Legal Notices

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Carnival Connections Privacy Policy
This website is owned by Carnival Cruise Lines, a division of Carnival Corporation ("Carnival") and third party vendors assist Carnival in the hosting and operation of this website. Carnival is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy and helping you make the most of your time on the Internet within a trusted environment. The Carnival Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to the carnivalconnections.com website and governs its data collection, usage and services. This Privacy Policy discloses how we collect, protect, use and share information gathered about you on our website. If you use this site you explicitly agree to the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of your use. We hope that this disclosure will help increase your confidence in our website and enhance your experience on the Internet. Please read our Privacy Policy to understand:

Information We Collect
You can visit our website without divulging any personally identifiable information including your email address. Our website does not collect personally identifiable information about individuals except when such individuals specifically provide such information on a voluntary basis, such as when registering at our website, requesting a brochure or video, or accessing our cruise booking application. Carnival uses such information collected primarily to provide better customer service to you, to improve and customize the content you see, to provide the products, services or membership benefits you request, and to contact you about special promotions and new products.

Site Use Information
Our web servers collect the IP addresses and domain names of visitors to our site. This information may be aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed, etc. Carnival may use this information to measure the use of our site and to improve the content we offer. We may share with third parties this experiential information or other data which does not personally identify visitors to our site. This might include tour or ship preferences of all visitors to our site, for example.

Use of Cookies
Our website uses "cookies" to help personalize your online experience, such as recognizing your name when you revisit, as well as to assist us in marketing and advertising. A cookie is a text file that is anonymously placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies placed when you visit our site do not personally identify you, but they do allow us to monitor certain statistics which help us improve our services, such as how many site visitors view certain pages on our website or receive our advertisements when visiting other websites.

You also have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of our website or have some of our services, such as planning a cruise, making a reservation, or being automatically recognized as a registered user, function properly.

Information You Provide to Us
You are not required to register in order to access our site. If you send us an email or register on our site we may collect information about you. Certain portions of our site are restricted to registered users. Any information you provide is purely voluntary.

There are several areas on the site where you may provide personal information or will be required to register to obtain access to certain online services not available to anonymous visitors. These include My Profile, Sign in/Register, Address Book, , My Events, and Contact Us.

When you register on our site, you will be required to provide your first name, last name, email address and to select a password to be used to access your information (your email and password being your “Login Information”).

When you register we collect information which may include your name, address, gender, birth date and email address, and your telephone number. ("Profile Information").

You may also choose how you would like to receive information from us, by mail, email or telephone. If you send us an email or request information we will retain your email address and use it to respond to your inquiry. We may also use your email address to provide you with upcoming events, cruises, packages and other information about Carnival.

By providing personal information through this site you explicitly agree to our collection and use of that information as described in this Privacy Policy. You agree that we may use the personal information you provide to respond to your inquiries, process orders, contact you regarding customer service, let you know about products or services which may be of interest to you or to personalize our service to meet your needs or preferences. You also agree that we may share your personal information with our affiliated companies and third parties as described in this Privacy Policy.

Email Promotions
You may subscribe to our email promotions program by registering on one of our websites. By registering, you are securing your subscription to receive email promotions. You may unsubscribe or change your email address for email promotions at any time by following the instructions mentioned prominently within each email promotion.

Sweepstakes
From time to time we may offer promotions, contests or sweepstakes on our site. If you choose to participate we will collect information including your name, address, age, telephone number and email address. We may also request other information some of which may be optional. We use the information you provide for purposes of conducting the promotion and for other purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Promotions may be sponsored by Carnival alone or with another sponsor or by a third party. Information you provide may be shared with the sponsor or third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You must be over 18 to participate in any promotion or sweepstakes, unless the sweepstake rules provide an alternate age. When you participate in a promotion you are subject to the Official Rules governing that promotion which will be posted on the site.

Child Privacy
Because of the nature of our business, our products and services are not designed to appeal to minors, and therefore we do not knowingly attempt to solicit or receive any information from children under 13. If we have reason to believe that information is being provided by a person under the age of 13 we will not collect the information.

Your Access to Your Information

You are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all information you provide to us. You may, at any time, access and make changes or corrections to your Profile Information or preferences, or delete them, simply by visiting the My Profile pages of the site and providing your Login Information . You may also direct us to change or delete your information by email or telephone at the address provided below. You can direct us to delete your email address from our mailing list simply by following the instructions on any email you receive. We will act on your instructions promptly, but making changes or deleting information may take two weeks or more to become effective.

Disclosing Information to Third Parties
We do not sell our customers' information to third parties but we may share your information with our affiliated companies or with third parties. We will reveal personal information to unaffiliated third parties only if: (1) you request or authorize it; (2) the information is provided to help complete a transaction for you; (3) the information is provided to comply with the law, applicable regulations, governmental and quasi-governmental requests, court orders or subpoenas, to enforce our Legal Notices or other agreements, or to protect our rights, property or safety or the rights, property or safety of our users or others (e.g., to a consumer reporting agency for fraud protection etc.); (4) the disclosure is done as part of a purchase, transfer or sale of services or assets (e.g., in the event that substantially all of our assets are acquired by another party, customer information may be one of the transferred assets); (5) the information is provided to our agents, outside vendors or service providers to perform functions on our behalf (e.g., analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing customer service, processing orders, sending emails about our products or services, etc.); or (6) to others as described in this Privacy Policy. We may also gather aggregated data about you and disclose such aggregated (but not personally identifiable) information to third parties for promotional or other purposes.

