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Omaha Bar Association PRIVACY NOTICE
The Omaha Bar
Association (the "OBA”) is strongly committed to protecting your privacy online
when visiting our web site. The OBA knows that you care how information about
you is used and shared and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully
and sensibly. This privacy notice outlines the information the OBA will collect
on the OBA web site and how we will use that information. By visiting the
omahabarassociation.com, you are accepting the practices described in this
Privacy Notice.
PLEASE NOTE:
THIS POLICY ONLY ADDRESSES THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF THE OBA WITH REGARD TO
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY NON-OBA MEMBERS WHEN "VISITING" THE OBA SITE. THIS
POLICY IS NOT MEANT TO BE CONSTRUED TO APPLY TO THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF THE OBA
WITH REGARD TO MEMBERS OF THE OBA AND ASSOCIATED MEMBER DATA.
1.
TYPES AND USES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. For each visitor to the OBA
web site, our web server automatically recognizes and collects the individual’s
domain name, not their email address. The only information the OBA obtains about
individual visitors to its web site is that supplied voluntarily by visitors. In
cases when the OBA may need additional personal information to provide visitors
with customized content or to inform them about new features or services,
visitors are explicitly asked for that information ("personal information").
Such personal
information collected by the OBA is kept strictly confidential and is used for
internal purposes only, including, without limitation, providing you with
requested services, improving our marketing and promotional efforts,
statistically analyzing web site usage, improving our content and web site
offerings and to customize our web site's content and layout. The OBA also uses
your information to create aggregate reports; however, these reports do not
contain any personally identifiable information. We believe these uses allow us
to improve the OBA web site and better tailor them to meet our users’ needs. If
you scroll to the bottom of this page, you will see additional examples of the
type of information we collect.
EXCEPT AS
DISCLOSED IN THIS PRIVACY NOTICE, THE OBA DOES NOT SELL, LEND, RENT OR OTHERWISE
DISCLOSE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ANY THIRD PARTIES. HOWEVER, YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED WITH AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR CONTRACTORS OF THE OBA.
2.
BUSINESS TRANSFERS.
As we continue
to develop our business, the OBA, or substantially all of its assets may be
acquired. In such a transaction, customer information will of course be one of
the transferred business assets.
3.
COOKIES.
Our web site
may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer.
“Cookies” are pieces of information that a web site transfers to an individual's
hard disk for record keeping purposes. Our web site may use cookies during your
on-line session to deliver content specific to your interests. Cookies allow us
to avoid showing you the same ad or other message repeatedly and allow us to
tailor a web site or to better match your interest and preferences. Our cookies
enable the OBA to relate your use of the web site to information that you have
specifically and knowingly provided to our web site. Most internet browsers
enable you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies or
receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to your browser
instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.
4.
REGISTRATION
Our web site's
Member registration area requires users to give us contact information such as
their name and OBA membership number. This information and the associated OBA
member information is not controlled by this privacy policy but rather by the
rules of the Omaha Bar Association.
5.
DISCLOSURE REQUIRED BY LAW.
Unfortunately,
due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot insure that all of your
private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in
ways not otherwise described in this privacy policy. By way of example (without
limiting the foregoing), we may be forced to disclose information to the
government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may
unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. Further,
we can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to law
enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe
necessary or appropriate. Therefore, although we use industry standard practices
to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your
personal information or private communications will remain private.
6.
EXTERNAL LINKS.
The OBA web
site may contain links to other internet web sites. We encourage all of our
partners, contributors, and third parties to implement policies and practices
that respect the privacy of our users. However, the OBA is not responsible for
the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. Our policy only
addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the
extent that you disclose your information to other parties, whether they are
linked from the OBA web site, different rules may apply to their use or
disclosure of the personal information you disclose to them. Because the OBA
does not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the
privacy customs and policies of that third party. We encourage you to ask
questions before you disclose your personal information to others.
7.
PUBLIC FORUMS.
The OBA may
provide its users with chat rooms, forums, message boards and/or news groups.
Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas becomes public
information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your
personal information.
8.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY.
The OBA
understands the importance of protecting childrens’ privacy in the interactive,
on-line world. the OBA does not intentionally target or solicit to children
thirteen (13) or younger for purposes of collecting personal information. The
OBA web site may link to certain web sites which may target or solicit to
children thirteen (13) or younger and may collect personal information. Those
web sites are not governed by this privacy policy, but will (or should) have
their own privacy policies that more fully explain how they respect and protect
the privacy of children while providing them information, goods or services.
Check out the FTC's site for more tips on protecting children's privacy online.
9.
AMENDMENTS AND UPDATES.
Please note
that we review our privacy practices from time to time, and that such practices
are subject to change. The OBA reserves the right to change this privacy notice
at anytime by posting revisions on the OBA web site. We ask that you
periodically review this page to insure familiarity with the most current
version of our privacy notice. However, this privacy policy is not intended to,
and does not, create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of
any party.
10.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE AND NOTICES.
If you choose
to visit the omahabarassociation.com, your visit and any dispute over privacy is
subject to this Notice and our Terms and Conditions, including limitations on
damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the State of
Nebraska. If you have any concern about privacy at the OBA, please send us a
thorough description to mardee@creighton.edu, and we will try to resolve it.
This Notice and the Terms and Conditions will change, and use of information
that we gather now is subject to the Privacy Notice in effect at the time of
use. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you
have instructed us not to, but you should check our web site frequently to see
recent changes.
11.
INQUIRIES. Should you have other questions or concerns about this
privacy policy, please call us at or send us an email at
mardee@creighton.edu.
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