Privacy Policy

Welcome to the Opticians Handbook Online. This site is owned by Jobson Medical Information LLC ("JMI"). This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding collection, use, and disclosure of personal information that you may provide to us through this Web site.

• What personal information do we collect on this site, and how do we collect it?
  When you register on Opticians Handbook Online, we ask you for the following information:
  • First and last name
  • Home or work address
  • Phone number
  • E-mail address
• How do we use the personal information that we collect when you register for Opticians Handbook Online?

  We may use your e-mail address to send you e-mails about Opticians Handbook Online and about developments, opportunities, and goods and services available from JMI, its affiliates, and other companies in the field of or fields related to optometric business. We also may provide your e-mail address to our affiliates and others in the optometric and optical fields who offer products and services that may be of interest to you.

  We may use your snail-mail address to ascertain in which geographic area you are located, so that we can determine whether to invite you to an event in that area; and we may use the address to send you a direct mail invitation to an event.

  If we stage live Opticians Handbook Online events, we might use your phone number to market those events to you by phone, or, if you register for an event, to confirm your attendance by phone.

  If we sell, assign, or otherwise transfer the business of this Web site, we will transfer your personal information to the buyer and use reasonable commercial efforts to require the buyer to agree to treat it in accordance with this privacy policy.

  If we are required to disclose your personal information by any applicable law, court order, or government regulation, we will comply with such laws, orders or regulations.

• Do we use cookies (and what are they)?
  

  Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site places on your computer to facilitate and enhance your communication and interaction with that site by making it easier for you to navigate the site. That is how we use cookies on this site. We do not use cookies to retrieve personal information from your computer. Cookies (and JavaScript) must be enabled for you to enter and use this site.

• What about non-confidential information that you transmit to us?
  

  Any communication or material you transmit to us by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is and will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary. We may use anything you transmit to us or post on this Web site for any purpose, including but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast, posting, and/or ranking, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products and services, for no compensation.

• How can you be sure that your information is secure on our Web site?
  

  We take reasonable steps to protect your information as you transmit it from your computer to our site and to protect your information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this site may not be secure. Moreover, where you use passwords, ID numbers, or other special access features on this site, it is your responsibility to safeguard them.

  This site may contain links or references to other Web sites in addition to the ones we have already mentioned. Please be aware that we do not control such other Web sites and that, in any case, this Privacy Policy does not apply to those Web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every Web site you visit.

• How can you correct your personal information on this site?
  

  Sign in and click on "My Account."

• How will you know if this policy has changed?
  

  If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted here. Please check back periodically and especially before you provide any personal information. This Privacy Policy was last updated on October 22, 2010.