Breffo Privacy Statement
PRIVACY STATEMENT
Protecting your privacy online is a main concern at breffo. The following breffo ltd. privacy policy is based upon EU and U.S. fair information practices and informs how we respect your privacy and protect any information you may provide us while visiting our site or utilizing any of our services.
For more information on how breffo collects, utilises, protects and secures your information, see below.
What information is collected
There are times when we may ask you or you may choose to provide information about you. Also, we may obtain information about you from others. Information collected may include, among other things, your name, physical address, e-mail address, phone number, or credit card details if provided, and other information about yourself. We do not ask for more sensitive information such as your age, gender or religious beliefs.
How information is collected
breffo, will collect and log your IP address in order to best determine how to facilitate services online. Your IP address gives us an indication as to where we should be concentrating our services and to what location in the world we need to localize with. We may collect information using a number of services that best suit your purpose for visiting our site. Information is gathered using one or a number of the following, passwords and forms.
Cookies
Cookie technology is used when you visit our site. Cookies track various activity on websites including which pages you visit, how many times you visit, how long you spend visiting, and how to recognise you as a 'user' so as to best enhance your experience. Cookies cannot obtain personally identifiable information such as your e-mail address, or any other information stored on your hard drive. Cookies are pieces of data normally stored by your browser, and you can quite easily prevent cookie data from being sent by adjusting your browser settings.
Use of information
We collect this information from you solely for the purpose specified on our site. Occasionally we may collect information to provide customer specific offerings. In these cases we feel that we can best service your requirements through the assistance of our partners. breffo may also share data it collects with various affiliated partners with links to our site. It is important to note that any information you do furnish us with is deleted from our database after its purposeful use.
Personal information collected about you may be utilized for the following purposes:
- To provide Privacy and Security Solutions;
- To provide products or services you have requested;
- To service your account;
- To improve our services to you through partner offerings;
- Developing and/or having you informed of additional products or services we think will be of interest to you; or
- Answering questions you may have.
Data Integrity
Any information gathered is to the best of our knowledge collected lawfully and fairly through our website, all information is assumed accurate and up to date and only information which is adequate and not excessive to our purpose for collection is obtained.
Anonymous Browsing
You can visit breffo on the Web without offering any information about yourself. In those cases, our web servers collect the name of the domain you used to access the Internet, and the website you came from and visit next. This information is used by us and others with whom we have business relationships to measure the number of visits, average time spent, page views, and other statistics about visitors to our website. We also use this data to monitor site performance and to make the site easier and more convenient for you to use. We do not share this information with others without your explicit consent.
Choice: Opt-Out policy/Opt-In policy
breffo believes that you have the right to full control over the flow of your personal information. We provide user choice on how information may be utilized. Consumers have the ability to control how information is used beyond the purpose provided or stated. We may collect statistics about our customers such as, product popularity, service history, and share these statistics with our affiliated partners; however we do provide an Opt-In policy which entitles users to choose whether they wish for their information to be passed on to third parties. We also provide user choice to Opt-In for having information passed on for marketing, advertising or promotional purposes. You may receive newsletters, promotional packages, or information regarding our great services inclusive of a mailing list, unlike many traditional businesses, you may choose not to be included in our mailing list, and you may Opt-In for receiving communication from us or affiliated partners at a later date. If you do not wish to have breffo share your information with third parties, please observe to Opt-In by contacting us at our contact details listed below. We do not currently provide an Opt-Out option online as we do not require it of our customers. We alternatively have employed an Opt-In approach whereby we will contact customers before passing on any information in order to obtain consent.
Security: Information protection and security
When you submit your information to breffo, whether it be your name, address, or information such as your Social Security number, tax id or credit card information, we do our utmost to ensure that information is protected against loss, misuse, alteration, destruction or unauthorized access. breffo uses encryption tools (through our payment provider- Paypal) such as Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to help protect your personal information.
Encryption can be used after your data has left your internal system. Encryption renders your data unreadable using a mathematical formulae known as the key. Your data is turned back into readable form, i.e. deciphered, by applying the correct key.
breffo keeps information collected secure and adopts measures which protect the misuse or alteration of credit card data in particular. Furthermore, in relation to utilising information solely for the purpose provided, credit card data is securely deleted after its purposeful use. Due to the nature of eCommerce there is always a remote danger of information interception no matter what barriers are in place, we suggest that if you are still concerned with security, or unsure of the implications of transacting data online, you may contact us at [email protected] or phone us on +1 (503) 542 7688 for alternative methods of communication.
Employees within breffo with access to your information provided are instructed to utilise such information only in adherence to this Privacy Policy. Employees who utilise information for any reason other than the reasons stated within this policy may be subject to reprimand or even legal proceedings.
Onward Transfer
breffo may share information you provide to us with partners in order to offer you other products and services not available through breffo. Again we do provide an Opt-In policy if you are not interested in additional services. It is also important to note that this site may contain links to other sites, breffo is not responsible for the policy of linked sites and we suggest you review their privacy statement for adherence to principles.
Access - Correction of information/Accessibility of information
In accordance with EU & FTC regulations, we provide users with 24 hour access to their personal information after it has been collected. Information can be accessed through our 'contact' section. You may also wish to amend or correct inaccuracies on information provided, inaccuracies may be amended by using our 'contact' section. You may also wish to simply delete information after its purposeful use provided, which we observe as your absolute entitlement, to delete information please go to the 'contact' section and follow instruction.
Contact details
If you would like to contact us for information on any of our services, information on our privacy policy, customer service enquiries, to issue a complaint or for any reason relating to our site, we can be reached at the following:
Contact Name: Information: c/o breffo USA LLC
Address: 3671 Se Lambert St, Portland, OR 97202
PH: +1 (503) 542 7688
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: www.breffo.com/usa
Enforcement
We are also obligated to enforce disciplinary action upon any breach of the principles stated herein. We reserve the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy statement at any time.