privacy policy
Effective October 11, 2004, this statement discloses the information practices for the OQO website, including what type of information is gathered and tracked, how the information is used, and with whom the information may be shared.
user information required to process your registration
We require certain information to allow us to process your registration with the OQO website. This includes your username, password, and email address. This information allows us to process your registration and to send you a confirmation by email. If you request email contact through OQO's website, OQO will use your personal information for order follow-up, to communicate product issues and send requested marketing materials. OQO does not send unrequested marketing queries to its website users.
user information required to process a purchase online
We require certain information to allow us to process your purchase online. This includes your name, address, city, state, zip code, country, and email address, as well as your credit card number and expiry date. This information allows us to process your purchase and to send you confirmation by email. OQO may also use your personal information for order follow-up, to communicate product issues and send other requested materials, but again, OQO does not send unrequested marketing queries to its website users.
email newsletter subscription
By subscribing to oqo.com email newsletter service(s), you will receive the latest news updates and information regarding special offers. You can unsubscribe yourself from our promotional emails or newsletters on our website by editing your profile. You may also unsubscribe from our newsletters by utilizing the embedded weblink.
discussion forums and chat rooms
If you participate in an OQO discussion forum or chat room, you should be aware that the information you provide there will be made broadly available to others, either inside or outside OQO, who have access to that discussion forum or chat room. Each participant's opinion on a forum or chat room is his or her own and does not reflect the opinion of OQO.
cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information that are sent to your browser from a website's computers and stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. In addition to helping us analyze our web traffic and shopping patterns, OQO may use cookies to allow us to recognize you as a returning customer and to access your relevant information so that you do not need to input the same information more than once. This helps make the ordering process quicker and allows you to easily check your order status. We do not place any personally identifiable information in your cookies. In addition, cookies are not used to access information entered on the secure server. This information can only be accessed when you enter your name and password.
You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. If you reject all cookies, you will have to re-register each time you wish to place an order and you may not be able to take full advantage of all offerings or services available on the website.
security practices
We make sure that every online communication with our customers meets our high standards of privacy and security. We do this by using a secure server with software that encrypts all of your confidential information before you send it to us. In addition, we take a range of measures to protect all customer data against unlawful or unauthorized access and have in place appropriate physical, technical and organizational security procedures to protect against damage, loss, destruction, misuse and alteration of customer data.
sharing of personal information
We may transfer some or all of your personal data to selected outside firms and partners in order to provide the products and services that you request and, as mentioned above, to assist in processing our newsletter or in connection with the processing of special offers, contests, surveys and promotions. However, these selected firms and partners can only use your personal data for the processing purposes for which it is provided. OQO will not trade, sell or rent your personal data. We also protect your privacy by limiting employee access to and use of customers' personal data.
Except for the transfers outlined above, we will only share your personal data with third parties if:
- we have your consent;
- we consider that we are required to do so by law;
- we find that you are in breach of our terms and conditions or any of our policies or usage guidelines for specific products or services;
- it is necessary in our opinion to do so to prevent, investigate, detect or prosecute criminal offences or attacks on the technical integrity of our website or our network; or
- it is necessary in our opinion to do so to protect the rights, property, or safety of OQO and its employees, the users of our website, or the public.
use and disclosure of anonymous aggregated information
OQO may also collect, aggregate, and maintain anonymous information about the visitors to our website, such as visitors' hobbies, interests, purchasing habits, music preferences, and the like. This data can then be used to tailor OQO's website content and advertising to deliver a better experience for our visitors. In addition, OQO may also share such aggregate information about our visitors with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties; for example, to inform them about the percentage of male/female visitors or percentage of visitors within a particular age range.
In no case will such disclosures include any personally identifiable information.
supplier administration
If you represent an OQO supplier, you may visit an OQO website intended specifically for use by OQO suppliers. We may use the information provided on that website in connection with entering into or performing a transaction with you. For example, this may include sharing information with other parts of OQO, OQO's Business Partners, customers, shipping companies, financial institutions, postal or government authorities involved in fulfillment. It may also be used to administer and develop our relationship with you, the supplier you represent and/or other OQO suppliers generally.
links to other websites
Our website contain links to other, third party websites. Please be aware that OQO is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites.
mergers and acquisitions
As its business evolves, OQO may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including personally identifiable information, in connection with a merger, reorganization, or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy. In such an event, personal information, along with cookies or automatically recorded information, may be one of the assets transferred.
changes to the OQO privacy policy
If we decide to 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 in what circumstances we disclose it. Changes to this privacy policy are effective at the time they are posted to this website.
your consent
In using the oqo.com website, you consent to the collection and use of this information by OQO in the ways described above.
questions
Questions or comments concerning OQO's privacy policies and practices can be directed to support@oqo.com
