THE ORGANIZATION OF BAKERS CONCEPTS AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES DBA., BC&ACI PRIVACY POLICY
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The Organization of Bakers Concepts and Affiliated Companies DBA., BC&ACI Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy Effective Date January 24, 1995, and is current
OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY:
This Privacy Policy attached to the website you are viewing is attached to a wholly-owned entity, meaning a wholly-owned subsidiary, wholly-owned virtual subsidiary, wholly-owned division, and or wholly owned ministry of The Organization of Bakers Concepts and Affiliated Companies, and is legally binding.
The Privacy Policy of The Organization of Bakers Concepts & Affiliated Companies DBA., BC&ACI, and all its wholly-owned subsidiaries, wholly-owned virtual subsidiaries, wholly-owned divisions, and wholly-owned ministries, therefore, referred to as “The Organization of Bakers Concepts & Affiliated Companies” has been designed to educate and help our users understand how we both collect, use and protect the personal information provided to us.
IN GENERAL
A. The operative parties referred to in this policy are COMPANY and you, the user of this site.
1. COMPANY is the publisher and operator of the websites listed at the beginning of this policy. When first-person pronouns are used in this Policy (us, we, our, ours, etc.), these provisions are referring to COMPANY. Additionally, when the terms “The SITE” or “SITE” are used, these terms refer to the websites listed at the beginning of this policy.
2. You, the User – As the user of this SITE, this policy will refer to the user as “you” or through any second-person pronouns, such as “yours,” etc. Hereinafter, the user of the site shall be referred to in applicable second-person pronouns.
B. This Privacy Policy describes how we use the information you receive when you visit our SITE or when you subscribe to or otherwise use our online services. This Policy does not cover any information that we may receive from or about you through channels other than through the SITE, such as background information and credit reports and any other information we need to conduct business as a company and for you, the site user.
We reserve the right to revise, amend, or modify this policy and our other policies and agreements at any time and in any manner. You should periodically check for any modifications of this Policy by re-visiting this web page and using the “refresh” button on your browser. You should note the last revision date to this Policy, which appears at the top of this Policy. If the “last modified” date remains unchanged after clicking the “refresh” button on your browser, you may presume that no changes have been made since the last reading of the policy. A changed “last modified” dates indicate that this Policy has been updated or edited, and the updated or edited version supersedes any prior versions immediately upon posting.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT:
When you visit our site, we collect two types of information: personal information you actively
choose to disclose (“Active Collection”) and information not visible to you that arises out of your
browsing of our site (“Passive Collection”). Please note that Passive Information is collected on an aggregate and anonymous basis.
1. Personally Identifiable Information
Personally, Identifiable Information is information that identifies and is reasonably linked to you.
A. Registration
When you register to become an authorized reseller of our products or services, we will collect.
Personally Identifiable Information (such as name, address, email address, and telephone number).
This Personally Identifiable Information is securely stored and may be accessed on our website. You may be subject to a background check and public information search as well as a credit check. If this happens, you will be notified.
You are assigned an identification number and select your own password – both are needed to
enter the Site and access your Contact Information. Please safeguard your password in a
secure location as we are not responsible for breaches into the system when access is willingly
provided.
B. Ordering
When you place an order for products or services, we collect Personally Identifiable Information
(such as name, contact, billing information, credit card, and other transactional information).
We use this information to deliver your order, process payment, and communicate the status of
your order.
C. Credit and Debit Card Storage
Credit and debit card information collected at registration or for product orders is used only to
process payment for the transaction and is not retained on our Site. However, you may
voluntarily elect to securely store multiple credit cards to be used for product orders.
D. Surveys and Promotions
Occasionally, you may voluntarily provide Personally Identifiable Information to complete surveys
and questionnaires or participate in user polls. We use this information to improve our products
and services and ensure that we provide accurate disclosures. We may also use your
Personally, Identifiable Information to provide you newsletters and other marketing information that
coincide with your preferences. You may customize your marketing preferences or let us know
if you do not wish to receive any promotional materials by adjusting your Subscriptions & Email
options on the Site.
Active Information You Choose to Provide
To gain use of the site (become a “user”), we require you to disclose the following
information: Name, Address, and Phone Number.
We use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to protect the transmission of the information you
submit to us when you use our secure online forms. The information you provide to us is stored
securely.
2. Passive Information
We store and collect various types of passive information on an aggregate and anonymous basis.
This information may include such technical information about your Internet protocol
address, device operating system and browser type, cookies, and an address of a referring
website or any other path you take to reach our website, all described in greater detail below.
Aggregate Information
This refers to information that does not, by itself, identify you as a specific individual. Such
the information would include the Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) of the website that referred you to
our Site, your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address (a number automatically assigned to your computer
whenever you surf the web), your operating system and browser type, and any search terms that
you enter on our Site. Our web server aggregates this information to monitor the level of
activity on our Site, evaluate its effectiveness, and improve the content of our Site to make
your visit an easy and enjoyable experience.
We may collect, compile, store, publish, promote, report, or otherwise disclose or use any
Aggregate Information provided that such information does not personally identify you. We do
not correlate any Personally Identifiable Information with the Aggregate Information that we collect
on our Site. If we do correlate any Aggregate Information to you, it will be protected like any other
Personally Identifiable Information under this Privacy Statement.
What is a Cookie?
Cookies are a feature of the web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a site. A user’s browser stores small pieces of data to simplify subsequent interactions with the site. This makes it easier for a user to move from site to site and complete transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and more personalized.
