privacy policy

The Biracy ProjectTM is operated and presented to users in all locations by Binoir Media Inc. (“Binoir”) of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This Privacy Policy covers use of information collected by Binoir.
We are dedicated to safeguarding any personal information collected on the biracy.com website. Our Privacy Policy is our guarantee to keep your personal information completely confidential. We will only use your information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Consent

By accepting the Member Web Service Agreement and the Privacy Policy in registration, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

When you register on the Website, you voluntarily submit certain personally identifiable information (“PII”), such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, credit card number, for the purpose of creating a Member Account. We will store the PII for the sole purpose of providing you with the Services. You can always change the information in your account in the manner detailed in the Member Web Service Agreement .

We also collects some non-personally identifiable data, such as your IP address, browser software identification and the domain from which you entered the Website, in order to enhance your experience on the Website and help us protect your member information and possibly detect its unauthorized use. We also collects statistical information in the aggregate, for example to tabulate voting activity.

Who We Share Information With

We consider the PII contained in our database to be confidential. We will never disclose PII about you to any of our affiliates or to third parties who work for us. We do not allow third-party companies to solicit or advertise to our users. Our intention is to keep biracy.com free from any sort of direct advertising.
Your name only will be displayed on the Member Account Page of the Member your identified as having referred you to the Website.

We will disclose your PII if required by law, regulation or government authority, or to protect the rights and property of Binoir, its affiliates or the public. For example, we may be required by law to disclose PII about you without your consent and without notice in order to comply with a valid legal process such as a subpoena, court order, or search warrant.

Because of the international nature of the Service provided by Binoir, we may transfer PII and store it outside of the jurisdiction in which a Member is located. As set out above, biracy.com is operating from Canada, which was recognized as a country providing an adequate level of protection, so that the information we collect will be processed and stored there. Through your use of the Services you are explicitly consenting to the transfer of your personal data to Binoir entities located in Canada for the specific purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Retention of Personally Identifiable Information

We will keep your personal data only as long as you are an active member of The Biracy ProjectTM. Should you become an inactive member (as defined in the Member Web Service Agreement), we will retain your personal information for a minimum period of 18 months at which time we will delete your membership record. From that date, for administrative and troubleshooting purposes, we will retain minimal identifying data from your record. This data will only be used to identify your account and will not be shared with anyone. It will be stored in an inactive database with restricted access.

Cookies

When visitors come to our site, we may passively collect certain non-personally identifiable computer information, such as the type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS), the user’s IP Address, the web browser (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer) being used, the frequency with which guests visit various parts of our sites, and information regarding the Internet service provider, in order to make our sites more interesting and useful to you and for various purposes related to our business. We may collect this non-personally identifiable information through the use of software technologies such as unique identifiers or “cookies.” If you turn cookies off, you may not be able to access many features that make your Web experience smoother, and some of our services may not function properly.

Links

We may offer some features with other providers, and our Website may display links to other websites whose privacy policies and practices we don’t control. We advise you to read their privacy policies to learn how they handle your personal information.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. Binoir takes precautions to protect the security of your information, as well as our own information and network. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online. We use encryption to protect your private information while it is in transit between your computer and our server. Nevertheless, members must realize that absolute security does not yet exist on the internet.

You are responsible for protecting against unauthorized access to your password and computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a computer to access our website.

Note that information you reveal in a public forum (such as message boards) will be seen by third parties not related to Binoir and is therefore not subject to this Privacy Policy. Also, if you link to a third party site from biracy.com, any information you reveal on that site is not subject to this Privacy Policy. You should always consult the privacy policy of each site you visit.

Financial Information

As noted above, if you decide to purchase a membership, your full name, email address, credit card billing information including mailing address will be required at the time of purchase. That information is not stored by Us, and, instead, is collected and stored by our payments processing vendor for the purpose of processing payments made to Us. That information is safeguarded with appropriate security, and it will not be used for other purposes. Furthermore, our payments processing vendor has agreed to maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the personal and financial information it obtains from our website, and only to use this information on our behalf. Our financial institution is bound by all applicable privacy laws relating to the provision of financial services.

Changes To This Policy

The privacy policy set out above is effective as of September 30, 2009, and applies to all information previously obtained by Binoir. We reserve the right to change the privacy policy at our sole discretion. As required by law, we will not use PII in ways that are materially different from the ones described in this Privacy Policy without also providing notification of such practices and obtaining consent to any such different uses. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page. By continuing to use the Website, you accept and agree to this privacy statement, as modified. If you are concerned about how your information is handled, you should periodically check this page.

Contact

If you have questions or wish to send us comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us with your questions or comments by:

sending an email to: privacy@biracy.com
calling us: 1-866-947-8499
faxing us: 1-866-542-7973
Mail: The Biracy Project™
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