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In general, you can visit BM
Associates, Inc. on the Internet without telling us who you are and
without giving any personal information about yourself. There are times,
however, when we or our partners may need information from you.
You may choose to give us personal
information in a variety of situations. For example, you may want to
give us information, such as your name and address or e-mail id, to
correspond with you, to process an order, or to provide you with a
subscription. You may give us your credit card details to buy something
from us or a description of your education and work experience in
connection with a job opening at BMA that you wish to be considered for.
We intend to let you know how we will use such information before we
collect it from you; if you tell us that you do not want us to use this
information to make further contact with you beyond fulfilling your
requests, we will respect your wishes. If you give us personal
information about somebody else, such as a spouse or work colleague, we
will assume that you have their permission to do so.
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| Using
and Sharing Personal Information |
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following paragraphs describe in more detail how BMA may use your
personal information and with whom we may share it. Depending on the
type of BMA Web site you are visiting, one or more of the paragraphs may
apply. For example, if you order a product from an BMA Web site, your
information will be handled as described in such paragraphs as
Fulfilling Your Transaction Request and Marketing Use. |
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| Fulfilling
your transaction request |
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you request something from an BMA Web site, for example, a product or
service, a callback, or specific marketing materials, we will use the
information you provide to fulfill your request. To help us do this, we
may share information, with others, for instance, other parts of BMA,
BMA's Business Partners, financial institutions, shipping companies,
postal or government authorities (for example, Customs authorities)
involved in fulfillment. In connection with a transaction we may also
contact you as part of our customer satisfaction surveys or for market
research purposes. |
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| Marketing
Use |
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information you provide to BMA on certain BMA Web sites may also be used
by BMA and selected third parties for marketing purposes. Before we use
it, however, we will offer you the opportunity to choose whether or not
to have your information used in this way. |
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| BMA
Human Resources Web Sites (including Recruitment) |
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connection with a job application or inquiry, whether advertised on an
BMA Web site or otherwise, you may provide us with information about
yourself, such as a resume or curriculum vitae. We may use this
information throughout BMA and its related entities for the purpose of
employment consideration or your inquiry. Except where you tell us not
to, we will keep the information for future consideration. |
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| Information
for Business Partners |
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you represent an BMA Business Partner, you may visit a BMA Web site
intended specifically for BMA Business Partners. We may use information
provided on that site to administer and develop our business
relationship with you, the Business Partner you represent, and BMA
Business Partners generally. For instance, this may involve using your
information to send you details of BMA Business Partner programs. It may
also include sharing certain information with other Business Partners
(subject to any confidentiality obligations that may exist), or BMA
customers or prospects. In connection with a particular transaction or
program, we may also contact you as part of customer satisfaction
surveys or for market research purposes. |
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| BMA
Supplier Administration |
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you represent a BMA supplier, you may visit a BMA Web site intended
specifically for use by BMA suppliers. We may use the information
provided on that site in connection with entering into or performing a
transaction with you. For example, this may include sharing information
with other parts of BMA, BMA's Business Partners, customers, shipping
companies, financial institutions, postal or government authorities
involved in fulfillment. It may also be used to administer and develop
our relationship with you, the supplier you represent and/or other BMA
suppliers generally. |
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| BMA
Discussion Forums and Chat Rooms |
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you participate in a BMA discussion forum or chat room, you should be
aware that the information you provide there will be made broadly
available to others, potentially inside or outside BMA, who have access
to that discussion forum or chat room. Also, please recognize that
individual forums and chat rooms may have additional rules and
conditions. Each participant's opinion on a forum or chat room is his or
her own and should not be considered as reflecting the opinion of BMA. |
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| Other
BMA Web Site Notices |
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some cases, specific BMA Web sites may contain other notices about their
use and the information practices applicable to those sites. |
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| Our
Worldwide Practices |
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| BMA
is a global organization, with legal entities, business processes,
management structures, and technical systems that cross borders.
Our privacy practices are designed to
provide protection for your personal information, all over the world.
We may share your personal information
within BMA and transfer it to countries in the world where we do
business.
Some countries may provide less legal
protection for your information. In such countries BMA will still handle
information in the manner we describe here. |
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| Information
Security and Quality |
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intend to protect your personal information and to maintain its quality.
