About - Al Hassan Group of Companies

Last updated December 21, 2008

Al Hassan 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 Al Hassan website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Al Hassan website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Al Hassan collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Al Hassan. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Al Hassan for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Al Hassan website.

Al Hassan encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Al Hassan so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Al Hassan is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Al Hassan website.

Use of your Personal Information

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

Al Hassan does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Al Hassan 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, Al Hassan may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you e-mail 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 Al Hassan, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Al Hassan does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

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

Al Hassan website 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 Al Hassan or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Al Hassan; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Al Hassan, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Al Hassan website 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 Al Hassan pages, or register with Al Hassan site, a cookie helps Al Hassan 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 Al Hassan website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Al Hassan 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 Al Hassan website.

Security of your Personal Information

Al Hassan secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Al Hassan secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

Changes to this Statement

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

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