PRIVACY POLICY
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.TheBMSProject.org. The BMS Project governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to The BMS Project include www.TheBMSProject.org. The BMS Project website is a Digital Services site. By using The BMS Project website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our site, The BMS Project may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
– First and Last Name
– Mailing Address
– E-mail Address
– Phone Number
– Employer
– Individual Competitive Activities Details / Preferences
– Job Title
If you donate to The BMS Project and/or acquire products and services provided by The BMS Project, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the associated transaction.
– Age
– Gender
– Physical Characteristics
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The BMS Project’s publicly accessible message boards, forum, etc., this information may be collected and used by others.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our site; (b) entering events conducted by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for services and/or products from our affiliates and/or partners; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when making donations and/or ordering products and/or services on our site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to your donations and/or services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
The BMS Project collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested and/or contributions that you have or intend to provide to The BMS Project. Your contributions may be either financial and/or non-financial.
The BMS Project may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The BMS Project and its partners and/or affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
The BMS Project may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners and/or affiliates about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (email, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party. The BMS Project may share data with trusted partners and/or affiliates to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The BMS Project, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
The BMS Project may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on The BMS Project or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The BMS Project; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The BMS Project, or the public.
Opt-Out of Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
In connection with any personal information, we may disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know the categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for business and/or altruistic purpose(s).
You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, we will refrain from disclosing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the disclosure of your personal information. To opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, contact us at inquiries@thebmsproject.org.
Tracking User Behavior
The BMS Project may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within The BMS Project, in order to determine what services provided by The BMS Project are most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within The BMS Project to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by The BMS Project. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of The BMS Project website.
Use of Cookies
The BMS Project website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize The BMS Project pages, or register with The BMS Project site or services, a cookie helps The BMS Project to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same The BMS Project website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use The BMS Project features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of The BMS Project services or websites you visit.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
– SSL Protocol
– Bluehost
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Right to Deletion
• Delete your personal information from our records; and
• Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
• Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
• Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Eighteen
The BMS Project does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Disconnecting Your The BMS Project Account from Third-Party Websites
You will be able to connect your The BMS Project account to third-party accounts — BY DOING SO, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE CONTINUOUS RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU TO OTHERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS ON THOSE THIRD-PARTY SITES). IF YOU DO NOT WANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, INCLUDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, TO BE SHARED IN THIS MANNER, DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE. You may disconnect your account from a third-party account at any time. Users may learn how to disconnect their accounts from third-party websites by visiting their “My Account” page.
Opt-Out & Unsubscribe from Third-Party Communications
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of The BMS Project by contacting us here:
– Email: inquiries@thebmsproject.org
– Phone: 213-924-0397
E-mail Communications
From time to time, The BMS Project may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
Changes to this Statement
The BMS Project reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the site and/or services available through this site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
The BMS Project
3853 Whitman Road
Annandale, VA 22003
Email Address: inquiries@thebmsproject.org
Effective as of October 15 , 2021
The BMS Project does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.