Our Privacy Policy
BCF has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of the details that you provide us when using this web site ("Site"). When you use the Site, you are consenting to the practices set forth in this Privacy Policy.
BCF are committed to protecting your privacy online. When you visit our site, BCF may collect personal information from you such as your name and e-mail address. Our third party hosting company will collect additional information such as the URL you came from, your IP address, your domain name, your browser type, the country and state where your server is located, and the pages that were viewed during your visit to our site. All this information is kept on a secure server to protect it from outside parties.
BCF do not sell or rent personal information to others. BCF use your information only for the limited purposes of sending you updates and useful information about our programs, promotional information, enhancing the site operation, for statistical purposes, and for overall systems administration. BCF understand and respect the right to privacy.
How BCF uses the information BCF collects
BCF use personal information collected on our Website to handle the transactions you initiate. BCF use information in the file BCF maintain about you, and other information BCF obtain from your current and past activities on the Site, to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our Terms and Conditions. At times, BCF may look across multiple users to identify problems or resolve disputes, and in particular on rare occasions BCF may evaluate your information to look for users using multiple User IDs or aliases. In some instances, BCF will share your contact information with carefully selected service providers to assist us in processing your online transactions or to deliver the services requested.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file that is automatically issued to your computer when you enter our Site and which is stored by the browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies identify your computer, not the individual user of your computer. Cookies store some basic information that helps us to identify if a user of your computer has visited the Site before and if you have provided us with some personalized information. Our Site uses cookies to keep track of what you have donated. BCF use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password (if you have supplied us with one) so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit our Site. You can disable cookies or set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent, but if you choose to do so you may not be able to access some areas of the Site.
How BCF Uses Financial Information
Financial information that is collected is used to authorize payment and bill you for products and services. When you make a donation on the Site, your consent is given to provide your financial or personal information to those third parties necessary to process your transactions with us, such as credit card companies, banks and the companies that handle shipping on our behalf. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Except as provided above, BCF will not share financial information with third parties without your prior consent.
Your data will be transferred to and stored in our servers in the U.S. By using our Website, you consent to our collection and use of your data as described in this privacy policy. BCF will ask you for certain contact information when you donate any value online. All information will be held within our database. BCF will maintain information about your donation activity. BCF will require a telephone call with a card holder when a transaction of a certain amount over $10,000 is processed in order to verify the transaction.
Disclosure of Your Personal Information and Financial Information in Compliance with Laws
You should be aware that BCF may release your personal information or financial information when BCF believe it is necessary to comply with laws or regulations, to assist law enforcement, to enforce the terms under which you transacted with BCF, or to protect the rights, property or safety of BCF, users of the Site or others.
Other Sites/Third Party Vendors and their Privacy Policies
This Site may contain links to other Web sites. BCF is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites or for the privacy policies and practices of other third parties, and so you should be careful to read those Web sites' privacy policies independently.
Our Security Precautions
This Site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. BCF use 128 bit industry standard Secure Server Software (SSL) for your transactions with us. It encrypts all of your personal information, including credit card number, name, and address, so that it cannot be read as the information travels over the Internet.