Privacy Policy
How we collect, use, and protect your information.
How we collect, use, and protect your information.
Last updated: July 2026
Effective Date: 27 August 2026
Welcome to Authentic Karnataka ("Authentic Karnataka", "we", "us", or "our").
Authentic Karnataka is a travel and tourism brand of Blissful Global Travels LLP, an entity engaged in the business of travel planning, tourism services, curated travel experiences, and related services.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal information when you visit or use AuthenticKarnataka.com (the "Website"), contact us, submit an enquiry, subscribe to our communications, or otherwise interact with our travel services.
By using this Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you use our Website or communicate with us, including:
If you make a booking or request travel-related services from us, we may additionally require information necessary to arrange those services, such as passenger details, identification or travel-document information, payment-related information, and other information required by airlines, hotels, transportation providers, visa authorities, insurance providers, or other travel-service partners.
We may also automatically collect certain technical and usage information, such as:
Such information may be collected through cookies, analytics tools, and similar technologies.
We may use the information we collect to:
We do not sell, rent, or commercially trade your personal information to third parties.
However, in order to provide the travel services requested by you, we may need to share relevant information with trusted service providers and business partners, including:
We only intend to share information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
Some of these service providers may be located outside India. Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that such transfers are handled in accordance with applicable law and appropriate safeguards.
Payments made through the Website may be processed through third-party payment gateways.
We generally do not store complete debit-card or credit-card numbers, CVV numbers, PINs, passwords, or other sensitive payment credentials on our own servers.
Payment information may be collected and processed directly by the relevant payment service provider in accordance with its own privacy policy and terms.
Our Website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
We may use third-party analytics services to understand Website traffic and visitor behaviour. Such services may collect information in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
You may be able to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of parts of the Website.
If you subscribe to our newsletter or otherwise provide consent to receive promotional communications, we may send you information about:
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the relevant communication or by contacting us.
Please note that even if you opt out of promotional communications, we may still contact you regarding an existing enquiry, booking, payment, itinerary, or other transaction.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:
When personal information is no longer required, we may securely delete, anonymise, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable law and our internal procedures.
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, loss, or destruction.
However, no website, electronic transmission, or method of storing information can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, while we take reasonable steps to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
To exercise any applicable privacy rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
Our Website and services are intended for a general audience and are not specifically directed at children.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children without appropriate consent where such consent is required by applicable law.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate consent, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps.
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites, social-media platforms, booking platforms, payment providers, airlines, hotels, or other external services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites or services.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of such third parties before providing them with personal information.
We may update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, technology, legal requirements, or business practices.
Any updated version will be published on this Website with a revised Effective Date.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the applicable laws of India.
Any disputes arising in connection with this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information shall be subject to the applicable jurisdiction of the courts in India.
Authentic Karnataka is a brand of:
For all privacy-related questions, requests, concerns, or complaints, please contact:
Email: dkumar@blissfulasia.com
Website: AuthenticKarnataka.com
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Narhe, Pune, India
If you have any questions regarding how your personal information is collected or used, please contact us and we will make reasonable efforts to address your concern.