Privacy and Security policy
Umm Al Quwain E-Government is committed to protecting the rights of all the site visitors. We recognize our obligation to keep sensitive information secure, and have created this privacy and security statement to explain the current information management practices on our website.
Collection and Use of Electronic Information
Our web server automatically collects your IP address when you visit our site (your IP address is your computer's unique address that lets other computers linked to the Internet knows what the direction of outgoing data is, but without identify you individually). We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to compile statistics on site usage, and we do not allow anyone outside the framework of the technical team of the E-Government of Umm Al Quwain access to your IP.
In order to provide better service and more effective website, some parts of this site may use cookies as part of the interaction with your browser.
Cookie program is a small text file (about some bytes) and we send it to your hard drive to let the server identify your computer.
Own sending cookie will not try to read your saved information at your hard drive, and we don’t collect received files through cookie program with personal information to identify your identity or your E-mail address.
When you visit our website, you may be asked to provide personal information to identify your identity (such as Name, Address, Gender, and maybe Credit Card number) and all of it necessary information to complete your transaction.
Nevertheless, your card number will not be stored ever under any circumstances.
But if you refuse to provide such information, then you limit our ability to serve you. However, we continue to invite you to visit our site and make use of the valuable information it offers.
Secure transmission of information:
We invite you to check that this site has a trust procedure to protect your providing information; we are working on encrypt information that considered sensitive (such as credit card numbers) or data what shall be kept confidential compatible with legal requirements.
Protection of Personal Information
Your personal information is available only to the government employees who have a need to know it. It will not be available for public inspection without your consent. Also, no information will be shared, sold or transferred to any party without your prior consent. Access is given only to those qualified professionals who provide Umm Al Quwain E- government services consistent with your interactions on our site.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Some of our services reach to other sites created and maintained by public and/or private sector organizations. We provide these links for your information and convenience. When you link to an outside website, you are leaving Umm Al Quwain E- government website and our information management policies no longer apply.