PRIVACY POLICY

Orion Celtic Expeditions

Orion Celtic Expeditions Privacy Policy
Orion Celtic Expeditions is committed to protecting your privacy. We provide this notice to explain our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way information is collected and used. We will only use the information we collect for the purposes of enhancing your Orion Celtic Expeditions experience and providing you with a more personalized trip-planning process. At no time will we sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties.

How Orion Celtic Expeditions Uses the Information It Collects
There will be times when we will ask you for personal information. In order to ensure the integrity of your personal information, all of your data is stored in our secure databases.

Questions to Adventure Expert
Orion Celtic Expeditions visitors can request that Orion Celtic Expeditions contact them via e-mail regarding a specific travel question submitted online. In this case, Orion Celtic Expeditions will request your e-mail address so that we may reach you quickly and easily. Use of this service is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information.

We’ll Call You
Orion Celtic Expeditions visitors can choose to request that Orion Celtic Expeditions phone them regarding a specific travel question submitted online. In this case, Orion Celtic Expeditions will request information including name, phone number, and country of residence. This information is required to reach you quickly and easily. Use of this service is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information.

Online Surveys
We value opinions and comments from Orion Celtic Expeditions members, and you may have the opportunity to give us your feedback through online surveys. In conducting these surveys, we may ask for your name, address, or e-mail address so that we can appropriately identify you. Survey information collected will be aggregated and used to make improvements to the site and to improve Orion Celtic Expeditions service and general offerings. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information.

Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Orion Celtic Expeditions is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they 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.

Safeguards to Protect the Loss, Misuse, or Alteration of your Information
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ personal information. When users submit sensitive information via the site, your information is protected both on- and off-line.

All information you provide to Orion Celtic Expeditions on-line is stored on a secure database on Orion Celtic Expeditions servers.

We also do everything in our power to protect user information off-line. Access to all of our users’ information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added or new employees are hired, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is protected. Finally, the servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment behind a locked door.

Credit Card information
All product purchase must be accompanied by client acceptance of Credit Card use, policies and procedures.  After product purchases all credit card information is destroyed and not kept on file for clients and Orion Celtic Expeditions protection.

Contacting Orion Celtic Expeditions

If you have any questions about this privacy policy statement or the practices of this site, you may e-mail info@orioncelticexpeditions.com, call (860) 389-5700, or send direct correspondence to Orion Celtic Expeditions, Attn: Customer Experience Director, 27 Hillside Lane, Colchester, CT 06415.

Terms of Use

AGREEMENT BETWEEN CUSTOMER AND ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS.
This Web site is offered to you, the customer, conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of this Web site constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

PERSONAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION
This Web site is for your personal and noncommercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, products or services obtained from this Web site, except for certain e-mail functionality specifically identified on the site.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES
All contents of this Web site are Copyright © 2000, Orion Celtic Expeditions, 27 Hillside Lane, Colchester, CT 06415, U.S.A. All rights reserved unless otherwise specified.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES PUBLISHED ON THIS WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS. AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THIS WEB SITE AT ANY TIME.

ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS, ITS AFFILIATES, AND/OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS, ITS AFFILIATES, AND/OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS, ITS AFFILIATES, AND/OR THEIR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR ONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of this Web site, you warrant that you will not use this Web site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES
This Web site may contain hyperlinks to Web sites operated by parties other than ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS does not control such Web sites and is not responsible for their contents. ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS inclusion of hyperlinks to such Web sites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such Web sites or any association with their operators.

USE OF BULLETIN BOARD, CHAT ROOMS, AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FORUMS
If this Web site contains bulletin boards, chat rooms, or other message or communication facilities (collectively “Forums”), you agree to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Forum, you shall not do any of the following:

• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
• Publish, post, distribute, or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful material or information.
• Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
• Delete any author attributions, legal notices, or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
• Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.
• Delete any author attributions, legal notices, or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
• Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
• Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters.
• Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

You acknowledge that all Forums are public and not private communications. Further, you acknowledge that chats, postings, conferences, and other communications by other users are not endorsed by ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS or its affiliates, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS or its affiliates. ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS reserves the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the Forums received from users, including without limitation bulletin board postings. ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this Web site or any portion thereof without notice.

SERVICE HELP
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MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which this Web site is offered.

USE OF ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS SERVICES
The use of ORION CELTIC EXPEDITIONS SERVICES from this Web site is provided solely to assist customers in determining the availability of travel-related goods and services and to make legitimate reservations or otherwise transact business with suppliers, and for no other purposes. You warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and possess the legal authority to enter into this agreement and to use this Web site in accordance with all terms and conditions herein. You agree to be financially responsible for all of your use of this Web site (as well as for use of your account by others, including without limitation minors living with you). You agree to supervise all usage by minors of this Web site under your name or account. You also warrant that all information supplied by you or members of your household in using this Web site is true and accurate. Without limitation, any speculative, false or fraudulent reservation or any reservation in anticipation of demand is prohibited. You agree that the travel services reservations facilities of this Web site shall be used only to make legitimate reservations or purchases for you or for another person for whom you are legally authorized to act. You understand that overuse or abuse of the travel services reservation facilities of the Web site may result in you, being denied access to such facilities.

Separate terms and conditions will apply to your reservation and purchase of travel-related goods and services that you select. You agree to abide by the terms or conditions of purchase imposed by any supplier with whom you elect to deal, including, but not limited to, payment of all amounts when due and compliance with all rules and restrictions regarding availability of fares, products, or services. You shall be completely responsible for all charges, fees, duties, taxes, and assessments arising out of the use of this Web site and services.