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Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

INTRODUCTION
 
BatamFast collects Customer Data from you in order to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient and customised experience with BatamFast.  The collection and processing of Customer Data enables BatamFast to provide services and products that are most likely to meet your needs and requirements.

As such, this Privacy Policy (which is divided into two Parts – A & B) outlines BatamFast’s policy and responsibility in relation to the collection, processing and disclosure of your Customer Data.  PART A refers to BatamFast’s general policy and PART B addresses Customer Data issues specific to usage on BatamFast ‘websites' and usage of BatamFast’s ‘mobile services’ facility.
PART A
GENERAL CUSTOMER DATA PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT

1. TYPES OF CUSTOMER DATA
The types of Customer Data that BatamFast collects depends on the circumstances of collection and on the nature of the service requested or transaction undertaken. There are two broad categories of Customer Data that we collect at BatamFast:
  • Individual Customer Data which is personal information that links back to an individual e.g., name, address, phone number and email address etc.; and
  • Statistical Data e.g., number of passengers flown, hits to website. This is stored purely for analytical purposes, and is entirely anonymous.  This information will not be stored to your customer record, and will only be aggregated for statistical analysis so that we can better understand BatamFast customer profile and improve BatamFast service offering.
2. PURPOSE FOR COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND DISCLOSURE
Collection
Generally, BatamFast collects Customer Data in order to fulfil the following purposes:
  • Providing services to you such as processing a transaction e.g. making a booking, providing flight alert messages through BatamFast’s mobile services facility, internet check-in, registering for BatamFast frequent flyer programme;
  • Marketing and communicating with you in relation to products and services offered by BatamFast, our airline and service partners, as well as our appointed agents; and
  • Safety, security and legal compliance.

Processing and Disclosure
BatamFast may process and disclose your Customer Data with and to third parties, such as our travel and freight service providers or travel-related businesses, partner airlines, airport management, security personnel and other carriers for the purpose of processing your travel arrangements.  BatamFast shall use its best endeavours to ensure that its employees, officers, agents, consultants, contractors and such other third parties mentioned above who are involved in the collection, processing and disclosure of Customer Data will observe and adhere to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

BatamFast may disclose your Customer Data to law enforcement agencies and government for security, customs and immigration purposes. For example, BatamFast and other airlines are required by laws in the United States of America and other countries to provide border control agencies with access to your booking information or flight itinerary. Accordingly, relevant Customer Data (known as Passenger Name Record (PNR) or Advance Passenger Information (API)) may be disclosed to the appropriate customs and immigration authorities as required by law.  Please be informed that the initial recipients of such information may share your PNR and API data with other government agencies or enforcement authorities.

In addition, BatamFast may disclose Customer Data to our lawyers and legal advisors for establishing, exercising or defending our legal rights, or as otherwise authorised or required by law.  BatamFast will also reserve the right to share your Customer Data as is necessary to prevent a threat to the life, health or security of an individual or corporate entities such as BatamFast.  Further, BatamFast may disclose Customer Data, as is necessary, to investigate suspected unlawful activities including but not limited to fraud, intellectual property infringement or privacy.

 

3. TRANSFER OF INFORMATION OVERSEAS

BatamFast Head Office is based in Singapore. Customer Data may be transmitted to data storage facilities where we keep our central records.  Your Customer Data is transferred for BatamFast to perform our contract with you.  The Customer Data may also be transferred to our offices and appointed agents in other countries in connection with our performance of the contract with you.

4. CONSENT

Generally, in the course of BatamFast performing servicing functions such as making a flight booking, transmitting flight alert messages or accepting a meal preference, Customer Data will, by nature of the task or transaction, be provided by our customers and passengers to BatamFast. In such instances, consent will necessarily be implied from the Customer that they are agreeable to providing Customer Data in order for BatamFast to provide the requested or necessary service and/or product to them.  However, where required by law, BatamFast will adopt an ‘opt-in' policy for attaining customer consent, in which event, express written consent will be sought from you when collecting your Customer Data e.g., signing a form or checking a box.

In addition, you are able to withdraw your express consent at any time by contacting BatamFast (see Section 10) or amending your Customer Data by logging on to your website account. (Note: this service only applies to KrisFlyer frequent flyer members and customers who have registered through our 'websites').

BatamFast will not seek consent for Statistical Data as this is not linked to a customer record. For more information on collection and usage of Customer Data obtained from our ‘websites' and through our ‘mobile services’ facility, please refer to Part B.

5. ACCESS
BatamFast may, upon your written request to our Customer Affairs Department (see Section 10), allow you to view your stored individual Customer Data.  BatamFast reserves the right to charge a reasonable administrative fee for this service.  In exceptional circumstances, BatamFast reserves the right to deny you access to your personal Customer Data and may provide an explanation as required by applicable laws.

Exceptional circumstances include where:
  • an investigating authority or government institution objects to BatamFast complying with a customer’s request,
  • the information may, in the exercise of BatamFast reasonable discretion and/or assessment, affect the life or security of an individual, and
  • data is collected in connection with an investigation of a breach of contract, suspicion of fraudulent activities or contravention of law.
6. RETENTION

BatamFast will retain your Customer Data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by relevant laws.

