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Privacy Policy – Brighter Miles Limited

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Brighter Miles Limited collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects your personal information when you use our website, contact us, request travel services, or make a booking through us.

Brighter Miles Limited (“Brighter Miles”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information fairly, lawfully, and transparently.

By using our website or providing personal information to us, you acknowledge that your information may be processed as described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Who We Are

Company Name: BRIGHTER MILES LIMITED

Company Number: 16576490

Registered in: England and Wales

Registered Office Address: 50 Princes Street, Ipswich, England, IP1 1RJ

For the purposes of applicable data-protection law, Brighter Miles Limited is normally the data controller responsible for the personal information described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Personal Information We Collect

The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with us and the services you request.

2.1 Website and Device Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect technical and usage information, including:

2.2 Booking and Traveller Information

When you request or book a travel service, we may collect information relating to you and other travellers, including:

2.3 Payment Information

When you make a payment, we or our payment providers may collect:

Full payment-card information may be processed directly by a payment provider. We do not necessarily receive or store complete card details.

2.4 Account Information

If our website allows you to create an account, we may collect:

2.5 Customer Support and Communications

When you contact us, we may collect and retain:

2.6 Special Category Information

In some cases, you may provide information about health conditions, mobility requirements, dietary needs, religious requirements, or other special-assistance needs.

We will process this information only where it is necessary to arrange your requested travel service, where you have given explicit consent, or where another lawful basis applies.

2.7 Marketing and Promotional Information

If you subscribe to marketing communications, respond to a promotion, submit a review, or participate in a competition, we may collect:

3. How We Collect Personal Information

3.1 Information You Provide Directly

We collect personal information when you:

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

We may automatically collect information through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, pixels, web beacons, and similar technologies when you use our website.

3.3 Information Received from Other People

We may receive your information from:

If you provide personal information about another person, you confirm that you have their authority to do so and that you have made them aware of this Privacy Policy.

4. How We Use Personal Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

4.1 Providing Travel Services

4.2 Communicating with You

4.3 Improving Our Website and Services

4.4 Security and Fraud Prevention

4.5 Legal and Regulatory Purposes

5. Lawful Bases for Processing

Under UK data-protection law, we rely on one or more lawful bases to process personal information.

5.1 Performance of a Contract

We process personal information where it is necessary to provide the services you requested, arrange a booking, process a payment, or manage your travel arrangements.

5.2 Legitimate Interests

We may process personal information where it is necessary for our legitimate business interests, including:

We will consider your rights and interests before relying on legitimate interests.

5.3 Consent

We may rely on your consent for:

You may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect processing that took place before your consent was withdrawn.

5.4 Legal Obligation

We may process your information where necessary to comply with a legal, tax, accounting, regulatory, or law enforcement obligation.

5.5 Vital Interests

In exceptional circumstances, we may process personal information where necessary to protect your life, health, or safety, or that of another person.

6. Marketing Communications

Where permitted by law, we may use your contact details to send information about:

We may send marketing where you have given consent or, where legally permitted, where you have previously purchased or enquired about similar services.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by:

You may still receive booking confirmations, payment notices, security alerts, and other service-related communications after opting out of marketing.

7. How We Share Personal Information

We share personal information only where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

7.1 Travel Suppliers

We may share information with:

These parties may process your information as independent data controllers under their own privacy policies.

7.2 Payment and Financial Service Providers

We may share information with payment processors, banks, card networks, fraud-prevention providers, trust-account providers, and other financial service providers involved in your transaction.

7.3 Service Providers

We may share personal information with suppliers that provide services to us, including:

Where appropriate, these providers are contractually required to protect your information and use it only for authorised purposes.

7.4 Protected Trust Services

Where applicable to your booking, information may be shared with Protected Trust Services and relevant banking, trust-account, compliance, or payment partners for client-money protection and booking administration.

7.5 Authorities and Legal Disclosures

We may disclose personal information to:

We will do this where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect our rights, customers, staff, systems, or business.

7.6 Business Transfers

If Brighter Miles Limited is sold, merged, reorganised, or transfers part of its business, personal information may be disclosed to potential buyers, advisers, or new owners, subject to appropriate safeguards.