Private Events/Information You Make Public
Messages you 1) email to members of a private event or 2) post through the website for an event will always include your email address. The email address of an event C.O., who invites members to join the event, is visible to the recipients of an invitation. Furthermore, your full email address will be visible to the C.O. (coordinator) of any event to which you belong. You may also choose to share some of your personal information with other event members. When you post messages and create polls for an event to which you belong – or write a Cruise Review of past events – your name, alias and truncated email address will appear on the Carnival Connections Web site.

In using Carnival Connections and its various tools, you may make some of your personal information public. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Your California and Rhode Island Privacy Rights
Carnival may disclose your personal information to our affiliates or other third parties for their use in the marketing of their products or services (as opposed to Carnival products or services) to you unless you tell us not to. In order to opt out of such sharing or for further information, please write to us at Carnival, Attn: Privacy Policy/Legal Department, 3655 NW 87th Avenue, Miami, FL 33178.

Security Procedures to Protect Information
Security of personal information is extremely important to us. Carnival employs security measures consistent with standard industry practice to prevent unauthorized access to your personal information collected on and used by Carnival at this site. Data transmission over the internet is never 100% secure.

While we take steps to protect your personal information and keep it secure, you also play a role in protecting your information. You can help to maintain the security of your online transactions by not sharing your booking number or password with anyone. Carnival cannot guaranty the security of any information you transmit to us or from our site, and therefore you use our site at your own risk.

Inapplicability of Privacy Policies of any Linked Sites or Other Parties
Carnival's site may contain links to other sites such as our affiliates and third parties. This Privacy Policy only addresses Carnival's use and disclosure of your information collected on this site, if any. While we try to link only to sites that share our standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of our affiliates or any other third parties or the content of linked sites, although we do encourage you to read the applicable privacy policies and terms and conditions of such parties or web sites.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
We will occasionally amend this Privacy Policy to reflect company and customer feedback and we reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. The use of your information is subject to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect at the time of use. The provisions contained in this Privacy Policy supersede all previous notices or policies regarding our privacy practices with respect to this site. We post the effective date of our Privacy Policy on our site. We encourage you to check our site frequently to see the current Privacy Policy to be informed of how Carnival is committed to protecting your information and providing you with improved content on our website in order to enhance your online cruise planning experience. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy we will post the revised Privacy Policy and the revised effective date on this site.

Your Comments are Appreciated
If you have any questions, comments or complaints regarding our Privacy Policy or our website, you can contact us at Carnival, Attn: Privacy Policy/Legal Department, 3655 NW 87th Avenue, Miami, FL 33178, Tel. 1-888-CARNIVAL, email: privacypolicy@carnival.com.

Effective Date: As of November 21, 2007

Message Board and Reviews

Practices Regarding Your Ability to Update or Delete Information

If you are an Event C.O., you can also completely delete your Event at any time. All Carnival Connections members can edit their own profile at any time.

Other

Your use of Carnival Connections is subject to the Carnival.com Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. Please see the Carnival Connections FAQ if you have questions about this service.

This page describes current Carnival practices with respect to this particular service – Carnival Connections. This information may change as Carnival revises this service by adding or removing features or using different service providers.

Message Board Rules

When using the Carnival Connections Message Board and Cruise Talk public forum, please be aware of the following rules:

• Please do not use language that is of an offensive, threatening, defamatory, abusive or otherwise objectionable nature.
• Do not post unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional items, junk mail or "spam."
• No sexually related content can be posted. Posting of this nature will be deleted and user will be blocked.
• Please do not use words or phrases or references of a derogatory, inflammatory, abusive or otherwise objectionable nature.
• Do not post any message that may be construed as a criminal offense, inciting a criminal offense, civil liability or violates local, state, federal and international legislation and regulation.
• Please be aware of copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights when posting messages.

Please note that Carnival Connections reserves the right to remove any message posting that violates any of the above rules. Individuals who violate these rules will be denied access to all Carnival Connections services, online or otherwise.

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Rules for Writing a Review

When using the writing a review for Carnival, please be aware of the following rules:

• Please do not use language that is of an offensive, threatening, defamatory, abusive or otherwise objectionable nature.
• Do not post unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional items, junk mail or "spam."
• Please do not use words or phrases or references of a derogatory, inflammatory, abusive or otherwise objectionable nature.
• Do not post any reviews that may be construed as a criminal offense, inciting a criminal offense, civil liability or violates local, state, federal and international legislation and regulation.
• Please be aware of copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights when posting reviews.

Please note that Carnival Connections reserves the right to remove any review that violates any of the above rules. Individuals who violate these rules will be denied access to all Carnival Connections services, online or otherwise.

Additionally, users should be aware that all reviews posted on Carnival Connections are individual opinions. Any actions taken, based on these reviews, are solely the discretion of Carnival Connections members.

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