7. ACCURACY

BatamFast needs your assistance to ensure that your Customer Data is current, complete and accurate. As such, please inform BatamFast of changes to your Customer Data by contacting BatamFast and submitting your updated particulars to BatamFast in writing (see Section 10).  If you are a KrisFlyer frequent flyer member or a registered website user, you may log onto your website account.  BatamFast may also request Customer Data updates from you from time to time.  As detailed in Section 2 above under the “Processing and Disclosure” sub-section, your booking information or flight itinerary may be disclosed to the appropriate customs and immigration authorities as required by law. As such, it is important to ensure that the Customer Data contained in your booking information or flight itinerary should also be current, complete and accurate.


8. SECURITY SAFEGUARDS

BatamFast takes the security and protection of your Customer Data very seriously. As such, BatamFast uses procedural and technical safeguards to protect your Customer Data against loss or theft as well as unauthorised access and undue disclosure.
 
As an example of a procedural safeguard, BatamFast has implemented various authentication procedures internally and with our external service providers that will involve BatamFast requesting various personal particulars from you in order to verify your identity (or that of your duly authorised agent) before BatamFast process your request for a particular service, product or transaction.

Examples of technical safeguards include encryption, “firewalls” and Secure Socket Layer (SSL). Further details of these technical safeguards for Customer Data collected through our websites and our mobile services facility are set out at Part B below.

If, however, a customer does not take reasonable care to ensure the continued confidentiality and accuracy of their Customer Data, BatamFast will not be liable for any consequential misuse and/or fraud. If you have any concerns about security, you should contact BatamFast (see Section 10).

 

9. UPDATES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

BatamFast will amend this Privacy Policy from time to time and the updated versions will be posted on our website and date stamped so that you are aware of when the Privacy Policy was last updated.

Subject to applicable laws, the prevailing language of the Privacy Policy will be English. In the event of any inconsistency in interpretation between the English version and any translation of the Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy statement in English will prevail.

 

10. CONTACT US
If you have comments or questions about this Privacy Policy statement, please contact BatamFast in writing at the address below referencing ‘Privacy Policy':
 
PART B
PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT FOR CUSTOMER DATA COLLECTED THROUGH OUR WEBSITES AND OUR MOBILE SERVICES FACILITY

1. SECURITY SAFEGUARDS

BatamFast takes the protection of your Customer Data on our ‘websites’ and through our ‘mobile services’ facility very seriously. All Customer Data collected through our ‘websites', e.g., http://www.batamfast.com and through our ‘mobile services’ facility are protected by a secure server. In addition, SSL (Secure Socket Layer) ensures secure transmission of data from the internet to our systems. For example, when you transmit sensitive information such as credit card details through our ‘websites’, such information will be automatically converted into codes before being securely dispatched over the internet. To further secure the integrity of your internet transactions on our websites, BatamFast also employs relevant software programs to monitor network traffic with a view to identifying unauthorised attempts to upload or change Customer Data, perpetuate fraudulent or illegal activities or otherwise cause damage. If such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activities, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement authorities or agencies.

To give you secure access to our online services, arising from your utilisation of our ‘mobile services’ facility, and your frequent flyer account, you can register with us, and we will give you a membership number/ User ID with a PIN that is unique and personal to you. You should not share your membership number/User ID or PIN, and should always ‘log off' once you have finished your session on the websites as well as take the recommended precautions that ensure the safe and secure provision of our ‘mobile services’ facility. As an additional security feature, BatamFast has implemented a time stamp showing the time you have been on our websites and the last time you logged out. If you detect any anomalies you should inform BatamFast immediately (see Section 10 of Part A). BatamFast has also provided a lock out feature in the event you fail to log in successfully after a number of attempts. Also, if you leave our Website idle for a period of time, we will give you a ‘warning' dialogue box giving you the option to end your session.  

2. COOKIES

Most websites like ours use cookies to enhance your online experience. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that are transferred to your computer's hard drive from your web browser to recognise your preferences and to tailor content to you. The cookies do not contain your Customer Data (unless you specifically chose our “Remember Me” feature) but only Statistical Data which is entirely anonymous. Please refer to your browsers documentation to check if cookies have been enabled on your computer or to request not to receive cookies.

Information and procedures regarding cookie handling are provided by the respective browsers documentation within the browser itself by clicking on ‘help' and performing a search on ‘cookies'.

 

3. CLICKSTREAM DATA

In order to improve your online experience, BatamFast may track online behaviour or clickstream data to advance your use of our web pages and track referrals from other websites. Such data will not be stored to your customer record, and will only be aggregated for statistical analysis.

 

4. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

BatamFast provides you with links to other websites for your convenience and information.  Whilst BatamFast will protect your Customer Data on BatamFast websites, BatamFast cannot control the policies of other sites we may link to, or the use of any Customer Data you may share with them.  Please note that BatamFast Privacy Policy does not cover these other websites, and BatamFast would recommend that you are apprised of their specific policies.

 

5. MINORS
BatamFast cannot distinguish the age of persons who access and use its websites. If a minor (according to applicable laws) has provided BatamFast with Customer Data without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should contact BatamFast (see Section 10 of Part A) to remove the relevant Customer Data and unsubscribe them.
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