We thank you for visiting the National Survey Authority’s Geospatial Portal. The portal is committed to protecting the rights of all website visitors and preserves the privacy of their information. This privacy policy describes how information is collected, used and who has access to it.
Data collection
The portal users are required to provide specific identifying information if the registration is in a personal capacity, such as name, job title, company address, e-mail address, or phone numbers and others. Either if the registrar is a government or private entity, it requires information about the entity such as its headquarters address, phone number, e-mail address, mailbox, persons authorized to enter on behalf and others. We also collect statistical information that helps us to understand how people use our site so that we can continually improve our services.
The portal will collect the personal information necessary to provide information, questionnaire, or services to individuals. The collected information dose not intended to track specific people nor their movement. You may be asked to voluntarily participate in the questionnaires and opinion polls that the portal may undertake. Your lack of participation will not affect your ability to use the portal features. If you are a registered user, the portal will collect and store the date and visiting times only.
Use of Information Collected
The geospatial portal uses the information collected to respond appropriately to requests and to provide better services to improve and perform the portal’s and to collect statistical analyzes. The portal also collects information about your hardware and software for the purpose of providing the required services, noting that this tracking system does not collect personal information.
Protection of personal information
The personally identifiable information collected by the portal will not be available for public viewing, and it will be limited to authorized government employees only for the purpose of providing services and information only. The information provided by the customer is saved in accordance with the principles and standards known to government websites, where this information is saved in a central database surrounded by a set of security technology, and the required protection tools have been taken into consideration in this regard.
Website browsing information
When you browse the portal, or download data from it, your visit data will be collected and stored for use for statistical purposes only. This data is not collected for commercial or marketing purposes.
Your option to use cookies.
Some pages of this portal use cookies, which are small files that websites store on your device and are used to save time while browsing for the user so that he does not need to provide this information for next visits. You can set your browser to refuse to store cookies, or to notify you when the site tries to send cookies. You can also check your hard drive for cookies and, if desired, delete them from your personal device.
Linking to other websites (disclaimer)
NSA’s portal site is provided with a number of links to other sites that may have protection and privacy standards that may differ with those owned by the portal. Therefore, the portal is not responsible for the contents of these sites if the user browses them. Accordingly, we advise you to review the privacy policies of these websites before browsing them.
Information Security
The information provided by the customer is saved according to the principles and standards known to the government websites, where this information is saved in a central database surrounded by a group of security technology, and consideration has been given to building the required protection tools in this regard. The portal is not responsible for tampering resulting from the customer’s negligence of the name User and password, and we strongly advise not to disclose this information to others.
Changes in the privacy policy (amendment to the agreement)
The conditions mentioned in NSA’s portal are subject to modification or change at any time and for any reason without prior notice. Any changes to the privacy policy will be posted on this page so that you are always aware of our policies.
Applicable law
All of the above is subject to the laws of the Sultanate of Oman, and the disputes arising from it will be settled by agreement. If not, the Omani courts will be the exclusive authority to look into any existing dispute.