Privacy Policy

Himalayan Trekker is committed to protecting your privacy and we work hard to earn and keep your trust. This policy discloses the privacy practices for the Himalayan Trekker website. We use the information we collect about you from the Himalayan Trekker Website to process orders and maintain a relationship with you throughout the use of our products and services. This policy explains how your personal information is protected. It is our intent to give you as much control as possible over your privacy and personal information and the use we make of it in our business. This policy is subject to change, so please check back from time to time to stay informed.

Your privacy is our top concern, so we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy:

• Himalayan Trekker never rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes.
• Himalayan Trekker never share your contact information with any other user without your consent. Further we will share this information only with the users who become your contacts.
• Any sensitive information that you provide will be secured with all industry standard protocols and technology.

Notice of all changes that materially affect ways in which your personally identifiable data may be used or shared will be posted in updates to our Privacy Policy. If you continue to use the Himalayan Trekker service after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on our site, you hereby provide your consent to the changed practices.

Please read this privacy policy to learn more about the following:

Cookies & Log Files:

• Like most websites, Himalayan Trekker uses cookies and web log files to track site usage. A cookie is a tiny data file saved on your computer to allow Himalayan Trekker to recognize you as a user whenever you return to our site using the same computer and web browser. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies you will not be able to use our website. Like the information that you enter during registration or in your profile, in the cookie and in the log file data is used to customize your experience on the web site.
• One type of cookie, known as a “persistent” cookie, is set once you have logged into your Himalayan Trekker account. The next time you visit the Himalayan Trekker website, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing user and thus you need not login to use the service. In order to access or change any of your private information (like a credit card number), you must login with your password even if your computer contains your persistent cookie. Additionally, if you log out of the Himalayan Trekker site in any of your visits you will be prompted to input your password to log in to your Himalayan Trekker account. Another type of cookie, called a “session” cookie, is used to identify your particular visit to the Himalayan Trekker site. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.
• Complying with the communication standards on the Internet, we automatically receive the URLs of the sites you previously surfed and moved on while your visit to Himalayan Trekker site. We also receive the Internet protocol (IP) address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the World Wide Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, as well as the name of your ISP. This information is used to analyze overall trends to help us improve the Himalayan Trekker service. The linkage between your IP address and your personally identifiable information is never shared with third-parties without your permission or except when required by law.

Personal Information Use:

Himalayan Trekker is an online service dedicated to helping all learners and teachers to connect more effectively with one another. The personally identifiable information you choose to provide on this site is used to help you describe yourself to other users. Other information, that does not personally identify you as an individual is collected by Himalayan Trekker from the site (such as, by the way of example, patterns of utilization) and is exclusively owned by Himalayan Trekker. This information can be utilized by Himalayan Trekker in such a manner as Himalayan Trekker, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

Himalayan Trekker Communications:

Himalayan Trekker will communicate with you through email and notices posted on Himalayan Trekker website. This includes a series of welcome emails (up to 2-3) that inform new users about various features of the service. Please be aware that you will always receive emails from Himalayan Trekker concerning the proper functioning of your account such as email notices when another user in your network sends you an opportunity. Himalayan Trekker may send you promotional information unless you have opted out of receiving such information. If you wish to opt-out of receiving promotional emails, please send a request to contact@himalayantrekker.com.

SMS Notifications:

Himalayan Trekker may send you text message on your mobile phone in relation to your activity on Himalayan Trekker. By verifying your mobile number on Himalayan Trekker, you agree to receive messages from Himalayan Trekker on your mobile phone.

Custom-made Content:

Information you provide at the time of registration or maintain in your Profile is also used to customize your experience on the website. For example, when you login to your account we will display the screen names of other users who if you have made any comment, review, reply or any blog post on our web site.

Legal Disclaimer Policy

It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by law. We will disclose such information wherein we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on our company or to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

Accessing and Changing Your Account Info Details

You can review the personal information you provided us and make any desired changes to the information, or to the settings for your Himalayan Trekker account any time by logging into your account on the Himalayan Trekker website and editing the information on your Profile page. You can also close your account on the Himalayan Trekker website. If you close your Himalayan Trekker account, we will remove your name and other personally identifiable information from our publicly viewable data. We may retain certain data contributed by you if it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally-identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. All retained data will continue to be subject to the terms of the Himalayan Trekker Privacy Policy that you have previously agreed to. To request that we close your account and remove your information from the Himalayan Trekker service, please send your request to contact@himalayantrekker.com. Please send your request using an email account that you have registered with Himalayan Trekker under your name. You will receive a response to requests sent to contact@himalayantrekker.com within three business days of our receiving it.

Important information:

Changes to this Privacy Policy:

Himalayan Trekker may update this privacy policy. In the event there are significant changes in the way we process your personally identifiable information, we will display a notice on this site. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

Children:

Children can only use our services under the supervision of their parents/legal guardians and we always suggest minors (under the age of 16) not to submit any personal information to us or use the service.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about the Privacy Policy, contact us at: contact@himalayantrekker.com

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations prior to 15 days from the start of the Trek: Get a full refund (minus 5% transaction cost). The money will be transferred to the same bank account from where the transaction was made.

Cancellations prior to 10 days from the start of the Trek: 50% Cancellations Charges. The money will be transferred to the same bank account from where the transaction was made.

Cancellations less than 7 days of departure: Unfortunately, NO REFUND.