Created on November 1, 2013

The Office of the Official Information Commission (OIC) has established this Personal Data Protection Policy to protect the personal information (Personal Information) of all service users who contact the OIC's website, as follows

Collection of Personal Data
1. For the convenience of providing services to all users who visit the Office of the Official Information Commission website, the website collects and gathers your personal data, such as Email Address, Name, Home or Work Address, ZIP Code, or Telephone Number, among others.
2. In the event that you sign up (Sign Up) to apply for membership or to use any particular service, the Office of the Official Information Commission will additionally collect your personal data, including Sex, Age (Gender), Preferences/Favorites, Interests, or Credit Card Number, and Billing Address.
3. Furthermore, in order to gauge the popularity of the services, which will be beneficial for using the statistics to improve the quality of services provided by the Office of the Official Information Commission, it is necessary to collect certain additional information from you, including IP Address, Browser Type, Domain Name, web page record (web page) of the website visited by the user, Access Times, and Referring Website Addresses.
4. The Office of the Official Information Commission recommends that you review the Privacy Policy of other websites linked from this website, in order to know and understand how those websites collect, use, or process your personal data. The Office of the Official Information Commission cannot endorse the statements or guarantee any actions as announced on those websites and shall not be held responsible if those websites do not carry out or take any actions in accordance with the personal data protection policies that those websites have announced.

The Use of Personal Data
1. The Office of the Official Information Commission will use your personal data only as necessary, such as your Name and Address, for the purpose of contact, providing public relations services, or giving various information, as well as surveying your opinions on the operations or activities of the Office of the Official Information Commission.
2. The Office of the Official Information Commission certifies that it will absolutely not sell or disseminate your personal data collected by the Office of the Official Information Commission to third parties, except with your explicit permission.
3. In the event that the Office of the Official Information Commission engages other agencies to carry out operations related to your personal data, such as postal delivery, statistical analysis of the operations or activities of the Office of the Official Information Commission, etc., the Office of the Official Information Commission will require the engaged agency to maintain the confidentiality and security of your personal data and stipulate a prohibition against using such personal data for purposes other than the activities or operations of the Office of the Official Information Commission.

Your Rights to Control Your Personal Data
For the benefit of maintaining your privacy, you have the right to choose whether or not to allow the use or sharing of your personal data, or you may choose not to receive any information or marketing materials from the Office of the Official Information Commission. You can do so simply by filling out your intention to inform the Office of the Official Information Commission on the webpage (http://ops.moph.go.th).

Security Measures for Personal Data
For the benefit of maintaining the confidentiality and security of your personal data, the Office of the Official Information Commission has established internal regulations within the agency to define the rights to access or use your personal data. Furthermore, to maintain the confidentiality and security of certain highly sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, the Office of the Official Information Commission has provided a secure communication channel for such data by encrypting it, for instance, by implementing the use of the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

The Use of Cookies “Cookies” are data that the Office of the Official Information Commission sends to the user's Web browser. Once such data has been installed on your system, the use of “Cookies” allows the website [http://ops.moph.go.th](http://ops.moph.go.th) to record or remember user information until the user exits the Web browser, or until the user deletes that “Cookie,” or no longer permits that “Cookie” to function. If you choose to use "Cookies" you will experience greater convenience in browsing the website because "Cookies" will help remember the websites you visit. The Office of the Official Information Commission will use the data recorded or collected by the "Cookies" for statistical analysis or other activities of the Office of the Official Information Commission, in order to further improve the quality of services provided by the Office of the Official Information Commission.

Revision of the Personal Data Protection Policy
The Office of the Official Information Commission may revise or amend the Personal Data Protection Policy without prior notice to you, for the sake of suitability and efficiency in service provision. Therefore, the Office of the Official Information Commission recommends that users read the Personal Data Protection Policy every time they visit or use services from the Office of the Official Information Commission's website. Compliance with the Personal Data Protection Policy and Contacting the Office of the Official Information Commission In the event that you have any questions, suggestions, or comments regarding the Personal Data Protection Policy or compliance with this Personal Data Protection Policy, the Office of the Official Information Commission is pleased to answer questions, listen to suggestions, and all comments, which will be beneficial for the continued improvement of the services of the Office of the Official Information Commission. You can contact the Office of the Official Information Commission at the address listed below.

Office of the Official Information Commission (OIC)
Tel. 0-2281-8552, 0-2281-8553, 0-2281-8539, 0-2281-8549
Fax. 0-2281-8543, 0-2282-2283, 0-2282-1366