BIC Corporation Privacy Statement for itsyourbic.com 1. Privacy Statement. The purpose of this policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather about you when you visit itsyourbic.com how we use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of the information. itsyourbic.com does not require personal information from visitors in order to gain access to any part of our Website. Any personal information you may provide will be on a voluntary basis. BIC is committed to protecting your online privacy when visiting itsyourbic.com. BIC is committed to safeguarding your personal information collected online and to helping parents and their children learn how to exercise control over personal information while exploring the Internet. BIC does not ask visitors to disclose more personal information than is necessary for participation in a particular activity. To help ensure a rewarding online experience for all visitors, BIC provides this summary of our information practices. 2. Personal Information Which We Collect. We may ask you to voluntarily provide us with personal information including your name, e-mail address and mailing address so that we may contact you to respond to your comments, questions, requests for information by you. Aside from a reply to an e-mail received by us, it is not our intent to e-mail you unless you request particular information. If you e-mail us for information, your personal information will be kept on file for one (1) year. We do not ask visitors to disclose more personal information than is necessary for them to participate in a particular activity. We may perform analysis of user behavior to allow us to measure consumer interest in the various areas of our Website for product and Website development purposes. Any information we collect is used for our own internal purposes to improve the content of this Website, to enhance users' experience when visiting our Website, and to customize the content and/or layout of our pages. All analysis of user behavior described herein will be recorded on a group basis, and such analysis may be shared with our Website development consultants, or employment contractors. If you are 13 or older and participate in one of our online sweepstakes, contests and/or the Photo Gallery Program, we will collect your personal information solely for the purpose of entering you in the sweepstakes, contests and/or the Photo Gallery Program and contacting you if you are eligible to receive a prize and/or gift pursuant to the official rules. If you are under the age of 13 and wish to participate in one of our online sweepstakes, contests and/or the Photo Gallery Program, we will require the consent of your parent or legal guardian. If you enter one of our online sweepstakes, contests and/or the Photo Gallery Program, you must complete an entry form that requires parental/guardian consent in the form of a signature. If your entry wins in a sweepstakes and/or contest, a representative from BIC or an independent agency will only make contact with your parent or guardian to award the prize. In the process of awarding the prize, the parent/guardian will be asked to complete a Liability and Publicity Release form, which requires complete understanding of the rules and regulations of the sweepstakes and/or contest, plus parental/guardian consent in the form of a signature. 3. Links to or From Other Web Sites The itsyourbic.com Web site may contain links to other Web sites. BIC has no control over and assumes no responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of these Web sites. You should review the privacy policies of each Web site you visit. 4. Privacy and Other Information Concerning E-Cards and Art Image Creations. You can send an electronic post card or a send an e-mail of your art image creation from the Art Studio of the BIC Town Mall (hereinafter "Electronic Messages") from this Website. Any e mail address collected for Electronic Messages (data collected to recreate your art image creation in order to deliver it to the recipient's e mail address and/or e-mail address) are stored temporarily in a transaction log file for security purposes, and are deleted after a specified holding period. After that, all personally identifiable information relating to the transaction is deleted from our system. The Electronic Messages are intended for users to send selected text and created images to other users. You acknowledge that all Electronic Messages you send from this site contain your views and opinions and we will not be held liable. We shall have no liability related to the content of any Electronic Messages, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, harassment, discrimination, or otherwise. We retain the right to remove messages or material deemed by us to be abusive, defamatory, obscene, discriminatory, harassing or otherwise unacceptable. We also reserve the right to terminate access to the Electronic Messages or take other protective steps. Violations may be reported to privacypolicy@bicworldusa.com. You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all Electronic Messages is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that we have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time. As a user you agree to any information you have entered above being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent we cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised. 5. How itsyourbic.com Uses Cookies. Like many other commercial sites, our site may utilize a standard technology called a “cookie” to collect information about how our site is used. Cookies were designed to help a Website recognize a user’s browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while the user was previously browsing the site. Our cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on a computer virus. Our Website may use cookies to enhance your visit. Cookies can securely store a user’s password, personalize home pages, identify which parts of a site have been visited or keep track of your preferences. Our cookies may collect a domain name and track a path through our Web pages. We only use cookies to gather the information indicated in this policy and do not use cookies to gather personal identifying information about you without your consent. 6. Disclosure To Third Parties. Except as specified herein, we do not share personal information about you with any third party without your permission. 7. Collection and Use of Personal Information from Visitors 13 Years of Age or Under. We may ask visitors 13 years of age or under to voluntarily provide us with personal information including name, e-mail address and mailing address so that we may contact them to respond to their comments, questions or requests for information. Aside from a reply to an e-mail received by us, it is not our intent to e-mail visitors 13 years of age or under unless they request particular information. In the area of our site where you can send electronic cards to friends, BIC may ask you to provide personal information about other people. This is usually limited to a first name and e-mail address. BIC also may ask for the name and e-mail address of your parent if you are 13 years of age or under. BIC uses your information only for internal purposes such as to enable you to subscribe to enter one of our sweepstakes or contests and to send electronic cards to your friends. BIC uses the information that is collected about others to either enable you to communicate with them, for example, to send an electronic greeting card to a friend, or to obtain consent for participation in these activities, such as to notify the parent when a visitor,13 years of age or under, has entered one of our contests. BIC sometimes uses the non-personally identifiable information that is collected to improve the design and content of BIC’s site and to enable you to have a personalized Internet experience. BIC also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products, programs, or services. BIC will disclose information maintained when required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. BIC also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request. 8. Privacy and Other Information Concerning Send-To-A-Friend This website may, from time to time, include a send-to-a-friend application that makes it easy for you to forward information or materials from our site to a friend by e-mail. In order to address your e-mail message, the application will ask you to input the recipient’s e-mail address and/or similar information (including your e-mail address). This information is only used by the application to address your message so that it can be properly sent. BIC does not retain any of this information for any purpose. 9. Contacting Us Regarding Your Personal Information. Questions regarding this Privacy Policy, the accuracy of your personal information or the use of the information should be directed via e-mail to privacypolicy@bicworldusa.com Any other questions regarding this Website may be directed to webmaster@bicworldusa.com or you may write to us at: BIC Website Privacy One BIC Way, Suite 1 Shelton, CT 06484-6299 U.S.A. This Privacy Policy is subject to change at our discretion. All changes will be posted as soon as they go into effect.