Privacy Policy of ixigo mobile apps

Full policy

Owner and Data Controller

ixigo.com - Le Travenues Technology Pvt Ltd 2nd floor, Veritas Building, Behind Ibis Hotel, Sector 53, Golf Course Road Gurgaon 122011 Haryana India

Owner contact email: privacy@ixigo.com

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies; Usage Data; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); geographic position; Various types of Data; phone number; first name; username; last name; country; state; picture; city; email address.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

• Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
• provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
• processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
• processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
• processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.

Retention time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

• Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
• Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics, Access to third party services' accounts, Advertising, Displaying content from external platforms, SPAM protection, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Infrastructure monitoring, Content commenting, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Location-based interactions, Social features, Contacting the User, User database management and Remarketing and behavioral targeting.

Users can find further detailed information about such purposes of processing and about the specific Personal Data used for each purpose in the respective sections of this document.

Facebook permissions asked by this Application

This Application may ask for some Facebook permissions allowing it to perform actions with the User's Facebook account and to retrieve information, including Personal Data, from it. This service allows this Application to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook Inc.

For more information about the following permissions, refer to the Facebook permissions documentation and to the Facebook privacy policy.

The permissions asked are the following:

Basic information

By default, this includes certain User’s Data such as id, name, picture, gender, and their locale. Certain connections of the User, such as the Friends, are also available. If the User has made more of their Data public, more information will be available.

About Me

Provides access to the 'About Me' section of the profile.

Access Friend Lists

Provides access to any friend lists the user created

Checkins

Provides read access to the authorized user's check-ins

Contact email

Access the user's contact email address.

Current City

Provides access to the User's current location.

Education History

Provides access to education history

Email

Provides access to the User's primary email address.

Friends' Checkins

Provides read access to the friends' check-ins that the user can see.

Friends' Photos

Provides access to the photos the friends have uploaded, and photos the friends have been tagged in.

Hometown

Provides access to the user's hometown.

Likes

Provides access to the list of all of the pages the user has liked.

Photos

Provides access to the photos the user has uploaded, and photos the user has been tagged in.

Status

Provides access to the user's status messages and checkins.

Status Updates

Update the user's status.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

• Access to third party services' accounts

  This type of services allows this Application to access Data from your account on a third party service and perform actions with it.
  These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit authorization by the User.

  Access to the Facebook account (This Application)

  This service allows this Application to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook, Inc.

  Permissions asked: About Me; Access Friend Lists; Checkins; Contact email; Current City; Education History; Email; Friends' Checkins; Friends' Photos; Hometown; Likes; Photos; Status; Status Updates.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Access to the Twitter account (Twitter, Inc.)

  This service allows this Application to connect with the User's account on the Twitter social network, provided by Twitter, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

• Advertising

  This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests.
  This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
  Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
  In addition to any opt out offered by any of the services below, the User may opt out of a third-party service's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  AdMob (AdMob Google Inc.)

  AdMob is an advertising service provided by AdMob Google Inc.
  In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  MoPub (MoPub Inc.)

  MoPub is an advertising service provided by MoPub Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

• Analytics

  The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

  Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

  Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
  Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Flurry Analytics (Flurry, Inc.)

  Flurry Analytics is an analytics service provided by Yahoo! Inc.
  This service is designed for mobile apps analytics and can collect various information about your phone, highlighted in the Flurry Analytics privacy policy.
  If the User chooses to opt-out, Flurry will stop tracking data for the device identified by the provided MAC address and/or device identifier going forward. The analytics service tracking will stop across all applications within the Flurry network.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  ComScore Analytics (ComScore, Inc.)

  ComScore is an analytics service provided by ComScore, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Twitter Ads conversion tracking (Twitter, Inc.)

  Twitter Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects data from the Twitter advertising network with actions performed on this Application.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Appsflyer (AppsFlyer Ltd)

  Appsflyer is an analytics service provided by AppsFlyer Ltd.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Israel – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Facebook Analytics for Apps (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Analytics for Apps is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on this Application. The Facebook pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Audience Network.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Tag Manager (Google Inc.)

  Google Tag Manager is an analytics service provided by Google Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Keen IO (Keen Labs, Inc.)

  Keen IO is an analytics service provided by Keen Labs, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Appsee (Shift 6 Ltd)

  Appsee is an analytics service provided by Shift 6 Ltd.
  This service is designed for mobile apps analytics and can collect various information about your phone, highlighted in the Appsee privacy policy.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Israel – Privacy Policy.

• Contacting the User

  Phone contact (This Application)

  Users that provided their phone number might be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to this Application, as well as for fulfilling support requests.

  Personal Data collected: phone number.

• Content commenting

  Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Application.
  Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
  If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.

  Facebook Comments (Facebook, Inc.)

  Facebook Comments is a content commenting service provided by Facebook, Inc. enabling the User to leave comments and share them on the Facebook platform.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Comment system managed directly (This Application)

  This Application has its own internal content comment system.

  Personal Data collected: email address; first name; last name.

• Displaying content from external platforms

  This type of services allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them.
  This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  Google Maps widget (Google)

  Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

• Hosting and backend infrastructure

  This type of services has the purpose of hosting data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Amazon)

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a hosting and backend service provided by Amazon.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: See the Amazon privacy policy – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Cloudinary (Cloudinary Ltd.)

