Your privacy and trust are important to us. This Statement explains how the Best of the Bar, LLC (“Best of the Bar™,” “we”, “us” or “our”) collect, handle, store and protect personal information about you in the context of our services. It also provides information about your rights and about how you can contact us if you have questions about how we handle your information.

 

Who this statement applies to and what it covers

 

This Statement applies to individuals who use any website, application, including mobile application (“app”), product, software or service of ours that hyperlinks to this Statement (we call these our “Services”).

 

It does not generally apply to individuals whose personal information forms part of the content included within our products, although you can find further information on that topic here.

 

We provides Services for professionals and our Services are generally not aimed at children.

 

Within our Services, there may be links to third-party websites or applications. We are not responsible for the content or privacy compliance of third party websites or applications. You should check those websites or applications for their privacy statements and terms that apply to them.

 

Children’s Privacy. Our Services are not generally aimed at children. In the limited circumstances where we may collect and use personal information about children, for example to develop an educational resource, we will comply with industry guidelines and applicable laws.

 

Who we are

 

Best of the Bar, LLC is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware. You may contact us at:

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Best of the Bar, LLC

300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 210

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

Phone: 1.888.600.2431

Fax: 1.888.636.1673

Email: email@bestofthebar.com

 

We collect personal information about you from your interactions with us and from certain third parties and other sources.

 

We obtain personal information from you:

 

through your interactions with us and our Services, such as, when you purchase or use our Services, register for an event, request information or call us for support (please note that we may record or monitor our telephone calls for compliance and quality assurance purposes);

 

through your system/device and use of our Services. Our servers, logs and other technologies automatically collect system/device and usage information to help us administer, protect and improve our Services, analyze usage and improve users’ experience; and through cookies and similar technologies included on our Services.

 

Cookies:

 

A cookie is a small text file that is placed on a computer or other device and is used to identify the user or device and to collect information. Cookies are typically assigned to one of four categories, depending on their function and intended purpose: absolutely necessary cookies, performance cookies, functional cookies, and cookies for marketing purposes.

 

Types of cookies and why we use them

 

Absolutely necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to move around a website and use its features. Without these cookies, Services you have asked for, like adding items to an online shopping cart, cannot be provided.

 

Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our websites. Information collected includes, for example, the Internet browsers and operating systems used, the domain name of the website previously visited, the number of visits, average duration of visit, and pages viewed. These cookies only collect information in an aggregated format. Performance cookies are used to improve the user-friendliness of a website and enhance your experience.

 

Functionality cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username or ID, language preference, or the area or region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of web pages. They may also be used to provide Services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

 

Targeting and advertising cookies: These cookies track browsing habits and are used to deliver targeted (interest-based) advertising. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an ad and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations, such as advertisers.

 

Managing cookies

 

You can manage website cookies in your browser settings, and you always have the choice to change these settings by accepting, rejecting, or deleting cookies. If you choose to change your settings, you may find that certain functions and features will not work as intended on the Services. All browser settings are slightly different, so to manage cookies, you should refer to the relevant settings within your browser.

 

We understand that you may want to know more about cookies. Here are some useful resources that provide detailed information about types of cookies, how they are used, and how you can manage your cookie preferences: www.aboutcookies.org  or www.allaboutcookies.org. Please click below for detailed information on how to disable and delete cookies in some commonly used browsers:

 

   Mozilla Firefox®

   Microsoft® Internet Explorer

   Google Chrome™

   Safari®

 

We may use certain other tracking technologies in addition to cookies:

 

Local shared objects/Flash cookies: Flash cookies, also known as local shared objects, are designed to support browser content supported by Adobe® Flash. They are usually used to enable ads and video content on websites. Like other cookies, they will store information on your device, some of which will be specific to the Flash-enabled content. Flash cookies can only be deleted within Adobe Flash rather than via your browser. Please refer to the following help page for information on how to manage your privacy settings and deletion of Flash cookies: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html.

 

Web beacons: Our web pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons (also called single-pixel gifs and transparent graphic images) that we use to help deliver cookies on our sites, count users who have visited those sites, deliver Services, and analyze the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, for example. We may also include web beacons in our marketing email messages or newsletters to determine whether an email is opened or if links are clicked. Web beacons are also used to deliver you interest-based advertising.

 

Web server & application logs: Our servers automatically collect certain information to help us administer and protect the Services, analyze usage, and improve users’ experience. The information collected includes:

      

IP address and browser type

Device information including Unique Device Identifier (UDID), MAC address, Identifier For Advertisers (IFA), and similar identifiers we or others may assign

Device operating system and other technical facts

The city, state, and country from which you access our website

Pages visited and content viewed, stored, and purchased

Information or text entered

Links and buttons clicked

URLs visited before and after you use our Services

 

“Do Not Track” Signals

 

Some browsers transmit Do Not Track (DNT) signals to websites. Due to the lack of a common interpretation of DNT signals throughout the industry, we do not currently alter, change, or respond to DNT requests or signals from these browsers. We continue to monitor industry activity in this area and reassess our DNT practices as necessary.

 

We also collect personal information about you from third parties such as:

 

    partners and service providers who work with us in relation to your Service;

 

publicly available sources such as public websites, open government databases or other data in the public domain, to help us maintain data accuracy and provide and enhance the Services  

 

What types of personal information we collect

 

The type of personal information we collect depends on how you are interacting with us and which Services you are purchasing or using.

