Privacy Policy
How we collect, use, and protect your personal data. Your trust matters — we handle your information with care.
Who We Are
flyEurope DMC ("flyEurope," "we," "our," or "us") is a business-to-business destination management company operated by FLYORA LLC (Shams Free Zone, Sharjah, UAE). We provide turnkey European ground handling services exclusively to travel agents, tour operators, and travel trade professionals.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal data when you interact with our website at flyeuropedmc.com, submit enquiries, or engage with our services.
For the purposes of data protection law, flyEurope DMC is the data controller responsible for your personal data.
Data We Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal data:
Information you provide directly
- Full name and job title
- Business email address and phone number
- Company name, address, and trade credentials (e.g. IATA, ABTA, ATOL numbers)
- Enquiry details: destinations, travel dates, group sizes, programme preferences
- Any additional information you include in messages or forms
Information collected automatically
- IP address and approximate location
- Browser type, operating system, and device information
- Pages visited, time spent, and navigation patterns
- Referring website or campaign source
- Cookie identifiers and similar tracking data (see Section 9)
We do not collect sensitive personal data such as payment card details, passport numbers, or health information through this website. Any such data required for bookings is collected through secure, separate channels.
How We Collect Data
- Contact and quote request forms on our website
- Email correspondence and phone calls
- Partner application and registration processes
- Automated technologies such as cookies and analytics tools
- Trade events, exhibitions, and networking where you share your contact details
How We Use Your Data
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
- Responding to trade enquiries and providing programme quotes
- Managing partner accounts and onboarding new agents
- Coordinating bookings with our supplier network (hotels, transport, guides)
- Sending operational communications: booking confirmations, itinerary updates, and on-trip support information
- Sending marketing communications about new programmes, destinations, or trade offers (only with your consent, and you can opt out at any time)
- Analysing website usage to improve our content and user experience
- Ensuring website security and preventing fraud
- Meeting our legal and regulatory obligations
Legal Basis for Processing
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we rely on the following legal bases:
- Legitimate interest — to respond to trade enquiries, manage our B2B relationships, and improve our services. We always balance our interests against your rights.
- Contract performance — to fulfil bookings and service agreements with your agency
- Consent — for marketing communications and non-essential cookies. You can withdraw consent at any time.
- Legal obligation — to comply with tax, financial, and regulatory requirements
International Transfers
As a European DMC working with a global network of travel agents, your data may be transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA). When this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place:
- EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) with data recipients
- Transfers to countries with an EU adequacy decision
- Other recognised mechanisms under applicable data protection law
Data Retention
We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:
- Active partner accounts — for the duration of the business relationship, plus 2 years
- Enquiry data (non-converted) — 24 months from last contact
- Booking records — 7 years, as required by applicable tax and accounting law
- Website analytics data — 26 months (anonymised after this period)
- Marketing consent records — retained until consent is withdrawn, plus a record of the withdrawal
When data is no longer needed, it is securely deleted or anonymised.
Your Rights
Under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights:
- Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erasure — request deletion of your data where there is no compelling reason for continued processing
- Restriction — ask us to temporarily stop processing your data in certain circumstances
- Data portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
- Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing
- Withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting prior processing
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@flyeuropedmc.com. We will respond within 30 days.
If you are unsatisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority in your jurisdiction or contact us directly at contact@flyeuropedmc.com) or your local supervisory authority.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data, including:
- HTTPS encryption across all pages
- Access controls and role-based permissions for internal systems
- Regular security reviews and software updates
- Data processing agreements with all third-party service providers
- Staff awareness of data protection obligations
While no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, we take commercially reasonable steps to safeguard your data against unauthorised access, alteration, or disclosure.
Children's Privacy
Our website and services are directed exclusively at travel trade professionals. We do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under 16 years of age. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected such data, we will delete it promptly.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or industry standards. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you by email.
We encourage you to review this page periodically. Your continued use of our website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us:
flyEurope DMC — Data Protection
Email: privacy@flyeuropedmc.com
General enquiries: contact@flyeuropedmc.com
Shams Free Zone, Sharjah, UAE
We aim to respond to all privacy-related enquiries within 30 days.