Expeditions Alaska collects various types of personal data for internal use only, ensuring it won’t be sold to third parties. The data collected includes *cookies, usage data,* email addresses, usernames, personal information and data communicated while using the service.
The processing methods involve secure computer-based tools and organizational procedures. Third parties may access the data for specific purposes, such as our system administration or analytics. Legal bases for processing include *user consent, contractual obligations, legal compliance, public interest, or legitimate interests pursued by the owner or a third party*.
Data is processed at the owner’s operating offices and data transfers may occur internationally. Retention times vary based on the purpose of data collection, and guests have rights to withdraw consent, object to processing, access, rectify, restrict processing, and request data deletion or transfer.
The purposes of processing include providing services, content commenting, displaying external content, handling payments, managing contacts, sending messages, analytics, hosting, interaction with data platforms, supporting requests, spam protection.
Specific services may include web Proton Mail (encrypted email and drive), Notion, (software CRM management tool), and various others for analytics, commenting, external content, payments, hosting, and more.
Users have rights to withdraw consent, object to processing, access, rectify, restrict processing, and request data deletion or transfer. Users can also lodge complaints with their data protection authority.
The privacy policy may be updated, and users are encouraged to check for changes periodically.
**Key Points:**
1. Expeditions Alaska collects personal data for internal use only and ensures it will not be sold to third parties.
2. Expeditions Alaska, is located in Anchorage, AK, United States.
3. Types of data collected include cookies, usage data, email addresses, some medical history and personal contacts, usernames, and data communicated during service use, as well as other information knowingly provided to us by our trip guests or potential customers.
4. Data processing involves secure methods and may involve third parties for specific purposes. Expeditions Alaska uses an encrypted email service to protect your privacy. All cloud services we use are secure, encrypted and private.
5. Legal bases for processing include user consent, contractual obligations, legal compliance, public interest, or legitimate interests in the operation of our service.
6. Data is processed at the owner’s offices, and international transfers may occur. Retention times vary based on the purpose of data collection.
7. The purposes of processing include providing services, content commenting, displaying external content, handling payments, managing contacts and contracts, sending messages, analytics, and more.
8. Our primary concern is your safety and the majority of the information we collect is to that as well as we can.
**What Does All This Mean?**
It means we do not sell information about you.
It means we collect and use that information primarily in the interest of a successful expedition.
It means that information goes through various pieces of software to get to use. That could be our webhost, or email provider, or project management tools, reservation system, etc.
It means we may ask you questions to help us better answer your questions.
Our aim is to ensuring a safe expedition that matches your goals. We use that information to do our utmost to match you to a trip that is a best fit for you and your group.
It means we may email you, or call you, or maybe send a postcard to update you with what we’re doing.
It means the information we treated with respect and concern for your privacy.
Any 3rd party access to your information is almost always a byproduct of technology systems needed to collect, manage and store that information within our little crew of adventurers.
