If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact the Bright Wings International (hereafter “BWI”) administrators at postmaster at brightwingsinternational.org
BWI is committed to protecting your privacy and creating a safe and secure online environment for anyone who visits and engages on our Site.
BWI shares your concern about the protection of your personal information online. This is our policy regarding the privacy of information we collect on our web site located at brightwingsinternational.org (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy includes examples of the types of personal information we collect and the kinds of companies with whom we share such information. These examples are illustrative and should not be considered a complete inventory of our information collection, use and sharing practices. We will comply with applicable state laws that may restrict the types of information we may disclose about you or require us to provide you with additional notices. Certain services, which you may access on the Site, are provided by our third party partners, and protection of your information relating to such services will be governed by the privacy policy of such third parties. By accessing, browsing, purchasing from the Site and using the Site, you acknowledge that you read, understood and agreed to the Privacy Policy described herein.
Information We Collect
We may collect personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) about you that you specifically and voluntarily provide to us while using the Site. Personal Data includes information that can identify you as a specific individual, such as your name, address, phone number, credit card number or email address.
Protecting Your Personal Data
The Personal Data you provide us is saved in a secure environment and is kept in our records to make it easier for you to use our services on return visits. Information collected by BWI is stored in a secure database(s), accessible only by BWI.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure correct use of information, we will employ reasonable and current Internet security methods and technologies. BWI has created a secure environment for credit card transactions. BWI currently uses Secure Socket Layer technology to encrypt all your personal information, which may include credit card numbers, names and addresses to prevent your information from being read during transmission over the Internet.
BWI limits access to personal information about you to those team members whom we determine need access to that information to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with global best practice standards to guard your personal information. However, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our servers, nor can we guarantee that information users supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. BWI will not be responsible for any actual or consequential damages that result from a lapse in compliance with the Privacy Policy because of a security breach or technical malfunction.
How We Use the Information We Collect
We use the Personal Data we collect to provide you with the products and services you requested or use from our Site, and to build features that will make the Site easier to use. This includes faster requests, better customer support and timely notice of new and special offers.
From time to time, BWI may contact you to request feedback on your experience using the Site, to assist us in improving the Site, or to offer special savings or promotions to you, as a Site user. If you would prefer not to receive notices of special savings or promotions, you may simply opt-out from receiving them by contacting BWI administrators.
Sharing Your Personal Data
BWI does not sell your Personal Data to anyone. BWI may share your Personal Data with its subsidiaries and partners as described below:
Certain Services
In order to provide you with certain products and services, we may share your Personal Data with one of our private members to provides said products and services, or require that you make your request directly with a third party partner. We may revise this list from time to time if additional products and services are offered through our member network or other third-party partners.
BWI Agents
Many of the operations we perform require us to hire other 3rd party companies to help us with these tasks. For example, BWI hires/contracts companies to help us handle mail and email (including sending and delivering packages, postal mail and email), analyze the data we collect, market our products and services, handle credit card transactions and provide customer service. The companies we employ to help us with these tasks have access to Personal Data to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes. Also, BWI requires all agents to whom Personal Data is disclosed to enter into confidentiality agreements to protect your Personal Data.
External Service Providers
When you use BWI to take advantage of any products and services, we may provide Personal Data to an involved third-party but only the minimum information required to fulfill your request. BWI may provide data to partner third parties with regard to special offers relating to the subject matter of the items purchased.
If you chose to opt in to receive promotional or information emails from BWI, you must first be a private member BWI, we will occasionally send advertisements, marketing material or other offers on behalf of other Organizations that we think might be of interest to you. This material is sent by BWI, and we do not give the other businesses your name or address. If you do not want to receive these advertisements, marketing material or other offers, please opt out of these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided in each email.
Tell a Friend
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the Site. BWI stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program.
Your friend may contact us at postmaster at brightwingsinternational.org to request that we remove this information from our database.
Future Transfers
Our world is constantly changing. In the event BWI goes through a transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another association, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred.
Notification
If none of the categories described above apply, we will notify you if we believe it is necessary and appropriate to share your Personal Data with someone else. You will have the right to tell us not to share your Personal Data.
Our Policy Concerning Cookies
To serve you faster and with better quality, we use “cookie” technology. Cookies are small bits of code, usually stored on a user’s computer hard drive, which enable a Web site to “personalize” itself for each user. We use cookies to reduce the time it takes for you to submit purchase requests. No third party has access to the information we collect this way. You can always choose to not receive a cookie file by enabling your Web browser to refuse cookies or prompt you before accepting a cookie. By refusing to accept a cookie, you will not be able to access some parts of BWI.
Third Party Ad Serving
BWI does not use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our site.
How You Can Access or Change Your Personally Identifiable Information
BWI understands that you may want to change or access your Personal Data. Brightwingsinternational.org collects email addresses, names, and other personally identifiable information from users who become members at brightwingsinternational.org. To change your personally identifiable information please login into the portal and change your data or submit requests to change or remove Personal Data by emailing postmaster at brightwingsinternational.org.
Amendments to this Privacy Policy
If BWI decides to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and/or the homepage, and/or other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, and/or by email, and/or by means of a notice on our homepage.
A Special Note about Children
Persons under the age of 18 are not eligible to use any services on our Site. BWI does not knowingly collect information from anyone under the age of 18.
How to Contact Us
Should you have any questions, concerns or comments please email us at postmaster at brightwingsinternational.org.