Our Privacy Policy
This Website is owned and operated by Bilboa, Inc. (hereafter referred to as Bilboa). We recognize that visitors to our site may be concerned about the information they provide to us, the information we collect, and how we treat that information. We would like to make our policy concerning information collection and use absolutely clear. This Privacy Policy addresses those concerns. This policy may be changed or updated from time to time. If we decide to change our policy regarding privacy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on our web site. You may want to visit this web site periodically to review the current Privacy Policy. Use of our web site after the posting of a revised privacy policy constitutes your agreement with the revised policy. This Privacy Policy is not intended to and does not create any contractual or legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you can contact us by snail mail at:
Bilboa Corporation
c/o RW Pickle
27 Beverly Drive
Durham, NC 27707
or e-mail me at Randy at 27 Beverly dot com
We are available to answer your questions or hear your concerns. Bilboa uses its best efforts to respect the privacy of its online visitors. At our site, we do not collect personally identifiable information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. This means we do not require you to register or provide information to us in order to view our site. Bilboa only gathers personally identifiable data, such as names, addresses, zip/postal codes, e- mail addresses, etc., when voluntarily submitted by a visitor. For example, personally identifiable information may be collected in order to respond to a stated desire to volunteer time to Bilboa or to make a payment online. This information is used solely by Bilboa or other entities who are involved in the operation of this site for internal purposes. Bilboa lists are never sold to third parties. We will only share personally identifiable information with third parties when (i) the person submitting the information authorizes us to share it; (ii) sharing the information is a necessary operation of the site, for instance, to process a credit card transaction, or (iii) we are required to by law. Bilboa has no control over or responsibility for the data collection and use practices of third parties that process online donation or credit card transactions. To improve our website, we collect information on the number of visits to our website, the time visitors spend on the web site, the number of pages viewed, and the domains from which visitors come from to visit our web site. This information is only analyzed by us in the aggregate; it is not associated with any specific individuals.
Is Credit Card Information Secure?
We care about the safety and security of your transaction. We use high grade encryption and the https security protocol to communicate with your browser software. This method is the industry standard security protocol, which makes it extremely difficult for anyone else to intercept the credit card information you send to us. Companies we work with to process credit card transactions also use high grade encryption and security protocols. However, no security system is fail-safe, and Bilboa cannot guarantee the information you provide will never be obtained by unauthorized persons. The yellow lock at the bottom right-hand corner of any web page indicates that a user is on a secured site. In some areas of our web site, we require a user ID and password for you to access certain information. Bilboa will not disclose such password to third parties; however, you are responsible for maintaining the privacy and security of your password.
Is My Personal Information Secure?
Yes. The same high grade encryption and https security protocols used for financial transactions on our site are used in collecting personal information. The same caveats apply.
We Care About Doing It Right
In addition to maintaining privacy and security controls over information you share with us, Bilboa works to accurately process your information.
Bilboa employs error checking procedures to make certain transactions are processed completely and accurately. As necessary, changes are made to improve our systems. And, independent external and internal audits are conducted to ensure the privacy, security and appropriate processing of your information on our site.
The Information We Will Share
Bilboa does not sell any personally identifiable information you provide to us for financial gain. Nor does Bilboa share such information with third parties for the purpose of sending you advertisements for products or services unaffiliated with Bilboa or with its affiliates or business partners. Bilboa may, however, share personally identifiable information that you provide to us for legitimate business purposes, including without limitation the following:
a) Transferring such information to Bilboa's affiliates and subsidiaries, unless such transfer is prohibited by law
b) Transferring such information as part of a merger, consolidation, acquisition, divestiture or other corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy)
c) Making such information available to third parties who are providing the product, service or information that you have requested (but never your password)
d) Making such information available to third parties who are providing services to Bilboa or its subsidiaries or affiliates (e.g., providing such information to third parties performing computer-related services for Bilboa or its affiliates (but never your password))
e) We determine, in good-faith, that disclosure of such information is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take legal action regarding any illegal activities or regarding interference with the operation of our web site or violation of its terms of use
f) Disclosing such information is allowed by law, or our legal counsel in good-faith believes, that such disclosure is required by federal or state law, subpoena or court order.
How Do We Use "Cookies"?
Visitors should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by Bilboas' website through the use of "cookies." "Cookies" are small text files a website can use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor's ongoing access to and use of the site, and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. Cookies are not programs that come onto a visitor's system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the visitor that has no meaning outside the assigning site. If a visitor does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the visitor to deny or accept the cookie feature. Bilboa uses "cookie" technology only to obtain non-personal information from its online visitors in order to improve visitors' online experience and facilitate their visit within our site. At this time, we are not setting cookies. This page will reflect any change in policy which could change at any given time.
Note to Parents on Our Privacy Policy
Bilboa welcomes children to learn more about our organization and, where appropriate, find opportunities to serve their communities through Bilboa's volunteer activities. However, we encourage this to be done only with their parent's knowledge and supervision. For this reason, Bilboa follows the guidelines for interactive electronic media published by the Children's Advertising Review Unit of the Better Business Bureau. Special notices urging children to get their parent's permission before providing any personal information have been incorporated into our site.
External Links From Our Website
Some pages of our website offer you the ability to link to and view pages of a web site not operated or controlled by Bilboa (such as weather and financial information). Most of the time you can tell that you have linked to a non-Bilboa web site because the web site will open a new and separate browser window. Links by Bilboa to such external web sites do not imply endorsement by Bilboa of that company, its site or its privacy policy. Bilboa and its affiliates do not monitor or control the content or the privacy policies of the external sites and are therefore not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of linked external websites. When using a link to a non-Bilboa web site, we recommend that you investigate the privacy practices and policies of such external site.
Thank you for visiting us. Please contact us should you have any questions about the operation of the site.
Revised July 23, 2005
