Secretarial & Office
Solutions (SOS) created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm and
continuing commitment to the privacy of personal information provided by those
visiting and interacting with this website or requesting secretarial, clerical
or administrative assistant work. We hold the privacy of your personal
information in the highest regard. The following discloses our information
gathering and dissemination practices for this website.
We value your trust and respect your privacy. SOS is the sole
owner of the information collected on this website and from orders placed
directly with our office. We will not
sell, share, or rent this information to others. No registration is required in order to use
this website.
SOS collects and stores personal information that you give
us when you order from us or join our newsletter group, email us with your
questions, comments, concerns, mail us letters, and/or call us. Such
information may include your name, mailing address, email address, telephone
and fax numbers, and other demographic information. This information is used
for our billing purposes, and to verify that the Client is of legal age.
We use the personal information we collect to identify you
within our systems, contact you if we have questions about your order, or to
notify you of special promotional programs being offered. We do not share this
information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete an
order or if mandated by law.
We never use or share personally identifiable information
provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without
also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such
unrelated uses.
We maintain reasonable physical, technical and procedural
measures to limit access to personal information only to authorized individuals
with appropriate purposes. If you believe that someone has improperly used
personally identifiable information about you, please contact us immediately.
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially
important to us. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at
our website from those we actually know are under the age of 18 years and no
part of our website is structured to attract anyone under the age of 18 years.
SOS may change it s privacy policy from time to time. We
will post the most current version of our privacy policy on our website.
WEBSITE USE INFORMATION
Similar to other
commercial websites, our website utilizes a standard technology called
"cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and
web server log files to collect information about how our website is used.
Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include the date
and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the web
sites visited just before and just after our website.
HOW DO WE USE INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM
COOKIES?
As you visit and browse our website, the site
uses cookies to differentiate you from other users. In some cases, we also use
cookies to prevent you from having to login repeatedly for security. Cookies,
in conjunction with our web server's log files, allow us to calculate the
aggregate number of people visiting our website and which parts of the site are
most popular. This helps us gather feedback to constantly improve our website
and better serve our Clients. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal
information about you and we do not intentionally store any personal
information that your browser provided to us in your cookies.
A ‘cookie’ is a very small file where data is stored on the
end-user’s hard drive containing information that relates directly to the
end-user’s visit to our website. When you visit a
website, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this
file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each
website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences
allow it, however (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website
to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you
by other sites. Browsers are usually set to accept cookies; however, if you
would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter the configuration of your
browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies,
it is possible that some areas of our site will not function as effectively
when viewed by the users. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your
hard drive or pass on computer viruses. Information placed in the cookie is accessible only to SOS
and will not be sold or shared with anyone else under any circumstances.
HOW DO WE USE THE
INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US?
We use personal
information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing
the products and services you requested, to monitor the use of the service, our
marketing and promotional efforts, to improve our content and service
offerings, and customize our website's content, layout, services, and for other
lawful purposes. These uses improve our website and better tailor it to meet
your needs. Personally identifiable information or business information will
not be shared with parties except as required by law. Occasionally, we may also
use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our website,
new services, and special offers we think you will find valuable. You may
notify us at any time if you do not wish to receive these offers by emailing us
at the link provided on the newsletter.
YOUR CONSENT
By using our website you consent to our
collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy
Policy. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time with or
without notice.
SHARING AND SELLING INFORMATION
We do not share, sell, lend or lease any
of the information that uniquely identify a subscriber (such as email addresses
or personal details) with anyone except to the extent it is necessary to
process transactions or provide services that you have requested.
WHAT ABOUT LEGALLY COMPELLED DISCLOSURE OF
INFORMATION?
We may disclose information when legally
compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the
law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights. We may also disclose
account information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this
information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against
someone who may be violating our Terms and Conditions of Service or to protect
the safety of our users and the Public.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER WEB SITES LINKED TO OUR WEB
SITE?
We are not responsible for the practices
employed by websites linked to or from our website or the information or
content contained therein. Often links to other websites are provided solely as
pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our website.
Please remember that when you use a link to go
from our website to another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect.
Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites, which
have a link on our website, is subject to that website's own rules and
policies. Be sure to read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
SOS’ website contains links to other websites. Be aware that
SOS is not responsible for the privacy practices of other such sites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the
privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy statement applies solely to the information collected
by this website.
SURVEYS
From time-to-time our site requests information
from users via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary
and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this
information. Information requested may include contact information (such as
name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age
level). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving
the use and satisfaction of our customer service and also this site.
A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT CHILDREN
Children are not eligible to use our services
unsupervised and we ask that children (under the age of 18) do not submit any
personal information to us. If you are a minor, you can use this service only
in conjunction with permission and guidance from your parents or guardians.
POLICY MODIFICATIONS
We may change this Privacy Policy from
time-to-time. If/when changes are made to this Privacy Policy; we will post any
changes here, so check back periodically. Be assured that we will never change
this Privacy Policy to use the personal information you have submitted to us
under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this
Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.
Although we normally collect credit card payment via PayPal
and therefore never need to ask for your credit card number or expiration date,
because other sensitive information is collected such as your name, address,
personal telephone and other contact information, our website is protected with
SSL (Secure Socket Layers).
All of our users’ information such as the sensitive
information described above is restricted in our offices. Only staff members
who need the information to perform their specific jobs are granted access to
personally identifiable information.
HOW TO CONTACT US
Should you have any other questions or concerns about this Privacy
Policy, please contact us.
