 BIDA takes your internet privacy very seriously.
When you visit our web site, we
may collect and store information about your visit on an anonymous,
aggregate basis using "cookie" technology.
A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser,
which may then store the cookie on your hard drive. Cookies may tell
us the time and length of your visit, the pages you look at on our
sites, and the site you visited just before coming to ours. We may
also record the name of your Internet service provider.
In general, we may collect the following information:
- The name of domain; for example, "xcompany.com" if you
use a private internet access account, or "yourschool.edu",
if you are connecting from a university domain;
- An IP address; a number automatically assigned to your computer
when you are using the Internet;
- The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
- The Internet address of the website from which you linked directly
to our site;
- The pages you visit within the site; and
- The links made to other web sites through this site.
This information is collected for statistical analysis using standard
third-party software programs to create summary statistics. The statistics
are used for the purpose of determining what information is of most
and least interest to all visitors and identifying system performance
or problem areas. This information is not collected for commercial
marketing purposes and BIDA does not sell information collected online
for commercial marketing purposes.
Cookies created on your computer
by using our web site do not contain personally identifiable information
and do not compromise your privacy or security. We use the cookie
feature to store a randomly generated identifying tag on your computer.
If you have further questions about cookies, the Computer Incident
Advisory Capacity Unit that monitors computer problems for the U.S.
Department of Energy issued a study on March 12, 1998, of the risks
to users of cookies, titled “Information
Bulletin 1-034: Internet Cookies,” which can be found at http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-034.shtml.
If you are concerned about cookies, you may modify your browser settings
to notify you when you receive a cookie. If you do not know how to
modify your browser settings, please consult your browser documentation
or the supplier web site.
There are also opportunities on our web site for you to provide us
with information about you and your interests, such as your name, mailing
address and e-mail address. If you choose to share any personal information
with us, we may store it and use it for marketing research and other
marketing purposes. If, during your visit to the BIDA web site, you
voluntarily provide personally identifiable information, we will collect
such information, which may include:
- An e-mail address if you are communicating to us through e-mail;
- Information you voluntarily submit for the purposes of completing
or submitting an application or form online; and
- Other information volunteered, such as survey information or content
of e-mail.
In general, please note the information collected, whether or not
personally identifiable, is not limited to text characters and may
include audio, video and other graphic formats you send us. Information
is retained in accordance with existing laws.
You take online privacy seriously, and
so does BIDA. It's our way of sustaining your trust in BIDA.
BIDA reserves the right to alter our privacy
principles as business needs require. Any alterations to these principles
will be posted on our web site in a timely manner. Statement effective
as of 12/01/2003.
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