Your personal details are never released to third party companies by the ISTC, its Members or affiliated partners.
If you are asked to "sign on" to any part of this website by using your ISIC/IYTC/ITIC number, this is simply for the purpose of ensuring that the card is legitimate and that you are eligible to use that part of the site.
If you are an ISIC holder and wish to register to this site for special services, such as the Trip Planner, you will be asked to tick a data protection opt out box. If you do not tick this box, you may be sent information about specialist student services or travel-related promotions from the ISTC and/or its Members and affiliated partners.
Market research is conducted via surveys through this website from time to time and detailed answers are asked about respondents and their travel patterns. Research data collected in this manner is strictly for the use of the research and is not sold or provided to any other third party.
The ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards are provided by ISIC as a free service to the travel community, where people can share travel advice, experiences and opinions. Ideally the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards would not need legal terms of use and on the most part ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards users respect the law, the ISIC, ISTC and other users. Unfortunately because of a small minority it is necessary to put these terms of use in place. We hope that these terms of use will not stifle useful discussion, instead making the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards more useful for everyone.
The ISIC is an association organised under Danish law with the full name International Student Identity Card Association. ISTC is the parent organisation of the ISIC and likewise an association organised under Danish law with the full name International Student Travel Confederation.
The conditions below constitute an agreement between you (as a user of the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards) and ISIC ("we", "us" or "our").
You are only permitted to use the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards for personal, non-commercial purposes.
Your acceptance of these terms of use is indicated by you using the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards, whether you register or simply browse. You must read these terms of use carefully before using the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards. We may change these terms of use from time to time so you should check them regularly. We may contact you to inform you of these changes but are not required to.
If you are not registered you are not permitted to make postings on the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards. If you wish to contribute to the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards you must register.
Any legal issues that arise in relation to the ISIC TravelMax Forums and Message Boards, will be governed by Danish law. Any illegal activity under Danish laws using your registration of the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards is a violation of these terms of use. Since the law as to the jurisdiction of online systems is unsettled you must also consider the possible effect of laws in jurisdictions outside Denmark, for instance your country of residence. As the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards is open to users worldwide you may run into legal trouble in other jurisdictions over your postings. If this happens you must and can not hold us responsible for your postings.
In these terms of use, "post(s)" and "postings" includes private messages, usernames and user profiles.
As ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards users make postings without intervention from us it is the responsibility of every user to adhere to these terms of use. Despite this, in the interests of an effective community, we occasionally monitor postings and reserve the right to remove material, which is in breach of the wording or spirit of these terms of use without notice to the poster. We also reserve the right, at our discretion, to ban users who breach these terms of use, and delete all postings of those users.
Users should be aware that postings are not screened by us, and that user postings only represent the opinions and experience of that user. Postings do not represent our opinion. You should be very careful before you rely on anything said in the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards. If you do rely on information or opinion in any posting you must be aware that this will not be our responsibility. This is especially important with health related postings - postings may not be from medical professionals (even if the user purports to be a medical professional) so you should always seek competent professional advice. Please exercise common sense and make your own inquiries.
You must not make postings of the following nature (if you do, we may delete the postings at our discretion):
We have divided the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards into different topics so people can find information relevant to their particular interests. It is important that postings are made in the appropriate topic; otherwise the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards will be much less useful for everyone.
If a user makes postings, which are not relevant to a particular category, those postings may be deleted or moved at our discretion.
The ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards is about the expression of ideas, but this must be done within the law. It is very important that users making posts and visitors respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you post material, which has been copied without permission, you may put yourself at risk of legal action.
Intellectual property of others
You must not make postings, which infringe the intellectual property rights of others. For instance users must not post copyrighted material or trademarks without the permission of the owner.
If you wish to share a useful Internet resource with other ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards users you should provide a hyperlink to the relevant resource. If you do this you need to be aware that many site operators do not permit people to link to pages below the front page or home page of their site, so before posting a hyperlink on the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards you should check the terms of use of that other web site to see if your hyperlink is permitted.
