Privacy

Privacy
Open Systems Technology (CouncilFirst) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our sites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Why we collect data
CouncilFirst collects website usage statistics to maximise your experience while you are on our website. Our aim is to ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer, making navigation easier.

In addition, we collect your personal information for various purposes, such as processing your requests, corresponding with you, providing you information in connection with a job application. We may also use personal data to contact you for customer satisfaction surveys and market research.

How and what we collect
We may collect information relating to your use of our website through the use of various technologies, including cookies. Details of your visits to our website may include, traffic data, data regarding the site pages you visit and other communication data.

In addition, we keep details of transactions and the fulfilment of your orders and other business activities.

How we share information
It is CouncilFirst's policy to never sell your information to list brokers or similar entities for commercial gain. We will only disclose your personal information for business or legal purposes. For example, to suppliers and vendors that are working on your project; or when required by law, or to respond to legal process; to combat fraud or protect our interest; or to protect lives.

Our sites
Our website contains links to third party websites of our suppliers, vendors, business partners, customers and to other sites that are relevant to our products and services. Additionally, for some of the functions within our website, we link to/use third party suppliers, for example, when you visit a page with videos embedded from, or links to YouTube. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.