Thank you for visiting the web site(s), including the Customer Portal and User Forums, owned by BCC Software, LLC (the “Site”). Below is our Privacy Policy governing our use of information gathered about you (“Information”). By accessing or using the Sites, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of the Site after changes are made is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates. Although BCC Software is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust in all of its activities with you, this privacy policy does not govern BCC Software’s collection of data through channels other than this Site.
For additional information for residents of the State of California, see “Residents of California” section below.
For additional information for residents of Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Utah, Texas, Montana, and other states with similar privacy laws see Additional State Data Privacy Rights section below.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on June 5, 2024.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the content and practices of the Site or wish to exercise any of your rights and choices under the Policy or applicable law, please feel free to contact BCC Software directly at:
1890 Winton Road South | Suite 180 Rochester, NY 14618
Attn: Marketing Phone: 800.453.3130
Email: marketing@bccsoftware.com
Information we collect
BCC Software collects Information when you register to access and/or use the Site. Registration Information may include, for example, name, email address, phone number, zip code, and user name. When you place an order, we collect Information from you that is necessary to identify you and to process and fulfill your order.
The Site uses cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. At the bottom of each page on the Site, you will see the image of a partially-eaten cookie with a check mark on it. Clicking on that image will allow you to customize your cookie consent preferences. You may change those preferences at any time. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category.
The cookies that are categorized as “Necessary” are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
The Site also uses third-party cookies that help BCC Software analyze how you use this website, store your preferences, and provide the content and advertisements that are relevant to you. These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent.
You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies, but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience.
BCC Software customers have the opportunity to post comments in the User Forums located in the Customer Portal. Those comments may be accompanied by your user name, user name, profile information, opinions, or whatever other information you decide to share. You should treat those comments as being public, as they can be viewed by both BCC Software and other customers accessing the User Forum.
The views or opinions expressed at or through the User Forums are the opinions of the individual author and may not reflect the views or opinions of BCC Software.
When making a purchase through the Customer Portal, your credit card information will be collected and processed outside of the Site by a third-party payment processor. This Privacy Policy does not govern the practices of third-party payment processors, and, if you disclose your information to such processors, different rules may apply to its use and handling. You acknowledge that information provided to third-party payment processors will be subject to their user agreements, terms and conditions, privacy policies and other applicable policies and agreements, which may differ from this Privacy Policy. BCC Software is not responsible for the policies of third-party payment processors.
BCC Software’s use of your personal information
BCC Software uses information collected from users in order to make the Site more useful and to respond to your queries, to inform users of new promotions, products and services offered by BCC Software, to improve our level of service, and to provide notifications regarding the Site and BCC Software’s products and services.
Within BCC Software, we restrict access to your Information to those who require access in order to provide the Site, products, and services to you. We also may share your Information with the following entities:
- BCC Software affiliated companies;
- Unaffiliated service providers with whom BCC Software may subcontract, including Web site hosting companies, fulfillment companies, payment processing companies, and other third-party service providers; and
- Government agencies and law enforcement officials, when required to do so to respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process, or to establish or exercise or legal rights or defend against legal claims.
BCC Software also reserves the right to share Information with other organizations in the following situations:
- As permitted by law in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, violation of BCC Software’s intellectual property rights, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of the Site’s terms of use or other agreements, or otherwise as required by law;
- When we have your consent to do so; and
- When we need to share Information to provide any product or service you have
BCC Software also may use your IP address and information about the Web pages you visit to gather broad demographic information, interests and behavior so that we may better understand our customers and Site users. This Information may be used, for example, to analyze and improve our Site design and functionality. BCC Software may share aggregated demographic, product usage, or traffic pattern information for marketing purposes with other organizations, but these statistics will not include information that identifies you personally.
Business transfer
As BCC Software continues to develop, BCC Software might sell or buy the assets of or merge with similar companies. In such transactions, customer and user Information generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that BCC Software or substantially all of its assets are acquired, such Information may be one of those transferred assets, and we reserve the right to buy or sell such assets.
