PRIVACY POLICY
PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE CONTINUING TO USE OUR WEBSITE OR SERVICES. BY CONTINUING TO USE BMF-IT WEBSITE AND SERVICES YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Your use of the BMF-IT website and the products and services provided herein, including any dispute concerning privacy, is subject to this privacy statement ("Privacy Policy") and BMF-IT Terms of Service (http://www.bmf-it.com/terms). By using the BMF-IT Website (defined below) and its Products and Services (defined below), you are accepting the practices set out in this Privacy Policy and in BMF-IT Terms of Service. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the changes on this page. Please check the revision date below to determine if this Privacy Policy has been modified since you last reviewed it. Your continued use of any portion of the BMF-IT Website subsequent to the posting of the updated Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of all such changes.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on Nov, 07, 2013. "BMF-IT" has created this Privacy Policy in order to disclose its information gathering and dissemination practices for this website (www.bmf-it.com). Although the BMF-IT website (the "Website") and products and services available or enabled via the Website ("Products and Services") some of its services, data centers, service providers and servers may be located in different countries.
Upon reading this Privacy Policy, you will be informed regarding the following:
- What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personally identifiable information is collected from you through the Website as well as through the Products and Services.
- The organization collecting the information.
- How the information is and will be used
- With whom the information may be shared
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of the information.
- The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of information under BMF-IT control; and
- How you can access and correct any inaccuracies in the information collected about you.
To the extent that any terms of the Privacy Policy conflict with the terms of an existing written (including electronic) agreement between you and BMF-IT regarding the use of specific areas of the Website or specific products and services (as such term defined in the Terms of Use), including specific licenses, terms of use, or privacy disclosures relating to such Products and Services (collectively, "Product Agreements"), the terms of the Product Agreements shall govern.
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, or concerns relating to compliance with the policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, please contact BMF-IT at privacy@bmf-it.com.
A Word from BMF-IT
BMF-IT has a strong commitment to providing superior service to all of our Website customers and visitors, and particularly to respecting your concerns about privacy. You may use the Products and Services to upload sensitive documents to which can be accessed by you, your employees, and/or other persons whom you have granted access to your documents ("Authorized Persons"). BMF-IT is committed to ensuring that only Authorized Person are able to access such sensitive documents. We understand that you may have questions about how the Website and the Products and Services collect and use your information; we have prepared this statement to inform you of the privacy principles that govern the Website as well as the Products and Services. We will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information or a list of our customers to third parties.
This Privacy Policy contains numerous general and technical details describing the steps that we take to respect your privacy. We have organized this Privacy Policy by major topic areas so that you can quickly refer to the information of most interest to you. Meeting your needs and expectations forms the foundation of everything that we do —including protecting your privacy.
If after reviewing this Privacy Policy you still have questions or privacy concerns please contact us at privacy@bmf-it.com.
Changes in the Privacy Policy
BMF-IT wants you to always be aware of what personal information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. As further described below, all personal information that we collect and maintain will be subject to the version of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such collection. If the Privacy Policy changes in any material respect, we will not use the personal data you have submitted to us without your prior affirmative consent in a manner that is inconsistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time that such data was collected.
BMF-IT reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion, and will prominently post any material changes to this Privacy Policy on the Website. If as the result of such changes, you wish to alter the ways in which BMF-IT is allowed to use your personal information, you can do so by following the procedure described in the Choices Available to You section of this Privacy Policy (below). You will be deemed to have been made aware of, and will be subject to, the changes to this Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Website after such notice has been posted for thirty (30) days with the following exception: if at the time you provide your personal information to BMF-IT you limit how such information may be used to communicate with you (either by BMF-IT or by third parties), BMF-IT will not change your preference in this regard without your affirmative consent.
If BMF-IT sells assets (or the assets of a division or subsidiary) to another entity, or if BMF-IT (or a division or subsidiary) is acquired by or merged with another entity, you agree that BMF-IT may provide to such entity customer information that is related to that part of our business that was sold to or merged with the other entity without obtaining your further consent. BMF-IT will provide notice of such asset sales, acquisitions, or mergers on the Website.
Legal Issues
The Website and the Products and Services may be subject to the laws of various jurisdictions, including the laws of the United States and/or the European Union and other jurisdictions because access to the Website may use internet infrastructure of different jurisdictions.
BMF-IT may disclose your personally identifiable information without your permission if it has a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable government request or to investigate or protect against harmful activities to BMF-IT guests, users, associates, or property (including the Website), or to others. BMF-IT also reserves the right to disclose such information in order to enforce applicable Terms of Services, including investigation of potential violations of the Terms of Services.
