EOC Privacy Policy
We respect your right to privacy and will protect it when you visit our Web site. This page explains how we handle information about you when you visit and use our site.
The EOC collects no personal information about you when you visit our Web site unless you specifically and knowingly choose to provide such information to us. If you choose to provide information to us, we use it only to fulfill your request for information or services.
Statistical Information Collected and Stored Automatically
Our Web site automatically records Web site usage information that we analyze statistically to track operational problems, to prevent fraud and to improve the effectiveness, security and integrity of the site. We will disclose this information to third parties only in aggregate form or as may be required by law. For each page that you visit, we collect and store only the following technical information in what is called a Web server log file:
• Date and time of access;
• URL address of the EOC Web page visited;
• Internet domain and IP address from which our Web site was accessed;
• Type of browser and operating system used to access our site (if provided by the browser);
• URL address of the referring page (if provided by the browser);
• Completion or success status of the request for a Web page or other online item;
• File size of the Web page visited.
Information That You Voluntarily Provide
If you voluntarily provide us with personal information, for example by sending an e-mail or by filling out a form and submitting it through our Web site, you are indicating voluntary consent for us to use the information you are submitting to respond to your message and to help us provide you with the information and services that you have requested. We make every effort to disclose clearly how information is used at the point where it is collected so that our users can determine for themselves whether they wish to provide the information.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information
We do not collect, give, sell or rent any personal information to third parties for commercial marketing.
Retention of Information
We may retain electronically submitted information as long as necessary to respond to your request. Computer Web server logs may be preserved as long as administratively necessary. The information in the logs may be used at any time as necessary to prevent security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the data on our servers.
Security of Personal Information
E-mail that you send to us is not necessarily secure against third-party interception or misdirection. For your own protection, you may wish to communicate sensitive information using a method other than e-mail.
Links to Other Sites
Our Web site contains links to the Web sites of other organizations that are outside of our control. When you follow a link to another site, you leave the EOC site and your Web site interactions are no longer protected by our privacy policy. The EOC is not responsible for and does not endorse the privacy or security practices and content of non-EOC Web sites.
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