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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 28, 2024

BFTV, Inc. dba First Media (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us through our website, https://first.media/ (“Website”).

1. Information We Collect

  • Personal Information:  We may collect personal information, such as your IP address, name, email address, and other contact details if you choose to provide them.
  • Non-Personal / Usage Information: Such as, browser type and version, device type, operating system, pages visited on our website, duration of your visit, referring website, click patterns

2. How We Use Your Information

  • To provide and maintain our Website.
  • To improve and personalize your experience.
  • To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
  • To comply with legal obligations.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

  • Our Website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance user experience. You can control cookies through your browser settings.Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of cookies. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access features on our website correctly or at all.
  • Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small piece of data or a text file that is downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you access certain websites. Cookies may contain text that can be read by the web server that delivered the cookie to you. The text contained in the cookie generally consists of a sequence of letters and numbers that uniquely identifies your computer or mobile device; it may contain other information as well.
  • By agreeing to accept our use of cookies, you are giving us, and third parties we partner with, permission to place, store, and access some or all the cookies described below on your computer.
    • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are necessary for proper functioning of the website, such as displaying content, logging in, validating your session, responding to your request for services, and other functions. Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of cookies. However, if you disable these cookies, you may not be able to access features on our website correctly or at all.
    • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about the use of the website, such as pages visited, traffic sources, users’ interests, content management, and other website measurements.
    • Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to remember a user’s choices– such as their language, user name, and other personal choices– while using the website. They can also be used to deliver services, such as letting a user make a blog post, listen to audio, or watch videos on the website.
    • Media Cookies: These cookies can be used to improve a website’s performance and provide special features and content. They can be placed by third parties who provide services to us or by our company.
    • Advertising or Targeting Cookies: These cookies are usually placed and used by advertising companies to develop a profile of your browsing interests and serve advertisements on other websites that are related to your interests. You will see less advertising if you disable these cookies.
    • Session Cookies: These cookies allow websites to link the actions of a user during a browser session. They may be used for a variety of purposes, such as remembering what a user has put in their shopping cart as they browse a website. Session cookies also permit users to be recognized as they navigate a website so that any item or page changes they make are remembered from page to page. Session cookies expire after a browser session; thus, they are not stored long term.
    • Persistent Cookies: These cookies are stored on a user’s device in between browser sessions, which allows the user’s preferences or actions across a site (or, in some cases, across different sites) to be remembered. Persistent cookies may be used for a variety of purposes, including remembering users’ choices and preferences when using a website or to target advertising to them.
  • We may also use cookies for: Identifying the areas of our website that you have visited, Personalizing content that you see on our website, Our website analytics, -Remembering your preferences, settings, and login details, Allowing you to share content with social networks
  • Web Beacons: We may also use a technology called web beacons to collect general information about your use of our website and your use of special promotions or newsletters. The information we collect by web beacons allows us to statistically monitor the number of people who open our emails. Web beacons also help us to understand the behavior of our customers, members, and visitors.

 

4. Sharing of Information

  • Communications and Emails: When we communicate with you about our website, we will use the email address you provided when you registered as a member or user. We may also send you emails with promotional information about our website or offers from us or our affiliates unless you have opted out of receiving such information. You can change your contact preferences at any time through your account or by sending us an email.
  • Sharing Information With Affiliates and Other Third Parties: We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except for trusted partners who assist us in operating our Website and conducting our business, provided they agree to keep this information confidential. However, for data aggregation purposes we may use your Non-Personal Information, which might be sold to other parties at our discretion. Any such data aggregation would not contain any of your Personal Information. We may provide your Personal Information to third-party service providers we hire to provide services to us. These third-party service providers may include but are not limited to: payment processors, web analytics companies, advertising networks, call centers, data management services, help desk providers, accountants, law firms, auditors, shopping cart and email service providers, and shipping companies.
  • Legally Required Releases of Information: We may be legally required to disclose your Personal Information if such disclosure is (a) required by subpoena, law, or other legal process; (b) necessary to assist law enforcement officials or government enforcement agencies; (c) necessary to investigate violations of or otherwise enforce our Legal Terms; (d) necessary to protect us from legal action or claims from third parties, including you and/or other users or members; or (e) necessary to protect the legal rights, personal/real property, or personal safety of our company, users, employees, and affiliates.
  • Disclosures to Successors: If our business is sold or merges in whole or in part with another business that would become responsible for providing the website to you, we retain the right to transfer your Personal Information to the new business. The new business would retain the right to use your Personal Information according to the terms of this privacy notice as well as to any changes to this privacy notice as instituted by the new business.We also retain the right to transfer your PD if our company files for bankruptcy and some or all of our assets are sold to another individual or business.
  • No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

5. Data Security

  • We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.
  • We have built our website using industry-standard security measures and authentication tools to protect the security of your Personal Information. We and the third parties who provide services for us, also maintain technical and physical safeguards to protect your Personal Information. If/when we collect your credit card information through our website, we will encrypt it before it travels over the Internet using industry-standard technology for conducting secure online transactions. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee against the loss or misuse of your Personal Information or secure data transmission over the Internet because of its nature.

6. Your Choices

  • You may choose not to provide personal information or to disable cookies, though it may limit your ability to use some features of our Website.
  • You can always opt out of receiving further email correspondence from us or our affiliates. We will not sell, rent, or trade your email address to any unaffiliated third party without your permission except in the sale or transfer of our business, or if our company files for bankruptcy.

7. Data Protection Rights (EU/EEA Users)

  • When using our website and submitting personal data to us, you may have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other laws. Depending on the legal basis for processing your personal data, you may have some or all of the following rights:
    • The right to be informed: You have the right to be informed about the personal data we collect from you, and how we process it.
    • The right of access: You have the right to get confirmation that your personal data is being processed and have the ability to access your personal data.
    • The right to rectification: You have the right to have your personal data corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
    • The right to erasure (right to be forgotten): You have the right to request the removal or deletion of your personal data if there is no compelling reason for us to continue processing it.
    • The right to restrict processing: You have a right to ‘block’ or restrict the processing of your personal data. When your personal data is restricted, we are permitted to store your data, but not to process it further.
    • The right to data portability: You have the right to request and get your personal data that you provided to us and use it for your own purposes. We will provide your data to you within 30 days of your request. To request your personal data,please contact us using the information at the top of this privacy notice.
    • The right to object: You have the right to object to us processing your personal data for the following reasons:Processing was based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling);Direct marketing (including profiling); andProcessing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics.
    • Automated individual decision-making and profiling: You will have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
  • Filing a complaint with authorities: You have the right to file a complaint with supervisory authorities if your information has not been processed in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation. If the supervisory authorities fail to address your complaint properly, you may have the right to a judicial remedy.

9. Data Protection Rights (California Users)

  • When using our website and submitting personal data to us, you may have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). California residents have the following rights:
    • Right to Know: Request information about the collection, use, and sharing of personal information.
    • Right to Delete: Request the deletion of your personal information.
    • Right to Opt-Out: Opt-out of the sale of personal information (if applicable).
    • Right to Non-Discrimination: You will not be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.

9. Children’s Privacy

  • Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

  • We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Please review it occasionally for updates.

11. Contact Us

  •    If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

     BFTV, Inc. dba First Media

     10824 Burbank Blvd

     North Hollywood, CA 91601

     Email: [email protected]