Online Privacy Statement
Thank you for visiting BAMS.com. Our Online
Privacy Statement is designed to inform you about our collection and
use of personal information on this web site. From time to time, Bank Associates Merchant Services (from hereon referred to as "BAMS") may
modify this Online Privacy Statement.
This privacy policy only applies to the information we
collect on the BAMS.com website. This privacy policy does not
apply to information we collect through other methods or sources,
including sites owned or operated by our affiliates, vendors or
partners.
The Only Personal Information We Collect Online is Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us.
The only information we collect about you on this web site is
information that you voluntarily provide to us. This information may
include, for example, name, mailing address, email address, phone
number and business information. If you supply us with personal
information on this web site, we will use that information only to
contact you so that we can:
- provide you with the information you have requested
- provide you with the products and services you have purchased or applied for
- follow up on job and strategic partnership opportunities that you have inquired about, or
- occasionally
send you other information about BAMS and its services that we
believe you would find interesting.
When You Browse the Bank Associates Merchant Services Web Site, You Do So Without Revealing Your Identity.
This BAMS web site may use cookies to aggregate information about
the pages that users visit so that we can update and redesign, as
necessary, our web site in order to provide you with the most useful
information. Personal information, such as your email address, is not
collected, unless you provide it to us. BAMS does not disclose
domain name or aggregate information to third parties other than
vendors who assist us with our web site and who are under strict
confidentiality requirements. From time to time, however, we may
disclose this information to fulfill legal or regulatory obligations or
if we determine such disclosure is legally advisable or necessary to
protect our rights, the rights of others, or to prevent harm. In
addition, we may aggregate data about users of our site and use it for
statistical purposes. This information helps us to better understand
our site’s users and how to improve our site and our offerings.
We Are Committed to Protecting the Confidentiality of User Information.
BAMS' policies limit access to personal user information that is
collected from this web site to those employees of BAMS and its
affiliates and business partners who need the information to fulfill
their business responsibilities. BAMS may disclose personal
information collected online to companies affiliated with BAMS in
connection with employment opportunities in those companies, to our
vendors who assist us with the web site, or to outside recruiters in
connection with employment offers. In some cases, this may require your
information to be sent to other countries. By supplying your
information on this web site, you consent to your information being
transferred across national borders to BAMS, its affiliates,
vendors or agents. Vendors and other outside contractors we engage are
subject to our contractual requirements to ensure that personal
information is safeguarded. Employees and others with duties related to
this web site must adhere to this Online Privacy Statement. Any
employee violating this Online Privacy Statement may be subject to
disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.
As noted above, from time to time, however, we may disclose this
information to fulfill legal or regulatory obligations or if we
determine such disclosure is legally advisable or necessary to protect
our rights, the rights of others, or to prevent harm. In addition, we
may aggregate data about users of our site and use it fir statistical
purposes. This information helps us to better understand our site’s
users and how to improve our site and our offerings.
We Use Appropriate Security Safeguards.
At BAMS, security is a priority. BAMS employs appropriate
measures, including advanced technology, to protect personal
information collected online against unauthorized access, disclosure,
alteration or destruction. These measures may include, among others,
encryption, physical access security, and other appropriate
technologies. BAMS continually reviews and enhances its security
systems, as necessary.
BAMS' Web Site is Not Directed at Persons Under the Age of 18.
Our web site is not intended for persons under the age of 18 and BAMS does not knowingly collect or maintain information at our web site
from persons we actually know are under the age of 18.
BAMS' Web Site May Be Linked to Other Web Sites.
As you navigate our site, you may click to web sites of our different
subsidiaries and divisions. Those web sites may have their own online
privacy statements or policies. This Online Privacy Statement will not
apply when you move to one of these other sites because business unit
privacy practices and policies are tailored to the products and
services offered by the individual BAMS business units. As you
visit the pages and sites of our different business units please be
sure to review the privacy policies applicable to those sites.
BAMS may create links to third-party web sites. BAMS is not responsible for the content or privacy practices employed
by web sites that are linked to our web site.