If you own intellectual property and it is being infringed through a user posting, please contact us as soon as possible. For more information please see the complaints procedure below.
You licence your copyright in postings to ISIC
In general users own copyright in their postings.
From time to time we may use ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards postings in our publications (books, newsletters, web sites, other print and digital publications, television programs and products in any other media). Therefore you give us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use your postings by reproducing, communicating, re-publishing, editing or otherwise exploiting the postings as we see fit. You also give us a licence to deal with the postings as necessary to perform technical and administrative functions in running the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards.
You grant us the right to sub-license your postings (or edited or modified versions of the postings) to others at our discretion.
Once you have made a posting on the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards, you consent to us dealing with it as we see fit. You cannot withdraw or retract the posting or seek payments from us in relation to this licence at any time in the future. If you do not want your material to be used in this way you must not post it on the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards.
If we do use your material we may attribute it to your registered username, but we are not required to. Also we may contact you to request that your real name be used. We will never publish your real name unless you have been contacted by us and you have given your permission.
With respect to your moral rights in your postings, you consent to your postings being used, copied, published, transmitted, exhibited, performed, communicated or adapted as we see fit. We generally attribute authorship, but it is not always possible. You consent to us not attributing authorship to you at all, or only attributing it to your ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards username (at our discretion). If we elect to attribute authorship we will make reasonable efforts to attribute authorship to you or your username, but if a mistake is made and authorship is falsely attributed, you consent to that false attribution in those circumstances.
Reproducing postings
Third parties are not permitted to copy, amend or re transmit postings without permission. Permission can be obtained from the copyright owner (generally the user making the posting), or from us as licensee.
If you wish to share ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards content with a friend please send them a hyperlink. Third party commercial sites are not permitted to provide digests or summaries of ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards posts, even through hyperlinks, without our permission.
ISIC intellectual property
For ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards content other than postings, copyright is held or licensed by us. You must not reproduce this content without permission from the relevant copyright owner or licensee.
You must not use the ISTC, ISIC or ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards trademarks for any purpose without our permission.
Because users can automatically post to the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards, it may contain content, which is not appropriate for people under 18.
If you are under the age of 18 you should seek your parents' permission before accessing the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards.
If parents wish to control their children's access to inappropriate material they should consult the ABA's CyberSmart Kids site at http://www.cybersmartkids.com.au/. That site contains a wealth of tips for parents on facilitating a safe Internet experience for children.
If you are concerned about the appropriateness of content posted on the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards please refer the complaint to us.
By registering on the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards, submitting postings, or emailing us, you will be supplying us with "personal information". We collect this information so that we can administer the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards to make it the best possible experience for the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards community, send you a password, help you use the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards, contact you about postings, and keep in touch with you. We will not be able to register you unless you provide a user name and email address. These terms of use set out how we might use your contact details and postings.
One of the best things about the ISIC community is that everyone is keen to share their views and experiences with others. But remember, what's 'gossip' to you may deserve 'privacy' in someone else's eyes. So please respect the privacy of others.
When you register for the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards, you can chose whether your user profile and email address will be visible to other users. You can access and update your personal information in the 'My Profile' section at any time. Sleep easy, we will not sell your contact details to marketing companies for spamming! But we may disclose information about you to members of the ISIC and/or ISTC and to other entities in the ISIC and ISTC family. You have some other rights to access personal information that we hold about you (there are exceptions - what good is a rule without them!). If you'd like to find out more about this or if you have any questions about how we handle personal information generally, please read our privacy policy.
We take copyright, trademark, defamation and other laws seriously. If you become aware of a posting that you believe is infringing your legal rights you should immediately make us aware of the posting. We will investigate all complaints and may at our discretion take remedial action, including removing the posting in question, removing all the postings of the relevant user, or banning the relevant user from the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards.
