Be Found Online, LLC (BFO) would like to offer this privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to consumer and visitor privacy. Here at BFO, we believe that concern for visitor privacy is the only basis for sound business practices. Our privacy statement is intended to apply to any visitor to any web site owned and/or operated by Be Found Online, LLC. If you have any remaining questions after reading our privacy statement, please, contact us.

We Hate Spam Too! Be Found Online will not sell or distribute any customer information submitted through webforms on our site.

Information Collection

Be Found Online, LLC does not accumulate personally identifiable information as regards visitors to its website except in cases wherein visitors provide said personally identifiable information on a voluntary basis. For instance, said personal information may be collected during a specific visitor’s registration for a newsletter subscription or for other information service in connection with content downloads, comment postings (Blogs or News), feedback, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Social Media Marketing (SMM), or Online Reputation Management, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Social Media Optimization (SEO) [collectively referred to as – New Media Marketing and Communications] products and services. Said information may be used by BFO for any the following purposes: contacting subscribers as regards account status, to change subscriber agreements, offer seasonal discounts or promotions on information products and other issues relevant to our ancillary services and the information collected. Be Found Online, LLC values the opinions and comments of visitors and online consumers. To better understand them we occasionally conduct online surveys. These online surveys are entirely optional. Typically, said information will be aggregated then used to improve BFO affiliated websites, develop more appealing content, site features or promotions. Participants in such surveys will be anonymous unless otherwise noted. BFO – Targeted • Online • Marketing reserves the exclusive right to execute statistical analyses of visitor behavior, and characteristics. In order to more efficiently measure visitor interest in and/or use of various areas of the Targeted • Online • Marketing website, as well as inform Internet advertisers or partners of said information in addition to the number of visitors to our website who have been exposed to and/or clicked on various advertising banners, Be Found Online offers only aggregated data from such analyses to third parties. Visitors should also be aware that BFO – Targeted • Online • Marketing will occasionally permit third parties to offer subscriptions or registration-based services via a BFO owned website. The management of BFO – Targeted • Online • Marketing may not be held responsible for any action or policy of said third parties. Therefore, visitors are advised to consult the applicable privacy policy of said third parties, whenever they provide any personally identifiable information. Subscribers should be aware that whenever they freely disclose personal information (user name, e-mail address, etc.) on our Blog or in the News area of the BFO site, said information, as well as any substantive personal information disclosed via visitor communication, can be collected, correlated and used by third parties. Such information may result in unsolicited messages from other posters and/or third parties. Said activities are beyond the control of Be Found Online (BFO).

Cookies and non-personal information

Visitors to our site also need to be aware that non-personal bits of information (domain names, e-mail addresses, IP addresses) may be automatically collected during the standard operation of Targeted • Online • Marketing’s Internet servers or at BFO – Targeted • Online • Marketing discretion via the use of "cookies." Cookies are minute text files that websites use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate site visitor's ongoing access and/or use of the site, track site usage behavior, compile aggregate data to facilitate content improvements and/or target advertising. Cookies are not the spy-ware programs that invade visitor's computer systems and damage files. Typically, cookies function by assigning unique numbers to visitors that have no meaning outside the assigning site. Visitors to BFO sites should be aware that BFO neither fully controls the use of cookies, or the information collected via the cookies by site advertisers and/or third parties hosting data for BFO – Targeted • Online • Marketing. If a visitor does not want his/her information tracked via the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most Web browsers that allows them to deny and/or accept cookies in general. However, visitors should also be aware that cookies may be necessary when attempting to access certain features (customized information delivery) available on some sites.

Security of personal information

BFO – Targeted • Online • Marketing shall be responsible for the security of all personally identifiable information provided directly by clients and visitors. Rigorous measures have been taken to thwart any unauthorized alteration, access or dissemination of said personal information.

Information Disclosures

BFO may disclose client or visitor information if requested or required to so by law, court order, proper law enforcement or government authority. Furthermore, Be Found Online, LLC may at its sole discretion disclose client and/or visitor information whenever management believes in good faith that such a disclosure is otherwise advisable and/or necessary for any reason and without limitation.

Changes to this privacy statement

BFO – Targeted • Online • Marketing reserves the right to alter this privacy statement at anytime upon providing notification to clients and visitors. This privacy statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create contractual and/or legal rights in or on behalf of any person or entity. Notices will be posted on the Be Found Online page located at: http://www.befoundonline.com/privacy-policy