Beverly Hills Chamber of Commmerce

Privacy

Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce
Privacy Policy
Last updated 11/08

Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce (BHCC) takes your privacy very seriously. This Privacy Policy describes how we treat the information we collect when you visit and use the features of our Web site (www.beverlyhillschamber.com).

Personal Information
BHCC does not collect personal information from visitors browsing our Web site. BHCC may collect personal information for visitors who choose to create an account, register for an event, post an event to the community calendar, purchase a chamber product or opt-in to receive our email communications. In these cases, BHCC will collect personal information including but not limited to: your name, email, phone, company name and address. BHCC may provide the personal information of Chamber members to third party partners for the purpose of marketing or research. BHCC may also share your personal information with our third party Web site administrators (only for the purpose of serving you) and as required by law.

Aggregate Information
BHCC collects and shares aggregated information about our members and Web site visitors with our partners and advertisers. This information does not identify individuals, and is used to provide our partners and advertisers with information about the volume and activities of visitors to our Web site.

Online Transactions
BHCC will collect credit card information from visitors choosing to register for an event or purchase a product from the BHCC Web site. All transactions are processed through our secure online payment system. BHCC uses an outside credit card processing company to collect payment for online transactions made on our Web site. This company does not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purpose. BHCC will use your credit card information for billing purposes only and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use the contact information you provided to contact you.

Security
All personal information described above is stored on restricted database servers. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).

Newsletters and Listservs
BHCC distributes several online newsletters and listserv mailings each week via email. Visitors to our Web site can subscribe to our newsletters and listserves. When you opt-in to receive communications from BHCC, we will collect your personal information (including but not limited to your name and email address) for the purpose of delivering these communications to you. Participation in these communications is voluntary, and you may choose to unsubscribe at anytime.

Surveys, Polls and Contests
On occasion, BHCC may provide the opportunity to participate in surveys, polls or contests on our Web site. If you participate, we may request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or polls is voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose your personal information.

Data Tracking
BHCC makes use of browser “cookies.” Cookies are small text files placed on your computer's hard disk by our server. They allow us to quickly check your status as a member or subscriber to better serve you on our Web site. BHCC will never use cookies to retrieve information from a computer that is unrelated to our site or services. If you wish to disable these cookies, the help portion of the tool bar on most browsers will tell you how do that. If you set your browser to disable cookies, however, you may not be able to access certain aspects of the BHCC Web site.

BHCC may also use log files including but not limited to internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp and clickstream data. Log files are used to administer the site, track users’ movements around the site and analyze trends about the usage of our Web site. Log files do not identify individual users.

BHCC may also use embedded images in emails to track the open rates for our mailings, so that we can tell which mailings appeal most to Chamber members and subscribers.

Use of Materials
The right to download and store or output the materials in our site(s) is granted for the user's personal use only, and materials may not be reproduced in any edited form. Any other reproduction, transmission, performance, display or editing of these materials by any means mechanical or electronic without the express written permission of us is strictly prohibited. Users wishing to obtain permission to reprint or reproduce any materials appearing on our site may contact us at by clicking here.

Links to Other Sites
BHCC provides links allowing you to access third party Web sites. BHCC is not responsible for the content that appears on those sites and does not endorse these sites. Please consult those sites' individual privacy policies in order to determine how they treat user information.

Modification to this Policy
BHCC may revise or amend this policy at any time at our sole discretion. All changes will be posted to this Page. We encourage users to visit this page periodically to review our current policy.

TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS & RESTRICTIONS
All materials on this site, including, but not limited to, images, illustrations, audio clips, video clips (the "Materials") are protected by copyrights which are owned or licensed by BHCC. You may not reproduce, perform, create derivative works from, republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute in any way whatsoever any Materials from our web site or any other web site owned or operated by BHCC without the prior written permission of BHCC. However, you may download or make one copy of the Materials, and other downloadable items displayed on the site, for personal non-commercial home use only, provided all copyright and other notices contained in the Materials are left intact. Any modification of the Materials, or any portion thereof, or use of the Materials for any other purpose constitutes an infringement of BHCC’s copyrights and other proprietary rights. Use of these Materials on any other web site or other networked computer environment is prohibited without prior written permission from BHCC.

DISCLAIMERS
By using this web site and/or posting Materials, you agree to indemnify BHCC, its officers, directors, employees, agents, distributors and affiliates for any and all claims, damages, losses and causes of action arising out of your breach or alleged breach of this agreement.

THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE ARE TRANSMITTED AND DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" AND APPEAR ON THE SITE WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND VALIDITY OF ANY MATERIALS ON THE WEB SITE AND DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED ON THE WEB SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. Where applicable law does not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, the foregoing exclusions may not apply to you.

JURISDICTION
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, as it is applied to agreements entered into and performed within that State. Any action brought to enforce this agreement or matters related to the site shall be brought in either the State or Federal Courts of the United States. If any provision of this agreement is deemed void, unlawful or otherwise unenforceable for any reason, that provision shall be severed from this agreement and the remaining provisions of this agreement shall remain in force. This contains the entire agreement between you and BHCC concerning your use of the site, and the agreement shall not be modified, except in writing, signed by both parties.