Privacy Policy
d. Third-Party Social Networking Service(s)
4. Third-Party Service Providers
9. Your California Privacy Rights
10. Changes in the Privacy Policy
Introduction
Welcome to https://k-bim.com (the “Site”). The Site and related services (together, the “Services”) are owned and operated by KBIM, LLC (“Company,” “us,” “we,” “our”). We have developed this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to inform users (“User(s),” “you,” or “your”) about how we collect information in the course of conducting our business, including on the Site, how we use the collected information, and a User’s rights with respect to the collected information.
The Site is hosted and operated in the United States. If you use the Site from outside the United States, please be aware that the information you provide to us is transmitted to, processed, and stored in the United States. Data will be collected, processed, maintained, and used subject to this Privacy Policy and applicable privacy laws in the United States. These laws may be different from the privacy laws in your country. However, this does not change our commitments to safeguard your privacy, and we will comply with all applicable laws relating to the cross-border transfer of your Personal Data (as that term is described below).
This Privacy Policy is binding on all those who access, visit, and/or use our Site, whether acting as an individual or on behalf of an entity, including you and all persons, entities, or digital engines of any kind that harvest, crawl, index, scrape, spider, or mine digital content by an automated or manual process or otherwise. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy, then do not access or use the Site. By accessing and/or using the Site, you accept and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into our Terms of Use and Website Cookie Policy Your use of our Site and any Personal Data you provide through the Site are subject to this Privacy Policy at all times.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacypolicy@k-bim.com or at the contact information below.
1. Information We Collect
When you use the Site, we collect and process the following types of data:
a. Personal Data
“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a first name, last name, telephone number, e-mail address, street address, job title, company name, and/or credit card number, debit card number, charge card number, or other payment information.
b. Non-Personal Data
“Non-Personal Data” does not identify you, but provides insights regarding your use of the Site. For example, we collect information about your use of the Site, including but not limited to Internet connections, computer equipment, web browsers, the pages or features of the Site to which a User browsed and the time spent on those pages or features, the frequency with which the Site is used by a User, search terms, the links on our Site that a user clicked on or used, related timestamps, and/or sites visited before and after using or accessing the Site
We use automated information collection tools such as cookies and web beacons to collect certain types of Non-Personal Data. You can set your browser to reject cookies, but that may limit your use of some convenience features on the Site. For more information on cookies and how the Services use cookies, please see our Website Cookie Policy.
Personal Data and Non-Personal Data are collectively referenced as “Data.”
c. Geolocation Information
You may choose to allow us to access your location by granting the Site access to your location when prompted. You may change this setting on your device or browser. We may also determine location information about you based on information in your Internet connection data or provided by your ISP (e.g., your IP address).
d. Third-Party Social Networking Service(s)
We may obtain information, including Personal Data, from third parties and sources other than the Site, such as our partners or advertisers. If we combine or associate information from other sources with Personal Data that we collect through the Site, we will treat the combined Information as Personal Data in accordance with this Policy.
If you choose to access, visit, and/or use any third-party social networking service(s) that may be integrated with our Site, we may receive your Personal Data and other information about you and your computer, mobile, or other device that you have made available to those social networking services, including information about your contacts through those services. For example, some social networking services allow you to push content from our Site to your contacts or to pull information about your contacts so you can connect with them on or through our Site. Some social networking services also will facilitate registration or enhance or personalize your experience on our Site. Your decision to use a social networking service in connection with our Site is voluntary. However, you should make sure you are comfortable with the information your third-party social networking services may make available by reviewing privacy policies of those providers and/or modifying your privacy settings directly with those networking sites/services.
2. Use of Information
For Legitimate Interests. We use Non-Personal Data collected by clickstream information collection, web pixels, and cookies to store your preferences, improve website navigation, make personalized features and other services available to you, to generate statistical information, monitor and analyze user traffic and usage patterns, monitor and prevent fraud, investigate complaints and potential violations of our policies, to improve the our content and the products, Services, materials, and other content that we describe or make available through the Site, and otherwise help administer and improve the Site.
We may identify you from your Personal Data, and we may merge or co-mingle Personal Data and Non-Personal Data. Except as otherwise stated, we may use information we collect from you for the legitimate business purpose of providing our Services to you, including, but not limited to:
respond to and process your requests;
provide user support;
process a commercial transaction for which you provided information;
evaluate and improve the content of our Services;
customize the Services to your preferences;
establish Accounts for Users to use the Services;
communicate information and promotional materials to you (where you have not expressed a preference otherwise);
check on your Account status and maintain record of activities in connection with your use of the Site;
notify you of any changes to relevant agreements or policies;
enforce our agreements, terms, conditions, and policies;
work with our service providers who perform certain business functions or services on our behalf and who are bound by contractual obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy;
prevent or investigate fraud (or for risk management purposes);
comply with a legal obligations, court order, or in order to exercise our legal claims or to defend against legal claims;
conduct aggregate or research analysis and develop business intelligence that helps us to enhance, operate, protect, make informed decisions and report on the performances of our Services;
validate your username, e-mail, password, and/or other login credentials;
provide you with merchandise you have requested;
fulfill your subscription purchase(s);
send e-mail and postal mail supplying you with updates, news, the most recent service information, or information about an order (e.g., order confirmations, shipment notifications, etc.);
notify of any changes to relevant agreements or policies; and
share your information with our corporate parents, subsidiaries, other affiliated entities, and associated entities.