Opt-out policy
When you provide Information via the Site, we may use the Information to occasionally notify you about special BCC Software sales or services and other valuable updates to personalize your BCC Software shopping transactions. If you prefer that we not contact you in this manner, we will promptly remove you from our mailing list at your request.
Please send any such request to 1890 Winton Road South, Suite 180, Rochester, NY 14618, Attn: Marketing, Phone: 800.453.3130.
How to review and update your information
BCC Software provides methods of updating your Information and contact preferences. In some cases, these will be automated via our Site. You also may write, telephone, or us with changes to your information and contact preferences at 1890 Winton Road South, Suite 180, Rochester, NY 14623, Attn: Marketing, Phone: 800.453.3130, Email: marketing@bccsoftware.com.
Security
BCC Software uses a variety of standard protections to maintain the security of your online session and Information.
Children’s privacy protection
The Site does not target children or provide products or services for use by children. BCC Software does not knowingly collect Information from persons under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years of age, you may review the Site only with involvement of a parent or guardian, and you may not use any portion of the Site that would require collection of personal information from you.
Linked Internet Web sites
The Site may provide hypertext links to other Web sites that may contain privacy provisions that are different from those provided herein. BCC Software is not responsible for the collection, use or disclosure of information collected through those Web sites, and BCC Software expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such collection, use or disclosure. You are encouraged to read the privacy policies of Web sites reached through the use of links from the Site.
Privacy/Protection When Ordering from Us
This Privacy Policy does not cover information that is inherent to the operation of the Internet, and therefore beyond the control of BCC Software, LLC, and is not to be applied in any manner contrary to applicable law or governmental regulation.
FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 and otherwise (“CCPA”) provides certain rights to residents of California. This section of the Privacy Policy applies if you are a natural person who is a resident of California (“CCPA Consumer”). This notice supplements the information in our Privacy Policy above. Certain terms used below have the meanings given to them in the CCPA.
The following sets forth the categories of information we collect and purposes for which we may use CCPA Consumers’ personal information collected by BCC Software:
Personal Information We Collect About You
The categories of personal information we may have collected about you or your use of the Site are:
- Information you elect to post in the User Forums;
- Identifiers, such as your contact information (name, email address, postal address, phone number) or unique personal identifiers (cookies, IP address);
- Professional information (title, employer);
- Internet information (search history, browser type, operating system)
- Commercial information (services purchased)
- Geolocation information (state or city associated with a unique identifier).
More details on the categories of personal information we may collect are set forth in the Information we collect section of this Privacy Policy.
Sources From Which We Collected Personal Information
The sources from which we may have collected personal information about you or your use of the Site are:
- Directly from you;
- From other sources, including BCC Software service providers;
- Through your use of the Site;
- As otherwise detailed in the Information we collect section of this Privacy Policy
Business or Commercial Purposes for Which We Collected or Disclosed the Personal Information
The business or commercial purposes, as defined under the CCPA, for which we collected or disclosed the personal information, are:
- performing services, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, verifying customer information, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytics services, or providing similar services;
- auditing related to a current interaction with you and concurrent transactions, including, but not limited to, counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance;
- detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity;
- ensuring that restricted USPS data is not downloaded to an IP address located outside of the U.S. and its territories;
- cross-context behavioral advertising;
- debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration; and
- to advance the commercial or economic interests of BCC Software, such as by inducing another to purchase goods or services, or enabling or effecting, directly or indirectly, a commercial transaction.
More details concerning the business or commercial purposes are set forth in the BCC Software’s use of your personal information section of this Privacy Policy. We may disclose the categories of personal information identified in the Information
we collect section of this Privacy Policy about CCPA Consumers for our operational purposes where the use of such personal information is reasonably necessary and
proportionate to achieve the operational purpose for which the personal information was collected or processed or for another operational purpose that is compatible with the context in which the personal information was collected.
Sensitive Personal Information
BCC Software does not process sensitive personal information for purposes other than those specified in Section 7027(m) of the CCPA Regulations (such as to perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average consumer who requests those goods or services).
