Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are the Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Our website address is: https://www.birminghamal.org.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Forms

On this website, there are three forms that are native to this website or are embedded:

These forms collect information as specified in the form as well as user IP address. By filling out and submitting these forms, you agree to the storage and handling of this data by this website or other third parties.

When third party providers gain access to form submission data collected from the users of this website, that data is handled by them in accordance with their privacy policies. Currently, we contract with two third party service providers who may gain access to the information you submit through one of the above forms:

Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a website places on your device when you visit a website. Cookies may involve the transmission of information from us to you and from you directly to us, to another party on our behalf, or to another party in accordance with its privacy policy. We may use cookies to bring together information we collect about you. You can choose to have your device warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. If you turn cookies off, you won’t have access to many features that make your guest experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.

By using or accessing this website, you are consenting to our use of Cookies as follows:

With third party service providers, agents, or contractors – We use other companies, agents or contractors to perform services on our behalf or to assist us with providing services to you. For example, we may engage Service Providers to provide services such as marketing, advertising, communications, infrastructure and IT services, to provide customer service, to collect debts, and to analyze and enhance data (including data about users’ interactions with our service). These Service Providers may have access to your personal or other information in order to provide these functions. In addition, some of the information we request may be collected by third party providers on our behalf. We do not authorize them to use or disclose your personal information except in connection with providing their services.

Analytics – Specifically for analytics providers, we use Google Analytics, which is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

  • You can opt-out of having your activity on the website made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout) for your web browser. The Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy.

To comply with legal process or to protect us – Examples include: If we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, legal or governmental request; to enforce applicable terms of use, including investigation of potential violations thereof; to protect the safety, rights, or property of the public, any person, or the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau as required by law; or to detect, prevent, or otherwise address, security or technical issues or illegal or suspected illegal activities (including fraud).

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

What rights you have over your data

You may request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Controller

We process personal data both as a Processor and as a Controller, as defined in the Directive and the GDPR. All data collected by us through online forms will be stored exclusively in secure hosting facilities provided by LiquidWeb and our third party service providers. All hosting is performed in accordance with LiquidWeb’s standards (https://www.liquidweb.com) and the standards of the third party providers where appropriate. The Google Analytics scripts in use allow for the collection of personal data, and in this situation, Google acts as a Processor.

Processing

We process data solely in data centers located in the United States. We will promptly notify the User in the event of any known unauthorized access to, or use of, the User’s data.

All data collected by us through online forms will be stored exclusively in secure hosting facilities provided by LiquidWeb and our third party service providers. All hosting is performed in accordance with LiquidWeb’s standards (https://www.liquidweb.com) and the standards of the third party providers where appropriate. Accordingly, we adhere to practices and policies that aim to safeguard the data.

Security

We take many precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. These precautions include:

  • Use of SSL encryption for sensitive data
  • All access to information restricted by password and/or secure key

While we take great care to ensure any confidential information remains protected, we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the Internet.

Retention and Deletion

We will not retain data longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws or regulations. If and where requested by a user or respondent, all personal data will be deleted, as required by applicable law.

Acceptance of these Conditions

We assume that all visitors of our website and/or respondents to forms, have carefully read this document and agree to its contents. If someone does not agree with this privacy policy, they should refrain from using our website. We reserve the right to change our privacy policy as necessity dictates. Continued use of this website after having been informed of any such changes to these conditions implies acceptance of the revised privacy policy.

Our Data Protection Officer

For GDPR compliance, you can contact the Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Data Protection Officer at the following address:

Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau
Attn: Data Protection Officer
2200 Ninth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203

Further Information

If you have any further questions regarding the data we collect, or how we use it, then please feel free to contact us at the following address:

Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau
Attn: Data Protection Officer
2200 Ninth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203