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We take the issue of privacy very seriously. This Privacy Statement provides information about what type of information is gathered and tracked on the Web site, how the information is used, and with whom the information is shared.

In general: Unless you provide personally identifiable information to us voluntarily, the information is provided by your employer, or the information is collected by means of "cookies" in the manner described in this Privacy Statement, the County of Orange Benefits Center does not collect information about you in connection with your use of this Web site.

"Contact Us" requests about our products and services: Through use of "Contact Us", visitors are invited to electronically send us inquiries. We will retain copies of these messages. The information provided by a visitor will only be used to respond to the visitor's inquiry and to provide better customer service. We will post responses to visitor inquiries to the visitor's personal Web site "Inbox".

Transactional Services: You may perform transactions at this Web site utilizing the services. In order to protect the security and confidentiality of information provided through these services, it is required that users have a browser that supports 128-bit "strong" encryption.

Use of "cookies": A "cookie" is a small piece of information about an Internet session that may be created when a visitor accesses a Website. ACS uses cookies to facilitate easier navigation within the Website, to provide a higher level of convenience for the visitor, and for administrative purposes. We do not use cookies for any other purposes. This information is not shared with any other party for any commercial purposes. You can set your browser (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer) to notify you when a Website attempts to send a cookie. The browser will allow you to decide whether or not to accept the cookie. If you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you may not be able to take advantage of all the features of this, or other Websites.

We respect your right to privacy. Any information you provide to us via this Web site is kept confidential. We have also implemented security measures to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information stored in our systems. We will only use the information collected from visitors to this Web site to address the specific inquiries or requests of those visitors, and to provide better customer service. The information collected also is used to provide a record of communications with Web site visitors, and to comply with any applicable legal and/or regulatory requirements. In certain circumstances, the information you provide may also be available to your employer or plan administrator to the extent required for benefits administration.

Affiliates and service providers: In connection with our provision of the services, we may engage other service providers to provide certain features or functionality, or otherwise assist us in providing the services. Under certain circumstances these third party service providers may receive personal information collected from you as a Web site visitor. Such information is disclosed only to respond to your inquiries or requests, and to provide you with information about other financial products and services offered. Personal information will be treated by these entities with the same standards of privacy and confidentiality that we use.

Other Third parties: We do not transmit any personal information collected through this Web site to any third-party marketers.

This Web site may contain links to third party sites that you may find useful. Once you leave this Web site, we do not receive any of your information. We also do not provide any of your information to a third party web site. These third party sites may have their own privacy policies. You should review the privacy policy of any Web site before you provide personal or confidential information. We are not responsible for the content of these other sites or any business you transact or information you share with them.