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	  			Tawasul Privacy Policy 
        
        TAWASUL PRIVACY POLICY (at 02 April 2011)
        We respect   your privacy and are committed to   protecting your personal information.    This document sets out our   policy on how we will manage your personal   information.
        What is personal information?
        Personal   information is information or an opinion (including   information or an   opinion forming part of a database) from which it is   possible to   determine your identity.  Examples of personal   information include your   name, postal address, telephone number and   email address.
        How do we collect your personal information?
        We collect personal information about you in a number of ways, including:

        

•  	directly from you, for example, when you provide information to us   by    email, in an application form or through our web site.
How do we use your personal information?
We   may   use your personal information in order to:



•	verify your identity;



•	develop, run, administer and market competitions, programs, activities and other events related; 



•	administer and manage our respective web sites and provide you with access to those web sites;



•  	keep you informed of news and information by   distributing   newsletters, publications and other communication via   various mediums;



•	research and develop new programs, activities and other events related;



If   you do not wish to receive our newsletters, publications and other     communications, please contact us (our contact details are set out     below).
When do we disclose your personal information?
We may disclose your personal information to:



•  	organisations involved in  programs and initiatives in Oman;



•	companies that we have engaged to carry out functions and activities on our behalf; and 



•	otherwise as required or authorised by law.
Our web sites
When   you visit our web sites, our systems   may record certain information   about your use of those web sites (such   as which web pages you visit and   the time and date of your visit).    We use this information to help   analyse and improve the performance of   our web sites.
 In addition, we   may use “cookies” on our web   sites.  Cookies are small text files that   help a web site to remember   your preferences and improve your experience   of using that web site.    Using cookies is standard practice for most   large web sites.  In some   cases, the cookies that we use may collect   some personal information   about you.  We will treat this information in   the same way as other   personal information we collect about you.  If you   prefer, you may be   able to disable cookies on your internet browser.    However, if you do   so, you will not be able to enjoy the enhanced user   experience that   our cookies offer.
 We   may also collect Internet Protocol   (IP) addresses relating to you when   you access and use the web sites.    IP addresses are assigned to   computers on the internet to uniquely   identify them within the global   network of computers which makes up   the internet.  We may collect and   manage IP addresses for internet   session management and security   purposes.
Accuracy of your personal information
We   take all reasonable precautions to ensure that the personal   information   we collect, use and disclose is accurate, complete and   up-to-date.    However, we rely on the accuracy of personal information   as provided to   us both directly and indirectly.



If you find that the personal   information we hold about you is   inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date,   please contact us immediately   (our contact details are set out below)   and we will take reasonable   steps to ensure that it is corrected.
How to contact us
If   you have any questions in relation to this Privacy Policy, you can   write to us by sending an email  Webmaster.  (Visit Our Contact pages).
Changes to this Privacy Policy
From   time to time, we may need to change   this Privacy Policy to reflect our   changing business practices.  We   may change the Privacy Policy at any   time by posting the changed   Privacy Policy on our www.tawasul.co.om web   site and by posting a   notice to all users on the homepage of that web   site stating that a   change has occurred.