Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This privacy notice lets you know what happens to any personal data that you give to us, or any that we may collect from or about you. It applies to all products and services, and instances where we collect your personal data.

The Travelbiz website http://www.travelbiz.ie is trade only and not for the general public.   Travelbiz distributes a weekly E-zine and Daily News bulletin to the trade in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as other travel companies located elsewhere. The E-zine is distributed to staff in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland as well as to some companies in the UK, Europe, USA and worldwide. It is distributed to: Travel Agents, Tour Operators, Ferry/Cruise, Airlines, Car Rental, Tourist Boards and other travel industry companies in Ireland and a limited distribution to travel industry companies abroad.

Travelbiz respects each individual’s right to personal privacy.  We collect and use information through our web site and trade E-zines in accordance with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).

2.Information Collection

Travelbiz collects information on E-zine usage for internal purposes only. We do not employ cookies. A cookie is a small text file that our Web server places on a user’s computer hard drive to be a unique identifier.

Banner advertising appearing on our web site and ezine may direct to a third party who may collect information.

We may change this privacy notice from time to time by updating this page in order to reflect changes in the law and/or our privacy practices. We encourage you to check this privacy notice for changes whenever you visit our website – http://www.travelbiz.ie/privacy_policy.

3.Information Usage

The information collected by Travelbiz.ie will be used for the purpose of distributing the Travelbiz E-zines and monitoring usage.   Users who subscribe on the http://www.travelbiz.ie will receive the weekly Travelbiz E-zine and the Daily News.

Travelbiz may from time to time distribute by email other travel industry information that it considers of interest to users.

Travelbiz may contain links to other Web sites, in which case the Privacy Policies of those websites will apply.

4.What kinds of personal information about you do we process?

Personal information that we’ll process in includes some not all of the following:

  • Email address **
  • First name **
  • Last name **
  • Company **
  • Industry Sector **
  • Job title
  • Country
  • Area (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland only)
  • Photographs taken at travel business and social events which may or may not contain a caption including your name

Note: The above entries are mandatory **.

5.What is the source of your personal information?

Travelbiz maintains the accuracy of our information by monitoring and updating our database. The Travelbiz Directory Diary is distributed FREE to all travel staff in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and elsewhere in return for First name, Last name, Company name and email address.  These details are used to maintain the accuracy of the databases. to distribute the ezines and Daily News bulletins.

We collect personal information as follows:

  • From you directly when you subscribe using our website or our ezines.
  • From your company in connection with providing a free Travelbiz Directory Diary for you.
  • Photos taken by our reporters at travel trade business and social events.

Note: All our ezines contain an unsubscribe link.

6. What do we use your personal data for?

We use your personal data, including some but not all of the personal data listed in section 5 above, for the following purposes:

  • Send the Travelbiz Trade E-zine and Daily News to your email on a regular basis.
  • Send Travelbiz specific travel company E-zines on behalf of suppliers to your email.
  • Photos used on our Social Media (Facebook & Twitter) which may include a generic caption or a caption with your name and company.

We never share your personal details with any third parties, your details are used as per section 3 above.

7.When do we share your personal information with other organisations?

We never share your information with third parties.

8.How and when can you withdraw your consent?

You may withdraw your consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any of our ezines or by contacting jim@travelbiz.ie.

9.Do you have to provide your personal information to us?

We’re unable to provide you with our products or services if you do not provide certain information to us. In cases where providing some personal information is optional, we’ll make this clear.

10.How long is your personal information retained by us?

For as long as we send you any of our E-zines.

And/or for retention periods in line with legal and regulatory requirements or guidance.

Until such time as you request its removal.

11. Keeping your data private and secure.

Personal details held by Travelbiz are stored offline as well as on Campaign Monitor who distribute ezines on our behalf. Campaign Monitor has a dedicated security team and their security policies are aligned with ISO 27001 standard.

12.What are your rights under data protection laws?

The following is a list of the rights under data protection laws. They don’t apply in all circumstances.

The right to be informed about the processing of your personal information

The right to have your personal information corrected if it is inaccurate and to have incomplete personal information completed

The right to object to processing of your personal information

The right to restrict processing of your personal information

The right to have your personal information erased (the “right to be forgotten”)

The right to request access to your personal information and to obtain information about how we process it

The right to move, copy or transfer your personal information (“data portability”)

13.Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy notice, or if you wish to exercise your rights, you can contact us by email jim@travelbiz.ie. Alternatively, you can write to Travelbiz.ie, Camden Business Centre, 12 Camden Street, Dublin 8.