Effective Date: September 15, 2020
At The Backyard Boss BBQ Sauce, our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to combine excellent service with the highest level of integrity in dealing with users of our website. The Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site. This statement will be continuously assessed against new technologies, ethical practices, and our users’ needs.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to modify our privacy practices and update or make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make any changes, we will change the last updated date above and post the new Privacy Policy here: https://thebackyardbossbbq.com/privacy-policy. You should consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Information you give us. We collect and maintain information that you may provide to us such as when you enter information on our site or provide information to us in any manner, whether via chat, email, and/or telephone or other means. This information may include your name, residential and/or business address, shipping address, billing address, credit card information, telephone number(s), email address, and other information you choose to provide.
For example, when you make online purchases, you will be asked to provide information necessary to facilitate the transaction; when you post comments or other content on our site (e.g., product reviews), anything you post will be available to us as well as visitors to our site; when you post information about us on social networking sites, we may collect such information; when you contact our customer service representatives, we collect additional information you choose to provide our representatives.
Information automatically collected. We, along with our third-party service providers, may automatically collect information about you. This information includes, and is not limited to, browser information, operating system information, device Internet Protocol (IP), device information, IP address and the date, time, length of stay, geo-location, IP address, referring website, specific pages accessed, and other actions you take on our site.
Information Collected Through Social Media Services. You may be able to access the site through third-party social media platforms (such as Facebook) (each, a “Social Media Service”). If you log on to site through a Social Media Service, you give us permission to access, store, and use any information that you permit the applicable Social Media Service to share with us in accordance with your privacy settings with the applicable Social Media Service.
We may also place tags and other data collection mechanisms on the site from Social Media Services through which they can collect information about the usage of our site and their services across multiple devices (such as your smartphone and your computer) for use by both us and such Social Media Service. For example, they can analyze if a user who saw an ad on their smartphone later makes a purchase on the site through their computer.
We are not responsible or liable for the privacy practices or content of the applicable Social Media Service. We encourage you to review, and if necessary, adjust, your privacy settings with the applicable Social Media Service before logging in to the site using the applicable Social Media Service. Information that we receive from Social Media Services is stored and used by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
USE OF COOKIES
As with most websites, we use cookies, web beacons, and other online information-gathering tools in connection with our site. These tools are intended to make our site easier to use by, among other things, saving your preferences for you. A cookie is a small file stored by your internet browser on your computer. We may use either a “session cookie” and/or a “persistent cookie”.
A “session cookie” stores temporary information that is erased when you close your web browser or turn off your computer. A “persistent cookie” enables our site to recognize you when you return to it and remains stored on your computer until you delete it. We may also use cookies to deliver content tailored to your interests. We do not have access to or control over web beacons or cookies that may be used by our third party service providers.
The Help feature on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-ons’ settings or visiting the Web site of its manufacturer.
Because cookies allow you to take advantage of some of The Backyard BBQ Sauce essential features, if you set your browser to limit or remove cookies or otherwise block our use of cookies, some features of the site may be unavailable or unable to function properly.
ANALYTICS
Third-Party Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third-party links
We do not include or offer third-party products or services on our website.
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. (https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en)
We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following:
- Remarketing with Google AdSense
- Google Display Network Impression Reporting
- Demographics and Interests Reporting
We along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions, and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
MOBILE LOCATION
If you access the site through a mobile device, we may also be able to identify the location of your mobile device. You may choose not to share your location details with us by adjusting your mobile device’s location services settings. For instructions on changing the relevant settings, please contact your service provider or device manufacturer.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
The Backyard Boss BBQ Sauce does not rent, sell, trade, or disclose your information to unrelated third parties, except as set forth in this Privacy Policy. We do use, process and disclose your information to:
- Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments, and returns
- Send you promotional marketing materials or marketing messages about products or services that we believe may be of interest to you
- Match it with other public and private data sources in order to enhance our records, such as appending additional information to your profile, or engaging in advertising
- Place ads on third-party websites relating to our products and services that may be of interest to you
- Notify you of any products you have purchased that are subject to recall
- Customize, analyze, adjust, and improve our site to meet your needs
- Prevent fraud and other prohibited or illegal activities
- Comply with potential requests of law enforcement agencies
If you complete a product review or other feedback or provide any images, we may use your submission for commercial purposes to promote our products and/or services.
