Oilfield Helping Hands (OHH) operates oilfieldhelpinghands.org and may operate other websites. It is OHH’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, OHH collects information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. OHH’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how OHH’s visitors use its website. From time to time, OHH may release non-personally identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
OHH also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on oilfieldhelpinghands.org. OHH only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
OHH occasionally partners and links to organizations, companies and vendors when it is in the best interest of the Oilfield Helping Hands mission. Please be advised that OHH is not in control of purchases, actions and privacy standards on these third-party sites. Please be aware that at times you may be directed outside the OHH site and will no longer see the oilfieldhelpinghands.org URL; however, we will do our best to make it obvious by forcing outside websites to open as a new page.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to OHH’s websites choose to interact with OHH in ways that require OHH to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that OHH gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at oilfieldhelpinghands.org to provide a username and email address.
In each case, OHH collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with OHH. OHH does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Aggregated Statistics
OHH may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. OHH may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, OHH does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
OHH discloses personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on OHH’s behalf or to provide services available at OHH’s websites, and (ii) 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 OHH’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.
OHH will not rent or sell your information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, OHH discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when OHH believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of OHH, third parties or the public at large.
If you have provided OHH an email address, OHH may occasionally send you emails to tell you about new features, industry trends, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with OHH and our products. If you do not wish to receive emails from OHH, you may unsubscribe at any time by contacting us. All requests to be unsubscribed from our email lists are strictly followed. To be removed from our marketing email list, contact info@oilfieldhelpinghands.org.
If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that your information will be transferred to, processed and stored in the United States and in other countries where we do business. By submitting your personal data, you agree that we may transfer, process and store your data in this way. Wherever the data is, it will be treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable privacy laws in North America and the EU. These laws may be different from the privacy laws in your country. However, this does not change our commitments to safeguard your privacy and we will comply with all applicable laws relating to the cross-border data disclosure of your personal information.
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard the information we collect online through the use of a variety of commercially reasonable, industry standard physical, administrative and technical safeguards. This includes, but is not limited to access controls, employee training, industry-standard encryption, firewalls, and server authentication technology to protect data when the Sites are accessed. We host data in a secure server and cloud-based environment that use firewalls and other industry-standard technology in an effort to prevent interference or access from outside intruders. The Internet, however, is not perfectly secure and we are not responsible for security incidents not reasonably foreseeable or reasonably within our control.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. OHH uses cookies to help OHH identify and track visitors, their usage of OHH website, and their website access preferences. OHH visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using OHH’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of OHH’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If OHH, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of OHH may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Privacy Policy Changes
OHH may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, as well as to comply with updated regulations and policies. OHH 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.
If you have any inquiries, comments or suggestions about our collection or use of your personal data or this statement, we would be pleased to receive them if you contact our Privacy and Data Protection Officer by email at info@oilfieldhelpinghands.org or at Oilfield Helping Hands, P.O. Box 720235, Houston, TX 77272.
If you would like to receive information about the personal data we have in relation to you, to update such personal data, to withdraw any consent you have provided to us previously or to be removed from our systems, please contact our Privacy and Data Protection Officer by email at info@oilfieldhelpinghands.org.
