Privacy Policy

General
Occular Computer Systems,LLC (“Occular Systems”) recognizes that your privacy and the privacy of your patients is important and is therefore committed to protecting it when you opt to use Occular Systems’ services or access Occular Systems’ Website at (occularsystems.com). As a result, we have implemented the following version of our Privacy Policy (“Policy”).
By using this Website, you affirm that you are able and legally competent to agree to and comply with and be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If at any time you do not accept all of these terms, you must immediately stop using the Website. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If and when the Privacy Policy is modified, you will be subject to the modified Privacy Policy, and by accessing the Website, agree to the terms of modified Privacy Policy, without further notice.
Any terms not otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy will have the same meaning as defined in the Website Terms of Use.
This Policy discloses the privacy practices for Occular Systems, as well as its Website and services we may offer to you through the website (collectively, the “Services”).
This Policy explains how personal and other information about you and your patients is collected through your use of our Services, the measures we take to safeguard this information, and your available rights. Please read the information below to learn the following regarding your use of this Website.
Our Website may contain links to other websites and the information gathering and retention policies of those websites is governed by the privacy statements of such other websites. You should review the privacy statements of any such other websites to understand how those website’s privacy policies apply to you and your patients.
Your Consent
By using our Services, you give your consent that all personal and sensitive data (“Personal Data”) that you submit, both your Personal Data and the Personal Data of your patients, may be processed by us in the manner and for the purposes described below, and you agree to be bound by this Policy and the Website Terms of Use, and any future amendments or modifications made to any of these agreements.
If you do not wish to grant this consent, do not use Occular Systems’ Website and Service.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat Personal Data by placing a prominent notice on our site, and by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Website and/or Services available through this Website after such modifications will constitute your acknowledgment of the modified Policy.

1. What Types of Information Do We Collect?
In order to better provide you with the Services offered on the Website, we collect Personal Data. This refers to information that lets us know the specifics of who you are and who your patients are. When you engage in certain activities on this Website, such as scheduling an appointment or refilling a prescription for optical lenses, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself and your patients.
Examples of Personal Data may include first and last name, date of birth, email address, physical mailing address (including zip code), phone number, credit card and other payment information, personal preferences, patient prescription information, information about your patients’ health, and other information that can identify you and your patients directly or indirectly. 
Occular Systems does not collect and does not use information about race, religion, or political affiliation, of you or your client.

2. How Do We Collect and Use Information?
We do not collect any Personal Data about you or your patients through the Website unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain Personal Data to us when you elect to use certain services available on the Website. These may include submitting credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products or services on our Website.
We will only use your Personal Data in ways that are compatible with the purposes for which it was collected or as subsequently authorized by you.  We will also use certain forms of Personal Data to enhance the operation of our Website, statistically analyze Website use, improve our product and service offerings, and customize our Website’s content and layout. Finally, we may use your Personal Data to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our agreements with you, including our Terms of Use, and this Policy.
We may use your Personal Data to respond to your customer service requests or respond to any other inquiry or correspondence you send to us. We may use your Personal Data to present you with marketing relating to our services, including promotions, coupons and other discount offers, and more relevant display advertisements. We may use your Personal Data to provide you with updates, reminders, or other informational or educational content. We may use your Personal Data to enable you to participate in a contest, sweepstake, promotion, survey, or loyalty/rewards program.
Service Providers, Agents and Related Third Parties:
We sometimes hire third-party providers to perform certain business-related functions required for us to perform the Services. When we employ a third-party provider to perform a function of this nature, we may need to provide them with access to certain Personal Data. However, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function, and these third-party providers will only use your Personal Data and the Personal Data of your patients to perform the services requested by us.
Occular Systems requires its third-party providers that have access to Personal Data received by Occular Systems to provide at least the same level of privacy protection as is required by this Privacy Policy and to maintain the confidentiality of the Personal Data. Where Occular Systems has knowledge that a third-party provider is using or disclosing Personal Data in a manner contrary to this Privacy Policy, Occular Systems will take reasonable steps to prevent or stop the use or disclosure of such Personal Data.

3. How Do We Share Information With Others?
We will not sell, lease, trade, or rent your Personal Data to others.
If and whenever we intend to share your Personal Data with a third party (other than to a third-party provider as described above), you will be notified at the time of data collection or transfer, and you will have the option of not permitting the transfer.

Your credit card information may be released to the card-issuing bank to confirm payment for products and services purchased on this Website; or we may provide order information to third parties that help us provide customer service.
We may share Personal Data in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition or dissolution, transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets. In the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, Personal Data may also be transferred as a business asset. If another company acquires our company, business, or assets, that company will possess the Personal Data collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Data as described in this Policy.       
In some certain circumstances, we may be required by public, law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide Personal Data to the appropriate governmental authorities. In such cases, we will disclose Personal Data upon receipt of a court order, subpoena, or to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation or meet national security requirements. We may also disclose Personal Data information if we believe it is necessary in order to protect or defend the rights or property of Occular Systems or users of the Website or Services.
We may also provide Aggregate Information about our sales, traffic patterns, and related Website information to third party advertisers, but these statistics do not include any Personal Data.

4. What Are My Privacy Options?
We may send you e-mails regarding new products and services that we feel may interest you. If you do not wish to receive emails of this nature, you may unsubscribe from the mail list using the “unsubscribe” feature that accompanies our emails or by contacting us at web@occularsystems.com.
You may review, update, amend, or correct the Personal Data by contacting us. Upon request, to the extent required by applicable law, LLI will grant you reasonable access to Personal Data that it holds about you and will take reasonable steps to permit you to correct or amend Personal Data. You can make these requests by contacting us at web@occularsystems.com.

5. How Do We Secure Your Data and Information?
Occular Systems is committed to protecting the security of your Personal Data. We use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures, including physical, electronic, and procedural security safeguards to help protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When you purchase our products and services, your personal credit information, including your credit card number, is encrypted before it travels over the Internet. As a result, placing an order online at our Website is just as safe as giving your credit card number over the phone. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while Occular Systems uses reasonable efforts to protect your Personal Data, Occular Systems cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Cookies
A "cookie" is a bit of information that an Occular Systems sends to your internet web browser that helps our Website remember information about you and your preferences.  Our Website may use cookies to improve the overall experience of the Website. Cookies generally do not permit personal identification of a User. A User can set their internet web browser to notify them before they receive a cookie, giving each User the chance to decide whether to accept the cookie. A User can also set their internet web browser to turn off cookies. If you do so, however, some portions of our Website may not function properly.

7. What Exclusions are there to the Privacy Policy?
This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to us. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of our website, any ideas for new products or modifications to existing services, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, “Unsolicited Information”) including all content that by its nature is accessible or intended to be accessible to other users of the Services.
All such Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and we shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation or attribution.
You should also be aware that when Personally Identifiable Information is voluntarily disclosed (i.e. your name, email address, etc.) in the public areas on this Website, that information, along with any information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages (including unwanted spam messages) from third parties. Such activities are beyond our control and this Policy does not apply to such information.
If you have any questions, concerns, or inquiries about our Privacy Policy, our use of your Personal Data, or our privacy practices, please contact us at web@occularsystems.com. You may also send written correspondence to:

LAST UPDATE: 05/01/2021