BMF-IT may be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personally identifiable information to appropriate governmental authorities. If requested by law enforcement or judicial authorities, BMF-IT will provide this information upon receipt of appropriate documentation. BMF-IT may also provide information to law enforcement to protect its property and the health and safety of individuals as permitted by statute.
Browsing
The Website does not collect personally identifiable information from your computer when you browse the Website and request pages from our servers. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with your personally identifiable information, BMF-IT will not know your name, your e-mail address, or any other personally identifiable information. When you request a page from our Website, our servers log the information provided in the HTTP request header, JavaScript or similar technical tools, including the IP number, the time of the request, the URL of your request and other information. We collect this information in order to make the Website function correctly and provide you the functionality that you see on the Website. We also use this information to better understand how visitors use the Website and how we can better adjust the Website, its contents, and functionality to meet the needs of our users.
Third Party Websites
The Website may contain links to websites owned and operated by third parties. Such links are present for your convenience and information. BMF-IT does not control these third party websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices or content. BMF-IT does not control the information collection and distribution policies on such websites other than those that are under the control of BMF-IT itself. Content on third party websites may not reflect products, services, or information provided by BMF-IT. Third parties may also set their own cookies and/or use web beacons (defined below), which may be used to identify some of your preferences or to recognize you if you have previously had contact the third parties. BMF-IT does not control the use of such technology by third parties, the information they collect, or how they use such information. You should direct all concerns regarding any third party website to the site administrator or webmaster of such sites.
Third Party Applications
BMF-IT may make available to you third party applications through the Website or its Products and Services. The information collected by BMF-IT when you enable a third party application is processed under this Privacy Policy. Information collected by the third party application provider is governed by the provider's privacy policies.
Information We Collect
Most of the Products and Services offered to visitors of the Website require you to register for a user account with BMF-IT ("User Account"). When registering for a User Account, BMF-IT will ask you to voluntarily supply BMF-IT with certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. Such information may include your name, phone number, credit card or other billing information, email address and home and business postal addresses. It is completely optional for you to register for a User Account or engage in activities requiring a User Account. When ordering Products and Services via the Website, you may be asked to provide a credit card number, account and/or billing and shipping information enabling the consummation of the transaction. The foregoing information is collected and processed by online payment services, including but not limited to merchant accounts services, which we may utilize for payment processing, including automatic subscription renewals. In addition, as noted below, minimum information is requested if you choose to subscribe to product updates.
You never have to answer any questions, and you can decline this exchange of information at any time. However, if you should choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with some or all of the Products and Services. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as optional. If you do not provide the mandatory information with respect to a particular activity or purchase, you will not be able to engage in that activity or make such a purchase. BMF-IT will inform you of the mandatory and/or optional character of the requested and/or required information.
BMF-IT will only share your information with outside parties in ways that are described in this Privacy Policy or if we are required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, cooperate with law enforcement agencies, or comply with a legal process served on the Website.
When you use the Website, BMF-IT or trusted third parties authorized by BMF-IT may also collect certain technical and routing information about your computer (also known as environmental variables) to facilitate your use of the Website and its services. When you browse the Internet, your Internet browser (such as Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer) automatically transmits some information to BMF-IT every time you access content on one of our internet domains. Examples of such information include the URL of the particular Web page you visited, the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the computer you are using, or the browser version that you are using to access the Website. All of this information may be collected by BMF-IT and used to help improve our offerings to you.
We use such data to facilitate and track your use of the Website and its services. BMF-IT also uses environmental variables to measure traffic patterns on the Website. Without expressly informing you in each particular circumstance, we do not match such information with any of your personal information.
When you submit personal information to BMF-IT through the Website, you understand and agree that this information may be transferred across international boundaries and may be stored and processed in any of the countries in which BMF-IT and its affiliates and subsidiaries maintain offices or web hosting servers. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of BMF-IT. Such vendors are bound by contract not to use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties.
BMF-IT may establish relationships with various service providers whose services may become available to you via the Website or via other websites that are linked to the Website. Typically, these providers will offer services that BMF-IT customers might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with BMF-IT Products and Services. In order to use these third party services, you may be required to provide personal information to such providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a provider's Website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on that site, and personal information that you provide while on this Website in conjunction with a provider's service will be subject to this Privacy Policy. For instance, the credit card and/or PayPal® information entered as part of the filling out a purchase form or registration process collected by a third party's registration and/or merchant services is subject to that third party's privacy policies. You should be aware that BMF-IT agreements with these service providers often provide that they will share with BMF-IT personal information collected from you. In such instances, BMF-IT may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Files
BMF-IT collects and stores the files you upload, download, or access via the Products and Services offered through the Website. We understand that these files may be confidential or contain sensitive information. Accordingly, BMF-IT does not share or permit third parties to access such files. However, no password-protected system of data storage and retrieval can be made entirely impenetrable. Although BMF-IT uses a number of security technologies and procedures to make sure that the data on the Website is secure, it may be possible for an unauthorized third party to access, view, copy, modify and distribute the data and files you store on the Website or via Products and Services despite BMF-IT efforts.