WHAT INFORMATION WE DISCLOSE
Third-Party Service Providers. We may disclose the information collected about you to our third party contractors and partners in connection with their performing services or other activities in support of the site and/or our businesses, or their completing or confirming on our behalf a transaction or series of transactions that you conduct with us. Examples include third parties which may fulfill orders, deliver packages, send postal mail and/or email, analyze data, provide marketing research and assistance, process credit card payments, and provide customer service. These contractors and partners are restricted from using information that identifies you (excluding any information that is aggregated or otherwise reasonably de-identified) in any way other than to provide services for The Backyard Boss BBQ Sauce.
Business Transfer. We may disclose, transfer, or assign to our affiliates or to one or more third parties the information collected about you as part of a merger, acquisition or other sale or transfer of any of the assets or business of The Backyard Boss BBQ Sauce. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors’ rights generally, we may transfer your data to a successor or to a third party that purchases our assets arising from such circumstances. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.
Protection of The Backyard Boss BBQ Sauce and Others. We may disclose information about you to the government or to other third parties to comply with the law, applicable regulations, governmental and quasi-governmental requests, court orders, subpoenas, or other legal process. We may also disclose information to third parties if needed to enforce any of the terms of use for our site or any investigation of potential violations thereof; to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; to protect against harm to our site; or to protect our rights, property or safety or the rights, property or safety of our users or others.
PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We have instituted reasonable safeguards to help ensure that information collected is secure. We also take reasonable steps to ensure that third parties who work with us to make the site (including the software, applications and services provided on the site) available to you agree to protect personal information that they must access in order to serve you and to honor your preferences about contacts you wish to receive. Please understand, however, that it is possible for third parties to access information despite our efforts. For this reason, we do not guarantee that your use of the site and/or information provided by you will be private or secure. By using our services, you assume this risk.
INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN
This site is not directed at children and we have no intention of collecting information from young people. If we become aware that information from a child under 13 has been collected without the consent of such child’s parent or guardian, we will use all reasonable efforts to delete such information.
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
As a convenience to our visitors, this site may contain links to a number of websites that we believe offer useful information. The policies and procedures we describe here do not apply to those websites. We suggest contacting those websites directly for information on their privacy policies. The Backyard Boss BBQ Sauce is not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties, regardless of whether they are linked or otherwise connected to our site.
DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS
Our site does not support “Do Not Track” preferences that may be available in your browser to inform websites that you do not want them collecting certain types of information. If you activate the Do Not Track setting in your browser, our site is not capable of satisfying the preference you set.
OPT-OUT/CORRECTIONS
If you wish to opt-out of any marketing communications, please contact us directly at [email protected]. Please note that removal of user information from our database or “opting out” will not stop marketing or advertising content that is generated for distribution or is otherwise queued for transmission to you prior to the time when we can implement your request. Following receipt of a request from you, we will take reasonable steps to delete your information. In addition, you may opt-out of certain targeted advertising as described above in the “Interest-based Advertising” section. To opt-out of data collection by the Social Media Services, you should review that provider’s privacy practices.
We reserve the right to retain any information reasonably necessary to appropriately document our business activities and for archival and record retention purposes. We will store information about you for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
HOW TO UPDATE INFORMATION
You may correct or update information collected about you through our site by contacting us at the email address noted at the end of this Privacy Policy below. Following receipt of a request from you, we will take reasonable steps to update or correct your information.
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code permits California residents to request from a business, with whom the California resident has an established business relationship, certain information about the types of personal information the business has shared with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of the third parties with whom the business has shared such information during the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident, you may make one request each year by sending a request to [email protected].
VISITING OUR WEBSITE FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
If you are visiting thebackyardbossbbq.com from outside the United States, please be aware that your information (including cookies) may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country, but please be assured that we take steps to ensure that your privacy is protected. By using our services, you understand that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Policy and Terms of Use. By providing information to us, you consent to the transfer and processing of the information in the United States.
GOVERNING LAW
By choosing to visit our site, you agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy will be governed by the law of the state of Nevada, without reference to the choice of law or conflicts of law principles thereof, and will be subject to the dispute resolution clause contained in the terms of use applicable to the site. You also agree to abide by any limitation on damages contained in the terms of use of our site.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or our Return Policy, you may contact us using the information below.