Beaducation Privacy Policy

Beaducation is committed to protecting the privacy of its subscribers and other users of its online services. We follow these policies:

E-mail addresses: We ask subscribers who register for our online services to provide us with their e-mail addresses so we can send them e-mail updates, account and billing information, and information related to the Site. These addresses are used only to send e-mail updates, account and billing information, and information related to the Site to those subscribers. Beaducation never sells, rents, or lends e-mail addresses of users to anyone. E-mailed updates, account and billing information, and information related to the Site may contain advertising, and such advertising may be “targeted” based on demographic information, e-mail domains, or zip codes. Such targeting is done through processes internal to Beaducation, and information from subscribers is not made available to advertisers or anyone else outside Beaducation. Registered subscribers can change the e-mail messages that they receive, or stop receiving them altogether, at any time by visiting our providing notice to Beaducation of their determination not to receive further e-mail messages from Beaducation. Instructions for stopping e-mail notifications appear at the end of each e-mail message. E-mail addresses that we obtain in conjunction with the provision of services are used only to provide that service. We do not share them with anyone or use them for any other purpose except as specifically described herein.

Usernames and passwords: Each subscriber who registers on this site has a username and password. The subscriber's username is his/her email address. Passwords are set by the subscriber and are the private property of the subscriber. For reasons of security and privacy, we do not give out passwords to anyone. If you forget your password, you can reset it by requesting a password reset email or by calling Customer Care.

Advertising: Beaducation may enter into contracts with an outside companies from time to time to use its technology to deliver ads on our site. This allows us to deliver ads to users according to such factors as domain name and editorial content. Beaducation’s agreements with third-parties specifies that information about our users may only be used to deliver ads on our site and may not be aggregated with other information collected by the third-party companies. We do not provide any personal information, such as names, postal addresses, phone numbers, or e-mail addresses, to third-party advertisers. The only information the third-party advertisers receive is what is automatically passed by a Web browser, such as Internet Protocol number, domain name, and browser type.

Web Cookies: "Cookies" are bits of text data sent from a Web server to a user's computer to be retrieved later for purposes of identification. On our site cookies are used to provide access to certain areas, to track readership, to maintain user preferences, and to enable certain ecommerce transactions. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard. Consequently, your Web browser is probably set to accept cookies. If you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to do so, however, you should understand that it is possible that some areas of our site will not function properly when you view them.

How Beaducation Uses Cookies

Beaducation websites may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with, including providing you with more relevant advertising.
You can change your cookie preferences. Please note: Blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer.

Essential Website Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the websites, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our websites function. You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, as described under the heading "How can I control cookies?" in the Cookie Statement.

Analytics and Customization Cookies

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our websites and application for you in order to enhance your experience.

Advertising (Targeting) Cookies:

These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They also perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously re-appearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

How can I control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies.

Website Cookie Preference Tool: You also exercise your Website cookie preferences by visiting the TRUSTe preference center by clicking this link: http://preferences-mgr.truste.com/.

Browser Controls: You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Websites though your access to some functionality and areas of our Websites may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.

Disabling Most Interest Based Advertising: Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of Interest Based Advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com

Mobile Advertising: You can opt out of having your mobile advertising identifiers used for certain types of Interest Based Advertising, including those performed by us, by accessing the settings in your Apple or Android mobile device and following the most recent published instructions.

Do Not Track: Some Internet browsers - like Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari - include the ability to transmit “Do Not Track” or “DNT” signals.

How often will you update this Cookie Statement?

We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Statement regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the bottom of this Cookie Statement indicates when it was last updated.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at cs@beaducation.com

Updated August 9, 2018

Postal mailing lists: Beaducation never rents its postal mailing list or e-mail addresses to outside organizations.

Survey information: Beaducation may ask subscribers or other users to provide demographic or other information about themselves. This information is used to help us deliver information and advertising to users of our site. It is not shared with organizations outside Beaducation except when it is used to compile postal mailing lists for rental. Providing this information is optional.

Financial information: Beaducation collects financial information (usually credit-card numbers) only to bill for subscriptions or other products or services. We use an outside service/bank to process our credit cards. We do not keep Credit Cards on file.

Links to other sites: This site contains links to other sites. Beaducation is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites.

Public forums: This site may someday operate forums (such as “chat rooms”). Please remember that any information that is disclosed in those areas is public.

User-Generated Content Disclosure: Any personal information or image content you voluntarily disclose online in a manner that other users can view (including but not limited to: product reviews, on social media pages, in connection with contests and promotions, and on the Beaducation blog) becomes publicly available and will forever be the property of Beaducation. Your username, email, or other information may also be displayed when you post comments or upload images throughout the aforementioned sites. Beaducation is not responsible for the personal information users select to disclose in these forums. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit and you have full responsibility for the submission, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright. Contact us at cs@beaducation.com to request removal of your personal information from our site, blog, social media outlet, or other forum. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.

Modifying or canceling services: Subscribers can modify settings and information in our database by loggin into their account. You can also send an e-mail message to info@beaducation.com

Contacting Beaducation: If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of Beaducation or its online service, or any other aspects of this Web site, please contact:

Lisa Niven Kelly
Beaducation.com
1010 Terminal Way
San Carlos, CA 94070
650-394-4644
cs@beaducation.com