Personal Information Disclosed for a Business Purpose and the Parties With Whom We Shared the Personal Information
We do not “sell” your personal information to third parties. We also do not share your personal information with unaffiliated third parties for third party marketing purposes. We will share, however, any or all of the personal information collected from and about you over the past 12 months as discussed above with our data analytics providers for various business purposes.
More details on the categories of personal information we may disclose for a business purpose are set forth in the Information we collect and BCC Software’s use of your personal information sections of this Privacy Policy. Please also see the CCPA Consumer Privacy Rights and Choices section below regarding your ability to opt-out of the selling or sharing of Information.
Data Retention
BCC Software retains Information only for the period necessary to provide the products and services you have requested and to fulfill the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by for compliance purposes.
CCPA Consumer Privacy Rights and Choices
CCPA Consumers may have certain rights in connection with the personal information we collect about you, many of which are subject to exceptions under applicable law:
Access and disclosure. You may have the right to request, up to two times during a 12- month period, the following information about the personal information we have collected about you:
- the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you;
- the categories of sources from which we collected the personal information;
- the business or commercial purpose for which we collected or sold the personal information;
- the categories of third parties with whom we shared the personal information; and
- the categories of personal information that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose, and the categories of third parties to whom we sold or disclosed that information for a business purpose.
Opt Out. As described in the Personal Information Disclosed for a Business Purpose and the Parties With Whom We Shared the Personal Information section of this Privacy Policy, while BCC Software does not “sell” your personal information to third parties, it may share Information collected from and about you with our data analytics providers for various business purposes. You have the right to request that we not share Information in this manner. Additionally, you have the right to opt-out of cross-context behavioral advertising.
Correction. Subject to certain limitations, you have the right to request that BCC Software correct inaccurate personal information it has collected from you.
Deletion. You may have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. We need certain types of information so that we can provide our Services to you. If you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use our Services. Note also that we may retain Information as permitted by law, such as for tax or other record keeping purposes.
How to exercise your access, opt-out, correction and deletion rights.
California residents may exercise their California privacy rights by submitting a request via the contact form located at bccsoftware.com/contact/ or by sending an email
to marketing@bccsoftware.com , indicating “CCPA Rights” in the subject field of your email. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may charge a reasonable fee to comply with your request.
The request must include sufficient detail so as to allow us to properly evaluate and respond to it.
For security purposes, we will verify your identity – in part by requesting certain information from you — when you request to exercise your California privacy rights. To request that we provide you with the specific pieces of personal information we have from you or to delete personal information we have collected from you, we may also need to ask you for additional information to verify your identity.
Once we have verified your identity (and, if applicable, your agent), we will respond to your request as appropriate:
- Where you have requested the categories of personal information that we have collected about you, we will provide such list in a written email to the email address you provide.
- Where you have requested specific pieces of personal information, we will provide the information you have requested, except where not permitted under applicable law or otherwise exempted by the CCPA. For instance, we may not disclose an account number, as such disclosure may create an unreasonable risk to your personal information, your account with us, or our business
- Where you have requested that we delete personal information that we have collected from you, we will delete, de-identify, or aggregate, as appropriate, any information about you that is not necessary for the purposes indicated above. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law.
If we are unable to complete your requests fully for any of the reasons above, we will provide you additional information about the reasons that we could not comply with your request.
Nondiscrimination. If you elect to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, we will not deny you goods or services, provide a different price or rate for our goods or services, or provide a different level of service to you because you exercised these rights.
Authorized Agents. You may designate an agent to make requests to exercise your rights under the CCPA. We will take steps both to verify the identity of the person seeking to exercise their rights as listed above, and to verify that your agent has been authorized to make a request on your behalf through providing us with a signed written authorization or a copy of a power of attorney.
Do Not Track Disclosure
Some Internet browsers offer a “do not track” feature. When that feature is activated, your browser sends a signal to the sites you visit directing the sites not to track your activity. The Site does not respond to “do not track” signals. Disabling or deleting cookies may limit some forms of tracking. Please see the Information we collect section of this Privacy Policy for more information on making elections regarding cookies when using the Site.
