Introduction

With the development of new communication tools, it is necessary to pay particular attention to the protection of privacy. This is why we are committed to respecting the confidentiality of the personal information we collect.

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

Our Personal Data Protection Policy informs you about how your data is used by Asia Safari Laos, the security measures we implement to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of your data, and the rights you have to control the use of your data.

Please note that if the trip or associated services are purchased from a subcontractor, due to Asia Safari Laos’s status as an agent, the relevant service provider will be responsible for the security of the personal data it receives and for its compliance with the law. We are not responsible for the provider’s acts or omissions.

Asia Safari Laos attaches the utmost importance to protecting your personal data and wishes to ensure you the highest level of protection, in compliance with applicable European and French regulations on personal data protection.

Who are we?

Asia Safari Laos has existed since 2002. We provide you with all our expertise to offer tailor-made trips in Laos and Southeast Asia. We process data concerning you and are responsible for the processing of personal data for any collection of data concerning you. Asia Safari Laos or Asia Safari Travel SOLE CO., LTD – Ban Haysok, Chanthabouly District BP 5467 Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic – Capital: $250,000 – Buisness code: 01 – 00007470 451 6 (N/2) – Taxe Number: 883890966 9 0 0 – Buisness ID: 010031837

How to contact us?

For any questions regarding the use of your Personal Data or if you need additional information, you can use the following contact details: by post, to the attention of Asia Safari Laos, Ban Haysok, Chanthabouly District – BP 5467 Vientiane – Lao People’s Democratic Republic, or by email at laos@asiasafari-laos.com

What is personal data?

Personal Data is information that makes it possible to identify you, either directly or indirectly. This may include your last name, first name, phone number, date of birth, email address, or postal address.

What personal data do we process?

Asia Safari Laos collects, stores, and uses different types of personal data.

Here is what we collect:

  • Identity data includes last name and first names, country of residence, and age.
  • Contact data includes the email address and mobile and/or landline phone number.
  • Travel data includes the passport number, and the date and place of issue.
  • Financial data includes bank card details (number and validity).
  • Financial transaction data includes details regarding payments or products and services you have purchased from us.
  • We may also collect special-category personal data, for example the type of meal requested (vegetarian, gluten-free, etc.).

What are your rights regarding the protection of your Personal Data?

You have the right to request access to your Personal Data, its rectification or erasure, as well as the right to request restriction of processing or to object to processing. You may also withdraw your consent at any time, in particular so that your data is no longer processed for electronic commercial prospecting purposes.

You also have the right to define general or specific instructions regarding what happens to your personal data in the event of death. Specific instructions may be recorded with our data protection service. You may modify or delete these instructions at any time.

Where applicable, you also have the option to ask us to provide you with the personal data you have provided to us in an interoperable format.

You can send your various requests to the following address: Asia Safari Laos, Ban Haysok, Chanthabouly District – BP 5467 Vientiane – Lao People’s Democratic Republic, or by email at laos@asiasafari-laos.com

Your requests must be accompanied by a copy of proof of identity and will be reviewed by our services as soon as possible.

How is your personal data collected?

We use different methods to collect data:

Direct interactions by phone, email, post, or during your visits to the travel agency.

How is your personal data protected?

Asia Safari Laos implements all standard industry practices and security procedures to prevent any breach of your Personal Data.

All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers hosted in a data center in France.

When data transmission is necessary and authorized, Asia Safari Laos ensures that these third parties provide sufficient guarantees to ensure an appropriate level of protection.

In accordance with Data Protection Regulations, in the event of a breach, Asia Safari Laos undertakes to report this breach to the competent supervisory authority and, where required, to the data subjects.

Legal bases – The Personal Data we process is, depending on the purposes we pursue, justified on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • necessary for the performance of the Contract you have entered into
  • and used for legitimate interest purposes to enable the improvement of our products and services, to promote our various offers and services and/or those of our partners.

Purposes

– Your Personal Data may therefore be used as follows:

To carry out operations relating to the management of the contractual relationship, namely:

  • The purchase of a trip
  • Monitoring our contractual relationship, including sending management letters and emails relating to the trip, monitoring invoicing and the accounting management of the Contract entered into, managing unpaid invoices, complaints, and disputes.
  • Sending newsletters by email, from which you can unsubscribe at any time.
  • Booking your trip and processing it, etc.
  • To ensure compliance with applicable legislation and regulations, in particular in the fight against fraud and money laundering (duty to advise, proof of consent, etc.);

Retention period

– The retention period for Personal Data processed by Asia Safari Laos varies depending on the uses, the documents concerned, and the limitation periods and legal obligations. Thus, as part of managing the contractual relationship between you and Asia Safari Laos, Personal Data is kept for up to three years from the end of our contractual relationship.

In any event, this data will only be kept for the time necessary to achieve the purposes specified above, plus the statutory limitation period.

Recipients

– The Personal Data you provide to us when subscribing or during the performance of the Contract may be transmitted to the following categories of recipients:

  • Authorized persons in the various departments for the purposes of customer relationship management and prospecting, namely: marketing, sales, complaints department, legal, accounting and finance departments, as well as technical and IT departments
  • Persons responsible for internal control
  • Travel agents for managing booking requests.