Data Protection

Below we have set out in detail our commitment to your privacy when using this site. These cover:

1. What personally identifiable information of yours is collected
2. The organisation collecting the information
3. How the information is used
4. With whom the information may be shared
5. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information
6. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under the site's control
7. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

1. Information gathered and tracked and what we do with this information
At Discover the World, we strive to provide the customer with a compelling reason to visit our site again. Therefore, in order to help us provide an optimal site and service, we gather the following information in aggregate form: browser type (e.g. Navigator, Internet Explorer), operating system (e.g. Macintosh, Windows), IP address, Internet domain & Search Engine (e.g. Yahoo, Alta Vista, Demon, AOL), hits received, pages read, Countries of origin.

1A. Information gathered on our readership:
Demographic and profile data is used to tailor our visitors' experience at our site, showing content that we think might be of interest, and displaying the content according to these preferences. Customers may opt-out at any time of receiving future mailings; see the delete/deactivate section below.

1B. Information gathered from surveys:
Our occasional email surveys ask visitors for demographic information (like their postal code, age, or holiday budget). Visitors may opt-out of receiving future survey mailings; see the delist/deactivate section below. This demographic and profile data is used to provide aggregate customers profiles to our marketing partners and to help us create a better service.

1C. Information gathered from contests:
We occasionally run contests on our site and the customer's contact information is used to contact the customer when necessary (with a winner's notification, for example) and customers are added to our mailing list for future products. Customers may opt-out at any time of receiving future mailings; see the delete/deactivate section below. Abbreviated/censored customer names and/or e-mail addresses may be used on our contest winners' page as well.