PRIVACY POLICY OF OCCUPATIONALTHERAPYOT.COM
We follow this privacy policy in accordance with local laws prevailing in the places where we operate. This Policy does not apply to the procedures and practices followed by entities that are not managed, owned or controlled by the site/service OccupationalTherapyOT.com or to the people that are not engaged, employed or managed by the site OccupationalTherapyOT.com
A. GENERAL:
Thank you for visiting http://OccupationalTherapyOT.com by continued access to this site you give your implied consent to the terms and conditions mentioned hereunder, in the case of refusal, we request you to leave the site. This Privacy Policy applies only to personally identifiable information collected on the Web sites where this Privacy Policy is posted and does not apply to any other information collected by us through any other means. This Privacy Policy applies to use and sharing of personally identifiable information collected before, on, and after the date that this Privacy Policy is posted. We will also apply this Privacy Policy to personally identifiable information collected in the course of Non-Registered Transactions (as defined below) that occurred prior to the date that this Privacy Policy is posted, but only if the guest accepts the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
OccupationalTherapyOT.com (the “Web Site”) in this policy will refer as “we,” “us,” “our,” and “ourselves.” And our visitor will refer as “guests”
When this Privacy Policy uses the term “personally identifiable information,” we mean information that identifies a particular individual, such as the individual’s name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, gender, and age. When other information, such as consumer product preferences or a number of children, is directly associated with personally identifiable information, this other information also becomes personally identifiable information for purposes of this Privacy Policy. Personally identifiable information is sometimes referred to in this Privacy Policy as “personal information.” Finally, the terms of this Privacy Policy are subject to all applicable laws.
B. INFORMATION COLLECTED BY US:
1. Information You Provide to Us
Much of the personally identifiable information we receive comes directly from guests who are interested in obtaining various products and services from us. Typically, this information includes the guest’s name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs, and services, In the course of these various offerings. We may also collect other types of information such as gender, age, a number of children, and personal interests, which we may associate with personally identifiable information. If you purchase products or services from us, we will note, the type of services or products ordered or purchased, and the date of the order or purchase. We collect personal information when you register on, log on, or visit our Web sites.
2. Information Collected Through Technology
We collect information through technology to make our sites more interesting and useful to you. For instance, when you come to our sites, we collect your IP address. An IP address is often associated with the portal through which you enter the Internet, like your ISP (Internet service provider), your company, or your university. Standing alone, your IP address is not personally identifiable. We also may use IP addresses to collect information regarding the frequency with which our guests visit various parts of our site. We may combine this information with personally identifiable information.
Our Website also uses cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site sends to your computer while you are viewing the Website. We and other companies use cookies for a variety of purposes. For instance, when you return to our site after logging in, cookies provide information to the site so that the site will remember who you are. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won’t have access to many features that make your Web experience smoother (like the features mentioned above) and some of our services will not function properly.
Our website uses a variety of technical methods for tracking purposes, including Web beacons. Web beacons are small pieces of data that are embedded in images on the pages of Web sites. We also use these technical methods to analyze the traffic patterns on our Web sites, such as the frequency with which our users visit various parts of our Web sites. These technical methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorized by us to collect information on our behalf. We also use these technical methods in HTML e-mails that we send our guests to determine whether our guests have opened those e-mails and/or clicked on links in those e-mails. The information from use of these technical methods may be collected in a form that is personally identifiable.
Many advertisements are managed and placed on our Website by third parties. These companies are called “network advertisers.” Network advertisers who place advertisements on our Web sites may also use cookies and Web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information when you click on or move your cursor over one of their banner advertisements. You may not realize this information is being collected. In some cases, we may have access to information from Web beacons and cookies used by network advertisers on our sites and this information may permit us to identify other sites that you have visited that are also associated with the network advertiser. Finally, once you’ve clicked on an advertisement and have left our Website, our Privacy Policy no longer applies and you must read the privacy policy of the advertiser to see how your personal information will be handled on their site.
We, our service providers, advertisers and affiliates may collect various types of non-personally identifiable information when you visit our website. A list representing the types of non-personally identifiable information we may collect include: current Internet protocol address and type of browser you are using, the type of operating system you are using, the domain name of your Internet service provider, the web pages you have visited, sites visited before and after you visit our site, the type of handheld or mobile device used to view the site, location information, the content you have accessed and the advertisements you have been shown and/or clicked on.
When you provide information through social media account, it can help enable us to do things like (1) give you exclusive content, (2) personalize your online experience with us within and outside our applications or websites, and (3) contact you through the social networking sites or directly by sending you the latest news, special offerings, and rewards. By doing so, you consent to the use of this information in accordance with our privacy policy. When you provide personal information to us through an application, on our site, or on social networking sites, it may be publicly viewed by other members of these sites and we cannot prevent further use of the information by third parties.
Through some social networking sites’ privacy settings, you can control what data you share. For more information about how social networking sites handle your personal information, please refer to their privacy policies and terms of use.
C. HOW WE USE AND SHARE THE INFORMATION
OccupationalTherapyOT.com may use your personally identifiable information in many ways, including sending you promotional materials, and recent updates. These promotional materials may be sent to you by postal mail, email or other means. The Information that we collect from you, will not be shared with third parties.
We may sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when we make changes to our subscriber agreements, to fulfill a request by you for an online newsletter, or to contact you about your account with us.
If you choose to submit content for publication (e.g., a letter to our editors, comments posting to a blog), we may publish your screen name and other information you have provided to us.
We may on occasion combine information we collect through our site with information that we collect from other sources. We use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our sites, to deliver more relevant advertisements and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information to analyze usage of our site.
Our website contains links to or integrations with other social sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc., whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites’ privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
