Heritage of Omani Maritime is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Heritage of Omani Maritime site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Heritage of Omani Maritime site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Heritage of Omani Maritime collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Heritage of Omani Maritime also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Heritage of Omani Maritime. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Heritage of Omani Maritime for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Heritage of Omani Maritime site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Heritage of Omani Maritime public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Heritage of Omani Maritime does not read any of your private online communications.

Heritage of Omani Maritime encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Heritage of Omani Maritime so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Heritage of Omani Maritime is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Heritage of Omani Maritime and Heritage of Omani Maritime family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Heritage of Omani Maritime collects and uses your personal information to operate the Heritage of Omani Maritime Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Heritage of Omani Maritime also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Heritage of Omani Maritime and its affiliates. Heritage of Omani Maritime may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Heritage of Omani Maritime does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Heritage of Omani Maritime may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Heritage of Omani Maritime may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Heritage of Omani Maritime, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Heritage of Omani Maritime does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Heritage of Omani Maritime keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Heritage of Omani Maritime, in order to determine what Heritage of Omani Maritime services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Heritage of Omani Maritime to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Heritage of Omani Maritime Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Heritage of Omani Maritime or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Heritage of Omani Maritime; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Heritage of Omani Maritime, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Heritage of Omani Maritime Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Heritage of Omani Maritime pages, or register with Heritage of Omani Maritime site or services, a cookie helps Heritage of Omani Maritime to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Heritage of Omani Maritime Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Heritage of Omani Maritime features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Heritage of Omani Maritime services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Heritage of Omani Maritime secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Heritage of Omani Maritime secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Heritage of Omani Maritime will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Heritage of Omani Maritime encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Heritage of Omani Maritime is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Heritage of Omani Maritime welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Heritage of Omani Maritime has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Heritage of Omani Maritime at laila.zahran@squ.edu.om. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.