BIRDS DE PERA is committed to protecting
your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us
any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information
to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains
data collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement
only applies to www.birdsdepera.com; it does not apply to other online
or offline BIRDS DE PERA sites, products or services. Please read the
complete BIRDS DE PERA privacy statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that
personally identifies you (personal information) or information that
allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested
when you are registering a system, before entering a site or when purchasing
and/or registering BIRDS DE PERA products. Personal information collected
by www.birdsdepera.com often is limited to e-mail address, language,
country or location, but may include other information when needed
to provide a service you requested. For example: If you choose a service
or transaction that requires payment, we will request personal information
necessary for billing and/or shipping, such as: name, address, telephone
number, and credit card number. When you buy and install a new product,
we may ask you to register your purchase electronically. We keep this
registration information on file with any information you've already
given us on previous visits to our Web site. This information may include:
your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access
times and referring Web site addresses. BIRDS DE PERA also collects
information about which pages our customers visit within www.birdsdepera.com
This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number,
and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents
as described below. Use of your Personal Information We use your personal
information for the following purposes:
1. To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
2. To help us create and publish content most
relevant to you.
3. To alert you to product upgrades, special
offers, updated information and other new services from BIRDS DE PERA,
if you so request.
To allow you access to limited-entry areas
of our site as appropriate. In some limited-entry sections of www.birdsdepera.com,
with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data with your
personal information in order to provide you with personalized content.
If you decline permission, we will not provide you the personalized
service and won't merge your personal information with site-visitation
data. We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services
on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases,
answering customer questions about products or services, sending postal
mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those
companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they
are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. BIRDS
DE PERA may disclose your personal information 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 BIRDS DE PERA or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or
property of BIRDS DE PERA and its family of Web sites, or (c) act in
urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of BIRDS DE PERA
employees, users of BIRDS DE PERA products or services, or members
of the public. Your information may be stored and processed in the
United Kingdom or any other country in which BIRDS DE PERA or its affiliates,
subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site,
you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
BIRDS DE PERA abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the
U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention
of data from the European Union.
Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal
information, BIRDS DE PERA will not share that information with third
parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions
already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.
BIRDS DE PERA may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical
service or security issues related to a product or service you requested,
or confirming you requested a product or service. You will not be able
to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered
an essential part of the service you have chosen.
Access to your Personal Information
We will provide you with the means to ensure
that your personal information is correct and current. Security of
your Personal Information BIRDS DE PERA is committed to protecting
the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security
technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information
from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store
the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited
access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit
sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet,
we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) protocol.
Use of Cookies
When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed
on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read
if the customer has visited the site previously. One use of cookies
is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described
above. We also use cookies to collect information on which newsletter
links are clicked by customers. This information is used to ensure
we are sending information customers want to read. It is collected
in aggregate form and never linked with your personal information.
Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may
be used to assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology
tells us how many visitors clicked on key elements such as links or
facilities on a www.birdsdepera.com web page. We do not use this technology
to access your personally identifiable information on www.birdsdepera.com;
it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about www.birdsdepera.com
web site usage. We may share aggregated site statistics with partner
companies but do not allow other companies to place clear gifs on our
sites. If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the
www.birdsdepera.com web site, you will be able to view the text on
the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor
will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement,
you should first contact BIRDS DE PERA by e-mail.
If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry
has not been
addressed, you should then contact TRUSTe at
their Web site, http://www.truste.org/users/users_watchdog.html. TRUSTe
will serve as a liaison with BIRDS DE PERA to resolve your concerns.
Changes to this Statement
BIRDS DE PERA will occasionally update this
privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date
at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement,
BIRDS DE PERA will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web
site.
Contact Information
BIRDS DE PERA welcomes your comments regarding
this privacy statement, please contact us by e-mail, or postal mail.
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