bizblinddate Privacy Policy

BBD Connections Inc. Privacy Policy
Your privacy is our top concern. We work hard to earn and keep your trust, so we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy:

We will never rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes;
We will never share your contact information with another user, without your consent;
Any sensitive information that you provide will be secured with all industry standard protocols and technology.

Notice of all changes that materially affect ways in which your personally identifiable data may be used or shared will be posted in updates to our Privacy Policy. If you continue to use the bizblinddate Service after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on our site, you hereby provide your consent to the changed practices
Please read this privacy policy to learn more about:

What personally identifiable information of yours is collected by BBD Connections Inc. (“BBD Connections”).
How the information is used.
With whom the information may be shared.
How you can access and change your Account information.
What security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information collected by BBD Connections.
How to contact us.

Information Collection

Registration:
In order to become a bizblinddate user, you must first create an account on this web site. To create an account you are required to provide contact information such as name, phone number, email address, country, ZIP/postal code, a brief summary of your professional background (current occupation & networking objectives), and choose a password.

Profile Information:
Once a user, you may provide additional information in the Profile section describing your skills, professional experiences, and networking objectives. Providing additional information beyond what is required at registration is entirely optional, but enables you to better identify yourself and find new opportunities in the bizblinddate system.

Information about your Contacts:
In order to invite others to join bizblinddate, you will enter their names and email addresses. This information will be used by BBD Connections to send your invitation including a message that you write. The names and email addresses of people that you invite will be used only to send your invitation and reminders.

Cookies & Log Files:
Like most web sites, bizblinddate uses cookies and web log files to track site usage. A cookie is a tiny data file which resides on your computer which allows bizblinddate to recognize you as a user when you return to our site using the same computer and web browser. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies, you will not be able to use our website. Like the information you enter at registration or in your Profile, cookie and log file data is used to customize your experience on the web site.
One type of cookie, known as a “persistent” cookie, is set once you’ve logged in to your bizblinddate account. The next time you visit the bizblinddate web site, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing user so you will not need to log in before using the service. In order to access or change any of your private information (like a credit card number), however, you must log in securely again with your password even if your computer contains your persistent cookie. Additionally, if you log out of the bizblinddate site you will need to re-enter your password the next time you visit in order to log in to your account. Another type of cookie, called a “session” cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the bizblinddate site. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.
Due to the communications standards on the Internet, when you visit the bizblinddate web site we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave bizblinddate. We also receive the Internet protocol (IP) address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the World Wide Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, as well as the name of your ISP. This information is used to analyze overall trends to help us improve the bizblinddate service. The linkage between your IP address and your personally identifiable information is never shared with third-parties without your permission or except when required by law.

Children:
Children are not eligible to use our service and we ask that minors (individuals under the age of 18) do not submit any personal information to us or use the service.

Information Use

bizblinddate is an online service dedicated to helping all types of professionals more effectively connect with one another. The personally identifiable information you choose to provide on this site is used to help you describe yourself to other users. Other information, that does not personally identify you as an individual, is collected by BBD Connections from the site (such as, by way of example, patterns of utilization) and is exclusively owned by BBD Connections. This information can be utilized by BBD Connections in such manner as BBD Connections, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

bizblinddate Communications:
bizblinddate will communicate with you through email and notices posted on this website. These may include a series of welcome emails which help inform new users about various features of the service. Please be aware that you will always receive certain emails from bizblinddate related to the proper functioning of your account, such as email notices when the system arranges a meeting. bizblinddate may send you promotional information unless you have opted out of receiving such information. If you wish to opt-out of receiving promotional emails, please send a request to customerservice@bizblinddate.com.

Customized Content:
Information you provide at registration or in your Profile section is also used to customize your experience on the web site. For example, when you login to your account we will display a dashboard of pertinent information that will enhance your ability to use the system.

Information Sharing

Sharing Information With Third Parties:
BBD Connections takes the privacy of our users very seriously. We will never sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to any third parties for marketing purposes. We will only share your personally identifiable information with third parties to carry out your instructions and to provide specific services. For instance, we use a credit card processing company to bill users for subscription fees. These third parties do not retain, share, or store any personally identifiable information except to provide these services and are bound by strict confidentiality agreements which limit their use of such information.
We may provide aggregated data about the usage of our services to third-parties for such purposes as we deem, in our sole discretion, to be appropriate. We may segment our users by role (i.e. product managers, vice presidents), industry, geographic location, company.

Communications Between Users:
Many emails you initiate through bizblinddate, an invitation sent to a non-user for instance, will list your email address and name in the header of the message. Other communications that you initiate through the bizblinddate website, like a request for contact, will list your name as the initiator and will include that personal contact information you wish to disclose (typically, an email address, preferred contact phone number, and a short professional summary). Your contact information will only be shared with another user if both of you have indicated, by the matching profiles you initiate, that you would like to establish contact with each other.

Legal Disclaimer:
It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by law. We will disclose such information wherein we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on our company or to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

Accessing and Changing Your Account Information

You can review the personal information you provided us and make any desired changes to the information, or to the settings for your bizblinddate account, at any time by logging in to your account on the bizblinddate website and editing the information on your Profile page. You can also close your account through the bizblinddate website. If you close your bizblinddate account, we will remove your name and other personally identifiable information from our publicly viewable data, if any. We may retain certain data contributed by you if it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally-identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. All retained data will continue to be subject to the terms of the bizblinddate Privacy Policy that you have previously agreed to. To request that we close your account and remove your information from the bizblinddate service, please send your request to customerservice@bizblinddate.com. Please send your request using an email account that you have registered with bizblinddate under your name. You will receive a response to requests sent to customerservice@bizblinddate.com within three business days of our receiving it.

Security

In order to secure your personal information, access to your data on bizblinddate is password-protected, and sensitive data (such as credit card information) is protected by SSL encryption when it is exchanged between your web browser and our web site.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

bizblinddate may update this privacy policy. In the event there are significant changes in the way we treat your personally identifiable information, we will display a notice on this site. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

Use Common Sense in all of Your Online Activities
Even the best policy can’t protect your online privacy and security in all circumstances. Unscrupulous advertisers, hackers, and scam artists are constantly searching the Internet looking for new targets. Your best protection is to understand the limits to privacy on the Internet and use common sense in all of your on-line activities. Be aware that e-mail is an inherently insecure form of communication. Anytime you visit a chat room or post a message to an on-line bulletin board, your e-mail address can be used by advertisers looking to compile lists for unsolicited commercial e-mail (also known as spam). Be sure that you only disclose your e-mail address in circumstances in which it is safe to do so. Beware of scams in which persons unknown to you request your screen name, password, or credit card information. Make sure you verify the identity of anyone asking for personal information. Always monitor your children’s on-line activity and educate them as to the rules for safe Internet use.

Questions or Comments

If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email us at customerservice@bizblinddate.com or contact us at:
BBD Connections, Inc.
P.O. Box 44
Elburn, Illinois 60119-0044

This Privacy Policy was last updated on March 4, 2008

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