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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy:

Boston Business Information ("Boston Business Information ") operates http://www.bostoninternational.org and may operate other websites. It is Boston Business Information 's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Boston Business Information collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Boston Business Information 's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Boston Business Information 's visitors use its website. From time to time, Boston Business Information may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Boston Business Information also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on http://www.bostoninternational.org blogs/sites. Boston Business Information only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Boston Business Information 's websites choose to interact with Boston Business Information in ways that require Boston Business Information to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Boston Business Information gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at http://www.bostoninternational.org to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Boston Business Information are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Boston Business Information collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Boston Business Information . Boston Business Information does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Boston Business Information may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Boston Business Information may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Boston Business Information does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Boston Business Information discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Boston Business Information 's behalf or to provide services available at Boston Business Information 's websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Boston Business Information 's websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Boston Business Information will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Boston Business Information discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Boston Business Information believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Boston Business Information , third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Boston Business Information website and have supplied your email address, Boston Business Information may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Boston Business Information and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Boston Business Information takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Boston Business Information uses cookies to help Boston Business Information identify and track visitors, their usage of Boston Business Information website, and their website access preferences. Boston Business Information visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Boston Business Information 's websites, with the drawback that certain features of Boston Business Information 's websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Boston Business Information , or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Boston Business Information goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Boston Business Information may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Boston Business Information and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Boston Business Information may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Boston Business Information 's sole discretion. Boston Business Information encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a http://www.bostoninternational.org account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.