World Wide Web- www.bmwccbc.org

General Mail Address:
BMW Car Club of BC
PO Box 3452, 349 W. Georgia
Vancouver, BC V6B 3Y4

General Contact Info  info@bmwccbc.org

Protecting both the privacy of our members, and you the visitor, is important to the BMW Car Club of British Columbia ("BMW CCBC"). We hope the following statements will help you understand how the BMW Car Club of BC may collect, use, and safeguard the personal information you may provide while visiting our web site.

Information Collection
If you browse BMW CCBC's web site, you do so relatively anonymously. We don't collect personal information including your e-mail address. We do log your IP address (the Internet address of your computer) to give us an idea of which parts of our web site you visit and how long you spend there. But we do not link your IP address to anything personally identifiable. The only other information automatically provided to us is the type of computer and operating system you are using. Your browser supplies us with this information.

Unlike many commercial web sites, the BMW CCBC web site does not make extensive use of a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how you use the site. We do use "cookies" in a limited way in tow areas to identify your log in, this happens in our electronic forum to track what messages are new since your last visit, and when you use the Karelo reservation system to identify you as a previous user, but that's basically it. No information linking is done to track you via the cookie.

Information Use
If you provide us with your name e-mail or postal address by filling out a form on our web site, or have done so in the past, we understand that to mean you have granted us the right to contact you for the purposes you submitted your information for. You have the right to opt-out of any mailing lists or information requests you may have initiated..

When you supply BMW CCBC with your personal information, we may use it to register your membership. We may use information that you have given us to learn more about our members so that we can develop better activities and services. We may also use the information to inform you about new events, activities, services and offers that may be of interest to you. These offers may be based on information you provided in your initial transaction with us or in surveys.

Declining E-mail Offers
BMW CCBC provides members with the option to decline to receive e-mail offers. Although most members tell us they appreciate receiving notices regarding our club, we recognize the importance of providing you with choices. At any time, you may request to discontinue receiving these offers from us by simply replying to the e-mail and informing us of your preferences.

Information Privacy.
It is the policy of the BMW Car Club of BC not to rent, sell or otherwise distribute the information it gathers about members and visitors to our site, as set out in our membership information privacy policy.

Children
While we have no control that BMW CCBC's website and marketing materials are often viewed by children, we do not solicit data from them. BMW CCBC encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate in the interactive activities offered on the sites their children visit. No information should be submitted to, or posted at, BMW CCBC's web site by visitors under 18 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian. We will not be held responsible if your child keeps asking for a BMW.

BMW CCBC's privacy policy is subject to change at any time and without notice, as may be required by law.