Statement and notice of the Association's privacy practices and guidelines

Thank you for visiting this website of the California Barbecue Association.  Your privacy is important to us.  To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used at this Association site.

Information we collect

At some Association sites, you can review information, order products or services, express an opinion, subscribe to one of our services such as our online newsletters, or participate in one of our online forums or communities.  The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected at these pages include: name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, credit card information, and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs, and services.

At some other Association sites, you can submit information about other people.  For example, you might submit a person's name and e-mail address to send an electronic notice about an international legal development and, if you order a gift online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you might submit the recipient's name and address.  The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected about other people at these pages include: recipient's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.

At certain parts of some of our sites, only persons who provide us with the requested personally identifiable information will be able to order products, programs, and services or otherwise participate in the site's activities and offerings.

We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).

How we use information

We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our products, programs, and services, to respond to your inquiries about our offerings, and to offer you other products, programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you.

We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when you have requested certain legal updates or when we make changes to our subscriber agreements, to fulfill a request by you for an online newsletter, or to contact you about your account with us.

We use the information that you provide about others to enable us to send them your information, funds or products.  From time to time, we also may use this information to offer our services, programs, or products to them.

The information we collect in connection with our online forums and communities is used to provide an interactive experience.  We use this information to facilitate participation in these online forums and communities and, from time to time, to offer you products, programs, or services.

If you choose to submit content for publication, we may publish your screen name and other information you have provided to us.

We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience.  We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you services, programs, or products.

We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request.

Agents and contractors of the Association who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for the Association.

Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.

It is the policy of all Association not to disclose any personally identifiable information to any company or entity that wants to market products or services to you.  Therefore, since no Association site shares such personally identifiable information, there is no need for the Association to provide you with an opportunity to opt out or block such use.

We may on occasion combine information we receive online with outside records to enhance our ability to market to you those services, programs or products which may be of interest to you.  If you prefer not to receive marketing information from this site, follow the instructions at the bottom of email on how to unsubscribe from such service.

Finally, the Association sites covered by this Privacy Notice will not use or transfer personally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.

Collection of information by others

Some of our sites contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours.  Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.

The Association sites covered by this Privacy Notice sometimes may offer content (e.g., contests, sweepstakes, or promotions) that is sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties.  By virtue of these relationships, the third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in the site activity.  The Association has no control over these third parties' use of this information.

The Association does not currently partner with or have special relationships with any third-party ad server companies to serve or present the ads that appear on our site. Some of our advertisers, however, may use the services of third-party ad networks.

Cookies

The association's sites do not place 'cookies' on your computer's hard drive. Nor does the Association's site place any 'ad-ware' or 'spy-ware' graphic or programs on your computer.  However, some of our sites contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours.  Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties which may place cookies, ad-ware and spy-ware on your computer.

Commitment to security

We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.

How to contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about the Association online policy for this site or its implementation you may contact us at webmaster@cbbqa.com.