Statement of Privacy
This Statement of Privacy describes our practices regarding information we gather from you while you visit Burgess Computer Decisions' Web site; www.bcdsales.com.
As an information technology reseller, Burgess Computer Decisions provides products and services to corporate end-users and consumers. In order to better serve these customers, the majority of the content provided on our Web site is password-protected to enable a true business-to-business environment.
What Information do we Collect
When you shop on our site; www.bcdsales.com, we collect personal information such as your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number, fax number and credit card information in order to facilitate placing an order with us. In addition, we may also collect, or our third party ad server and content server will collect the URL from which you came, IP address, domain types (e.g. .com or .org, etc.), your browser type, the country, state and telephone area code where your server is located, and the pages of our site that were viewed during a visit. This information is then aggregated will all other site visit information.
Cookies
We use a cookie to help identify you when you visit our store and to customize your experience. The cookie contains randomly assigned user identification numbers, the country where you are located, and your first name to welcome you back to our site. The cookie simplifies your use of the site, allows you to retrieve an earlier shopping cart and helps us maintain an efficient and secure site. You will be unable to shop on our site without your browser set to accept cookies.
How we use Information Collected
We do not sell or rent your personal information to others. We use customer information we collect only for the purposes of filling orders, contacting purchasers to inform them of their order status, sending promotional information, enhancing the operation of our site, for statistical purposes and administering our systems. We may use third parties to help us fulfill orders, help process payments, provide customer service, serve site content, and administer promotional emails and warranties purchased. We give them access to the information needed to do their job. Sometimes that includes your personal information. Our computer system protects personal information using advanced firewall technology. In addition, we may also disclose individual users' information if required to do so by law, for example pursuant to a court order. This website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Security of Personal Information
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. All online transactions are handled with industry-standard SSL (secured socket layer) encryption. When you place an order online, your personal information and credit card information are encrypted (scrambled) using this technology before being sent over the Internet. This makes it virtually impossible for your information to be stolen or intercepted while being transferred through cyberspace (the Internet). When we receive your order, it is kept encrypted until we're ready to process it. We allow access to personal information about you only to those employees and third-party providers who need to know that information in order to provide product or services to you. Our employees and third-party providers are trained to respect customer privacy and to access customer information only when they have a business reason to know the information.
When you proceed to the online checkout, your browser will automatically be switched to the secure server. This can be verified by the "https" displayed in your browser's address field as shown in the image below:
Changes to This Statement of Privacy
Burgess Computer Decisions reserves the right to change its practices concerning information gathered from visitors to its Web site. If such changes occur, this Statement of Privacy will be updated.
Contact Information
Any questions or suggestions regarding this Statement of Privacy should be directed to Burgess Computer Decisions by emailing kskaronea@bcdsales.com with the subject "Statement of Privacy" or by mail. Our postal address is:
Burgess Computer Decisions
Attn: Statement of Privacy
333 Skokie Blvd, Suite 110
Northbrook, IL 60062
Updated: June 5, 2006
