PRIVACY NOTICE
Bahá'í Distribution Service knows that you care about how your
personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy very
seriously. This notice explains what information we collects about users,
how we collect that information, for what purposes we use that information,
to whom we may disclose that information, and how users can limit our use
of their information. Please read the following to learn more about our
Privacy Policy before using our websites.
By visiting our website, you are accepting the practices outlined in this
Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy covers Bahá'í Distribution Service's
treatment of personal information that Bahá'í Distribution
Service gathers when you are on the Bahá'í Distribution Service
websites (BahaiBookstore.com and BahaiMusicStore.com) and when you use
Bahá'í Distribution Service's online platforms (collectively,
“website”). This policy does not apply to the practices of
third parties that Bahá'í Distribution Service does not own or
control, or to individuals that Bahá'í Distribution Service does
not employ or manage. The Bahá'í Distribution Service websites
may contain links to third party websites. We do not endorse and are not
responsible for the content of third-party websites or resources, and our
privacy notice does not apply to any sites that are not affiliated with the
Bahá'í Distribution Service, even if you access them via a link
on our site. You should review the privacy policies of any third-party site
before providing any information.
You may contact Bahá'í Distribution Service at any time to
exercise your rights under this Privacy Policy or if you have questions
about this policy at bds@usbnc.org.
Information Collected by Bahá'í Distribution Service
We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We will retain such information for the duration of your relationship with us. We collect the following types of information from our Bahá'í Distribution Service users:
- Information You Provide to Us: We receive and store any information that directly identifies you or could be reasonably be used in combination with other information to identify you (“Personal Data”) from information you enter on our website or that you provide directly provide to us in other ways, such as through email. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features. Examples of Personal Data that directly identify you include your name, contact information, email address, and other information in combination with such identifiers. Our websites may also collect Personal Data that does not directly identify you by name or contact information but which may be used to identify that a specific computer or device has accessed our website and could be used to identify you if combined with certain other information. Personal Data that we may collect includes:
- Contact Information. We collect this information in order to be able to communicate with you. This information may include your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, job title, age, and other information you provide on our website. Where we solicit this information, we will explain how the information you provide is to be used. It is your choice as to whether to provide your Personal Data.
- Interests and Preferences. This information helps us understand your interest in our products and services so that we can best serve you. This information may include contact and product preferences, languages, marketing preferences and demographic data. Where we solicit this information, we will explain how the information you provide is to be used. This information may be collected as part of the information we collect automatically or pursuant to your consent.
- Interaction History. This information helps us fulfill services you have requested and to understand your interests and preferences. This includes how you interact with us and use our websites, your correspondence with us, and any purchase history or customer account information. Where you have purchased a product or service from us, we use this information in order to perform our agreement with you. This information is collected automatically, for our legitimate business interests.
- Automatically Collected Information. We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Bahá'í Distribution Service and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, Bahá'í Distribution Service cookie information, and the page you requested. Bahá'í Distribution Service uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website. For more information on automated collection, see the section on Cookies and Automated Technology below.
Legal Basis for Collecting Personal Information
Consent: In some cases, at the point at which you provide information, we
may ask you for your consent to collect and process your Personal Data. If
you choose to provide us with your consent, you may later withdraw your
consent by contacting us. Please note that if you withdraw your consent it
will not affect any processing of your information that has already
occurred. Where we process your information based on consent, we will
provide more detailed information to you at the time when we obtain your
consent.
Our legitimate interest: We may process your information
based on our legitimate interest in communicating with you and managing our
interactions with you regarding our products, services, education
opportunities, and the religious purposes of the Bahá'í
Distribution Services and its affiliates in the Bahá'í faith. We
will not share your information outside these purposes without your
consent. In addition to your other rights, you have the right to object to
such processing of your information. You can register your objection by
contacting us as described above.
Our legitimate activities: Some of the information you provide us may
include information about your religious affiliation or practices. We will
process this information in the course of our legitimate activities as a
not-for-profit body with a religious aim. Processing of this information
will relate only to members of Bahá'í Distribution Services and
we will not disclose this information to a third party without your
explicit consent.
Email Communications
Bahá'í Distribution Service is very concerned about your privacy
and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your
explicit permission, as detailed in the "Sharing Your Information" section
below. If you have provided us your email address and opted in to such
communications, Bahá'í Distribution Service may send out emails
with Bahá'í Distribution Service-related news, products, offers,
surveys or promotions. You may manage your email preferences, including
unsubscribing and resubscribing, at any time by using the links included at
the bottom of every email.
