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Privacy and Policy
This web site is owned and operated by OSF Global Services. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. Therefore we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
Information OSF Global Services gathers and tracks
OSF Global Services gathers two types of information about users:
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Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions, for example registration to attend a seminar or webinar, requesting information about OSF or our services, requesting a complimentary evaluation, participation in an online survey, participation in a forum, or through a job application.
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Information that OSF Global Services gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help us better understand the demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances does OSF Global Services divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.
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The contact information you provide will be used solely by OSF Global Services to communicate with you. We will not pass your contact information to a third party.
Children
Consistent with the international legislation, we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.
Usage tracking
OSF Global Services tracks user traffic patterns throughout our site. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. OSF Global Services does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).
OSF Global Services sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.
Cookies
Like many web sites, OSF Global Services uses automatic data collection tools, such as cookies and embedded web links. These tools collect certain standard information that your browser sends to our web site, such as your browser type and the address of the web site from which you arrived at our web site. They may also collect information about your Internet Protocol (IP) address and clickstream behavior (for example, the pages you view and the links you click). These tools help make your visit to our web site easier, more efficient and more valuable by providing you with a customized experience and recognizing you when you return.
The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. OSF Global Services uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above).
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in polling and surveys.
Use of information
OSF Global Services uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
Sharing of the information
OSF Global Services uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and to help us better understand our audience's demographics. We do not sell, rent, share or trade information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
Security
OSF Global Services operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are reviewed and enhanced periodically and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.
Links to third party sites
The OSF Global Services web site may contain links to other third-party web sites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of OSF Global Services and not covered by this OSF Global Services Privacy Statement. OSF Global Services is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to review the privacy statements posted on these (and all) sites you visit.
No unlawful or prohibited use
As a condition of your use of the OSF Global Services web site, you warrant to OSF Global Services that you will not use the OSF Global Services web site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions and notices. You may not use the OSF Global Services web site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the OSF Global Services web site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the OSF Global Services web site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the OSF Global Services web site.
Trademarks
The names of companies and products mentioned within the OSF Global Services web site may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Opt-out policy
We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users.
Your consent
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by OSF Global Services. If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. Your continued use of the OSF Global Services web site after any change will signify and confirm your assent to those changes.