Effective date: May 27, 2018

Himalayan Exploration (us, we, or our) operates the https://www.himalayanexploration.com/ website (the Service). This page informs you of our policies regarding collecting, using, and disclosing personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to collect and use information under this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://www.himalayanexploration.com/

What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our website?
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, phone number, or other details to help you with your experience.

When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form, or enter information on our site.

What personal data and why? How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

  • To improve our website to serve you better.
  • To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
  • To ask for ratings and reviews of services or products

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

How do we protect your information?
Please note that we do not conduct vulnerability scanning or scanning to meet PCI standards. Our website only provides informative articles and resources. Furthermore, we will only request your credit card information if you purchase our services or products.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks. It is only accessible by a limited number of persons with special access rights to such systems, and they must keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order, enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of their data.

All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers. Although, we use Himalayan Bank Payment Gateway for our online transactions. Please visit the privacy policy of Himalayan Bank Limited.

Do we use cookies?
We do not use cookies for tracking purposes. If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select” Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. The login cookies will be removed if you log out of your account.
An additional cookie will be saved in your browser if you edit or publish an article. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves like the visitor has visited another website.

Who we share your data with Analytics: Third-party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personally Identifiable Information to outside parties unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect our or others’ rights, property, or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States. The concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

To be in line with Fair Information Practices, we will take the following responsive action should a data breach occur:

You will receive an email notification within one business day. Users will also be notified through an in-site notice within one business day.

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law.

EU General Data Protection Regulation
The GDPR is a legal framework that outlines commercial email regulations and sets commercial message requirements. It also grants recipients the right to opt out of receiving further emails and imposes severe penalties for non-compliance.

We collect your email address to:

  • Send information, and respond to inquiries and other requests or questions.
  • Process orders and send information and updates about orders.
  • Send you additional information related to your product and Service.
  • Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

To be following GDBR, we agree to the following:

  • Do not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
  • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
  • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
  • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance if one is used.
  • Allow users to unsubscribe using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at info@himalayanexploration.com to unsubscribe.

  • Follow the instructions at the bottom of each email, and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Contacting Us
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, please get in touch with us using the information below.

Himalayan Exploration Treks (p) Ltd.
Khusibun -17, Nayabazaar
21231 Kathmandu, Nepal
info@himalayanexploration.com

Last Edited on 2018-06-19