Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2020

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.brighteffectslearning.com, www.thebrighteffects.com and Bright Effects Learning Solutions Inc. and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Bright Effects Learning Solutions Inc. include www.brighteffectslearning.com, www.thebrighteffects.com Bright Effects. By using the Bright Effects website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information.

In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Bright Effects may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

- First and Last Name

- E-mail Address

- Phone Number

- Employer

- Job Title

- Information you provide voluntarily

 Bright Effects may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:

- Age

- Gender

- Household Income

- Information from your activity when you use the website; Third-Party Analytics such as ( Google Analytics); From other third-party sources or social media sites.

 Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Bright Effects public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

 

Use of your Personal Information

Bright Effects collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested. Bright Effects may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Bright Effects and its affiliates.

 

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Bright Effects does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Bright Effects 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. Bright Effects may share data with trusted partners to help 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 Bright Effects, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. Bright Effects may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 Bright Effects or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Bright Effects; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Bright Effects, or the public.

 

Tracking User Behavior

Bright Effects may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Bright Effects, in order to determine what Bright Effects services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Bright Effects to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. We use third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to evaluate your use of the Websites, compile reports on activity, collect demographic data, analyze performance metrics, and collect and evaluate other information relating to the Websites and mobile and Internet usage. These third parties use cookies and other technologies to help analyze and provide us the data. By accessing and using the Websites, you consent to the processing of data about you by these analytics providers in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

 

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Bright Effects. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Bright Effects website.

 

Use of Cookies

The Bright Effects website may 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 Bright Effects pages, or register with Bright Effects site or services, a cookie helps Bright Effects to 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 Bright Effects website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Bright Effects 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 Bright Effects services or websites you visit.

 

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

 

Security of your Personal Information

Bright Effects secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Bright Effects uses the following methods for this purpose:

- SSL Protocol

 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 Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

 

Children Under Thirteen

Bright Effects does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

 

Disconnecting your Bright Effects Account from Third Party Websites

You will be able to connect your Bright Effects account to third party accounts. BY CONNECTING YOUR BRIGHT EFFECTS ACCOUNT TO YOUR THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE CONTINUOUS RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU TO OTHERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS ON THOSE THIRD PARTY SITES). IF YOU DO NOT WANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, INCLUDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, TO BE SHARED IN THIS MANNER, DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE. You may disconnect your account from a third party account at any time. Users may learn how to disconnect their accounts from third-party websites by visiting their "My Account" page. Users may also contact us via email or telephone.

 

E-mail Communications

From time to time, Bright Effects may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Bright Effects or click on a link therein. If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Bright Effects, you may opt out of such communications by "replying STOP" or clicking on the Unsubscribe button.

 

External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

 

Changes to this Statement

Bright Effects reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

 

Contact Information

Bright Effects welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy.

If you believe that Bright Effects has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Bright Effects at:

Bright Effects Learning Solutions Inc. P.O. Box 7033 Atlanta, Georgia 30357

Email Address: [email protected]

Telephone number: 770-744-2129