bÍcÍbits’ Privacy Policy

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Below is all the boring legal jargon you need to know about this website. Get ready for a slow roll of technical terrain.

Collecting Personal Information:

When you visit our website, we collect certain information about your device, how you interact with the site, and any details necessary to process your purchases. Additionally, if you contact us for customer support, we may collect further information to assist you. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any data that can uniquely identify an individual (including the types of information mentioned above) as “Personal Information.”

At bÍcÍbits, we understand the importance of protecting your privacy. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard the personal information you share with us.

By accessing and using our site, you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, your continued use of the site confirms that you have been informed about this Privacy Notice.

Examples of Personal Information collected:

  • Version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the site.

  • Purpose of Collection: To accurately load the website for you and perform analytics on website usage in order to optimize our site and improve your experience.

  • Source of Collection: Automatically collected when you access our website through the use of cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.

    Order information:

    Examples of Personal Information collected:

    Name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers – which we do not store), email address, and phone number.

    • Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, keeping you up to date with information relating to bÍcÍbits products or services and offers.

    • Source of collection: collected from you.

    • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our payment processor.

    Customer support information:

    Examples of Personal Information collected:

    Name, email, and phone if needed.

    •  Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.
    •  Source of collection: collected from you.
    •  Disclosure for a business purpose: order resolution.

    Protecting the Privacy of Minors:

    Minors under the age of thirteen (13) are prohibited from using the Site.
    Minors under the age of sixteen (16) are not permitted to use or purchase products from the website without the permission and involvement of a parent or legal guardian. The website is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from children. If you are the parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us to request deletion.

    Sharing Personal Information:

    We not sell, rent or lease customer lists to third parties.
    bÍcÍbits will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary whether or not a response is required by applicable law; To (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on bÍcÍbits’s site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of bÍcÍbits, it’s staff and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of our Users, or members of the general public.

    Use Of Cookies:

    bÍcÍbits website may use “cookies” to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a small amount of information that is placed on your device by a web page server when you visit our site. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
    bÍcÍbits’s website may use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (at times such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s your first time visiting or if you are a frequent visitor.

    You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline certain or all cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, please keep in mind it can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

    CCPA:

    If you are a resident of California, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you (also known as the ‘Right to Know’), to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us.

    Non-personally-identifiable information may be used in the future with third parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to Users. Please note that bÍcÍbits’ advertisers that may now or hereafter present or sponsor advertisements on the Site (e.g., ads presented by Google) may set and access their cookies on your computer once you click on one of their advertisements. Any advertiser’s use of cookies is subject to such advertiser’s privacy policies and terms and conditions, and not the bÍcÍbits’ Privacy Notice or Terms.

    Occasionally, bÍcÍbits with any sponsors, collaborators, advertisers that we may now or hereafter partner with, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstakes, or contest on the website, social media, or through subscription channels. To participate in such promotions, sweepstakes, or contests, users may be asked to provide Personal Information including their name, email address, phone number, or home address, or to answer personal questions for marketing purposes. Unless otherwise specified herein, bÍcÍbits will not independently transfer Personal Information to its partners. Your decision to participate in a sponsored promotion, sweepstakes, or contest is entirely voluntary, and any information you provide by participating, including Personal Information, is entirely at your own risk and discretion.

    bÍcÍbits’ website offers publicly accessible blogs and may participate and offer community forums as well as participate on social media channels. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. bÍcÍbits does not regularly monitor such information under the “Comments” section and is under no obligation to do so. Any Personal Information which you post in any “Comments” section may become a permanent part of the public domain and have unintended consequences. You are advised to use caution when posting anything other than product-related or appropriate comments under any “Comments” section.

    To request removal of your personal data from our blog or community forum, contact us. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal data, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.

    Testimonials:

    We display personal testimonials/reviews of our customers on our website in addition to other endorsements, and at times share them on social media and our email subscriptions.

    We love hearing from you and are always stoked to share your feedback. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial/review, you can contact us.

    Security:

    bÍcÍbits takes great measures to ensure that our Users’ Personal Information is secured. We use a variety of industry-standard technical, contractual, administrative and physical security measures and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. Unless otherwise provided for herein, we restrict access to Personal Information to those employees who need access to perform their essential job functions. Please note that despite our best efforts, no one can guarantee the security of User Personal Information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of User Personal Information at any time.”

    Hyperlinks:

    The Site may now or hereafter contain Internet hyperlinks (“links”) to other websites not owned, operated or maintained in any way by bÍcÍbits. Users may not post hyperlinks to third party Internet websites on the Site’s various “Comments” sections without our express written permission. In the event of the presence of such hyperlinks now or in the future, please be advised that bÍcÍbits is not responsible for the privacy policies, terms and conditions, and/or information use practices or content on such other Internet websites. When linking to another Internet website, you should read that Internet website’s stated privacy policy. Our Privacy Notice only governs information collected on our Site.

    Social Media:

    bÍcÍbits website may include social media features, such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X/Twitter icons. These features may also collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. These features may also give you the option to post information about your activities on our Site to your profile page to share with others within your network. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy notice of the company providing them.

    Opt-Out & Unsubscribe:

    We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. You may opt-out of our email newsletters or update your mailing preferences at any time.

    Changes To This Privacy Notice:

    bÍcÍbits will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. bÍcÍbits encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how bÍcÍbits is protecting and using your information. If you object to any such changes, you must immediately cease using the Site. A User is bound by any changes to this Privacy Notice when they use the website after those changes have been posted.

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