Terms of Use
Welcome to the BAF Website (“Site”). We hope that you find the information on the Site useful and informative. By using the Site, you accept and agree to abide by all of these Terms of Use. If you do not accept any of these terms, please do not use the Site.
- Ownership. BAF (“BAF “) owns the Site and all of its contents, including but not limited to text, graphics, white papers, and data sheets (“Content”). United States copyright and trademark law, and international treaty provisions, protect BAF ‘s rights in the Content.
- Use. You may access, browse, and use the Site and make a reasonable number of paper copies of the Content for your own personal non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices and do not modify any Content. You may not, without our express permission, use the Content in any other way for any other purpose, including but not limited to: modifying, uploading, posting, adapting, editing, republishing, displaying, plagiarizing, performing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works of, or transmitting it. If you have any questions about permissible use, please contact us.
- Links. As a service to you we provide links to other Websites, but we do not endorse them. Since we do not control these Websites, we are not responsible for any harms of any kind that may arise from using them.
- Laws and Access. These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, excluding its conflict of law rules. The federal and state courts located within Texas shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising out of or relating to your use of the Site or these Terms of Use, and you hereby irrevocably submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts. If you access the Site from other locations, you are responsible for complying with applicable local laws. We make no representation that the Content is appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to the Site from jurisdictions where the Content may be illegal is prohibited. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to refuse or terminate access to the Site by you at any time.
- Contracts. The Content is provided for information purposes only. It shall not be construed as an invitation to enter into a contract with you.
- NO WARRANTIES. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. BAF DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION; THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT IT IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS WHOLLY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL BAF BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR OTHERWISE, THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS SITE, THE CONTENT, OR ANY LINKS. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, RELIANCE, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF BAF HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. IN JURISDICTIONS WHICH DO NOT PERMIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, BAF’S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
- Submissions of Information. If you submit any personally identifiable information, we will treat such information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. If you submit any other information, including but not limited to copyrightable material, ideas, concepts, know-how, business methods, inventions, discoveries, improvements or techniques (“Intellectual Property”), you thereby grant BAF a worldwide, nonexclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license (with right to sublicense) to use, modify, publish, display, copy, reproduce, perform publicly, and create derivative works of such Intellectual Property. You may not submit or transmit to or from the Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, suggestive, inflammatory or profane material, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law.
- Revisions. We may update the Site, and these Terms of Use, from time to time. By using the Site following such changes, you accept and agree to abide by all such changes.
- Trademarks. BAF and BAF products and services referred to in the Site are trademarks of BAF. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
- Copyright Notice. © BAF. All rights reserved.
- Reservation of Rights. We reserve all rights not expressly granted herein.
- Contact. If you have any questions about these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us at any time.
Online Privacy Policy
Last Updated: March 21, 2012
BAF respects your privacy, and is sensitive to concerns regarding the collection and use of personal data. Our goal is to provide you with information targeted to your industry, your role in your organization, and your specific preferences. In order to provide you with information that is relevant to your needs, and to fulfill specific requests on your part, we may occasionally request personal information from you. The information requested, and how it is used will vary across our website.
BAF and its subsidiaries (collectively, “BAF”) have developed this Privacy Policy to explain why we collect particular information and how we will protect your personal privacy within our website (the “Site”). The following information summarizes BAF’s policy relating to the collection and use of information obtained from the Site. By using this Site, you consent to the collection and use of information about you in the ways described in this Privacy Policy. BAF reserves the right to change its Privacy Policy at any time by posting the new privacy statement at our website Homepage. By using the Site subsequent to such changes, you consent to them. The last date the Privacy Policy was revised is set forth above.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
BAF will only collect contact and other personally identifying information, such as your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (“Personal Information”), when voluntarily submitted by you, such as when you contact us or complete an online form or request. If you do not want us to collect any Personal Information, do not submit it to us.
Your Personal Information may be stored and used by BAF to provide services to you, to create a personalized experience for you, and to get in touch with you when necessary with respect to transactions conducted through the Site, material changes in our Site’s policies, new products or services that BAF may offer, or otherwise. If you do not wish to receive such materials, you may opt-out. Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we will not sell, rent or disclose your Personal Information to our business partners, suppliers, vendors or other third parties without notifying you of our intent to share the information and giving you an opportunity to prevent your information from being shared. BAF reserves the right to disclose your Personal Information to its successors-in-interest or in connection with a merger or acquisition transaction or change of control or when required by law or necessary to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of BAF, its customers and/or the public. Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information
Demographic and profile data (e.g. job title, corporate function) may be collected at our Site. In addition, when you access the Site, our Web server may automatically collect certain information that is not personally identifiable, such as your IP address, pages viewed, length of time spent on the Site and other transactions performed on the Site. We store and use the foregoing information, in the aggregate only, to diagnose problems with our server, to improve and track the success of the Site and to provide content of interest to you. We may share the foregoing information with advertisers or other third parties, including our business partners, suppliers, and vendors, on an aggregated basis without revealing any personally identifiable information.
Use of Cookies
Our Site may use cookies to enhance your experience while using our Site. Cookies are small electronic files that a website may transfer to the user’s computer, and are used for record-keeping purposes. Use of cookies makes web-surfing easier for you by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords or your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular website. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.
Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Site will not function properly when you view them.
External or Third Party websites
To the extent hyperlinks are utilized to access external or third party sites, you should be aware that these external or third party sites are not controlled by BAF and, therefore, are not subject to this Privacy Policy. BAF suggests that you check the privacy policies of these sites to determine BAF your personal information will be utilized by the proprietors of those third party sites.
Information Security
This Site has industry standard security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under BAF’s control. All customer information collected by BAF through the Site will be protected by an industry standard encryption scheme. All information, once received, is stored behind our corporate firewall. However, although BAF has endeavored to create a secure and reliable Site, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted via the Internet cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, you should consider carefully if you want to submit sensitive information via the Internet.
Opt-Out/Corrections
If, at any time, you wish to stop receiving e-mail information from BAF , you may unsubscribe by replying to the e-mail with the words “unsubscribe” in the subject line. If you want to update or correct your Personal Information, you may phone our customer service representatives at the telephone number listed below with any requests or changes. In the event BAF receives such a request or change, BAF may require you to confirm or verify any change to your record. Also, please be aware that it may take a few days to process your request.
Access by Children
This Site is not intended for individuals under the age of thirteen (13) (“children”). Accordingly, BAF will not knowingly collect or use information from children. Children should not submit any personal information without the permission of their parents or guardians.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, you can contact us at:
BAF – Shipping Address:
2176 French Settlement Road
Dallas, Texas 75212
BAF – Mailing Address:
PO Box 224685,
Dallas, Texas 75222