Privacy Policy

BACnet International, Inc. respects the privacy of all the Registered Users of The BACnet Institute site (“Site”). We have a commitment to you (“Registered User”), and hereby explain our Site privacy practices and procedures in this Privacy Policy. This Policy pertains to all information received through our Site. Here you will learn about how your information is collected, used, and protected.


Cookies

The Site issues cookies, which are small files placed on your computer to help the Site identify your browser when you return to Site. Site cookies may be used to store visitor preferences, record your session information, customize content based on the type of browser you use, and contain other information you submit to us. All cookie-related information is kept private by BACnet International, Inc. and will not be used for purposes other than assisting with and improving your experience in visiting our Site. Cookies alone do not personally identify you, unless you have registered to use the Site. If you have registered to use the Site, some cookie-related information may contain or be linked with data that you have chosen to provide to BACnet International, Inc. In that case, the use of such information is governed by other sections of this Privacy Policy.


General Information

We may automatically collect for Registered Users the following pieces of information:


  • Internet domain and IP address;
  • Type of browser and operating system used;
  • The date and time of the visit;
  • Site pages visited;
  • The address of originating website, if any.

This information will not be used to identify you personally, and will not be used for any purpose other than allowing us to improve your Site experience or helping us to improve the Site in the future. We do not track, profile, or record information about specific Site visitors, except through the limited use of cookies discussed above. The information collected on visitors is only kept in the aggregate and is studied to improve our Site design and services.


In certain areas of the Site, however, you may choose to reveal information about yourself to BACnet International, Inc. This may include sending BACnet International, Inc. an email through a feature on the Site or filling out a new user form to access TBI. The information you disclose may include your name, address, email address, or other information that is not publicly available. In the event that you voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information about yourself in this way, BACnet International, Inc. commits to use it only for the purposes for which it was provided, and to not provide it to any third parties.


Personal Information

All users are required to create an account to use the Site. This allows Registered Users to access Site activities, such as viewing content, posting to forums, changing settings and account details, searching tagged educational resources and access self-paced on-demand courses and other Site activities. Note that use of the Site is governed by the Site Terms of Service, and use of forums, and social media sites are governed by policies posted on the Site.


Any information supplied by Registered Users is kept and stored in databases and only will be used for the purpose for which the TBI user provided it, or other specific purposes authorized herein. BACnet International, Inc. may use your personal information to contact you in the future, but in no instance will provide any information supplied by you to third parties if that information could be used to personally identify you, except as follows:


  • Your information is supplied to YourMembership.com, a contractor BACnet International, Inc. uses to provide some of the functionality of the Site. YourMembership.com’s privacy protections and practices are viewable at: http://www.yourmembership.com/legal/
  • BACnet International, Inc. may use third-party contractors for provision of certain services. Third-party contractors will not use your information for any purposes other than the ones the information was provided for unless expressly consented to by you.

In no event will BACnet International, Inc. share your email address with a third party without your prior permission except as discussed above.


BACnet International, Inc. retains permission to share educational information relating to BACnet with you, and to collect information pertaining to your use of the Site in order to more effectively market to you in the future.


Credit card information is not retained by BACnet International, Inc. or YourMembership. All credit card information is deleted once the particular transaction is complete.


Right to Access or Correct Data

If BACnet International, Inc. retains any personally identifiable information about you, you have the right to see what information BACnet International, Inc. retains. For Registered Users, most if this information is viewable inside your user account. For site visitors, the only personally identifiable information is information you specifically provided to us through an email or form on our website. Regardless, any person who has provided information to BACnet International, Inc. and would like to review that information may email a request to tbisupport@bacnetinternational.org.


Fulfilling your request may take some time due to the technical nature of the Site, but BACnet International, Inc. will not unreasonably delay in providing a list of personally identifiable information retained about you by BACnet International, Inc.


You have the right to correct any data BACnet International, Inc. retains about you, should it contain mistakes. BACnet International, Inc. strives to keep accurate data tbisupport@bacnetinternational.org.


Duration of Information Retention and Deletion Requests

Unless otherwise noted, information about Site visitors and members is retained indefinitely. You may, at any time, request that your information be deleted. Note that, in doing so, BACnet International, Inc. may not be able to offer certain services or features of the Site to you.


BACnet International, Inc. Right to Modify Privacy Policy

BACnet International, Inc. reserves the right to make modifications to this Privacy Policy from time to time. Some modifications will be minor or correctional in nature. Since these modifications do not affect which information is kept or how it is used, these changes may be made by BACnet International, Inc. simply by updating the current version of the Privacy Policy viewable on the Site.


Others modifications may materially affect your privacy rights under this Policy. In the event of a material modification, a notice of changes will be prominently posted thirty (30) days before such modification to give you an opportunity to review and consent by continued usage of the Site. If you do not consent to the changes to the Privacy Policy, please notify tbisupport@bacnetinternational.org so that your information is not used under the modified Policy. You understand that objection to the modified Privacy Policy terms may require deletion of your account or limitation of services provided to you.


Links

Links to external sites may be available on the Site. While BACnet International, Inc. will not post a link to an external site that it knows to be harmful or have unacceptable privacy practices, you understand that BACnet International, Inc. cannot be responsible for external sites, and cannot make privacy guarantees for those sites. You visit those sites at your sole risk.


Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or would like to provide notices or requests under this Policy, you may email BACnet International, Inc. at tbisupport@bacnetinternational.org or contact BACnet International, Inc. at:


2900 Delk Road
Suite 700, PMB 321
Marietta, GA 30067


770-971-6003 ph
404-393-9506 fax