  Cloudinary is a hosting service provided by Cloudinary Ltd.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: Israel – Privacy Policy.

• Infrastructure monitoring

  This type of service allows this Application to monitor the use and behavior of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved.
  Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of this Application.

  Crashlytics (Google Inc.)

  Crashlytics is a monitoring service provided by Google Inc.

  Personal Data collected: geographic position; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Pingdom (Pingdom AB)

  Pingdom is a monitoring service provided by Pingdom AB.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Sweden – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with external social networks and platforms

  This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Application.
  The interaction and information obtained through this Application are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
  This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
  It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Application isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

  Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)

  The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  AddThis (Addthis Inc.)

  AddThis is a service provided by Addthis Inc., which displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of this Application.
  Depending on the configuration, this service can display widgets belonging to third parties such as the managers of social networks where interactions are shared. In this case, also the third parties that provide the widget will be informed of interactions and Usage Data on the pages where this service is installed.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  ShareThis (Sharethis Inc.)

  ShareThis is a service provided by ShareThis Inc., which displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of this Application.
  Depending on the configuration, this service can display widgets belonging to third parties such as the managers of social networks where interactions are shared. In this case, also the third parties that provide the widget will be informed of interactions and Usage Data on the pages where this service is installed.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

• Location-based interactions

  Geolocation (This Application)

  This Application may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
  Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Application.

  Personal Data collected: geographic position.

• Remarketing and behavioral targeting

  This type of service allows this Application and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Application by the User.
  This activity is performed by tracking Usage Data and by using Cookies, information that is transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
  In addition to any opt out offered by any of the services below, the User may opt out of a third-party service's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  Twitter Remarketing (Twitter, Inc.)

  Twitter Remarketing is a Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects the activity of this Application with the Twitter advertising network.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

• Social features

  Inviting and suggesting friends (This Application)

  This Application may use the Personal Data provided to allow Users to invite their friends - for example through the address book, if access has been provided - and to suggest friends or connections inside it.

  Personal Data collected: Various types of Data.

  Public profile (This Application)

  Users may have public profiles that other Users can display. In addition to the Personal Data provided, this profile may contain Users' interactions with this Application.

  Personal Data collected: city; country; first name; last name; picture; state; username.

• SPAM protection

  This type of services analyzes the traffic of this Application, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.

  Akismet (Automattic Inc.)

  Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Automattic Inc.

  Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

• User database management

  This type of services allows the Owner to build user profiles by starting from an email address, a personal name, or other information that the User provides to this Application, as well as to track User activities through analytics features. This Personal Data may also be matched with publicly available information about the User (such as social networks' profiles) and used to build private profiles that the Owner can display and use for improving this Application.
  Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails based on specific actions performed on this Application.

  Intercom (Intercom Inc.)

  Intercom is a User database management service provided by Intercom Inc. Intercom can also be used as a medium for communications, either through email, or through messages within our product(s).

  Personal Data collected: email address; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Further information about Personal Data

• Keen.io

  This application uses keen.io to collect, track, monitor and process user behaviour inside the app. We collect your searches and app usage behaviour in a secured environment, to enable us provide better personalisation within the app.
  Please refer to keen.io privacy policy: https://keen.io/privacy-policy

• SMS

  This application reads, uploads and syntactic analyses text messages from travel providers within the app for any flight and train PNR booking messages. We use this information to provides updates on PNR status, flight and train delays. This information is stored in a secured environment and always transmitted using SSL.

• ixigo.com API's

  Please refer to our main privacy policy http://www.ixigo.com/html/info/privacy.ixi. This application may use one or more API's from ixigo.com site.

• Booking

  Please refer to our Booking privacy policy at
  http://book.ixigo.com/templates/441272/terms-of-use
  
  Please go through our Booking terms of use at
  http://book.ixigo.com/templates/441272/privacy-policy

• Terms of use

  Please refer to our terms of use at http://www.ixigo.com/html/info/terms_of_use.ixi

• Clevertap

  ixigo apps contains a version of Clevertap, an analytics SDK, that collects personally identifiable information (PII). We use this information to better target users.
  
  
  Please refer to Clevertaps privacy policy here: https://clevertap.com/privacy-policy/

• ixigo's apps General Privacy Policy

  We may disclose to third party services certain personally identifiable information listed below:
  -- information you provide us such as name, email, mobile phone number
  -- information we collect as you access and use our service, including device information, location and network carrier
  -- inventory of installed apps.
  
  This information is shared with third party service providers so that we can:
  -- personalize the app for you
  -- perform behavioral analytics

• Push notifications

  This Application may send push notifications to the User.

• Unique device identification

  This Application may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences.

• User identification via a universally unique identifier (UUID)

  This Application may track Users by storing a so-called universally unique identifier (or short UUID) for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences. This identifier is generated upon installation of this Application, it persists between Application launches and updates, but it is lost when the User deletes the Application. A reinstall generates a new UUID.

The rights of Users

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following:

• Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
• Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
• Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
• Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
• Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
• Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
• Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
• Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

How “Do Not Track” requests are handled

This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.