Consent. In addition, we may use third‐party e‐mail providers to deliver communications to you. This is an opt-in e-mail program. If you no longer want to receive these e-mail communications, you may opt-out of receiving e-mail communications through the “unsubscribe” link or by contacting us remove@k-bim.com.
We may, from time to time, invite you to participate in online surveys. The information requested in these surveys may include, but is not limited to, your opinions, beliefs, insights, ideas, activities, experience, purchase history, and purchase intent regarding products, events, and Services. The information collected by these surveys is used to research market trends, company growth, community needs, etc. Your input will help us to improve customer experience and shape development of our products and Services.
3. How We Share Information
We may share your Data with the following parties:
Service providers that help us administer and provide the Services (e.g., a web hosting company whose services we use to host our platform). These third-party services providers have access to your Personal Data only for the purpose of performing services on our behalf. We have entered into contractual relationships with these service providers and require them to comply with all applicable information privacy laws and regulations and to use the Information only for the purposes for which it was disclosed. We require that any third-party service providers limit their use of your Data solely to providing services to us and that they maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of your Information and not make unauthorized use or disclosure of the Data;
Third parties in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings), in which case we will require the recipient to use such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy;
As we believe necessary: (i) under applicable law; (ii) to enforce applicable terms and conditions; (iii) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others; (iv) to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; (v) to respond to claims that contact information (e.g., name, e-mail address, etc.) of a third-party has been posted or transmitted without their consent or as a form of harassment and (vi) to respond to requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities, which may include authorities outside your country of residence; and
Pursuant to your express consent.
4. Third-Party Service Providers
We use third-party service providers to help us operate our Site, who may collect, store, and/or process the information detailed herein. We allow access to our Site and databases by third parties that provide us with services, such as technical maintenance, market research, and shopping, but only for the purpose of and to the extent necessary to provide those services.
If you choose to purchase products and/or services on or through features on the Site, we may forward your information to third parties for services such as credit card or other payment processing, order fulfillment, credit pre-authorization, and address verification. There are also times when you provide information about yourself to us in areas of the Site that may be managed or participated in by third parties. In such cases, the information may be used by us and by such third party, each pursuant to its own policies.
We use commercially reasonable efforts to engage with third parties that post a privacy policy governing their collection, processing, and use of Non-Personal Data and Personal Data. While we may seek to require such third parties to follow appropriate privacy policies and will not authorize them to use this information except for the express purpose for which it is provided, and you agree that we do not bear any responsibility for any actions or policies of third parties.
The following is a list of service providers that may have access to portions of our Users’ Data:
Service Provider
Squarespace
PayPal
How We Use There Services
Website Hosting
Payment processing
5. Information Security
We take reasonable steps online and offline to safeguard the Personal Data that you provide to us, including hosting your Personal Data with enterprise-grade service provides that use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encrypted connections (HTTPS), encryption, server authentication, and industry-standard firewalls, and other security measures taken by our web hosting company whose services we use to host our Services.
It is common knowledge that transmission of information via the Internet is not wholly secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Data, or any other information, transmitted to or through any of our Services. Any transmission of Personal Data, or other information, is at your own risk. By using our Services, you acknowledge and accept these risks. As a result, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us or that are otherwise provided to us and we cannot be responsible for the theft, destruction, or inadvertent disclosure of information. It is your responsibility to safeguard any passwords, ID numbers, PINs, or other special access features associated with your use of the Services. Any transmission of information is at your own risk.
If you have any questions about security on our Services, or if you become aware of any unauthorized use of an Account, loss of your Account credentials, or suspect a security breach, notify us immediately via e-mail at admin@k-bim.com. If our security system is breached, we will notify you of the breach to the extent required under applicable law.
6. Information Retention
We retain the Personal Data we receive as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use our Services or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our products and services, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.
7. Links to Third Party Sites
The Services may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by us of those other websites, their content or services, or the persons or entities associated with those websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and terms of all third-party websites or services that you may visit.
8. Children’s Privacy
We do not sell products or services for purchase by anyone under the age of thirteen (13). In accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), we will never knowingly request or solicit Personal Data from anyone under the age of thirteen (13) without verifiable parental consent. In the event that we receive actual knowledge that we have collected such Personal Data without the requisite and verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information from our database as quickly as is practical. We reserve the right to request proof of age at any stage so that we can verify that minors are not using the Service(s).
9. Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to request and obtain a list of what Personal Data (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties. Requests may be made only once a year and are free of charge. Under Section 1798.83, California residents are entitled to request and obtain such information, by e-mailing a request to admin@k-bim.com.
10. Changes in the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify and update this Privacy Policy at any time by posting an amended version of the statement on our Site. Please refer to this policy regularly. If at any time we decide to use Personal Data in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you either on the panel home page of our Site or via e-mail.
11. How to Contact Us
Because protecting your privacy is important to us, you may always submit concerns regarding our Privacy Policy on the Contact Us page of our Site. We will attempt to respond to all reasonable concerns and inquiries expeditiously.
If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
By e-mail:
By telephone:
(615) 988-7136
By regular mail:
KBIM, LLC
1420 Brenthaven Drive
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027-7128