User Account
As described above, you will be given an opportunity to create a User Account containing your personal information. A User Account is required for using most Products and Services offered on the Website. Once the User Account is created, you will be able to access, review and update your User Account information online via the Website.
If you wish to deactivate your User Account, you can do so through the User Account interface or by contacting BMF-IT at privacy@BMF-IT.com. When you deactivate your User Account, all information stored and maintained as part of your account will be deleted from our servers, including the files you stored via the Website or its Products and Services. The archived backup of your data will be eliminated over the course of the ensuing regular backup cycle of BMF-IT. If you create an account, then you have the right to access and change your personal information and privacy preferences at any time by logging into your User Account, where you can view and make changes to your personal information. You may also access and change your personal information and privacy preferences by contacting us at privacy@BMF-IT.com.
Securing the Transmission and Storage of Information
BMF-IT is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information. BMF-IT operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our users. BMF-IT takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you use these services at your own risk.
We treat the information you provide to us, including the Files, as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company's security procedures and corporate policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. After personally identifiable information reaches BMF-IT, it is stored on a server with physical and electronic security features as customary in the industry, including utilization of login/password procedures and electronic firewalls designed to block unauthorized access from outside of BMF-IT. Because laws applicable to personal information vary by country, our offices or other business operations may put in place additional measures that vary depending on the applicable legal requirements. Information collected on the sites covered by this Privacy Policy is processed and stored in different jurisdictions and countries where BMF-IT and its service providers conduct business. All BMF-IT employees are obligated by our privacy and security policies. Your information is only accessible to those employees who perform technical support of the service.
If a password is used to help protect your accounts and personal information, it is your responsibility to keep your password confidential. Do not share this information with anyone. If you are sharing a computer with anyone you should always log out before leaving any site or service to protect access to your information from subsequent users.
How Your Personal Information Is Used
BMF-IT collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. We may use your e-mail address to send a confirmation e-mail and, if necessary, may use other information you provide to contact you for help to process the purchase or service you have selected. If you subscribe to a service or register a product, for example, such information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users. Unless you opt-out, your personal information also may be used to keep you informed about new products, product upgrades, patches, special offers, and other products and services of BMF-IT and selected third parties if you have so opted to receive such communications.
| BMF-IT may collect information about the use of the Website, such as the types of services used and how many users we receive daily. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. BMF-IT may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional purposes.
BMF-IT recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on this Website. Without your consent, BMF-IT will not communicate any information to you regarding products, services, or special offers available from BMF-IT or its affiliates, although we may find it necessary to communicate with you regarding your use of the services on this Website. Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, BMF-IT will also not provide your name to other companies or organizations without your consent.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
BMF-IT uses services of third parties, such as e-mail service providers, purchase, shipping and order processing merchants and marketing companies that act as independent contractors on behalf of BMF-IT. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose BMF-IT specifies. We do provide non-personally identifiable information to certain service providers for their use on an aggregated basis for the purpose of performing their contractual obligations to us. We prohibit the sale or transfer of personal information to entities outside of the BMF-IT affiliates for their use without your approval.
BMF-IT may disclose your personally identifiable information if we believe in good faith that we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, a subpoena, or other legal process. BMF-IT may also disclose personally identifiable information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating this Privacy Policy, the terms of your agreements with the Company (such as the Terms of Service) or to protect the safety of our users and the public or under confidentiality and licensing agreements with certain third parties which assist us in developing, operating and maintaining the Website and its content.
In the event that all or substantially all of BMF-IT stock and/or all or substantially all assets are transferred or sold to another entity, BMF-IT may transfer personally identifiable information to the acquiring entity. If, as a result of such a business transition, your personally identifiable information will be used in a materially different manner, you will be given choice consistent with our policy regarding notification of changes.
Choices Available to You
You can always choose whether or not to disclose personally identifiable information and that choice will not prevent you from using the Website. Please note, however, if you should choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with some of the services dependent upon the collection of this information and you will be given an opportunity to "opt-in" and make your preference choices for any items that are optional and which are not prerequisite for our rendering such services.
You can choose at anytime to opt out of receiving emails from BMF-IT or from having your personally identifiable information shared with selected companies. If you wish to opt out, you can do so by editing your User Account preferences with respect to e-mail or the sharing of information. If you elect to "opt out" we will not, as applicable, share your personal information with third parties or send you emails. However, we may continue to use your personal information for internal purposes, to enhance your user experience or as necessary to administer the site or comply with applicable law.
