What Personal
Information About Customers Does Online Certification Services Gather?
The information we learn from customers helps
us personalize and continually improve your shopping experience at
Online Certification Services. Here are the types of information we gather.
- Information You Give Us:
We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in
any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then
you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the
information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your
requests, improving our store, and communicating with you.
- Automatic Information:
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with
us. For example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain
certain types of information when your Web browser accesses Online Certification Services websute.
A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit Web sites
anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalized
experience at Online Certification Services website if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be
aware that these tools exist.
- E-mail Communications:
To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a
confirmation when you open e-mail from Online Certification Services if your computer
supports such capabilities. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other
mail from us, please contact us and let us know.
What About Cookies?
- Cookies are alphanumeric
identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web
browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide
features such as storage of items in your Shopping Cart between visits.
- The Help portion of the
toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from
accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a
new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you
to take full advantage of some of Online Certification Services's coolest features, and we
recommend that you leave them turned on.
Does Online Certification Services Share the
Information It Receives?
Information about our customers is an important
part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We
share customer information only as described below and with subsidiaries
SSCTraining Corporation controls that either are subject to this Privacy Policy
or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy
Policy.
- Third-Party Service
Providers: We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on
our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending
postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists,
analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and
links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments,
and providing customer service. They have access to personal information
needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
- Business Transfers: As
we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy stores,
subsidiaries, or business units. In such transactions, customer information
generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to
the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy (unless, of course, the
customer consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that SSCTraining
Corporation or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer
information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
- Protection of
Online Certification Services and Others: We release account and other personal
information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law;
enforce or apply our Terms & Conditions and other agreements; or protect the
rights, property, or safety of Online Certification Services, our users, or others. This
includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for
fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does
not include selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personally
identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation
of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Policy.
- With Your Consent: Other
than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you
might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to
share the information.
How Secure Is Information About Me?
- We work to protect the
security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.
- For security of credit
card transactions, we us PayPal and all card numbers and customer credit
info it performed on their secure site. For details on PayPal’s high level
of security, go to their site and review their privacy policy.
- It is important for you
to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your
computer.
Which Information Can I Access?
Online Certification Services gives you access to information
about your account and your interactions with Online Certification Services for the limited
purpose of viewing and, in certain cases, updating that information.
What Choices Do I Have?
- As discussed above, you
can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed
to make a purchase or to take advantage of certain Online Certification Services features.
- When you update
information, we usually keep a copy of the prior version for our records.
- If you do not want to
receive e-mail or other mail from us, please contact us. (If you do not want
to receive Terms & Conditions and other legal notices from us, such as this
Privacy Policy, those notices will still govern your use of Online Certification Services,
and it is your responsibility to review them for changes.)
- The Help portion of the
toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from
accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a
new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.
Are Children Allowed to Use Online Certification Services's paid services?
Online Certification Services does not sell products or services for
purchase by children. If you are under 18, you cannot use Online Certification Services's online service offerings. All of the certificates and training
on our site are for security guards, who have an age requirement of 18 years of
age.
Terms & Conditions, Polices, and Revisions
If you choose to visit Online Certification Services, website your
visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Policy and our
Terms & Conditions, including limitations on
damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of
California. If you have any concern about privacy at Online Certification Services website, please
contact us with a thorough description, and we will try to resolve it. Our
business changes constantly, and our Privacy Policy and the Terms & Conditions
will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and
conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web
site frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current
Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your
account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never
materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of
customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected
customers. Related Practices and Information
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