 

In many cases, you can choose whether or not to provide us with personal information, but if you choose not to, you may not get full functionality from the Services.

 

The personal information we collect consists of the following:

 

Name and contact data, such as, first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data;

 

Account Credentials, such as, passwords and other security information for authentication and access;   

 

User content, such as, communications and files provided by you in relation to your use of the Services;

 

Payment information, such as, payment card number (credit or debit card), and the security code associated with your payment instrument, if you make a payment;

 

Device information, such as, information about your device, such as IP address, location or provider; and

Usage information and browsing history, such as, information about how you navigate within our Services, your browsing history and which elements of our Services you use the most;

 

How we use personal information

 

This section includes details of the purposes for which we use personal information and also the different legal grounds upon which we process that personal information. We use personal information to provide and improve Services and for other purposes that are in our legitimate interests, as well as for compliance purposes. Further information is set out below.

 

Some laws require us to explain our lawful reason for processing your personal information. We process personal information about you on the basis that it is:

 

necessary for the performance of a contract: where we have a contract with you, we will process your personal information in order to fulfill that contract (i.e., to provide you with Services);

 

in our or a third parties’ legitimate interests;

 

where you give us your consent: we only ask for your consent in relation to specific uses of personal information where we need to and, if we need it, we will collect it separately and make it clear that we are asking for consent;

 

for compliance with a legal obligation (e.g., to respond to a court order or a regulator)

 

You are welcome to contact us for further information on the legal grounds that we rely on in relation to any specific processing of your personal information.

 

Legitimate interests for use

 

We use personal information for a number of legitimate interests, including to provide and improve Services, administer our relationship with you and our business, for marketing and in order to exercise our rights and responsibilities. More detailed information about these legitimate interests is set out below.

 

to set up and administer your account, provide technical and customer support, verify your identity, and send important account, subscription and Service information;

 

to administer our relationship with you, our business and our third-party providers (e.g., to send invoices);

 

to display information you choose to post, share, upload or make available in your Member profile, forum or Micro-site;

 

for internal research and development purposes and to improve, test and enhance the features and functions of our Services;

 

to provide you with marketing as permitted by law;

 

to meet our internal and external audit requirements, including our information security obligations;

 

to enforce our terms and conditions;

 

to protect our rights, privacy, safety, networks, systems and  property, or those of other persons;

 

for the prevention, detection or investigation of a crime or other breach of law or requirement, loss prevention or fraud;

 

to comply with requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities, including where they are outside your country of residence;

 

in order to exercise our rights, and to defend ourselves from claims and to comply with laws and regulations that apply to us or third parties with whom we work;

 

in order to participate in, or be the subject of, any sale, merger, acquisition, restructure, 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)

 

Where we rely on legitimate interests as a lawful ground for processing your personal information, we balance those interests against your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms.

 

We deliver marketing and communications to you across various platforms such as email, telephone, text messaging, direct mail and online. Where required by law, we will ask you to explicitly opt in to receive marketing from us. If we send you a marketing communication it will include instructions on how to opt out of receiving these communications in the future.

 

Honoring your marketing preferences is important to us. You have the right to opt out of receiving direct marketing and targeted online advertising.

 

How to Opt Out of Email Marketing

 

Where we send marketing emails, we provide unsubscribe options for your use within our emails. To update your email marketing preferences, please visit the applicable email preference center, a link to which will normally be included in emails you receive from us. In addition, you can also use the “Contact Us” form on the Website.

 

Even if you opt out of receiving marketing communications by email, we may still send you service communications or important transactional information related to your membership (for purposes such as providing customer support).

 

We share your information for the purposes set out in this Statement, with the following categories of recipients:

 

business partners with whom we deliver co-branded Services or provide content;

third parties that help us deliver Services or act on our behalf;

 

third parties where we have a duty to or are permitted to disclose your personal information by law (e.g., government agencies, law enforcement, courts and other public authorities);

 

third parties in order to participate in, or be the subject of, any sale, merger, acquisition, restructure, 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 may disclose your personal data to prospective buyers, sellers, advisers or partners and your data may be a transferred asset in a business sale;

 

third parties where reasonably required to protect our rights, users, systems and Services (e.g., legal counsel and information security professionals);

 

any person you have asked us to share information with (e.g., if you upload information into a public forum, it is shared publicly)

 

Connecting via social networks

 

Some of our Services may include social networking features, such as the Facebook® “Like” button and widgets, “Share” buttons, and interactive mini-programs. Additionally, you may choose to use your own social networking logins from, for example, Facebook or LinkedIn®, to log into some of our Services. If you choose to connect using a social networking or similar service, we may receive and store authentication information from that service to enable you to log in and other information that you may choose to share when you connect with these Services. These Services may collect information such as the web pages you visited and IP addresses, and may set cookies to enable features to function properly. We are not responsible for the security or privacy of any information collected by these third parties. You should review the privacy statements or policies applicable to the third-party services you connect to, use, or access. If you do not want your personal information shared with your social media account provider or other users of the social media service, please do not connect your social media account with your account for the Services and do not participate in social sharing on the Services.

Where to find further privacy information on our products and services

 

This Statement may be subject to updates. Any material future changes or additions to the processing of personal information as described in this Statement affecting you will be communicated to you through an appropriate channel. For example, we may place a prominent notice on a product site or email you to let you know of an updated Statement.

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