AdvTravl Inc., which owns and operates the website www.ocoos.com, takes your privacy very seriously and aims to make your experience with our services as safe and reliable as possible. The information contained in this policy is used to inform you about the type of information collected from our users and how it is planned to be used. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact one of our team members at info@ocoos.com.
The following is contained in this policy:
1.) Scope
2.) What Information the Site Collects
3.) How We Use the Information that We Collect
4.) Information Sharing
5.) Third-party Services
6.) Your Choices
7.) Access
8.) Confidentiality and Security
9.) Visitors from Outside of the United States
10.) California Visitors
11.) Children Under 13
12.) Changes to the Privacy Policy
13.) Questions and Suggestions
This policy only applies to the site, www.ocoos.com, and does not apply to any of the information collected by other sites or to the practices of other companies of which Ocoos.com (AdvTrvl) has no control. This policy does refer to all the sites under the ocoos.com domain such as ocoos.com/blog and ocoos.com/serviceprovider, etc. Many times ocoos.com may contain links to other sites outside of our domain, but please remember that those sites have their own privacy policies and they should be examined by the user in order to determine the use of collected information on those individual sites.
2.) What Information the Site Collects
Information you provide directly to us:
Anyone can view the material posted on www.ocoos.com and its related sites without having to submit any information. If you do choose to interact with our site, you will be prompted to register and supply Ocoos with select information about yourself. Such interactions include commenting, sharing, posting services, and purchasing. The information we ask for may include the following, but is not limited to:
3.) How We Use the Information that We Collect
Email Communications:
Occasionally Ocoos.com uses the information that we collect to send you email notifications. The email notification usually pertains to things you may be interested in viewing on our site or information about upcoming changes to the ocoos.com platform. Also we may send you newsletters or other correspondence that you might have signed up for while on our site.
Mobile Communications:
Ocoos.com may also use your mobile number and location to send you notifications about things pertaining to our site and business.
Advertising:
Advertising is a way to provide users with information that may or may not be pertinent to them while they are visiting and interacting with ocoos.com. Some of these advertisements may be targeted to our users based on the information we have gathered about them. For example, we may use information from your cookies, web beacons, demographic data and other sources to displayed targeted advertising on ocoos.com. We may also use information based on your interactions with Ocoos like saving articles, participating in commenting or purchasing offerings. This information is used to help advertisers using ocoos.com to reach their market in a more efficient way. For more information about Cookies and other technologies, you can visit the following websites to find out about your personal browsing options.
http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html
User Accounts:
In order to provide our users with the most relevant information related to their past behaviors, ocoos.com may track user involvement in public discussions and forums. For example, we may track that you view many kayaking articles and marketplace items to assume that you are interesting in kayaking. We may also track how many times people view a certain post or article to determine its relevance in our community.
Request Fulfillment:
We also use the information that you submit to fulfill your requests for newsletters, products, services, and other information that you may ask for. A great example is the use of your email address to let you if someone comments on a post or comment that you made on our message boards and forums.
Statistical Analysis:
In order to understand our users more clearly, we analyze the information we collect to make our site a better experience for everyone. We may use certain information to help increase our sites functionality and content subject matter.
Enforcement:
The information that we collect may be used to prevent illegal activities, enforce ocoos.com's Terms of Use, and protect the rights of all the users of ocoos.com.
In addition to the uses identified above, we may use the information that we collect for any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your information or pursuant to your consent.
Ocoos.com only shares our users information under certain conditions and circumstances. We will make your information available to other companies, applications, and people in the circumstances listed below.
Please note that third parties may independently collect data about you, including your IP address and information about the websites you visit and the links you click, through cookies, clicks on links, or other means when you visit or view ads on ocoos.com.
To make your experience with Ocoos.com as easy as possible, we provide our users with the ability to register through third party networks such as Facebook and Twitter. When you connect with Ocoos through these third party sites, there is an exchange of information between both Ocoos and the third party sites. When you allow Ocoos to use a third party site to build a profile, we may use this data to:
Please remember that we do not control the privacy practices of these third-party services. We encourage you to read the privacy policies and terms of use of all third-party service providers.
Deactivating your Account
You can deactivate your account at any time by contacting us at info@ocoos.com. When you deactivate your account, your user profile will be disabled, but your public comments will remain on the site. Ocoos has no responsibility to take down, remove, or edit any of your public activities or any submissions that are a result of your public activities.
Cookies and other Technologies
As discussed in prior sections information is collected about you automatically through cookies and other technologies.
If you opt out of these technologies, you will continue to see advertising displayed on Ocoos.com, but the advertising may not be targeted to your interests.
Please remember that we do not have access to, or control over, advertisers' or service providers' cookies, and the information practices of third parties are not covered by this privacy policy.
If you choose to share contact information with us, you may update or amend this information by contacting us at info@ocoos.com
8.) Confidentiality and Security
Ocoos.com limits access to your contact information to our employees and service providers unless that information is needed in order to provide you with the expected experience in Ocoos.com. Please note that no data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please feel confident and secure when using Ocoos.com, but we can not guarantee the security of the information you choose to disclose with us.
9.) Visitors from Outside the United States
Please be aware that Ocoos.com (AdvTrvl) offices are located within the United States and any information submitted or interactions that users may have on ocoos.com is under the consideration of The United States of America laws and regulations.
Residents of the State of California may request a list of all third parties to which the Site has disclosed certain information for the third parties' direct marketing purposes during the preceding year. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this list, please contact us info@ocoos.com. Please note that we will not accept requests via the telephone, mail, or by facsimile.
Ocoos.com does not try or knowingly collect information from user under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected such information without a parents consent, we will delete the information as quickly as possible. If you believe that information has been collected from a user under 13, please contact us at info@ocoos.com.
12.) Changes to the Privacy Policy
We plan to continually update this privacy policy to reflect the changes in our business and policies. We may update the policy at anytime and will only notify you of the changes if they pertain to the way we handle your personal information. These notifications will either be through email or a prominent notification on our home site.
13.) Questions and Suggestions
If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact our privacy team at info@ocoos.com
Effective Date: January 30, 2012