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Privacy Policy

Your privacy is extremely important to the Bates Philanthropic Initiative (BPI)

  • BPI does not ask you for personal information unless needed to register for communications, event, or service.

  • BPI does not share your personal information with anyone, except to comply with the law or protect BPI’s rights.

  • BPI does not store personal information on its servers or in the cloud unless required for the on- going operation of services.

BPI respects the privacy of visitors to its web site. BPI believes that visitors should be assured that information provided online is used responsibly and appropriately. To protect online privacy, BPI has implemented the following policy.

Most of the data and information collected through this web site is used only to help BPI further its charitable purpose. It is BPI’s policy to collect and store only personal information that website visitors knowingly provide.

BPI’s website collects information about each visitor to the site in these ways:

  1. Through project inquiry forms and other online interest forms;

  2. And through any correspondence you send to BPI via mail to the mailing address, listed emails, and through other forms not associated with the database posted on this website.

What we do with the information we gather:

We require the information to understand your needs and provide you with better service, and for the following reasons:

  • Internal record keeping.

  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.

Controlling your personal information:

We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties.

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Safety and Security

Security:

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we may collect from our website.

Casual Website Visitors and General Users:

BPI does not collect any personal information from users browsing its web site. When you use the public areas of this site, you are doing so anonymously. BPI collects aggregate use information, such as the number of hits (visits) per page. Aggregate data is used for internal and marketing purposes. BPI does not collect any personally identifying information.

Links to Other Websites:

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. Once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over the other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting other sites and those sites are not governed by this privacy statement. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

Website Disclaimer:

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. While we attempt to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations about the completeness or accuracy with respect to the website or the information, products, and services on the website.

Your Responsibility:

If you become aware of a breach in BPI’s Privacy and Security policies, or suspect that BPI has handled your personal information in a manner that doesn’t comply with this privacy statement, please contact us by e-mailing an explanation 

Any suspected attempt to breach these policies and procedures, or to engage in any type of unauthorized action involving this website, will be regarded as potentially criminal activity, and may be reported to the appropriate authorities.

Problems or Complaints:

If you have a complaint with BPI’s compliance with this privacy policy, you may contact us at . BPI may change this policy from time to time by updating this page.

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