Who we are

Our website address is: https://thebaycities.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Promotion Privacy Policy

This Policy statement is intended to help you understand how Bay Cities Multimedia Center collects and uses information about you in connection with the Contest on its Facebook pages and website.

Collected Information: Once you allow “Access” or “Submit” information, Bay Cities Multimedia Center may collect and have access to the information that you have chosen to put in your profile (e.g., name, profile picture, gender, current city, networks, friend lists, pages you “Like”, etc.) or information you otherwise provide directly to [Organizer]. Additionally, Bay Cities Multimedia Center collects and has access to your profile identification number (a unique number associated with each user profile on the site).

Use of Information: Bay Cities Multimedia Center may use, and in some instances store, the information it collects to administer and communicate with you regarding the programs available through the BCMMC Facebook Pages, or BCMMC website. For example, your profile identification number is used to identify you when you visit the BCMMC Facebook Page in order to provide you access to the application functionality.

Sharing of Information: BCMMC may share the photo and name found in your profile, as well as your BCMMC Facebook Page activity in accordance with your privacy settings on the Facebook platform each time you take an action within the BCMMC Facebook Page application (e.g., commenting, “liking” the Bay Cities Multimedia Center Facebook Page, etc.). Bay Cities Multimedia Center will share the information it collects with its service providers to help in administering related promotions and programs, or as otherwise required by law, such as responding to legal process and protecting against fraud.

Cookies: Bay Cities Multimedia Center uses “cookies” (small pieces of data we store for an extended period of time on your computer, mobile phone, or other device) to make the Bay Cities Multimedia Center Facebook Page application easier to use, to make our Bay Cities Multi Media Center Facebook Page related promotions and programs better, and to help protect both you and [Organizer].

Third Party Sites:  Bay Cities Multimedia Center may from time to time include links to third party websites whose privacy practices may differ from those of [Organizer]. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy statements. Please carefully read the privacy statement of any third-party sites visited.

How to contact BCMMC: If you wish to contact us regarding the Contest or privacy matters, you can do so via email or web submission by clicking Contact