Privacy Policy

Revised September 2023

Overview
Opals America, LLC strives to provide online resources in a safe, secure manner that respects your privacy when you visit our site. This privacy statement addresses the collection, use, disclosure, and security of information that may be obtained by Opals America, LLC when you visit opalsamerica.com.

Information Collected
Opalsamerica.com uses Google Analytics to capture information about the effectiveness of the website. When users visit opalsamerica.com, the service may collect some or all of the following information:

  • The names of domains; for example, “xyzcompany.com”;
  • IP addresses, which are numbers automatically assigned to a computer when using the Internet;
  • The type of browser and operating system used to access the site;
  • The Internet address of the website from which users linked directly to the site;
  • The search terms used to get to the website, in addition to search terms used in the site’s search engine;
  • The dates and times users access the site;
  • The type of device used to access the site;
  • How often users visit the site;
  • The pages users visit within the site; and
  • The links made to other websites through this site.
  • The information is NOT identifiable by person and is only used cumulatively for statistical purposes to help make our website more user friendly.

Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, but this cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser.

For site security purposes the server housing this website uses programs to monitor network traffic. Anyone using our site consents to the monitoring of its use by these programs and the analysis of traffic to recognize possible security breaches.

If, during your visit to opalsamerica.com, you voluntarily provide personally identifiable information through a form, we will collect such information. Examples of personally identifiable information may include:

  • Your name, address, or phone number;
  • An email address if you are communicating to us through email;
  • Information you voluntarily submit to Opals America for the purposes of completing or submitting a form online;
  • Other information volunteered

Public Disclosure
As a general rule, we will not disclose any personally identifiable information collected online to entities outside of Opals America, LLC except where you have given us permission, or where the information is public information under the Georgia Open Records Act O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 et seq., or other applicable laws.

Security
Several tools, policies and protocols are used to safeguard the submission of information through opalsamerica.com. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day operations of the entire operating environment as part of our continuing commitment to the security of electronic content as well as the electronic transmission of information.

For online financial transactions, opalsamerica.com uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption protocol to safeguard your sensitive personal information, including your credit card number. Information is encrypted from your computer to the Portal computer processing your request.

Email
Email is not a secure form of transmission. Opalsamerica.com does not recommend that you submit sensitive or personally identifiable information via email. If you choose to provide us with personal information in an email we may use the email and the information contained within it to improve our service to you or to respond to your request.

Changes to this Privacy Statement
Revisions to this privacy statement will be posted to this page so you will know the type of information we collect and how that information is used. We will also post the last date of revision at the top of this page.

Other useful privacy and security related materials
You can find more useful privacy and security-related materials through Google’s policies and principles pages, as well as: