Privacy Policy

Information Collection

Worldcar & Travel.com.au Pty Ltd T/A globalCARS.com.au & globalRES.com.au & globalBEDS.com.au is the sole owner of the information collected on the following sites globalCARS.com.au globalRES.com.au globalBEDS.com.au Worldcar & Travel.com.au Pty Ltd collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

How we deal with our visitors' personal information

At globalCARS.com.au we believe that you do not check your privacy rights at the door when you enter the Web. We subscribe to the principle that no website should record any information about its visitors without publicly disclosing what data is being gathered, and how it will (or won't) be used. When you create an account or make a reservation at globalCARS.com.au, the information collected is used to:

1. identify you
2. fulfil your travel arrangements with the vendors you select
3. allow us to contact you for customer service, if necessary
4. improve the content of our site to meet your specific needs; and
5. send you an e-mail message confirming your registration and each reservation you make online
6. communicate with your chosen supplier your reservation details remembering that this supplier may be outside of Australia

When you purchase travel services through globalCARS.com.au, we provide information about you to the airline, car rental agency, hotel, and/or other involved third party to ensure the successful fulfilment of your travel arrangements.

However, your personal information will never be revealed to any other party without your permission. (Occasionally globalCARS.com.au may hire a third party to conduct market research surveys and/or contest entry processing; however, any information we provide to such third parties is protected by confidentiality agreements and is used solely for completing the specific project) These third parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

What about "cookies"?

We also use "cookies" (small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive) to speed the login process & to track usage of globalCARS.com.au Web browsers automatically accept cookies. You can edit your browser options to block them, but doing so may prevent you from using some of the features available at globalCARS.com.au.) globalCARS.com.au also collects IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our servers and for system administration. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard. Our site uses cookies to enhance the user's experience by allowing us to recognize a user's return visit to our own service.

Choice / Opt-Out Policy

globalCARS.com.au gives users options wherever necessary and practical. We may send you e-mail messages about special promotions, new globalCARS.com.au features, and other pertinent information. However, if you do not want to receive e-mail messages from globalCARS.com.au regarding products and services, please contact us, and we will remove you from our lists. (Note, however, that globalCARS.com.au reserves the right to limit use to customers who will accept e-mails.)

E-mail Addresses

globalCARS.com.au does NOT sell, rent, or loan lists of e mail addresses collected from our site. Not ever. We do not use bulk unsolicited email ("Spam") to advertise our site, nor do we purchase anything from those who do.

As with most websites, we have statistical software in place which records general information about the frequency & origin of our visitors, as well as the date & time they visited, the pages they look at, and the path they take through the site. These processes also may use cookies for statistical purposes. We record & save this information in summary form only, not per individual visitor. Encryption Technology globalCARS.com.au uses encryption technology to assure the security of your personal data. globalCARS.com.au uses the industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt all information you supply when it is transferred from your desktop to our databases.

Updating your personal information.

You can update your personal profile at any time. Other Web sites may have different policies. globalCARS.com.au contains links to other Web sites. If you click on one of these links, you are entering another Web site for which globalCARS.com.au has no responsibility. You should read the privacy statements of all such sites since their policies may be materially different from globalCARS.com.au privacy policies. Tell us what you think globalCARS.com.au welcomes your feedback on our privacy policy (or anything else to do with our site)

Send your comments to andrewm@globalCARS.com.au

Thank you. We recommend that you review this policy periodically, as we may update it from time to time. globalCARS.com.au is bound by the National Privacy Principles for the handling of personal information. The Australian Federal Commissioners website provides useful information regarding privacy and protection in Australia and provides useful links to international privacy authorities. www.privacy.gov.au