Iowa BPA is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology
that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy
applies to the Iowa BPA site and governs data collection and usage.
By using the Iowa BPA site, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Iowa BPA collects personally identifiable information, such as your email
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Iowa BPA also
collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as
your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically
collected by Iowa BPA. This information can include: your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This
information is used by Iowa BPA for the operation of the service, to
maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use
of the Iowa BPA site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through Iowa BPA public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Iowa BPA
does not read any of your private online communications.
Iowa BPA encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from Iowa BPA so that you can understand how those
Web sites collect, use and share your information. Iowa BPA is not responsible
for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Iowa BPA
and Iowa BPA family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Iowa BPA collects and uses your personal information to operate the Iowa BPA
Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Iowa BPA also uses
your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services
available from Iowa BPA and its affiliates. Iowa BPA may also
contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services
or of potential new services that may be offered.
Iowa BPA does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Iowa BPA may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business
partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases,
your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone
number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Iowa BPA
may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send
you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All
such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to
provide these services to Iowa BPA, and they are required to maintain
the confidentiality of your information.
Iowa BPA does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such
as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Iowa BPA keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within
Iowa BPA, in order to determine what Iowa BPA services are
the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising
within Iowa BPA to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area.
Iowa BPA Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice,
only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process
served on Iowa BPA or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or
property of Iowa BPA; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect
the personal safety of users of Iowa BPA, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Iowa BPA Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page
server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the
domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save
you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned
to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Iowa BPA pages, or
register with Iowa BPA site or services, a cookie helps Iowa BPA
to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process
of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses,
and so on. When you return to the same Iowa BPA Web site, the information
you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Iowa BPA
features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies
if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience
the interactive features of the Iowa BPA services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Iowa BPA secures your personal information from unauthorized access,
use or disclosure. Iowa BPA secures the personally identifiable information
you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from
unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit
card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use
of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Iowa BPA will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. Iowa BPA encourages you to periodically
review this Statement to be informed of how Iowa BPA is protecting your
information.
Contact Information
Iowa BPA welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy.
If you believe that Iowa BPA has not adhered to this Statement, please
contact Iowa BPA at mail@iowabpa.com.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.