Privacy Policy

Effective on: September 18, 2019

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s commitment to the privacy of our patrons and users of our website: www.bpo.org.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect personal information that you voluntarily provide. We will not sell or rent this information to any third parties.

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra may use this information to contact you in the future regarding upcoming events, new products and services, or special offers. If you do not wish to receive such communications, please email us at info@bpo.org or write us at the address provided below.

Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are sent to or accessed from your web browser or your computer’s hard drive.

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra uses cookies to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is not linked to any personally identifiable information on our site. Your web browser allows you the option to control and limit cookies on your computer. Users who reject cookies are still able to use our site.

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra also uses Google Analytics to collect activity data. This data is not used to personally identify individual users. Many analytics services allow you to opt out of data collection. To learn more about Google Analytics practices and to opt out, visit www.google.com/settings/ads.

Email from BPO for Newsletters and Announcements
The BPO may use your email address to provide you with email newsletters, announcements, and other product or service offers. If you do not wish to receive these kinds of communications, you can opt-out by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in our emails, or by emailing us at info@bpo.org.

Additional Information for Specific Purposes
We request information from you when you place an order or make a donation through our website. To do this, you must provide contact information (such as name and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fulfill your orders. The BPO may use this contact information to communicate about orders, products, services, or fees or charges.

Security Technology
The BPO takes precautions to protect personal information that we collect and store. When we collect sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us securely using secure socket layer (SSL) technology. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page. Please be aware that any transmission of electronic data is at your own risk.

Links
This Site may contain links to other websites, including social media. The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. The BPO encourages users to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of sites that may collect personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies only to information collected on this Site.

Protection of Minors
This Site is not directed at or intended for use by minors. In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. In the event a child under the age of 13 accesses our website and provides us with personal information without parental or guardian consent, a parent or guardian may contact us to have the information removed from our records.

Changes in This Privacy Policy
The Effective Date of this Privacy Policy is set forth at the top of this webpage. We reserve the right to make changes to our Privacy Policy. If our practices change, we will make the necessary adjustments to this policy. Your continued use of the Site after the Effective Date constitutes your acceptance of the amended Privacy Policy.

Notice to International Visitors
If you are visiting this Site from a country other than the United States, your communication with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. The level of legal protection for personal information is not the same in all countries. If you are using the Site from outside of the United States, by providing your personal information to us, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to the United States for processing consistent with this Privacy Policy in the United States.

Your Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time by contacting us. Our contact information is listed below.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this privacy policy, please contact us at:

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
786 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14209
(716) 885-0331
info@bpo.org