Privacy Policy

This Policy explains:

• how we collect, use, and share information from or about you;
• how our online adverisements (such as banner ads) on third-party sites treat data;
• your choices about our use of your personal information; and
• how you can access and update your information.
• Sometimes, we appear on a site owned by a third party (like a Blackhawk page or handle on a social media site) or link to a third party site. When we do, that third party’s privacy policies and terms of use, not ours, will apply unless you are told otherwise. Also, some of Blackhawk’s services (“Services”) are offered through banks or other financial institutions. In those cases, the third parties’ policies will govern their use of consumer data.

Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). PII means information or a combination of information that can be used to identify, contact, or locate a specific person. We may collect the following types of PII from you:

• Contact information, such as name, email address, mailing address, fax or phone number;
• Payment and financial information, such as credit or other payment card information, bank account, or billing address

We may use PII we collect for the following purposes:

• to provide you with the Services you requested;
• to verify your identity and/or location in order to allow access to your accounts, conduct online transactions, and secure your PII;
• to send you important information, such as changes to terms, conditions, and policies and/or other administrative information;
• to respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests;
• to personalize your experience on a Site by presenting content or offers tailored to you;
• to send you marketing communications you have signed up for or that we believe may be of interest to you; to allow you to use various Site features.

Newsletters/Blog: Our site offers publicly accessible blogs and newsletter signup. Any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.

Testimonials: We display personal testimonials of satisfied customers on our Site and in print advertisements. With your consent, we may use your testimonial and your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us directly.

Log files: Most browsers collect certain information, such as your IP address, device type, screen resolution, operating system version, and internet browser type and version. This information is gathered automatically and stored in log files. We may link this data to PII we have collected about you.

Tracking technologies: We and our service providers use cookies, beacons, tags, scripts, and HTML5 local storage. These technologies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on our Sites, pages visited, language preferences, and your relationship with us. We can use this information to analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website, measure the effectiveness of our communications, tailor our advertising to you, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

You can refuse to accept cookies. Most devices and browsers offer their own privacy settings for cookies and HTML5 local storage. You will need to manage your cookie settings for each device and browser you use. However, if you elect not to accept cookies, your use of the features on our Sites may be limited or impaired, and you may not be able to access certain features of our Sites at all.

Social Media Widgets: Our Sites include social media features, such as the Facebook “Like” button. These features may collect your IP address, identify the page you are visiting on our website, and set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social Media Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. The privacy statement of the company providing it governs your interactions with these Widgets. We will comply with any legal obligations placed on the use of these technologies by certain jurisdictions, which may affect how these Widgets function.

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once it is received, including encrypting the transmission of any sensitive information, such as payment card information.

We will retain your information for as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Your information may be disclosed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which the recipient of your information is located. Within our organization, information we collect is managed at the address set out below and will only be accessed by persons who require such access to carry out the purposes indicated above.

If you provide us with PII of your friends or family, such as their name, address or email, you must only do so if you have the consent of that friend or family member to share their information with us.