Air Astana respects your privacy and takes its responsibilities in regards to the protection of your personal data very seriously. You can rest assured that we continuously take steps to keep your personal data secure and ensure it is used only for legitimate purposes.
This privacy policy will help you understand what types of personal information, when and how we collect, store and use. This policy may be amended any time without prior notice at Air Astana’s discretion due to a business need or as required by law changes.
We will never wilfully disclose personal information about you to any third party other than to process your order without first receiving your permission or unless we are under a legal obligation to do so.
You can always enquire about or check the information that you have given us or request to delete all your personal information by contacting us at customer.relations@airastana.com.
Any personal information processed by Air Astana in connection with this Privacy Policy is controlled by JSC Air Astana, which is considered the “data controller” of your personal information under the Republic of Kazakhstan’s personal data protection law (#94-V as of 21 May 2013; changed and amended as of 28 December 2017) and European Union and UK data protection law (General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679). Our address is JSC Air Astana, 4A Zakarpatskaya str., 050039, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
If you have made a flight booking with us but one or more flights are to be provided by other airline(s) then that other airline will also separately be considered a “data controller.”
Any provider of services such as a hotel or car rental company, or event ticket provider like Ticketon will also separately be a “data controller”. You can access the privacy policies of those providers from them directly.
This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information about you that we collect, use and process regarding your relationship with us as a customer, frequent flyer program member or potential customer, including when you travel with us or use our services, visit and use our websites or mobile applications, contact our service agents or call centres, book to use our services through third parties (such as travel agents and other airlines) or otherwise interact with us.
Where we reference that others are data controllers in the sections ’Controller of Personal Information’ and ’Who do we share your personal information with?’ you should consult their privacy policies for further information.
Additional Terms and Conditions or policies may apply if you choose to receive additional services from us such as MyUPGRADE, MySEAT, MyWiFi, etc. or enter a competition linked to Air Astana and other third parties.
Our website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites not operated by us. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by us.
Air Astana collects and uses your personal information for the sole purpose of delivering you the service you have requested and enhancing the quality of it by offering you the right product at the right time via the right channel.
Information we may collect includes:
The failure to supply personal data may result in 1) Air Astana being unable to provide you with the services and/or products requested; 2) Air Astana being unable to update you on our latest products and/or launches; and/or 3) your inability to enter or participate in contests, promotions or redemption activities organised by Air Astana.
For specific services, apps or events, we may collect other types of data and use such data for different purposes than described in this privacy policy. We will inform you about this when you register for a service or an event or download an app.
We may collect personal information about you when/if you:
As well as collecting information directly from you or from your authorised representatives (i.e. persons whom you have authorised or your authorised representative pursuant to our then-current security procedures), there may be occasions when we collect information about you from a third party. These third parties may include:
Air Astana will only process your personal data where we have a legal, contract basis and/or your explicit consent to do so. Our legitimate interest as an airline is to use your personal data to operate and enhance the quality of our service as an airline and travel provider.
We need your personal data to:
If you are booking a flight on behalf of someone else, you must obtain their consent to use their personal information.
If processing of your data is subject to any other laws, then the basis of processing your data may be different to that set out above and may in those circumstances be based on your consent in all cases.
You can request access, amendment, update, transfer or erasure of your personal data, or object to its use and processing at any time, unless your request contradicts with the law, by sending a written request, accompanied by a copy of your proof of identity to the address specified in the Contact section of this Privacy Policy.
In order to facilitate your travel arrangements, we will often need to share your personal information with third parties including:
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
We hold your personal information in electronic files and use third party information system providers who may have access to your personal information.
Air Astana will retain your personal data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, the legal or business purposes of Air Astana, or as required by relevant laws.
At any time you may contact us at customer.relations@airastana.com to have your personal data withdrawn from our storage completely.
When destroying your personal data, we will take commercially reasonable and technically possible measures to make it irrecoverable or irreproducible in accordance with the applicable laws.
We take necessary technical and organizational measures for the protection of the data we hold about you against wrongful access, accidental or deliberate manipulation, disclosing or destruction. This includes internal check of processes of gathering, storage and data processing and security measures, and also measures on maintenance of physical safety of the data for prevention of wrongful access to systems in which we store the personal data. Our security measures are being improved continuously as new technology develops.
We give access to the personal data only those workers, contractors and agents of Air Astana whom this information is necessary for operation, development and improvement of our services. These persons are contractually obliged to maintain the confidentiality of this information.
To ensure the security of your personal data information when you browse our website, SSK (Security Sockets Layer) with 128 Bit encryption technology, and when you book flights through www.airastana.com, TLS 1.2 encryption technology is used to transfer your data securely. It encrypts all of your personal information, including credit/debit card number, so that it cannot be read as the information travels over the Internet.
If your browser does not support TLS 1.2, we recommend you to update to the latest version of any browser to improve the security of transactions, otherwise the transmission of your personal information may not be protected and Air Astana disclaims any responsibility in this regard.