We implement appropriate measures and processes, such as using
encryption when transmitting certain sensitive information, to help us
to keep your information secure and to maintain its quality. |
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| Supplementing
Information |
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time to time we may supplement information you give us via a BMA Web
site with information from other sources, such as information validating
your address or other available information about businesses. This is to
help us maintain the accuracy of the information we collect and to help
us provide a better service. |
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| Use
of Suppliers |
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some cases BMA uses suppliers to collect, use, analyze and otherwise
process information on its behalf. It is BMA's practice to require such
suppliers to handle information in a manner consistent with BMA's
policies. |
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| Mergers
and Acquisitions |
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| Circumstances
may arise where, whether for strategic or other business reasons, BMA
decides to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize businesses in some
countries. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal
information to prospective or actual purchasers, or receiving it from
sellers. It is BMA's practice to seek appropriate protection for
information in these types of transactions. |
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| Cookies,
Web Beacons and Other Technologies |
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sometimes collect non-identifiable information from visits to our Web
sites to help us provide better customer service. For example, we keep
track of the domains from which people visit, and we also measure
visitor activity on BMA Web sites, but we do so in ways that keep the
information non-identifiable. This information is sometimes known as
"clickstream data." BMA or others on BMA's behalf may use this
data to analyze trends and statistics and to help us provide better
customer service.
Also, when we collect personal data
from you in a transaction, we may extract some information about that
transaction in an non-identifiable format and combine it with other
non-identifiable information such as clickstream data. This information
is used and analyzed only at an aggregate level to help us understand
trends and patterns. This information is not reviewed at an individual
level. If you do not want your transaction details used in this manner
you can disable your cookies.
We collect the information we mentioned
in the previous paragraphs through the use of various technologies,
including one called "cookies". A cookie is a piece of data
that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on
your computer as an anonymous tag that identifies your computer but not
you. Some BMA pages use cookies, sent by BMA or its third party vendors,
or other technologies to better serve you when you return to the Web
site. You can set your browser to notify you before you receive a
cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can
also set your browser to turn off cookies. If you do so, however, some
Web sites may not work properly.
Some BMA Web sites also use Web beacon
or other technologies to better tailor those sites to provide better
customer service. These technologies may be in use on a number of pages
across BMA's Web sites. When a visitor accesses these pages, a
non-identifiable notice of that visit is generated which may be
processed by us or by our suppliers. These Web beacons usually work in
conjunction with cookies. If you don't want your cookie information to
be associated with your visits to these pages, you can set your browser
to turn off cookies.
If you turn off cookies, Web beacon and
other technologies will still detect visits to these pages, but the
notices they generate cannot be associated with other non-identifiable
cookie information and are disregarded. For more information, please see
"How
to work with Cookies". |
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| Service
Quality Monitoring |
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Web transactions may also involve you calling us or our calling you.
Please be aware that it is BMA's general practice to monitor and in some
cases record such calls for staff training or quality assurance
purposes. |
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| Online
Advertising |
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| Certain
companies help us deliver interactive on-line advertising such as banner
ads. These companies may collect and use information about customers to
help us better understand the offers, promotions, and types of
advertising that are most appealing to our customers. After it is
collected the information is aggregated so it is not identifiable to a
specific individual. If, however, you would prefer that these companies
not collect such information, please visit www.networkadvertising.org
and follow the "opt-out" instructions. |
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| Personalized
URL Link |
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| On
occasion, we may personalize and customize Web sites for certain
visitors. If you visit one of these sites, you may find it customized
with references to products and/or services that we believe may be of
interest to you, based on your previous interactions with BMA and
information you have provided to us. While you are visiting these Web
sites, we may collect information about your visit to better tailor the
site to your interests. An invitation to visit one of these Web sites is
usually presented as a personalized URL in an e-mail, a notice on a Web
site registration page, or as a response to you logging on to a certain
Web site.
If you choose to visit one of these Web
sites, you are agreeing to let BMA collect information about your visits
and also to its association with other information about you and your
relationship with BMA. If you do not wish your information to be used in
this way, do not accept the invitation to visit these sites. |
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| Disclosures
Required By Law |
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be aware that in certain circumstances, it is possible that personal
information may be subject to disclosure pursuant to judicial or other
government subpoenas, warrants, or orders. |
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| Links
to non-BMA Web sites |
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| BMA
Web sites may contain links to other Web sites. BMA is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of those other Web sites. |
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| Notification
of Changes |
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| This
privacy statement was last updated on November 18, 2002. A notice will
be posted on our Web site home page for 30 days whenever this privacy
statement is changed in a material way. |
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| Privacy
Questions and Access |
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you have a question about this statement, you can send an email to the
BMA Web site coordinator. The address for this is privacy@bmassociates.com.
You can also contact us at this address if you have a question about
BMA's handling of your information.
If you wish to obtain a copy of
particular information you provided to BMA, or if you become aware the
information is incorrect and you would like us to correct it contact us
at access_request@bmassociates.com.
Before BMA is able to provide you with
any information or correct any inaccuracies, however, we may ask you to
verify your identity and to provide other details to help us to respond
to your request. We will endeavor to respond within an appropriate
timeframe.
If you have questions or concerns
regarding the site's privacy statement, you should first contact BM
Associates, Inc. directly.
This Web site is maintained by the BM
Associates, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries around the world.
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