This Policy applies only to information collected
at this Website. It does not apply to information collected
by us, or on our behalf, in person, through the mails, by
telephone or any other means. This policy is effective as
of May 1, 2005.
By using our Website, you consent to the
terms of our Privacy Policy and to our use of your Personal
Information as described here.
Introduction & Personal Information
We at Business Forums International LLC and our affiliated
companies ("we, us") respect your online privacy
and recognize your need for appropriate protection and management
of your personally identifiable information ("Personal
Information") that we acquire in your use of our Website.
We may collect Personal Information from you; if we do, you
will be expressly asked for it so that you know what information
you are providing. For example, we may ask for this information
when you download a document from our Website. Personal Information
we may ask for includes your name, e-mail address, the company
your work for, address, phone, fax numbers, your title, whether
you are a client of ours, and other information that can be
used to identify you. We also collect non-Personal Information,
described below.
Non-Personal Information
We use reporting technologies on our Website to record non-personal
information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet
protocol (IP) addresses; the page you request, your browser
software and operating system types; clickstream patterns;
and dates and times that our Website is accessed. We analyze
this information for trends and statistics. Our use of tracking
technologies allows us to improve our Website and your experience,
helps us understand the demographics of our user base, and
suggests the sorts of announcements you are likely to have
an interest in.
Our web pages utilize "cookies."
A "cookie" is a small text file placed on your computer’s
hard drive that allows our Website to recognize you as a prior
user, determine which pages you have previously seen, and
so on. We also use cookies to deliver content to you that
you might be particularly interested in. We cannot determine
your identity from our use of cookies. We store the information
collected through cookies in our databases. You may be able
to configure your browser to notify you if you receive a cookie,
to block cookies, or to remove cookies from your computer.
However if you do so, it will be more difficult for you to
navigate our Website.
These technologies are not designed to identify
you. It may be possible to identify you and your online actions
with the use cookies and IP addresses, but only in conjunction
with Personal Information you have voluntarily provided to
us.
Protection of Personal Information
We restrict access to the Personal Information we have collected
from or about you, as described above, to those employees
who need to know the information to provide products and services
to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards
to guard your Personal Information.
Despite our use of commercially reasonable efforts to protect
your Personal Information from unauthorized access or disclosure,
the internet is not an inherently secure environment and so
we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information.
We assume no liability for any disclosure of data due to errors
in transmission, unauthorized third party access or other
acts of third parties, or acts or omissions beyond our reasonable
control.
Use of Personal Information
We collect Personal Information when you sign up to receive
newsletters that we publish, request information regarding
an event we sponsor, and otherwise as needed to fulfill your
requests for information, products, and services, and to contact
you. When we collect this information, you will know it because
you will need to submit this information to us in order to
receive the information, product, or service you requested.
We use Personal Information primarily for our own internal
purposes, such as evaluating what aspects of the Website need
improvement, fulfilling your requests for information, products,
or services, and communicating with you.
We also use Personal Information for our
direct marketing purposes, and we will use the information
to send you announcements and invitations that we think you
may be interested in. You can always opt out of these marketing
uses by telling us not to send the materials to you when you
provide the Personal Information, or by asking us to remove
you from those mailing lists. This is normally done by clicking
on the appropriate link in those mailings. You can also contact
us at webmaster@bfimail.com.
If you choose not to provide us with the
Personal Information that we request, you can still visit
most of our Website, but you may be unable to obtain certain
information, products, and services that we offer.
Disclosure of Personal Information
In the ordinary course of our business, we do not rent or
sell any Personal Information we collect from or about you.
For the purposes specified above, we may transfer or disclose
any Personal Information we have collected from or about you
to any of our affiliated entities.
We may disclose your Personal Information
as permitted by law and may also be required to disclose your
Personal Information to governmental or regulatory entities
in response to regulatory inquiries in connection with investigations
or to comply with applicable law, rules, regulations, orders
subpoenas, or other legal processes.
We may disclose all of the information we
collect from or about you, including Personal Information,
as described above, to companies that perform marketing services
on our behalf or to other financial institutions with whom
we have joint marketing agreements. These third-party service
providers help us maintain our Website and deliver information,
products, and services to you and other users of our Website,
and help us analyze our Website traffic. The companies we
hire to provide such support services are not allowed to use
your Personal Information for their own purposes and are contractually
obligated to protect your Personal Information.
We do not transfer Personal Information
to third parties for their use as a mailing list or for other
advertising purposes. As an exception, your Personal Information
may be used by any company with which we merge, acquire or
are acquired by; we may also use it in the event of bankruptcy.
In the event our Privacy Policy is modified due to such merger,
acquisition, bankruptcy, or for any other reason, notice of
the revised Privacy Policy will be posted on this Website.
Access, Accuracy and Deletion of
Data
Upon your written request, we will allow you to review any
of your Personal Information that you disclosed to us, except
for any Personal Information that we collect in connection
with or in anticipation of any claim or legal proceeding.
If you discover any inaccuracy, please let us know so that
we can make whatever corrections are appropriate.
We keep Personal Information for an unlimited
time period. However you can ask us to delete your Personal
Information from our marketing databases, and if you do that
we will comply as soon as practicable. If you would like to
submit revisions to your Personal Information, please send
them via e-mail to webmaster@bfimail.com
Children
Our Website is not designed for children, and we do not seek
to collect any information from children including those under
the age of 13.
Third Party Websites
You may be able to access third-party Websites directly from
our Website. We cannot control how third parties may use Personal
Information you disclose to them, so you should carefully
review the privacy policy of any third-party web site you
visit before using it or disclosing your Personal Information
to it.
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Protecting your privacy online is an evolving area, and our
Website is constantly evolving to meet these demands. We therefore
reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time.
Notice of any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be
posted on the Website. Your continued use of our Website after
we notify you of changes to this statement or post a modified
Privacy Policy on this Website will constitute your acceptance
of those modifications.
If you have any comments or questions regarding
our Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@bfimail.com.
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