Our site utilizes cookies to collect information about how our site is used. Passive Information
gathered may include the date and time of visits, the site pages viewed, time spent at our site,
the sites visited just before and just after visiting our site. If you do not wish to transmit “cookie.”
information about yourself, you may turn off the cookie function in your web browser.
Our site’s servers also automatically identify your computer by its Internet Protocol address, a unique string of numbers assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider. The IP address may be used to address problems with our server or to gather broad demographic information about our users. We passively collect your IP Address.
HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED
Broadly speaking, persons we employ directly, or as contractors or agents at our direction,
use Active Information for purposes of administering our core business functions, such as the
fulfillment of orders or services, the furnishing of customer care and support, and supplying them the availability of other products or services we think might be of interest to our users.
We use Passive Information to gather information about our users and enhance our site to make it easier, faster, and friendlier. Additionally, cookies help us better understand the usage pattern of the people that visit our site, which helps us improve our services.
Passive Information may result in your viewing of particular advertising based on your user habits. We reserve the right to use Active and Passive Information to prevent, detect and investigate fraud, security breaches, or any other potentially prohibited or illegal activity.
We may use any Active Information or Passive Information to contact you about various changes to our site, new services, features, or products we offer. If you do not wish to receive such information at any time, you may “opt out” of doing so by adjusting your email settings in the back office of the website.
Your Information Relating to Hyperlinks
You might be able to access other websites through our site via hyperlinks. When you do so, you are subjecting yourself to their privacy policies and data collection.
Please read the privacy policies of those sites to ensure you agree with the terms before using such sites.
Receiving and Sharing of Information from and with Third Parties
We reserve the right to receive information about you from other third-party sources that help us update, expand, analyze our records, and identify new customers.
Furthermore, we may share Personal Information necessary for the prevention of fraud, illegal
activities, and security breaches. Because of this, some of your personal information may be shared with fraud prevention agencies. If false or inaccurate information is provided and fraud is identified, details of this fraud may be passed on to these agencies. Likewise, law enforcement and governmental agencies may access and use certain information according to any law, regulation, or subpoena. This applies to information as it relates to both open and closed accounts.
Additionally, third parties who perform services for us as it relates to security, payment, etc. (such as Internet Service Providers, credit card processors, and merchant banks) may also have access to your information in the performance of such necessary services.
Finally, we may disclose anonymous information about user habits to third-party advertisers on
our site. Should we buy or sell assets of our company, another company may need to review
our company’s assets, which might include your information, to make business decisions as to
whether to acquire such assets.
HOW WE SECURE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE INFORMATION
We secure your personal information submitted by you by using reasonable efforts to prevent
unauthorized access or disclosure, or accidental loss of Active and Passive Information. Individual postings on this site and other communications to our office via email or standard mail may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures are in place before submitting information. Therefore, if you choose to communicate with us through these means, you are assuming the risk of doing so, and we respectfully request that you do not send or post sensitive information through these means.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
We take reasonable measures to ensure that any Personally Identifiable Information we collect on our Site is accurate, current, complete, and reliable for its intended use. If you wish to update or otherwise correct Personally Identifiable Information provided to us, you may edit your information online.
Protecting Your Information
We acknowledge your trust and are committed to taking reasonable steps to protect you Personally.
Identifiable Information provided from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access. We employ physical, electronic, and managerial processes to safeguard and secure your information.
It is your responsibility to safeguard the password you use to access our Site and promptly
advise us if you ever suspect that your password has been compromised. We strongly encourage you to change your password regularly to prevent unauthorized access.
Because your identification number and password are specific to you, you acknowledge sole responsibility for all use of our Site conducted with your identification number and password.
Links to Other Websites
Links to third-party websites may be provided solely for your information and convenience or
to provide additional shopping for various other goods and services through our Merchant and
Services Partners. If you use these links, you will leave our Site. This Privacy Statement does
not cover the information practices of those websites, nor do we control their content or privacy
policies. We suggest that you carefully review the privacy policies of each site you visit.
Children’s Privacy Protection
We take special care to protect the privacy needs of children and encourage parents to be active participants in their child’s online activities. Our site does not target and is not intended for children under the age of 18, and we will not knowingly collect Personally Identifiable Information from them. If we discover personal data from a child through our site, we will eliminate that data. You may learn more about protecting children’s privacy online by visiting the FTC.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY:
Any updates or changes to the terms of this Privacy Policy will be posted on our Site, and the date
of the newest version posted below. Please check back frequently, especially before submitting
any Personally Identifiable Information at our Site, to see if this Privacy Statement has changed. By
using our Site, you acknowledge accepting this Privacy Statement in effect at the time of use.
Organizational Notice:
The Organization of Bakers Concepts and Affiliated Companies DBA., BC&ACI are collectively administered by a group of Contractual Independent Contractors otherwise known as Corporate Business Executives who believe and live The BC&ACI Vision, BC&ACI Mission, and The BC&ACI Core Beliefs. These individuals live by Christian Principals, Success Principals, Foundational Principals, and Financial Principals. All these principles on which BC&ACI is founded.
Copyright Notice:
All content appearing on this Website is the property of The Organization of Bakers Concepts and Affiliated Companies (LLC) and all its wholly-owned subsidiaries, wholly-owned virtual subsidiaries, wholly-owned divisions, and parts of its wholly-owned ministry.
Copyright © 1995-2021 BC&ACI. All rights reserved. As a user, you are authorized only to view, copy, print, and distribute documents on this Web site so long as (1) the document is used for informational or educational purposes only and (2) any copy of the document (or portion thereof) includes the following copyright notice: Copyright © 1995-2021 BC&ACI. All rights reserved.
Any found violations of this Copyright policy will be grounds for civil and or criminal prosecution.