8. International Data Transfers

Travel is international by nature. To arrange your booking, we may need to transfer personal information to Travel Suppliers and service providers located outside the United Kingdom.

Some destination countries may have data-protection laws that provide a different level of protection from UK law.

Where required, we will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers, which may include:

In some cases, information must be transferred to a destination country because the hotel, airline, transport provider, authority, or other supplier is located there.

9. How We Protect Personal Information

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information from:

These measures may include:

No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should take reasonable steps to protect your own devices, passwords, and account information.

10. How Long We Retain Personal Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Retention periods may depend on:

When personal information is no longer required, we will securely delete, anonymise, or otherwise dispose of it where reasonably possible.

11. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, analytics tools, and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website.

11.1 Essential Cookies

Essential cookies may be required for:

11.2 Preference Cookies

Preference cookies may remember settings such as your language, location, or previously selected options.

11.3 Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited, which links are selected, and whether technical errors occur.

11.4 Advertising Cookies

Where used and permitted, advertising cookies may help us or our advertising partners:

11.5 Managing Cookies

You can manage cookies through our cookie banner, where available, or through your browser settings.

Blocking or deleting some cookies may affect the performance or availability of certain website features.

12. Analytics Services

We may use analytics providers, such as Google Analytics or similar services, to understand website usage and improve our services.

Analytics providers may collect information such as:

You may be able to limit analytics tracking through our cookie controls, browser settings, or tools provided by the relevant analytics provider.

13. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to Travel Suppliers, payment providers, social media platforms, or other third-party websites.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of each website before providing personal information.

14. Reviews and Public Content

If you submit a review, testimonial, image, or other content for publication, we may publish it on our website, social media accounts, or marketing materials where you have authorised us to do so.

You should not include sensitive personal information in a public review or comment.

15. Children’s Information

Our travel-booking services are intended to be used by adults.

We may process personal information relating to a child where an adult makes a booking on the child’s behalf. The adult making the booking must have legal authority to provide that information.

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children for marketing purposes.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate permission, please contact us so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.

16. Your Data-Protection Rights

Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may have the following rights:

16.1 Right of Access

You may request confirmation that we process your personal information and ask for a copy of that information.

16.2 Right to Rectification

You may ask us to correct personal information that is inaccurate or incomplete.

16.3 Right to Erasure

You may ask us to delete personal information where there is no lawful reason for us to continue processing it.

We may need to retain some information to comply with legal, accounting, regulatory, fraud-prevention, or contractual obligations.

16.4 Right to Restrict Processing

You may ask us to restrict how we process your information in certain circumstances.

16.5 Right to Object

You may object to processing based on legitimate interests in certain circumstances.

You have an absolute right to object to the use of your personal information for direct marketing.

16.6 Right to Data Portability

Where applicable, you may request personal information you provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

16.7 Right to Withdraw Consent

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

16.8 Rights Relating to Automated Decisions

Where applicable, you may have rights relating to decisions made solely through automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

We do not currently use solely automated decision-making to make significant decisions about customers unless this is clearly explained to you.

17. Exercising Your Rights

To exercise a data-protection right, contact us using the details below.

Please include:

We may ask for proof of identity before responding. This helps us prevent personal information from being disclosed to an unauthorised person.

We will normally respond within the period required by applicable data-protection law. In some cases, we may need additional time where a request is complex or involves multiple records.

Data-protection requests are normally free of charge. We may charge a reasonable fee or refuse a request where permitted by law, including where a request is manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive.

18. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we use your personal information, please contact us first so that we can investigate and attempt to resolve the matter.

You may also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.

Information Commissioner’s Office:
Website: https://ico.org.uk
Telephone: 0303 123 1113

19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, technology, suppliers, business practices, or legal obligations.

The latest version will be published on our website. Where a change materially affects how we use your personal information, we may provide an additional notice by email or through our website.

20. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your data-protection rights, contact:

Brighter Miles Limited
50 Princes Street
Ipswich, England
IP1 1RJ

Email: support@brightermiles.com
Telephone: +1 (701) 707-0401

Last updated: 6 August 2026