Cookies & Automated Technology
Our websites may use a tracking technology called a “cookie.”
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's
hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your
browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by
how many people. Cookies can also be used to enable a site to
“remember” the information a visitor has previously inputted.
Cookies may be placed on your computer both by us and by third parties with
whom we have a relationship, such as web analytic services and advertising
network services. Google Analytics may be used to help make our sites work
better and to help us understand what parts of the Sites are being
utilized. Google Analytics uses technical tools such as, first-party
cookies and JavaScript code, to collect information about visitors. Google
Analytics service tracks visitors to the site who have JavaScript enabled.
Google Analytics anonymously tracks how visitors interact with a website,
including where they came from and what they did on a site. Google
Analytics collects the information set forth above from users. This
information is used to administer and update the website, and we will also
assess whether the visitors to the site match the expected site
demographics and determine how key audiences are navigating the
content.
The "Help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct
you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to
command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to
fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated
because cookies allow you to use some of Bahá'í Distribution
Service's best features. Certain web browsers and other programs may be
used to signal your preferences to Company about how or whether
Bahá'í Distribution Services or third parties may collect
information about your online activities. Currently, our websites do not
respond to such signals..
Sharing Your Information
Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to
anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described
below.
Bahá'í Distribution Service Personnel: Bahá'í
Distribution Service personnel and authorized consultants and/or
contractors who provide us with business services may have access to user
information if necessary in the normal course of Bahá'í
Distribution Service business, including but not limited to monitoring and
maintaining our websites and preparing newsletters and
mailings.
Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In
these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the
business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if Bahá'í
Distribution Service, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired,
user information would be one of the assets that is
transferred.
Protection of Bahá'í Distribution Service and Others: We may
release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is
necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and
other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of
Bahá'í Distribution Service, our employees, our users, or others.
This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations
for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Syndication: Bahá'í Distribution Service allows for
the RSS syndication of all of its public content within the
Bahá'í Distribution Service website.
With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your
personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose
incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and
you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Our websites and online resources are owned and operated in the United
States but the information you provide may be accessible by our affiliates
and vendors in other countries. If you are visiting this site from a
country other than the United States, your Personal Data will cross an
international boundary.
The level of protection for your Personal Data in the United States may not be the same as the level of protection in your country. By entering our site, you consent to the collection, storage, and processing of your Personal Data in the United States.
Your Rights Concerning Your Personal Data
You have the right to the following information regarding the
Bahá'í Distribution Service’s processing of your Personal
Data:
- The purposes of the processing.
- The categories of Personal Data concerned.
- The recipients or categories of recipient to whom the Personal Data have been or will be disclosed.
- Where possible, the envisaged period for which the Personal Data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period.
- To request that information, please contact us at bds@usbnc.org.
You also have the following rights with respect to your Personal Data:
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The right to request access to the personal data that the
Bahá'í Distribution Service has about you, as well as the
right to request rectification of any data that is inaccurate or
incomplete.
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The right to request a copy of your personal data in electronic format
so that you can transmit the data to third parties, or to request that
the Bahá'í Distribution Service directly transfer your
personal data to one or more third parties.
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The right to object to the processing of your personal data for
marketing and other purposes.
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The right to erasure of your personal data when it is no longer needed
for the purposes for which you provided it, as well as the right to
restriction of processing of your personal data to certain limited
purposes where erasure is not possible.
- The right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority where you believe that your rights have been violated.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at bds@usbnc.org.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to
request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal
information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make
such a request, please write to the email address provided above. Be sure
to include your name and contact information and we will respond within the
time required by law.
Children Under 18 Years of Age
You must be 16 years and older to register to use the Bahá'í
Distribution Service website. As a result, Bahá'í Distribution
Service does not knowingly collect information about children. If we learn
that Bahá'í Distribution Service has collected information from a
child under the age of 16, we will delete that information as quickly as
possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 16 and 18 ask and
receive their parents' permission before using Bahá'í
Distribution Service or sending information about themselves or anyone else
over the Internet.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Bahá'í Distribution Service may amend this Privacy Policy from
time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is
subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is
used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by
posting an announcement on the Bahá'í Distribution Service
website(s) so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we
use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed. We suggest
visiting this page regularly to ensure you are aware of the latest Privacy
Policy.
Conditions of Use
If you decide to visit Bahá'í Distribution Service's websites
(BahaiBookstore.com and BahaiMusicStore.com), your visit and any possible
dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of
Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and
application of Illinois state law.
Effective Date of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last updated September 26, 2018.
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