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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 25 August 2026

This Privacy Policy sets out how personal data of Users is processed and protected in connection with the use of the Lotus Tours & Travel website, the contact forms available on this website, and the contact forms displayed as part of our advertising activity on Meta services (Facebook, Instagram).

Contents

  1. Data controller
  2. Purposes of processing
  3. Scope of data processed
  4. Legal basis for processing
  5. Data recipients
  6. Analytics tools and cookies
  7. Advertising and contact forms on Meta services
  8. Transfers outside the EEA
  9. Retention period
  10. Your rights
  11. Data security
  12. Contact

1. Data controller

The controller of personal data processed through this website is Małgorzata Kamińska, trading as Lotus Tours & Travel, Polish tax identification number (NIP): 5841721410, ul. Belgradzka 10/109, 02-796 Warsaw, Poland. Contact: e-mail lotusabyss.pl@gmail.com, tel. +48 794 420 417.

2. Purposes of processing

Personal data is processed for the following purposes:

  • handling enquiries sent to us by e-mail, by telephone, through the form on this website or through a contact form displayed on Meta services,
  • preparing an individual quotation and trip proposal,
  • agreeing dates and conditions of travel prior to the conclusion of a contract with the Indian tour operator,
  • coordination and tour leadership during the trip,
  • carrying out advertising and promotional activity on Meta services (Facebook, Instagram),
  • analysing website traffic and optimising its content and visibility in search engines,
  • ensuring the security of the website and managing cookie consent.

3. Scope of data processed

Data provided voluntarily: if you contact us through the form on this website, through a contact form on a Meta service, by e-mail or by telephone, we process your name, telephone number, e-mail address and the content of your message, including information about the destination you are interested in, your intended travel dates and the number of travellers.

Data collected automatically: IP address, information about your browser and device, approximate location, the source from which you reached the website, the pages you visit, time spent on the website, and the cookie preferences saved in your browser.

4. Legal basis for processing

We process data on the basis of:

  • Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent) — for optional analytics cookies and for the consent given when submitting a contact form,
  • Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract) — in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract, such as preparing a quotation and handling a travel enquiry,
  • Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest) — for handling correspondence, conducting marketing and advertising activity, ensuring the security of the website, remembering your cookie preferences and pursuing or defending legal claims.

5. Data recipients

Your data may be transferred to the following categories of recipients:

  • Abyss Tours — the licensed Indian travel agency and Indian tour operator delivering the trips on the ground, to the extent necessary to prepare the offer and provide the service,
  • hosting and technical service providers maintaining the website (Vercel),
  • the e-mail provider and the service that delivers messages from the form (Resend, Google),
  • providers of analytics tools: Google Ireland Limited (Google Analytics, Google Search Console),
  • the advertising platform provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Facebook, Instagram) — in respect of data you provide in a contact form displayed on those services.

We do not sell personal data to third parties.

6. Analytics tools and cookies

The website uses cookies in two categories, which you manage from our cookie panel or from your browser settings:

  • Essential cookies — necessary for the website to function correctly, including remembering your cookie decision. These cannot be disabled.
  • Analytics cookies — Google Analytics, provided by Google Ireland Limited, used for anonymous analysis of website traffic with IP address masking enabled. These are activated only after you give consent in the cookie bar.

We also use Google Search Console, a tool for monitoring our website's presence in Google search results and optimising its content. Search Console does not install cookies in your browser — it processes anonymised data about queries and clicks in search results on Google's side.

7. Advertising and contact forms on Meta services

We run advertising activity on Facebook and Instagram, provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.

As part of that activity we display contact forms (so-called instant forms) which you can complete without leaving the service. If you choose to complete one, you provide us with your name, e-mail address, telephone number and your answer regarding intended travel dates. Some of those fields may be pre-filled with data from your profile — you can change or delete them before sending, and completing the form is entirely voluntary.

We retrieve form data from the Meta advertising panel and use it solely to contact you and prepare a trip proposal. In respect of data collected through the Meta form, Meta and Lotus Tours & Travel act as independent controllers — processing on Meta's side is described in the Meta Privacy Policy.

You can manage how advertisements are displayed to you in the settings of your Facebook or Instagram account, under "Ad preferences".

As at the date this document was last updated, we do not use the Meta pixel or any other Meta tracking tools on this website. Should that change, we will update this Privacy Policy and ask for the appropriate consent in the cookie panel.

8. Transfers outside the EEA

In connection with the use of Google tools (Analytics, Search Console), the Meta advertising platform and hosting infrastructure, your data may be transferred to third countries, including the United States. These entities provide an adequate level of data protection, among other things through participation in the Data Privacy Framework.

9. Retention period

Data from correspondence and forms is retained for as long as is necessary to handle the enquiry and deliver the trip, and in business relationships until the limitation period for any claims expires (3–6 years). Data from contact forms displayed on Meta services is retrieved promptly into our own systems; in the Meta advertising panel it remains available for the period resulting from that platform's rules (as standard, up to 90 days). Cookie preferences are stored as standard for up to 12 months. Data in Google Analytics is deleted automatically after the standard retention period configured in that tool.

10. Your rights

You have the right to: access your data and have it rectified; have it erased or restrict its processing; data portability; object to processing (including processing for direct marketing purposes); and withdraw consent to cookies at any time, by changing the settings in the cookie panel on the website or clearing cookies in your browser. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (PUODO) in Poland, or with the supervisory authority in your country of residence.

11. Data security

We apply appropriate technical and organisational measures, including connection encryption (SSL), to protect the data processed against unauthorised access, loss or destruction.

12. Contact

For matters concerning the protection of personal data, please contact us: e-mail lotusabyss.pl@gmail.com, tel. +48 794 420 417. Małgorzata Kamińska — Lotus Tours & Travel, ul. Belgradzka 10/109, 02-796 Warsaw, Poland.

This document is an English translation provided for convenience. In the event of any discrepancy, the Polish version prevails, as the controller is established in Poland and the relationship is governed by Polish law.

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Lotus Tours & Travel acts as a coordination and marketing agency and provides tour leadership and traveller support. It is not a tour operator under Polish law and does not accept payments from Clients. Tours are organised and operated on the ground by Abyss Tours, a licensed Indian tour operator. The content of this website is for information purposes only and does not constitute a commercial offer within the meaning of the Polish Civil Code.

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