If you choose to allow it, our mobile sites may collect location markers (geolocation data) using a GPS device built into or attached to your computer or mobile device or other methods, such as mapped wifi routers or cell identifiers from broadcast towers. You may adjust the settings of your computer or mobile device to turn off transmission of geolocation data at any time by updating the settings on your device.
We collect the following personal information:
We use this information to:
You may access any personal information that we have collected about you subject to certain exceptions. We will normally provide access without charge unless you either request access to a large volume of information, or we have to access archived records to obtain the information. In these circumstances, we may impose a reasonable fee. We will advise you of that fee in advance. You may challenge the reasonableness of the cost. Details of how to contact us are set out below. There may be instances where we may not be able to provide you access to your personal information, for certain reasons. Among these are: it has been destroyed or deleted after expiry of applicable retention periods, it contains personal information of other persons or it contains commercially sensitive or proprietary information owned by us. If we are unable to provide you access, we will explain why and document that for our records.
We retain the personal information of our customers for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was originally collected and/or as long as necessary to meet any legal, auditing, or account requirements.
We may share your information with third parties that provide services to help us with our business activities such as:
We use mobile analytics software to allow us to better understand the functionality of our Mobile Software on your phone. This software may record information such as how often you use the mobile site, the events that occur within the mobile site, aggregated usage, performance data, and where the application was downloaded from. We do not link the information we store within the analytics software to any personally identifiable information you submit within the mobile site.
We use firewalls and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption to protect some of your more sensitive personal information. We employ administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. However, we do not guarantee security of personal information transmitted over the Internet or stored by us and your use of our website and services are subject to our Terms of Use, including disclaimers of liability.
You are responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your account passcode, membership numbers and pin numbers, and you will be responsible for any access to or use of our website by you or any person or entity using a passcode provided to you, whether or not such access or use has been authorized by or on behalf of you, and whether or not such person or entity is your employee, relative or agent. In the event of the unauthorized use of your passcode, account, or membership number, or any other breach of security involving your information as it pertains to ABG, you agree to immediately notify us. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session, control the dissemination and use of your passcode, control access to and use of your account and membership number, and notify us when you desire to cancel your account on our website. We will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this provision.
We do not request your sensitive personal information, such as your credit card number, passcode, membership number or pin number, in an e-mail, text or on a website that is not located at the domain name used by ABG or an affiliate (for example Avis.com, Avis.ca, Budget.com, Budget.ca, Budgettruck.com or Budgettruck.ca). IF YOU RECEIVE AN E-MAIL OR OTHER CORRESPONDENCE REQUESTING THAT YOU PROVIDE ANY SUCH INFORMATION VIA E-MAIL OR TO A WEBSITE THAT IS NOT ON SUCH DOMAIN NAME, PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION, AND REPORT SUCH REQUEST TO OUR PRIVACY OFFICER AT ABGprivacy@avisbudget.com.
You can contact us about this privacy statement by emailing or writing to us at the address below:
Privacy Officer, Avis Budget Group, Inc.
6 Sylvan Way
Pasippany. NJ 07054