Our approach to responsibly handling information is founded on the basis of the Fair Information Practices, the cornerstone of which is providing notice of our information practices and other privacy aspects in order to allow individuals to make informed decisions regarding personally identifiable information.

When you visit our web sites, information may be requested of you in order for you to participate more fully in our online offerings and services. When we collect information from you, we let you know what is being collected, how it is collected, for what purpose(s) it is collected, and to whom it may be disclosed. We also identify the information that is necessary to fulfill your request. Whenever we request additional or optional information, we mark those as voluntary so that you know it is not required to provide the requested service.

If we change our information handling practices or other privacy aspects, we will post a prominent notice of our homepage those changes on this privacy statement, at least 30 days prior to their the implementation. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner.

You may browse our web sites without providing personal information to us. However, if you want to receive our online products and services, or participate in other online activities (e.g., surveys and contests), we may request that you provide us with information about yourself. Providing this information is optional and not a requirement to visit our sites. When you provide personally identifiable information to us that may be used for secondary purposes (i.e., uses not related to the purpose for which the information was collected), we give you the opportunity to opt-out of such uses.

We have a variety of mechanisms for you to modify and update the contact information that you have provided to us and are in the process of developing more mechanisms to update your personal data. When you visit our web sites, we let you know in our privacy statements how you may currently modify the contact information that you have provided.

We recognize industry standards and employ security safeguards to protect personally identifiable information from unauthorized access and misuse. Furthermore, we take measures to ensure that the information used to process your request is accurate and current. See our site privacy statements for details about how we protect information.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of our customers and web site visitors. Should you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or the practices of our web sites, please contact us at info@iop-inc.com.

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