IOPTWH is very sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet. We believe it is important you know how we treat the information you may provide to us. Unless prominently and specifically stated otherwise, the information you provide is never shared with anyone other than IOPTWH employees. This privacy statement applies only to information collected by web addresses in the IOPTWH.org domain, hereafter referred to as IOPTWH. If you purchase a product or service from us, we request certain personally identifiable information from you on our order form. You must provide contact information (such as name, email, and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date). We use this information for billing purposes and to fill your orders. As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a users computer for record-keeping purposes. We do use cookies on this site. IOPTWH may use both session ID cookies and/or persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browsers help file. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site will be limited. IOPTWH safeguards the security of the data you send us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. Likewise, we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet. The IOPTWH website uses industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all web pages where personal information is required. When entering personal information, we strongly recommend an SSL-enabled web browser. This protects the confidentiality of your personal and credit card information while it is transmitted over the Internet. When you enter credit card information on the IOPTWH web site, we do not store your credit card information on our servers. Credit card numbers are submitted to a credit card authorization service, PayPal. This service provides IOPTWH with credit card validation information only. We do not have access to your personal financial data. If you no longer wish to receive newsletters and promotional communications from IOPTWH, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by emailing us at info@IOPTWH.org. The IOPTWH web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by IOPTWH. Please be aware that IOPTWH is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. IOPTWH will not sell, rent, disclose, or loan your personal information to any third party. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of the policy changes. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at info@IOPTWH.org |
