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Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2025 · Effective: January 2025

Table of Contents

  1. Who We Are
  2. Data We Collect
  3. How We Collect Data
  4. Legal Basis for Processing
  5. How We Use Your Data
  6. Sharing Your Data
  7. International Transfers
  8. Data Retention
  9. Your Rights
  10. Cookies
  11. Data Security
  12. Children's Privacy
  13. Changes to This Policy
  14. Contact Us
Your privacy matters to us. This Policy explains how Reliable Travel collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our website or book a tour with us. We comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, and the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK No. 6698).

1. Who We Are

Reliable Travel is a licensed travel agency based in Avanos, Cappadocia, Turkey. We are the data controller responsible for the personal information you provide to us.

Data Controller: Reliable Travel
Address: Avanos, Nevşehir Province, Cappadocia, Turkey
Email: info@reliabletour.com
Phone: +90 505 476 03 45

For any data protection queries, please contact us at the details above. We aim to respond to all privacy-related enquiries within 30 days.

2. Data We Collect

We collect personal information that you provide directly to us and information collected automatically when you use our website.

Information You Provide

  • Identity data: Full name, date of birth, nationality, passport number (where required for tour documentation)
  • Contact data: Email address, phone number, WhatsApp number, postal address
  • Booking data: Tour preferences, travel dates, group size, hotel details, dietary requirements or accessibility needs
  • Payment data: Payment method (we do not store full card numbers; payments are processed by PCI-DSS compliant third-party providers)
  • Communications: Messages sent via email, WhatsApp, or contact forms

Information Collected Automatically

  • Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, time zone, device identifiers
  • Usage data: Pages visited, time spent on pages, links clicked, referring website
  • Cookie data: See our Cookie Policy for full details

3. How We Collect Data

We collect your personal data through the following means:

  • Direct interactions: Booking enquiry forms, email correspondence, WhatsApp messages, telephone calls
  • Automated technologies: Cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website
  • Third parties: Booking platforms, travel review sites (such as TripAdvisor), and social media platforms where you interact with our content

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Under GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases to process your personal data:

  • Contract performance: Processing necessary to fulfil your booking and deliver our services
  • Legitimate interests: Improving our services, preventing fraud, ensuring website security, and communicating about your booking
  • Legal obligation: Compliance with Turkish tax, tourism licensing, and regulatory requirements
  • Consent: Marketing communications and non-essential cookies — you may withdraw consent at any time

5. How We Use Your Data

We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:

  • Processing and managing your tour bookings and enquiries
  • Communicating with you about your booking, including confirmations, itinerary updates, and pre-departure information
  • Providing customer support before, during, and after your tour
  • Processing payments and issuing refunds where applicable
  • Sending marketing communications about tours, promotions, and travel inspiration — only where you have opted in or we have a legitimate interest
  • Improving our website, services, and customer experience through analytics
  • Complying with legal and regulatory obligations
  • Fraud prevention and ensuring the security of our systems

6. Sharing Your Data

We do not sell your personal data. We may share your information with trusted third parties in the following circumstances:

Service Providers

  • Local tour operators and guides: To coordinate and deliver the tour services you have booked
  • Accommodation partners: Where hotel bookings are included in your package
  • Transport providers: Airlines, private transfer companies, and vehicle operators
  • Payment processors: Secure, PCI-DSS compliant payment gateways
  • IT and communications providers: Website hosting, email, and CRM services

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your personal data to government authorities, law enforcement agencies, or courts where required by applicable Turkish or international law.

All third-party service providers are contractually required to handle your data in accordance with applicable data protection laws and only for the specified purposes.

7. International Data Transfers

As a business based in Turkey, your data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Turkey has been granted an adequacy decision for certain data transfers.

Where we transfer data to third-party providers in countries without an adequacy decision, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, or other appropriate safeguards to ensure your data remains protected to EEA standards.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting obligations.

  • Booking and transaction records: 7 years (to comply with Turkish tax and commercial law)
  • Customer correspondence: 3 years from the date of last contact
  • Marketing consent records: Until you withdraw consent, plus 3 years
  • Website usage data and cookies: Up to 24 months
  • Passport and travel document data: Deleted within 90 days of tour completion, unless legally required to retain

When we no longer have a legitimate need to retain your data, it is securely deleted or anonymised.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights in relation to your personal data. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@reliabletour.com. We will respond within 30 days.

Right of Access

Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

Right to Rectification

Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.

Right to Erasure

Request deletion of your data where we have no lawful basis to retain it.

Right to Restriction

Ask us to pause processing of your data in certain circumstances.

Data Portability

Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.

Right to Object

Object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.

Withdraw Consent

Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

Lodge a Complaint

Complain to your local data protection authority (e.g. ICO in the UK, CNIL in France, KVKK in Turkey).

10. Cookies

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience, analyse site traffic, and personalise content. For full details of the cookies we use and how to manage your preferences, please read our Cookie Policy.

11. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, accidental loss, destruction, or disclosure. These measures include:

  • SSL/TLS encryption for all data transmitted through our website
  • Access controls ensuring only authorised personnel can access personal data
  • Regular security assessments of our systems and processes
  • Staff training on data protection and information security

In the unlikely event of a data breach that poses a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify the relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours and will inform you without undue delay where required by law.

12. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children without verifiable parental consent. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected information from a child without your consent, please contact us at info@reliabletour.com and we will delete such data promptly.

Where minors are included in a tour booking, we collect only the information necessary to provide the service, and this is done through the responsible adult making the booking.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you by email.

We encourage you to review this Policy periodically. Your continued use of our website or services following any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Policy.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the way we handle your personal data, please do not hesitate to get in touch:

Reliable Travel — Data Privacy
Avanos, Nevşehir Province, Cappadocia, Turkey

info@reliabletour.com
+90 505 476 03 45
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