To make a complaint
Contact us to draw attention to the posting in issue. Be aware that removal of postings is at our discretion. If you are not happy with our immediate response, you can follow the formal complaints procedure that is set out in the next steps. We may also require you to follow the formal procedure for certain matters (for example, if you claim that content is infringing copyright or is defamatory).
The formal procedure
We will assess if your complaint has merit and will take whatever action we see fit. Whatever course is decided on we will get in contact with you to explain our decision.
We are not responsible to you or anyone else for any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense suffered in connection with the use of the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards or any of its content.
The ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards are provided "as is" and we make no warranties or representations about it or its content. We exclude, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any liability, which may arise as a result of the use of the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards, its content or the information on it.
The ISIC and ISTC and their entities are not responsible or liable — whether in contract, tort or howsoever — for any loss or damages — whether direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential, including loss of business profits or revenue — or inconvenience suffered in connection with use of the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards or their content. However, should it be deemed that liability cannot be excluded, any liability incurred in relation to the use of the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards or its content is limited to the re-supply of the service or the cost of having the service provided again (at our discretion).
You must indemnify us, ISTC and the other entities in the ISTC/ISIC Community against each claim, action, proceeding, judgment, damage, loss, expense or liability incurred or suffered by, or brought, made or recovered against us or the other entities in the ISTC/ISIC Community in connection with any breach of these terms of use.
The conditions above, their interpretation and all other matters arising in any way out of the conditions shall be governed by Danish law.
Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with the conditions above shall be settled by the Maritime and Commercial Court in Copenhagen, Denmark. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, the ISIC is entitled to bring action against a user of the ISIC TravelMax Forums & Message Boards at the local venue of the user.
The provisions in the preceding sub-paragraphs shall not be construed to restrict the ISIC�s access to provisional remedies available under Danish law or the law of other jurisdictions.
The International Student Identity Card (ISIC) is issued by the International Student Travel Confederation, a non-for-profit association with the objective to provide benefits and discounts for students, youth, and teachers. International Association Services (IAS), is a fully owned subsidiary of the ISTC and is responsible for the management of the three cards issued by the ISTC: the ISIC, the IYTC, and the ITIC. IAS collects cardholder information that is used only for verifying card details when cardholder is accessing services via web or telesales. IAS does not collect any contact or other data that could be used for e-mailing and similar activities. This Privacy Policy outlines how your data will be used and what measures has been taken in order to safeguard your data.
By signing the ISIC, ITIC or IYTC card application and obtaining any of the Cards you agree with the privacy policy as described below. The privacy policy describes how IAS uses and secures the ISIC, ITIC and IYTC cardholder data (hereinafter 'Cardholder Data').
IAS only collects the following data about ISIC, ITIC and IYTC cardholders: card serial number, card validity, date of birth of the cardholder and in case of ISIC and ITIC also the name of the educational establishment. IAS will not collect any additional information about cardholders.
The information listed in point 1 is collected by issuers of ISIC, ITIC and IYTC cards and forwarded to IAS for central storage in its database.
This information will be used by ISIC, ITIC and IYTC issuers and service providers that provide discounts or other benefits to ISIC, ITIC and IYTC holders. Cardholder data will be used for verification of ISIC, ITIC or IYTC card validity and cardholder details, only when the cardholders is trying to use services that require ISIC, ITIC or IYTC as an eligibility document. IAS will not share your information with any other parties without your prior consent.
IAS has security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of your user data under our control. IAS uses physical, electronic, and organisational safeguards, such as password control, firewall protection, and encryption to protect any cardholder data stored on its computers. Only authorized employees have access to your information. IAS has registered with the Dutch regulatory authorities as a data collector and therefore has had to comply with all privacy and security measures required for data collectors under EU legislation.
For viewing and if necessary correcting the cardholder data that is stored by IAS for the verification purposes please write to istcinfo@istc.org or fax to IAS +31 20 421 2800
Questions/comments regarding this statement should be directed to:
Privacy Officer
IAS A/S
Keizersgracht 174-176
1016 DW Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone +31 20 421 2800
Fax +31 20 421 2810
istcinfo@istc.org
