Privacy Policy

Please take a moment to read about our information practices, including the type of information that we gather, how we use the information and for what purposes, to whom we disclose the information, and how we safeguard your personal information. Your privacy is a priority to us, and we go to great lengths to protect it.

Website Visitors
Except as described below, The Oak Group does not collect or require visitors to www.oakgroup.com ("Website") to furnish personally identifying information such as names, email addresses and phone numbers. The Oak Group collects non-personally identifying information such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and date and time of each visitor request. The Oak Group also collects potentially personally identifying information, which are non-personally identifying in and of themselves, but could be used in conjunction with other information to personally identify you, such as Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses.

The Oak Group's purpose in collecting this information is to better understand how The Oak Group's visitors use the Website. To that end, The Oak Group may share potentially personally identifying information with its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations. The Oak Group may also release non-personally identifying information about visitors, e.g. by publishing a report on Website usage trends. Otherwise, The Oak Group will not publicly release potentially personally identifying information except under the same circumstances as The Oak Group releases personally identifying information. Those circumstances are explained in detail below.

Collection of Personally Identifying Information
Certain Website visitors choose to interact with The Oak Group in ways that require The Oak Group and others to know more about them. The amount and type of information that The Oak Group gathers from Users depends on the nature of the interaction. You can always refuse to supply personally identifying information to The Oak Group, with the understanding that it may prevent you from engaging in certain activities on or related to the Website.

Protection of Certain Personally Identifying Information
The Oak Group discloses potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information only to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on The Oak Group's behalf or to provide services available at The Oak Group's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. The Oak Group will not rent or sell potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Oak Group discloses potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when The Oak Group believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Oak Group, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an The Oak Group website and have supplied your email address, The Oak Group may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with The Oak Group and our products.

Cookies
The Oak Group's Web site may use cookies to help The Oak Group identify and track visitors, their usage of the Web site, and their Web site access preferences across multiple requests and visits to The Oak Group's Web site. The Oak Group visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers by The Oak Group should set their browsers to refuse cookies before linking to the Website. Certain features of the Website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Protection of Certain Personally Identifying Information
Where The Oak Group has collected personally identifying information subject to one of the exceptions described in the Collection of Personally Identifying Information section, above, it may disclose that information to The Oak Group employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that need to know such information in order to process it on The Oak Group's behalf and that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using The Oak Group's Web sites, you consent to the transfer of your information to them. The Oak Group does not rent or sell such information to anyone.

Updating of Personally Identifying Information
The Oak Group permits Users to freely update and correct their personally identifying information as maintained by The Oak Group. To do so, Users and Convertees need only look for the links and other tools available on The Oak Group's Web sites or contact The Oak Group by email. If you no longer wish to receive materials distributed by The Oak Group, you should unsubscribe by using the unsubscribe link located in the email message.

Privacy Policy Changes
Although changes are likely to be minor, The Oak Group may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any and all changes will be reflected on this page. The Oak Group encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.