Privacy Policy

Bijou Telephone Co-op 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 Bijou Telephone Co-op website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Bijou Telephone Co-op website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

 

Personal Information Collection:

Bijou Telephone Co-op collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Bijou Telephone Co-op also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites. Information about your computer hardware and software is also automatically collected by Bijou. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Bijou Telephone Co-op for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Bijou’s website. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Bijou Telephone does not read any of your private online communications. Bijou encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Bijou Telephone so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Bijou Telephone Co-op is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Bijou family of websites.

 

Personal Information Use:

 Bijou Telephone Co-op collects and uses your personal information to operate the Bijou website and deliver the services you have requested. Bijou also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Bijou Telephone and its affiliates. Use of your Personal Information Bijou collects and uses your personal information to operate the Bijou Telephone website and deliver the services you have requested. Bijou also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Bijou and its affiliates. Bijou may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.  Bijou does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Bijou 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 (email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Bijou 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 Bijou, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. Bijou Telephone does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. Bijou keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Bijou in order to determine what Bijou services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Bijou to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. Bijou’s website 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 Bijou or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Bijou; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Bijou Telephone Co-op, or the public may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. Bijou does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Bijou Telephone Co-op 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 (email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Bijou 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 Bijou, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. Bijou does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. Bijou keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Bijou Telephone, in order to determine what Bijou services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Bijou to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. Bijou websites 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 Bijou or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Bijou Telephone; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Bijou, or the public.

 

Personal Information Security:

Bijou Telephone secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Bijou 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.

 

Statement Changes:

Bijou Telephone Co-op will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Bijou encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

 

Contact Information:

Bijou Telephone Co-op welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Bijou Telephone has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Bijou at webadmin@netecin.net. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.