When you make a booking, you will be given a booking reference (a PNR, Passenger Name Record) and/or a ticket number. This will appear on the email confirmation or ticket of each person in your booking. You should keep your booking reference confidential at all times.
If you are traveling with others and would not like your individual booking details to be accessible by them, you may prefer to have each person make separate bookings, to be paid for individually.
To make sure your access to our website and mobile app/s is secure, we recommend that you avoid sharing or communicating passwords to others. When you finish using our website and mobile app/s and/or your social media accounts (especially if these accounts are linked together) you should log out if others are able to access your computer or device, and especially when using a public device to access the web. This way, other users will not be able to access your personal data.
There is an Internet fraud practice known as "phishing" which is the illegal gathering of personal information by deception. Unsolicited emails are sent to individuals from lists illegally gathered by a third party, and recipients are asked to enter or reconfirm bank or password details into a "cloned" or illegal copy web site.
For your protection, please be aware of the following guidance:
By using www.airastana.com and our mobile app/s, you agree that we can place cookies on your device and store and access cookies, IP addresses and use other methods in order to collect website usage data, and enhance your online experience.
This can include information about your use of the website, the browser and device type you are accessing it from and where you are in the world.
By visiting and using www.airastana.com you agree that Air Astana places cookies on your device.
A cookie is a small piece of information sent from a website that you visit or certain emails you open and temporarily stored in your web browser or the hard drive of your device. The browser then returns the cookie to the server the next time the page is referenced. Cookies allow a website to customize a visit and give you a better user experience when you return to the website.
Airastana.com uses cookies for collecting information about how visitors use airastana.com, for remembering visitor preferences (e.g., country, language), and visitor profiling for retargeting/remarketing purposes.
Air Astana uses session, functional, advertisement/targeting and performance cookies on our website and mobile app/s for the following purposes:
Generally, a cookie will contain a string of text that contains information about the browser.
Some cookies we use may store more personal information about you. However, this can be done only if you yourself have provided our website with that personal information.
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon you visit our website. Turning off or deleting cookies will not prevent device identification and related data collection from occurring.
Internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more details.
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari
Once you have given us your consent to the use of cookies, we shall store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. This will expire periodically (and in all cases within 13 months). If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings.
For further information about deleting or blocking cookies, please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=2
Our website may contain links to other websites for your convenience and information. You access these websites at your own risk and Air Astana is not responsible for these websites. Whilst we will protect your personal data on our website and mobile app/s, we cannot control or be responsible for the policies of other sites we may link to, or the use of any personal data you may share with them. Please note that this Privacy policy does not cover these other websites, and we highly recommend that you get familiarized with their specific policies.
Due to the nature of our services, we may collect travel information, which may include personal information, about children when it is required to comply with the law, including local aviation or security regulations, or as otherwise required to provide transportation needs and services. We may retain personal information when required to provide transportation and related services to a child. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children – persons under the age of 18, or another age according to applicable law – other than when required to comply with the law or for safety and security reasons.
Air Astana cannot distinguish the age of persons who access and use its website and mobile app/s. If you are a parent or guardian of a minor (according to applicable laws) who has provided Air Astana with personal data without your knowledge and consent, you should contact Air Astana at customer.relations@airastana.com to remove the relevant personal data.
Our website uses Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel and Yandex Metrics, web analysis services provided by Google, Inc., Facebook and Yandex LLC correspondingly. These services utilize “cookies” in order to track and analyse your use of www.airastana.com and to prepare reports on its activities (please refer to our cookies policy above). IP addresses collected by our Google Analytics are anonymized. For more details, please refer to Google, Facebook and Yandex’s Privacy Policies.
To opt out of Google Analytics, please use this link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
To opt out of Yandex.Metrics, please use this link: https://yandex.com/support/metrica/general/opt-out.xml
These opt outs are cookie-based, therefore, you may need to opt out again if you get a new device or if you erase your browsers cookie file.
For more information on Facebook Pixel please consult this website.
When you subscribe to receiving such communications as Air Astana’s electronic newsletter, you are giving Air Astana permission to use your email address for sending you the newsletter, and other mail such as surveys and news about special offers. You can subscribe to electronic newsletters via our Frequent Flyer Programme Nomad Club or on Subscribe to Specials Offers page at airastana.com.
If you wish to retract your permission for Air Astana and do not want to receive information by email, you can do so any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of the email.
For enquiries or complaints about the protection of your personal data by Air Astana, please email customer.relations@airastana.com, we will contact you at the latest within one month of receipt.
To view your personal information, have it corrected or submit a complaint about the use of your personal information by Air Astana, you may send your written response, accompanied by a copy of your proof of identity, to:
Air Astana JSC
Customer Relations
4A, Zakarpatskaya Str.
Almaty 050039
Kazakhstan
+7 727 258 41 36