Terms of Use
http://www.worldtravelerinternship.co.uk (“WTI”) is operated by STA Travel Limited of Priory House, 6 Wrights Lane, London W8 6TA, United Kingdom (“STA”). By using the website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to amend these Terms of Use from time to time, so you should review this page from time to time for any changes.
1. What kind of information do we collect?
If you choose to register on WTI, we may ask you for information such as name, email address, postal address, age, gender and telephone number. The site may include optional surveys, asking for your views on various products and services. If you use community tools, we may store the content and communications which you send and receive, and we reserve the right to monitor your communications. We may also detail your activity and personal preferences when visiting the site (see “Cookies”, below).
Please always obtain consent first before giving us anyone else’s personal information (for example, for send-a-friend promotions). Please make sure that any personal details which you provide are accurate and current, and let us know if there are any changes.
2. What do we do with the information we collect?
The information collected on this site will be used to:
- to operate our websites and provide the information and services, including promotions and competitions
- to send you newsletters and marketing information about STA Travel products and services, and offers, products and services from selected third party companies, but only as permitted by law or requested by you
- to send administrative emails (for example, if you forget your password)
3. Who else has access to your information?
We run promotions with third parties at specific times of the year – however, we will not share your data with these third parties unless you choose to opt-in via the form for that specific promotion – this will be made very clear.
Third parties advertise on our website and in our email, however your data is kept on our records only, no other company will be given this data. We ensure that we manage all data under the guidelines of the Data Protection Act and all information is processed in accordance with the principles laid down by the Act.
In exceptional circumstances, we may disclose your personal information if required by law or to protect or defend ourselves or others against illegal or harmful activities.
If our business is sold or restructured, your details may be transferred as part of the business.
4. User Profile
You are entirely responsible for any text, video, audio, images, photographs or any other materials or content you provide on the WTI site. Please use any available site tools responsibly. In particular, do not post content that infringes the law or third party rights, or which includes activities or statements which are discriminatory, offensive, obscene or defamatory or which may cause offence to others on grounds of nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, faith or disability. You should not use the community areas for any commercial purpose.
You grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free and fully transferable right to use, copy, modify, publish and display any content which you post or upload on the site, and to incorporate it in other works. You waive any moral rights which you may have in this content.
You understand that we do not monitor all user-generated content on this site and we are under no obligation to do so. However, we reserve the right to monitor all such content and, without notice, to edit, delete or remove any content which we deem to be inappropriate. The views expressed in the community areas are those of members of the public and are not those of STA, our affiliated companies, licensors or partners.
5. Intellectual Property
All intellectual property rights in the information and content available on our sites belong to STA or our licensors. Much of the content is protected by copyright, trade mark and other laws. Unless otherwise stated, content may be copied only for your personal use. Content should not be modified, performed, published, transferred to anyone else or used for any commercial purpose. Except to the extent permitted by applicable law, you must not disassemble, de-compile, reverse engineer or otherwise break or attempt to break encryption protecting the content.
6. Cookies
This websites contains cookies. Cookies are small text files that a website sends to your computer to record your online activity. Cookies may be used on websites to help personalise your visits, improve how you use certain aspects of the site and to record your online activity. You can disable cookies by adjusting your browser settings, but if you do so, some functions on our sites may not work correctly.
7. Security
We take commercially reasonable steps to protect your personal information. This includes setting up processes and procedures to minimise unauthorised access to or disclosure of your information. However, we do not guarantee that we will eliminate all risk of misuse of your personal information by intruders. Please keep any passwords for your accounts safe and do not disclose them to anyone else. You must contact us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your password or other security breach.
Community areas on the site is open to the public. You should avoid disclosing any information in these areas which may identify you or anyone else. We are not responsible for the protection or security of information which you disclose in these areas.
8. How to unsubscribe
If you wish to unsubscribe from our email communications, please do so at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email.
If you wish to opt out of mobile marketing, please do so at any time by texting STA STOP to 62233.
9. Availability
This site is provided on an “as is” basis. At times, the site may not be available or may be affected by faults or maintenance work, or by circumstances outside our control.
No warranty is given about the quality, functionality, availability or performance of our sites or any content on the site. We reserve the right to change, suspend or withdraw content from the site, to suspend your registration or access to the site, or to discontinue any site or site feature at any time without notice. You are responsible for your Internet Service Provider fees and any other fees related to your use of our sites.
You must not damage, interfere with or disrupt access to the site or their content, nor do anything that may impair functionality or interfere with another person’s access to the site or its content. You must not use the sites or their content in any way that is unlawful or damaging to STA, our affiliated companies or any other person.
10. Links to other sites
We have not approved or checked any third party sites linked from this site and we are not responsible or liable in any way for their content. Your use of third party sites will be subject to the terms and conditions of those sites.
11. Disclaimer
STA does not warrant the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information contained on this site. To the fullest extent permitted by law, STA, our affiliated companies and/or licensors exclude all liability for any loss or damage suffered by you or any third party whether direct or indirect, incidental or consequential and howsoever arising from your use of or access to, or inability to use or access a site, including any loss of data or damage caused by downloading content from our sites.
You may have rights as a consumer which are not affected by these Terms of Use. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
12. Contacting us
If you have general queries, please contact Customer Services here.
You are legally entitled to know what personal information an organisation holds about you and how that information is processed. If you would like to know what information we currently hold about you, please contact us.
13. Governing law
These Terms of Use are governed by English law. The contract between you and STA is formed in England.