PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy describes what information we gather from you, how we use and disclose that information, and what we do to protect it. By using the B. Pagels-Minor website, you expressly consent to the information handling practices described in this policy.
Information Collection:
B. Pagels-Minor is committed to providing you with notice and choice regarding the information we collect and how we use and share that information. Through our B. Pagels-Minor website, we may collect the following information about you:
• User-Provided Information: You may provide to B. Pagels-Minor what is generally called “personally identifiable” information or “personal information” (such as your name, e-mail address, postal mailing address, home/mobile telephone number, payment account information, or demographic information) when using the B. Pagels-Minor website, such as when you register for the site, create a profile, interact with other users in comments, submit requests for services. We refer to this information as “Personal Data.”
We do not generally collect “sensitive” Personal Data and you are not required to provide any Sensitive Personal Data to use any of our services.
If you choose to provide us with unsolicited sensitive Personal Data, you consent to our using such data subject to applicable law as described in this Privacy Policy. For sensitive Personal Data, B. Pagels-Minor aims to give individuals the opportunity to provide affirmative and express (opt-in) consent to the disclosure of the data to a non-agent third party or to the use of the data for a purpose other than the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by the individual. Sensitive Personal Data is also afforded all protections we provide to Personal Data generally.
• Cookies and other Automatically Collected Information: When you use the B. Pagels-Minor website, we may send one or more cookies – small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters – to your computer. The B. Pagels-Minor website may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the B. Pagels-Minor website. Persistent cookies can be removed. Please review your web browser “Help” file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete, or choose not to accept, cookies from the B. Pagels-Minor website, you may not be able to utilize the features of the B. Pagels-Minor website to their fullest potential.
When you use the B. Pagels-Minor HTML emails, we may automatically record certain information from your web browser by using different types of technology, including standard log files, “clear gifs” or “web beacons.” This “automatically collected” information may include your Internet Protocol address (“IP Address”) or other device address or ID, web browser and/or device type, the web pages or sites that you visit just before or just after the B. Pagels-Minor website, the pages you view on the B. Pagels-Minor website, and the dates and times that you visit the B. Pagels-Minor website.
• Information from Other Sources: We may also obtain information, including Personal Data, from third parties and sources other than the B. Pagels-Minor website, such as advertisers. If we combine or associate information from other sources with Personal Data that we collect through the B. Pagels-Minor website, we will treat the combined information as Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
• Collection by Third Parties: In addition to the data B. Pagels-Minor website collects on its own behalf, B. Pagels-Minor website may make it possible for third parties to collect certain technical data about you. For instance, we may also implement third party content, such as advertising, on the B. Pagels-Minor website that uses “clear gifs” or “web beacons”, which allow the third party content provider to read and write cookies to your browser in connection with your viewing of that third party content displayed on the B. Pagels-Minor website. This information is collected directly by the third party, and B. Pagels-Minor website does not participate in that data transmission. Information collected by third parties in this manner is subject to that third party’s own data collection, use, and disclosure policies.
Information Use:
The B. Pagels-Minor website uses the information you provide or that we collect to develop, operate, maintain, enhance, and provide all of the features and services found on the The B. Pagels-Minor website now and in the future. We adhere to the EU data protection principle of “data integrity” and will take reasonable steps to ensure that all Personal Data we collect, retain, or use is relevant to its intended use, accurate, complete, and current.
We will use your email address to contact you for administrative purposes, for customer service purposes, to address intellectual property infringement, rights of privacy, or defamation issues, or regarding User Submissions that you have posted to the The B. Pagels-Minor website.
The B. Pagels-Minor website uses the information that you provide or that we collect to understand and analyze the usage trends and preferences of our users, to improve the way the The B. Pagels-Minor website works and looks, and to create new features and functionality.
The B. Pagels-Minor website may use automatically collected information and cookies to: (a) personalize our services, such as remembering your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you use The B. Pagels-Minor website; (b) provide customized third party advertisements, content, and information; (c) monitor and analyze the effectiveness of The B. Pagels-Minor website and third party marketing activities; (d) monitor aggregate site usage metrics such as total number of visitors and pages viewed; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in any promotions or other activities.
The B. Pagels-Minor website may use your email address or other Personal Data to send i) messages about the The B. Pagels-Minor website, such as when you receive a message, comment, or request from another user, ii) promotional messages related to The B. Pagels-Minor website and the activities of third parties we work with, and iii) messages on behalf of other users who think you may be interested in the The B. Pagels-Minor website or certain content available on the The B. Pagels-Minor website. Generally, you have the ability to opt-out of receiving any such communications, either through links provided in the messages, or by updating your account preferences through The B. Pagels-Minor website.
Information Disclosure and Onward Transfer:
Where appropriate, such as in instances where Personal Data originates from residents of the EU, or as otherwise explained above, The B. Pagels-Minor website will take reasonable means to ensure that any Personal Data transferred to a third party is protected in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Personal Data Access and Correction:
You may, of course, decline to share certain Personal Data with The B. Pagels-Minor website, in which case The B. Pagels-Minor website may not be able to provide to you some or all of the features and functionality found on The B. Pagels-Minor website. You may update, correct, or delete your profile information and preferences at any time by accessing your account preferences page through The B. Pagels-Minor website. Please note that while your changes are reflected promptly in active user databases, we may retain all information you submit for a variety of purposes, including backups and archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, and analytics. Please note also that once you have publicly shared information, it may be re-shared by other users, and your subsequent modification or removal of that information will not necessarily affect all copies previously propagated by others.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you account access or making corrections to your information. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
Third Party Services:
The B. Pagels-Minor website contains links to Web sites and services provided by third parties. Any Personal Data you provide on third party sites or services is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party’s policies, if any, governing privacy and security. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of third party sites or services to which links are displayed on The B. Pagels-Minor website. We encourage you to learn about third parties privacy and security policies before providing them with Personal Data.
International Visitors:
The B. Pagels-Minor website is operated from within the United States. If you choose to use The B. Pagels-Minor website from the European Union or other regions of the world, then please note that you are transferring Personal Data outside of those regions to the United States for storage and processing and by providing Personal Data to The B. Pagels-Minor website you consent to that transfer, storage, and processing.
Enforcement:
The B. Pagels-Minor website may conduct compliance audits of our relevant privacy practices to verify adherence to this Privacy Policy. Any employee that The B. Pagels-Minor website determines is in violation of this Privacy Policy may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.
Your California Privacy Rights:
A business subject to California Civil Code section 1798.83 is required to disclose to its customers, upon request, the identity of any third parties to whom the business has disclosed “personal information” regarding that customer within the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing through this contact form. Please note that California businesses are only required to respond to a customer request once during the course of any calendar year.
Contact Us:
To contact us about questions or details please use our contact form here.