Bay Area Notary is committed to protecting your privacy by utilizing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience possible. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Bay Area Notary website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Bay Area Notary website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Bay Area Notary collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address and telephone number. Bay Area Notary also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your zip code, age, gender, preferences, and interests.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Bay Area Notary. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Bay Area Notary for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Bay Area Notary website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Bay Area Notary public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Bay Area Notary does not read any of your private online communication.

Bay Area Notary encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you may link to via Bay Area Notary so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Bay Area Notary is not responsible for the content or privacy statements of websites outside the Bay Area Notary family of websites.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Bay Area Notary collects and uses your personal information to operate the Bay Area Notary website and deliver the services you have requested. Bay Area Notary also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Bay Area Notary and its affiliates. Bay Area Notary may also contact you to complete a survey in order to get your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Bay Area Notary does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Bay Area Notary may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Bay Area Notary may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Bay Area Notary. Third parties are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Bay Area Notary does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Bay Area Notary keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Bay Area Notary in order to determine which services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Bay Area Notary to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Bay Area Notary websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Bay Area Notary or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Bay Area Notary; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Bay Area Notary, or the public.

USE OF COOKIES

The Bay Area Notary website use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Bay Area Notary pages, or register with Bay Area Notary site or services, a cookie helps Bay Area Notary recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Bay Area Notary website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Bay Area Notary features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Bay Area Notary services or websites you visit.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Bay Area Notary secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Bay Area Notary secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

Bay Area Notary will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Bay Area Notary encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Bay Area Notary is protecting your information.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Bay Area Notary welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that Bay Area Notary has not adhered to this Policy, please contact Bay Area Notary at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We will use all reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.