Build Your Own BIZ™ Web Site Privacy Policy

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Build Your Own BIZ™ is committed to respecting your privacy. As an unregistered user, you can visit our preview site without revealing any personal information. However, in order to gain access to our main site, you must subscribe and provide some personal information. We do not collect any personal information about you unless you provide that information voluntarily. Any personal information you choose to provide us will only be used by Build Your Own BIZ™ to conduct official Build Your Own BIZ™ business. Build Your Own BIZ™ does not sell, rent, loan, trade or lease personal information collected on this site. For purposes of this policy, "personal information" means any information concerning a natural person which, because of name, number, symbol, mark or other identifier, can be used to identify that natural person. To protect your privacy and prevent unauthorized use, please keep your IDs and passwords in a secure place. Also, whenever you use Build Your Own BIZ™ systems from a public workstation, be sure to logout of the systems.

Logs and Network Monitoring

We maintain log files of all access to buildyourownbiz.net and also monitor network traffic for purposes of site management and security. We use this information to help diagnose problems with the server and to carry out other administrative tasks. We also use log analysis tools for such purposes as creating summary statistics to determine which information is of most interest to users, identifying system problem areas, and determining technical requirements. The following information is typically collected in these files:

• the Internet Protocol address and domain name of your Internet Service
• Provider and/or computer, if your computer has an IP address assigned directly to it;
• the type of browser and operating system you use;
• the date and time you visited this Web site;
• the Web pages or services you accessed and amount of time spent at each page; and
• the Web page from which you accessed and from which any page on this site was linked.

Information Collected by E-mail and Online Transactions

If you send us an e-mail, we will collect your e-mail address and the contents of your message. We will use your e-mail address and the information included in your message to respond to you, to address the issues you identify, and to improve this Web site. We also may use your e-mail address to notify you about updates, services, special events or activities offered by Build Your Own BIZ™. If you complete a transaction such as an online subscription or an information request form, we will collect the information, including personal information that you volunteered in completing the transaction. We will use this information only for the purposes for which the transaction was intended. We may redirect your e-mail message or information you provided through an online transaction to a Build Your Own BIZ™ office other than the one which originally received the message or information in order to better respond to you. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. You are cautioned, however, that we will treat personal information submitted in an e-mail as though it was submitted by an adult, and it may, unless exempted from access by federal or state law, be subject to public access.

Disclosure of Information Collected Through this Web Site

We may collect or disclose personal information without your consent if the collection or disclosure is:

• necessary to perform Build Your Own BIZ™ 's statutory duties or necessary to operate a program authorized by law, or authorized by state or federal statute or regulation;
• made pursuant to a court order or by law;
• for the purpose of validating your identity; or
• information to be used solely for statistical purposes that is in the form that cannot be used to identify any particular person.

Further, the disclosure of information, including personal information, collected through this Website is subject to the provisions of the U.S. Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act and the Tennessee Open Records Act.

We may also disclose personal information to federal or state law enforcement authorities to enforce Build Your Own BIZ™'s rights against unauthorized access or attempted unauthorized access to Build Your Own BIZ™'s information technology assets.

Retention of Information Collected Through this Web Site We retain the information collected through this Web site in accordance with the Build Your Own BIZ™ records retention and disposition policy. The retention period differs depending on the type of information collected. Questions regarding the records retention and disposition policy should be addressed to:

Build Your Own BIZ™ Records Office 4501 Amnicola Highway Chattanooga, Tennessee 37406-1097

Access to and Correction of Personal Information Collected Through this Web Site

You may submit a request to the Build Your Own BIZ™ records office to determine whether personal information pertaining to you has been collected through this Web site. Your request must be made in writing and must be accompanied by reasonable proof of your identity. Reasonable proof of identity may include verification of a signature, inclusion of an identifier generally known only to you, or similar appropriate identification. The address of the records office is:

Build Your Own BIZ™
Records Office
4501 Amnicola Highway
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37406-1097


The records office will, within five business days of the receipt of a proper request, provide access to the personal information; deny access in writing, explaining the reasons therefore; or acknowledge the receipt of the request in writing, stating the approximate date when the request will be granted or denied, which date shall not be more than thirty days from the date of the acknowledgment.

Confidentiality and Integrity

We limit employee access to personal information collected through buildyourownbiz.net to only those employees who need access to the information in the performance of their official duties. Employees who have access to this information follow appropriate procedures in connection with any disclosures of personal information. In addition, we have implemented procedures to safeguard the integrity of Build Your Own BIZ™'s information technology assets, including, but not limited to, authentication, authorization, monitoring, auditing and encryption. These security procedures have been integrated into the design, implementation, and day-to-day operations of our Web site as part of our continuing commitment to the security of electronic content as well as the electronic transmission of information.

For security purposes and to maintain the availability of buildyourownbiz.net for all users, we employ software to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise damage this Web site.

Links to Third-Party Sites

This Web site contains links to, and may be linked from, sites outside of Build Your Own BIZ™. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, terms of use, or the content of such Web sites. A link to an outside Web site from buildyourownbiz.net does not constitute an endorsement or sponsorship of such Web site or its content.

Changes to Policy and Disclaimer

We may change this policy from time to time, and reserve the right to do so without notice. The information provided in this privacy policy should not be construed as giving business, legal or other advice, or warranting as fail proof, the security of information provided through this Web site.

Contact Information

For questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact: contact@buildyourownbiz.net.