The US & EU:
Addressing the Challenges of Global Competition
28 June 2011

Privacy

WHAT INFORMATION WE KNOW ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE USE IT

Although we may collect certain information from you as discussed below, please be reassured in knowing the following:

  • We do not use any information about where you personally go on our Site, nor do we give such information out to third parties;
  • We do not give out your name, telephone number, or other personal information, unless you (or, if you are a child under the age of 13, your parent) authorize us to do so;
  • Information gathered by our website via some form of electronic submission, except where noted below, is not held for any period of time beyond that which is needed and is never disclosed to third parties outside the district;
  • BritishAmerican Business limits the use of cookies to those that do not gather personal information about the users of www.babinc.org or other BritishAmerican Business hosted sites;
  • Unless you are an adult and you personally divulge personal information, we will not give out information (or, if you are a child under the age of 13, your parent's) prior consent; and
  • We will always give you (or your parent) the opportunity to access and correct your personal contact information at any time if for some reason we are in possession of this information for specific reasons as detailed below.

PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU GIVE US

There are various areas on our Site where we either require or permit you to transfer personal information voluntarily. We use this personal information only for the specific purpose specified at the time you input such information. In addition, we never divulge such information to third parties without your consent. These areas include:

Membership Inquiry. BritishAmerican Business accepts membership inquiries online. These inquiries require that users provide private and personal information as part of the inquiry process for membership within BritishAmerican Business. This information is never disclosed outside BritishAmerican Business and our associated organizations.

Members Area. Members registered with www.babinc.org have the ability to receive enhanced services and functionality on our site, specifically in the Members Area of the www.babinc.org website. In order to become a registrant of the Members Area, we use information derived from our own internal membership records.

Membership Database. Available to members exclusively is an online database. This database discloses information about our membership, some of which may be considered private. Disclosure of this information is not made to third parties without prior consent, and every effort is made to ensure that the information is held securely and in a manner that limits the threat of disclosure to parties beyond our control.

Members are allowed to search and use the information contained within the online membership database in a professional manner as part of their membership as long as it meets the terms expressed during the joining process. Members are urged to report disclosure or use of this information in an inappropriate manner by members or outside parties immediately to the employees of BritishAmerican Business Inc. Due to technology limits, BritishAmerican Business notifies all members through this policy that it is not a certainty that information contained within the online membership database will be kept from disclosure to outside parties and thus BritishAmerican Business limits itself from liability from disclosure of information from this database that falls outside of reasonable control.

Information contained within the database is updated on as needed and on-demand basis. If you find an inaccuracy, please report it to an employee of BritishAmerican Business so that corrections can be made to your satisfaction. If you wish that certain information contained within the online membership database not be made available to other members please contact a BritishAmerican Business employee and request the information be removed.

INFORMATION THAT WE INDEPENDENTLY DERIVE FROM YOUR USE OF OUR SITE

Aside from any information you may actively disclose to us, there is other, less obvious, information that we might gain from you. Generally, we use such information for internal purposes such as to improve the content of our Web pages and/or refine the layout of our pages. This is generalized information that does not compromise your privacy; no information of a personal nature is gathered in this process.

Computer Information. We automatically query your computer for information about your computer system -- such as the speed of your modem, error messages you may have received, or operating system type