Protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information is an important aspect of Osman Shriners operations.  The collection of customer’s personal information is a part of Osman Shriners fundamental day-to-day business operations.  We strive to provide the best customer service.  That includes the treating personal information fairly and with respect.  Osman Shriners and our representatives must abide by our commitment to privacy in the handling of personal information. Osman Shriners understands that there may be concerns about what Osman Shriners will do with personal information.  All persons have the right to know how Osman Shriners will utilize the personal information you provide to Osman Shriners.  Therefore, Osman Shriners has adopted this Privacy Policy to govern the use and handling of everyone’s personal information.

Applicability

     This Privacy Policy governs the use of the information that is provided to Osman Shriners.  It does not govern the manner in which the use of information we have obtained from any other source, such as information obtained from a public record or from another person or entity.

Types of Information

     Depending upon which of our services you are utilizing, we may collect personal information about you from the following sources:

• • Information received on applications, forms and in other communications;
  • Information received through our Internet website;
  • Information about transaction with or services performed by Osman Shriners or our agents, or other persons; and
  • Information received from consumer or other reporting agencies and publicly recorded documents.

Use of Information

    Osman Shriners requests information for its own legitimate business purposes and not for the benefit of any non-affiliated party.  Therefore, Osman Shriners will not release information to non-affiliated parties except:

• • As necessary for us to provide the product or service requested of Osman Shriners; or
  • As permitted by law

Osman Shriners may also disclose personal information, in good faith, if such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with the law.

Osman Shriners may, store certain basic information but not credit card information.

We do not disclose personal information about our customers or former customers to any third parties.

Former Customers

Even if you are no longer a customer, our Privacy Policy will continue to apply.

Confidentiality and Security

Osman Shriners use its best efforts to ensure that no unauthorized parties have access to any information.  Osman Shriners currently maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard any non-public information.

If electronic mail (email) messages that may include personally identifiable information, Osman Shriners will use that information to respond to an inquiry.  Remember that email is not necessarily secure against interception or other disclosure.  If communication is very sensitive, or includes information such as bank accounts, charge card or social security number, it should not be sent in an email.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time consistent with applicable privacy laws.  When Osman Shriners amend this Privacy Policy it will post a notice of such changes on its website.