Welcome to Be Incredibly Creative

 

Privacy Statement

 

1.         Privacy Statement.

 

beincrediblycreative.com is committed to protecting your online privacy when visiting our Website.  The purpose of this policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather about you when you visit beincrediblycreative.com, how we use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of the information.

beincrediblycreative.com does not require personal information from visitors in order to gain access to our website except to enter contests, receive automatic monthly email activity updates and for educators to access the Teachers Section.  Any personal information you may provide will be on a voluntary basis.  BIC is committed to protecting your online privacy when visiting beincrediblycreative.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.

 

2.         Use or Personal Information Which We Collect.

 

We may ask you to voluntarily provide us with personal information including your name, e-mail address, mailing address, telephone number and fax number so that we may contact you to: respond to your comments, questions and/or requests for information, submission of contest entries, to enroll for the Teachers Section, updates and information on program content, and for automatic monthly activity email updates.  Aside from a reply to an e-mail received by us, or for the purposes stated above, it is not our intent to e-mail you unless you request particular information.

If you participate in our on-line contests, we will collect your personal information solely for the purpose of entering you in our contest and contacting you if you are eligible to receive a prize pursuant to the contest’s official rules.

For residents of Canada under the age of 13, excluding Quebec, your parent/guardian must provide permission for you to supply us with your personal information.  To ensure that permission is granted, BIC had implemented the following:

  • If you enter our contests, you must complete an entry form that requires parental/guardian consent in the form of a signature.
  • If you win the 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 contest, plus parent/guardian consent in the form of signature.
  • If you wish to receive monthly email updates on activities, you will be required to provide us with your parent/guardian’s name and email address. Your parent/guardian will be contacted via email to ensure permission is given.

 

For residents of Quebec, only a parent/guardian of a child under the age of 13 can provide us with their child’s personal information to either enter the contests or to receive email monthly updates or activities. If your entry wins the 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 contest, plus parental/guardian consent in the form of signature.

 

3.   Links to or From Other Web Sites

 

The Web site www.beincrediblycreative.com 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.   How beincrediblycreative.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, and 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.

 

5.   Disclosure To Third Parties.

 

Except as specified herein, we do not share personal information about you with any third party without your permission.

 

6.   Bulletin Boards (Teacher Tips).

 

The bulletin board on this site is intended for teachers to share their in-class implementation ideas with other teachers.  If your comment is chosen to be posted on the bulletin board, a representative from BIC or an independent agency will contact you for your approval before making your information public.  Once posted, you cannot change or remove any public postings on the bulletin board.

 

BIC shall have no liability related to the content of any posting on the bulletin board, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, harassment, discrimination or otherwise, BIC retains the right not to post messages or material deemed by BIC to be abusive, defamatory, obscene, discriminatory, harassing or otherwise unacceptable.  BIC also reserves the right to terminate access to the bulletin board or take other protective steps.  Violations may be reported to the Privacy Officer identified herein.

7.   Contacting Us Regarding Your Personal Information.

More specific details about our policy efforts are set forth in our Company Personal Information Protection Policy.  Requests for a copy of our Personal Information Protection Policy or any questions or concerns about the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information should be directed to:

 

BIC Toronto
Privacy Officer
BIC Inc.
155 Oakdale Road
Toronto, Ontario
M3N 1 W2
Tel. 416-748-4341
Or toll free 1-800-265-5585
Fax 416-741-4965
scott.laird@bicworld.com

 

This Privacy Policy is subject to change at our discretion.  All changes will be posted as soon as they go into effect.