresses
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Cathay Pacific Airways collects IP addresses and other web browser
provided information collected at the time of registration to help diagnose
problems with our servers and for system administration and analysis.
Who will the information be shared with, if anyone? We do not sell
individual customer names, e-mail addresses or other private profile
information to third parties and have no intention of doing so in the
future. Occasionally, Cathay Pacific will hire a third party to act on
our behalf for projects such as market research surveys and contest
entry processing and will provide information to these third parties
specifically for use in connection with these projects. The information
we provide to such third parties is protected by a confidentiality
agreement and is to be used solely for completing the specific project.
In the event a Cathay Pacific marketing partner wishes to extend a special
offer to registered Cathay Pacific CathayForBusiness.com , we send the offer
on behalf of the third-party -- we do not provide them with your e-mail
address. See "What other information should I know about my privacy?"
below.
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SPAM
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Cathay Pacific Airways maintains a strict "no-spam" policy. Your
e-mail address will not be sold to a third party if you sign up as a Cathay
Pacific CathayForBusiness.com.
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Removal Policy
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At anytime, you can remove yourself from the Cathay Pacific
CathayForBusiness.com program by visiting our removal page at
http://www.cathayforbusiness.com/members/cancel.asp. When
you supply your username and password, we'll permanently delete you from
the program. After such time, you'll receive no further e-mail messages
from us and you won't be able to participate in any special Cathay
Pacific CathayForBusiness.com offers or promotions.
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How can you access,
update or correct your information?
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At any time, you can view and/or update your personal profile,
which includes member registration and travel preferences information,
by visiting http://www.cathayforbusiness.com/members/update.asp
and supplying your username and password.
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What other information should
I know about my privacy?
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The Cathay Pacific for Business web site (http://www.cathayforbusiness.com)
contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on
one of these links, you are entering another web site for which Cathay
Pacific has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy
statements of all such sites as their policies may be materially
different from Cathay Pacific's Privacy Statement. Of course, you
are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords
and any account information. Please be very careful, responsible, and
alert with this information, especially whenever you're online. In
addition to the circumstances described above, Cathay Pacific may
disclose member information if required to do so by law, court order,
as requested by other government or law enforcement authority, or in
the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable
including, without limitation, to protect the rights or properties of
Cathay Pacific Airways or The Swire Group or when we have reason to
believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify,
contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing
interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally
or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities.
Any material changes in the way Cathay Pacific uses personal information
will be described in future versions of this Privacy Statement.
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Your Comments
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If you have any comments or questions about this Policy
or your personal information, please contact Cathay Pacific at:
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited
Customer Relations Department,
360 Post Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94108
Fax: 415-397-8731
Email: onlinesupport@cathaypacific.com
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