BABC Privacy & Cookie Policies

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The British American Business Council Northern California (BABCSF) recognises the concern of all users of this website regarding privacy of personal information. All information provided to BABCSF is stored securely, and may only be accessed by those with appropriate permissions.These pages provide detailed information about how we handle your data.

PRIVACY POLICY

What information we collect about  you

We may collect the following personal data about you:

First Name, Last Name, Job Title, Company Name, Email Address and Telephone Number.

How your data is collected

We will collect information from you if you are a member of our organization, if you have attended or sponsored any of our events or if you have completed any forms on our site or have contacted us with comments or specific requests.  We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully. The platforms we use that store your data are ConstantContact for email marketing and ChamberMaster for Membership Management.

What we use your data for

  • We use your data for the following purposes:
  • To provide you with the highest possible level of service and to help you get the best out of this website.
  • For the effective administration of this site and to record user patterns.
  • To send you details on BABCSF events and services likely to be of interest.
  • To respond to your comments or specific requests.

This BABCSF Chapter has conducted a Legitimate Interest Assessment to ensure that our use of personal data in marketing communications is proportionate, has a minimal privacy impact and that you would not be surprised or likely to object to receive such communications. At any time, you are free to amend your communication preferences by contacting jhealey@babcsf.org or by using the unsubscribe feature at the bottom of our emails.

We may store your personal data on servers based in the United States. If you are in the European Economic Area, please note that your personal data will therefore be transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA). We do not have an EEA-based servers and so this transfer is an integral part of our business operations. By agreeing to this privacy policy you are deemed to give your consent (where required) to that transfer of your personal data.

We will only retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting obligations.

Keeping your information secure

All information that you provide to us is stored on secure servers. We have put in place appropriate measures to protect the security of your information. The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of the information transmitted to our site and you acknowledge that any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access or inadvertent disclosure.

Third party processors

It may be necessary for the BABCSF to transfer your information to third party processors, such as mailing houses, event sponsors, partners in joint ventures, companies contracted to run our events, or to other BABCSF offices. Arrangements are made to ensure that such information is adequately protected.

Amending or viewing your data

BABCSF will endeavour to ensure the information we hold will be accurate and up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us. If you find any inaccuracies we will delete or correct them promptly. If you have any questions/comments about the data we hold on you, or wish to see the data we hold on you please contact the BABCSF office at jhealey@babcsf.org.

Information on minors

BABCSF does not knowingly collect for company use any personal information of children under 12 without the consent of their parent or carer.

Changes to our data protection and privacy policy

If BABCSF decides to change its data protection or privacy policy, the changes will be posted on this page.

Emails

BABCSF uses reputable third parties to deliver the e-mails you receive. We use ConstantContact for our newsletters sent to the BABCSF community at-large and ChamberMaster to send emails specifically to our members. Your e-mail address will not be shared with any third party other than an agent who has agreed to send e-mails on our behalf.

Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy applies to information collected through your use of our website, with instruments known as Cookies. Our Cookies generally do not collect personal information about you, however where they do, our Privacy Policy here applies.

What do we use Cookies for?

‘Cookies’ are small text files that are stored by your browser (for example, Internet Explorer or Safari) on your computer or mobile phone. We use Cookies to make our website easier to use and to better tailor our products to your interests and needs. They help our website recognise your device and remember information about your visit like your preferences, settings and how you use our website.

What Cookie types do we use?

Our Cookies are either first party or third party. Whether a Cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the website or domain placing the Cookie. First Party Cookies are placed directly by us, while other parties we may do business with set Third Party Cookies. These third parties collect data directly from your web browser and the processing of this data is subject to their own privacy policies.

Cookies are either:

Session Cookies – which allow websites to link your actions during a browser session. We may use these for a variety of purposes such as remembering what you clicked on, on the previous page visited. These session Cookies expire after a browser session so would not be stored longer term; or

Persistent Cookies – which are stored on your device in between browser sessions and allow your preferences or actions across a site (or in some cases across different websites) to be remembered. These Cookies do not expire once the browsing session closes and remain on your device until an expiration date set by the source of the Cookie.

What are the categories of the Cookies we use?

Essential Cookies: These Cookies are essential to make our website work correctly, they enable you to move around our website and use our features. These Cookies are necessary for the provision of our services and if you do not want us to collect such information, you must cease using our website immediately.

Performance Cookies: These Cookies help us understand how you interact with our website, by providing information about the areas visited, the time spent on the website, and any issues encountered, such as error messages. This helps us improve the performance of our website.

Functionality Cookies: These Cookies allow our website to remember if you have previously visited our site or the choices you make (such as your user name, language, region or preferences) to provide a more personalised online experience.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These Cookies are used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They may be used to deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement.

How do you manage Cookies?

Most internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept Cookies. You can change the settings to manage Cookies being sent to your device.

Disable Cookies in Internet Explorer >> Click here
Disable Cookies in Chrome >> Click here
Disable Cookies in Safari >> Click here
Disable Cookies in FireFox >> Click here 
Disable Cookies in Safari IOS >> Click here 
Disable Cookies in Google Android >> Click here

Click here for more information on Cookies and how to manage them.

Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us at jhealey@babcsf.org