Privacy and Personal Information
A growing number of countries are more stringently regulating the collection and use of consumers’ personal data such as name, home and office contact information, and other data. Any information that by itself, or as part of a combination of information, identifies an individual (sometimes referred to as personally identifiable information or PII) is of concern under these privacy and data protection laws. In addition, many countries regulate personal data of company representatives in business-to-business transactions. A few countries even regulate the privacy of information relating to corporations. Travelport is committed to handling personal data responsibly and in compliance with applicable privacy laws and data protection laws.
In the course of employment, employees may come into possession of personal data relating to other employees, customers, vendors or service providers. Personal data must be restricted and protected from discovery by unauthorized parties through appropriate security measures, which may include encryption or similar encoding processes for personal data captured in electronic form. Employees should never store personal data on laptops, mobile drives or the hard drive of their computers, or leave personal data available in and around their workstations, but instead should access it only through a secure site, or otherwise keep such information in a locked drawer, office or storage area and only for so long as is necessary for the purposes in which the data was originally obtained.
In the event personal data is inadvertently disclosed, the Company may have an immediate obligation, depending on applicable law, to notify those individuals whose personal data might be compromised. Accordingly, in the event of the unauthorized disclosure of personal data, employees must immediately notify Information Security, who in turn, will contact Legal.