We reserve the right to send a one-time registration confirmation email, and infrequent service alert messages to users to inform them of specific changes that may impact their ability to use a service they have previously signed up for, regardless of email contact opt-in status. We also reserve the right to contact you if compelled to do so as part of a legal proceeding or if there has been a violation of any applicable licensing, warranty and purchase agreements.
BMF-IT is retaining these rights because in limited cases we feel that we may need to contact you as a matter of law or regarding matters that will be important to you. These rights do not allow us to contact you to market a new or existing service if you have asked us not to do so, and issuance of these types of communications is rare.
When you create a User Account with BMF-IT and/or provide your e-mail address and other personal identification information, based on your personal preferences, we may periodically contact you via e-mail and provide information about special offers and promotions that may be of interest to you. These communications will relate to BMF-IT offers and/or the promotions of select, reputable third parties with whom BMF-IT has a strategic marketing relationship because they offer products or services that we believe would be of interest to you. We may use a third party e-mail service provider to send e-mails to you. This service provider is prohibited from using your e-mail address for any purpose other than to send BMF-IT related e-mail. If you do not wish to receive e-mails with updates and information please unsubscribe by sending email to privacy@BMF-IT.com.You may also opt-out online by updating your User Account as described in the User Account section of this Privacy Policy (above). If you wish to opt out of receiving emails, the sharing or retention of any personal identification information, or otherwise change your personal preferences, you may contact BMF-IT by email at privacy@BMF-IT.com. To ensure that your request is honored, you must provide BMF-IT with information sufficient for us to accurately identify and access your records. The information we require is your full name, address and the email address you provided to BMF-IT when you requested services or products. BMF-IT reserves the right to contact you to verify that we have accurately identified your record.
Cookies and Web Beacons
The Website uses "cookie" and "web beacon" technology. "Cookies" are short pieces of data generated by a web server that a website stores on a user's computer. Certain pages on our Website may require the use of a cookie for purposes of keeping information you enter on multiple pages together. Cookies also enable us to customize our Website and offerings to your needs and provide you with a better online experience with us. In addition, cookies are used to:
- Measure usage of various pages on our Website to help us make our information; more pertinent to your needs and easy for you to access.
- Identify and categorized the internet webpages from which the visitor came to the Website and observe the browsing patterns.
- Provide functionality such as online orders, BMF-IT services and other functionality that we believe would be of interest and value to you.
The types of cookies that we use are referred to as "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you leave the Website. Persistent cookies remain on your computer hard drive until you delete them. We do not use cookies to gather information concerning your visits to other websites, nor ascertain any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us in your dealings with BMF-IT. Cookies do not, under ordinary circumstances, corrupt or damage your computer, programs, or computer files.
In addition, the service providers we use to serve and host our advertisements, and/or deliver our e-mails use session and persistent cookies, to track the number of times the Website is accessed and whether the site was accessed from an advertisement. There are no cookies in the advertisements or e-mails. A cookie is placed on your computer only if and when you click on an advertisement or open the e-mail. The cookie generated from the advertisement or e-mail does not contain any personally identifiable information and will remain on your hard drive until you delete it.
You may set your browser to block cookies (consult the instructions for your particular browser on how to do this), although doing so may adversely affect your ability to perform certain transactions, use certain functionality and access certain content on our Website.
Web beacons are used in combination with cookies to help website operators understand how visitors interact with their websites. A web beacon is typically a transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that is placed on a site. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on Web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. These web beacons are not tied to personally identifiable information. The use of a web beacons allows the site to measure the actions of the visitor opening the page that contains the web beacon. It makes it easier to follow and record the activities of a recognized browser, such as the path of pages visited at a website. BMF-IT uses the information provided by web beacons to develop a better understanding of how the Website's visitors use the Website, and to facilitate those visitors' interactions with the Website. BMF-IT may make the aggregate data obtained from web analytics (including from our third party analytics providers, if applicable) publicly available. If this data is made available, none of the information will be personally identifying information or potentially-personally identifying information.
BMF-IT takes and addresses its users' privacy concerns with utmost respect and attention. If you believe that there was an instance of non-compliance with this Privacy Policy with regard to your personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write or contact BMF-IT at email: privacy@BMF-IT.com.
In your message, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the Privacy Policy has not been complied with. We will investigate your inquiry or complaint promptly.
Please note that if you provide BMF-IT with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example, by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact you with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that they may not), BMF-IT cannot guarantee that your most recent privacy preference will be honored.
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