Your privacy is very important to Blackwell SGP, LLC. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and make use of personal information. The following outlines our Privacy Policy.
When accessing our Website, Blackwell will learn certain information about you during your visit.
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called “cookies” (see explanation below, “What Are Cookies?”) and Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site, your IP address.
Google AdSense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and other sites on the Internet. To opt out of the DART cookies you may visit the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following url http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html Tracking of users through the DART cookie mechanisms are subject to Google’s own privacy policies.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
Tracking Technologies
Blackwell implements cookies to store user information and track user activities. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information. Cookies enable Blackwell to monitor your activity across sessions of interaction between your device and the Site. Please see Choice and Control, for information on how to refuse cookies.
Choice and Control
While BLACKWELL does need to gather certain information to make your Blackwell experience personalized and to conduct transactions for you, Blackwell wants to give you the ability to control how your information is provided and shared.
Email Preferences. For various reasons, Blackwell may contact you about our services or your activity.
Cookies and Tracking Devices. Upon visiting Blackwell’s site for the first time (or after a clearing a browser’s cache) you will be shown a notification. You may click “accept” to clear the notification. However, we will, by default, use cookies when you visit our site.
The notification states: “This website uses cookies to remember you and improve your experience. To find out more see our Privacy Policy.”
If you would like to decline cooking tracking, you can manage how your browser handles cookies and other tracking devices by adjusting the privacy and security settings on your browser. If accessing Blackwell by a mobile device, you may manage the information your mobile device shares, such as cookies, tracking technologies, and location information, by adjusting your mobile device privacy and security settings.
IP Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data known as “traffic data” so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you.
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, mail and telephone.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer service and making available other items and services to our customers and prospective customers.
Blackwell will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us, nor will such information be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the user at the time of collection.
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
A Special Note About Children
Children are not eligible to use our web site and services and we ask that minors (under the age of 13) do not submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor, you can use this site only in conjunction with permission and guidance from your parents or guardians.
EU Data Subject Rights
In certain circumstances, you have the following rights under data protection laws in relation to your Personal Information:
- Request access to your Personal Information (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the Personal Information Blackwell holds about you and to check that Blackwell is lawfully processing it.
- Request correction of the Personal Information. This enables Blackwell to have any incomplete or inaccurate data held about you corrected, though Blackwell may need to verify the accuracy of the new data provided.
- Request erasure of Personal Information. This enables you to ask Blackwell to delete or remove Personal Information where there is no good reason for Blackwell continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask Blackwell to delete or remove your Personal Information where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where Blackwell may have processed your information unlawfully or where Blackwell is required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that Blackwell may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
- Object to gathering of your Personal Information where Blackwell is relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to gathering on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where Blackwell is gathering your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, Blackwell may demonstrate that it has compelling legitimate grounds to gather your information which override your rights and freedoms.
- Request restriction of gathering of your Personal Information. This enables you to ask Blackwell to suspend the gathering of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want Blackwell to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where Blackwell’s use of the data is unlawful but you do not want Blackwell to erase it; (c) where you need Blackwell to hold the data even if Blackwell no longer requires it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to Blackwell’s use of your data but Blackwell needs to verify whether it has overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
- Request the transfer of your Personal Information to you or to a third party. Blackwell will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your Personal Information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for Blackwell to use or where Blackwell used the information to perform a contract with you.
- Withdraw consent at any time where Blackwell is relying on consent to gather your Personal Information. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any gathering carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, Blackwell may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. Blackwell will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
How Do We Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions?
Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Some of the information you may enter on our Web site may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL. Credit Card information is never transmitted via email.
Blackwell may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, Blackwell uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Policy Changes
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with or without notice. However, please be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
Contact
If you have any questions regarding this Policy, or your dealings with our web site, please contact us.
Blackwell SGP
2833 Crockett St Suite 114
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
hq@blackwellxo.com