ADDITIONAL STATE DATA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Many states, including, but not limited to, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Texas, Montana, have enacted data privacy laws that may give you additional rights regarding the use of your Personal Data or Personal Information, as such terms are defined in the relevant laws and referred to below as personal information herein.
Personal Information We Collect About You
The categories of personal information we may collect about you or your use of the Site are:
- Information you elect to post in the User Forums
- Identifiers, such as your contact information (name, email address, postal address, phone number) or unique personal identifiers (cookies, IP address);
- Professional information (title, employer);
- Internet information (search history, browser type, operating system)
- Commercial information (services purchased)
- Geolocation information (state or city associated with a unique identifier).
More details on the categories of information we may collect are set forth in the Information we collect section of this Privacy Policy.
Sources From Which We Collect Personal Information
The sources from which we may have collect personal information about you or your use of the Site are:
- Directly from you;
- From other sources, including BCC Software service providers;
- Through your use of the Site;
- As otherwise detailed in the Information we collect section of this Privacy Policy
Business or Commercial Purposes for Which We Collect or Disclose Personal Information
The business or commercial purposes for which we may collect or disclose personal information are:
- performing services, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, verifying customer information, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytics services, or providing similar services;
- auditing related to a current interaction with you and concurrent transactions, including, but not limited to, counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance;
- detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity;
- debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- targeted advertising, as that term is defined under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, Colorado Privacy Act, Connecticut Data Privacy Act, and Utah Consumer Privacy Act;
- undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration; and
- to advance the commercial or economic interests of BCC Software, such as by inducing another to purchase goods or services, or enabling or effecting, directly or indirectly, a commercial
Please see the Consumer Rights and Privacy section below for information on how to opt out of targeted advertising.
More details concerning the business or commercial purposes are set forth in the BCC Software’s use of your personal information section of this Privacy Policy. We may disclose the categories of personal information identified in the Information
we collect section of this Privacy Policy for our operational purposes where the use of such personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve the operational purpose for which the personal information was collected or processed or for another operational purpose that is compatible with the context in which the personal information was collected.
Data Retention
BCC Software retains Information only for the period necessary to provide the products and services you have requested and to fulfill the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by for compliance purposes.
Consumer Privacy Rights and Choices
You may have certain rights in connection with the personal information we collect about you, some of which are subject to exceptions under applicable law:
Access and disclosure. You may have the right to request the following information about the personal information we have collected about you:
- the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you;
- the categories of sources from which we collected the personal information;
- the business or commercial purpose for which we collected or sold the personal information;
- the categories of third parties with whom we shared the personal information; and
- the categories of personal information that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose, and the categories of third parties to whom we sold or disclosed that information for a business purpose.
Opt Out. As described in the Personal Information Disclosed for a Business Purpose and the Parties With Whom We Shared the Personal Information section of this Privacy Policy, while BCC does not “sell” your personal information to third parties, it may share Information collected from and about you with our data analytics providers for various business purposes. You have the right to request that we not share your personal information in this manner. Additionally, you have the right to opt-out of targeted advertising.
Correction. Subject to certain limitations, you have the right to request that BCC Software correct inaccurate personal information it has collected from you.
Deletion. You may have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. We need certain types of information so that we can provide our Services to you. If you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use our Services. Note also that we may retain Information as permitted by law, such as for tax or other record keeping purposes.
You can exercise any of the above rights and choices by emailing us at marketing@bccsoftware.com.
The request must include sufficient detail so as to allow us to properly evaluate and respond to it.
For security purposes, we will verify your identity – in part by requesting certain information from you. To request that we provide you with the specific pieces of personal information we have from you or to delete personal information we have
collected from you, we may also need to ask you for additional information to verify your identity.
If we are unable to complete your requests fully, we will provide you additional information about the reasons that we could not comply with your request.
Nondiscrimination
If you elect to exercise any of the foregoing rights, BCC Software will not deny you goods or services, provide a different price or rate for our goods or services, or provide a different level of service to you because you exercised these rights.
Appeal
You can appeal a decision with regard to your privacy requests by emailing us at marketing@bccsoftware.com.