Effective Date: August 1, 2023

Texas B.A.S.S. Nation Youth (“TBNY”) knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting http://www.texasbassyouth.org, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Collection of Information Purpose

The information we learn from customers allows us to personalize and continually improve the total experience at http://www.texasbassyouth.org. Here are the types of information we gather.

Types

• Name
• Address
• Email Address
• Phone Number

Cookies

TBNY uses cookies to make interactions with the website easy and meaningful. When you visit our website, TBNY’s servers send a cookie to your computer. Standing alone, cookies do not personally identify you. They merely recognize your web browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself to TBNY, either by responding to a promotional offer, opening an account, placing an order, or filling out a web form (such as a “Contact Me”), you remain anonymous to TBNY. There are two types of cookies: session-based and persistent-based. Session cookies exist only during one session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software
or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your browser or turn off your computer.

If you have chosen to identify yourself to TBNY, TBNY uses session cookies containing encrypted information to allow TBNY to uniquely identify you. Each time you log into the website, a session cookie containing an encrypted, unique identifier that is tied to your account is placed in your browser. These session cookies allow TBNY to uniquely identify you when you are logged into the website and to process your online transactions and requests.

TBNY uses persistent cookies that only TBNY can read and use to identify browsers that have previously visited our website. When you purchase a product or service or provide TBNY with personal information, a unique identifier is assigned to you. This unique identifier is associated with a persistent cookie that TBNY places on your web browser. TBNY is especially careful about the security and confidentiality of the information stored in persistent cookies. For example, TBNY does not store account numbers or passwords in persistent cookies. If you disable your web browser’s ability to accept cookies, you will not be able to navigate TBNY ‘s website. TBNY may
use information from session and persistent cookies to provide you with information about TBNY and the service(s)/product(s) TBNY sells.

Web Beacons

TBNY uses web beacons, also known as pixel tags, alone or in conjunction with cookies to compile information about users’ usage of the website.  Web beacons are clear electronic images that can recognize certain types of information on your computer, such as cookies, when you viewed a particular website tied to the web beacon, and a description of a website tied to the web beacon.  For example, TBNY may place web beacons in marketing emails that notify TBNY when you click on a link in the
email that directs you to the website.  TBNY uses web beacons to operate and improve our website and email communications and to analyze the performance of our marketing campaigns. TBNY may use information from web beacons in combination with data about users to provide you with information about us.

Internet-Based Advertising

We use non-personal information to recognize users who have not provided us with personal information when they return to our website, analyze how these users use the website, improve the website and enhance users’ experience with the website.

We share non-personal information with certain third parties for the purposes described above, including analyzing, and to audit, research and report on website usage. TBNY also uses third-party service providers to help us manage and improve the website and other TBNY services. For example, we use may third parties to provide services for our website, and to help us target and implement our email communications and direct mailings.

Other Web Sites

There are “hyperlinks” or “links” to other websites embedded within our website. If you choose to click on one of these links, you will be governed by the privacy policy of the linked website, even if the content is framed within our website.

Sharing of Information General

The information that we collect about our customers is critical to our business. We respect and value this information, and do not want to jeopardize the flow of  information between our customers and our website. Therefore, we are not in the business of selling this information to other websites or businesses. There are very limited circumstances where we do share some customer information, and this is outlined immediately below. We share customer information only as described below and with subsidiaries TBNY controls that either are subject to this Privacy Policy or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Policy.

Information Security Software Used

To protect the security of your information during transmission, we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.

Order Confirmation

We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. To process an order, it is necessary to transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company.

Signing off

To prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information, it is important for you to monitor those who have access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer. Visit our website for more information on how to sign off.

User Access to Information General

When you access your account, there is a variety of information that you will see. This is designed to allow you to update any changed information and view the information that you entered previously. This information is sensitive, and it is necessary to both protect this information and keep it current in order to have the best experience at our website. Examples of the type of information that can be accessed by signing into your account are on the website.

User Choices With Regard to Access of Information General

You always have the right to refrain from providing any information. This may have an impact on use of the website and on the ease of completing registrations, making purchases, or taking advantage of certain unique features of the website.

Prior Information

You can add or update certain information on pages such as those listed in the “User Access to Information” section above. When you update information, we usually keep a copy of the prior version for our records.

Communication

If you do not want to receive e-mail, text, or other mail from us, please adjust your account setting regarding email contact preferences. (You cannot waive the applicability of the Terms of Use and other legal notices, such as this Privacy Policy, and if you elect not to receive those notices, they will still govern your use of http://www.texasbassyouth.org, and it is your responsibility to review them for changes.)

Cookie Choices

The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.  However, affecting the acceptance of cookies means that you will not be able to use such important features as accelerated ordering and customized product suggestions.

Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions Acceptance of Conditions of Use

By visiting http://www.texasbassyouth.org, you accept that your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of Texas. If you have any concern about privacy at http://www.texasbassyouth.org, please send us a thorough description to privacy@texasbass.org, and we will try to resolve it.

Revisions

Because our business changes constantly, we reserve the right to periodically revise our Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. Check our website frequently to see recent changes.

Applicability

Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected
customers.

Information You Gave Us General

Information is collected from you when you do the following activities: search, buy, post a review or opinion, participate in a promotion, contest, sweepstakes or questionnaire, or communicate with customer service.

Examples

For example, information would be collected when a user came to our website, searched for a product, placed an order through the website or a site affiliate, updated your information in your account settings, added items to your want list or registry, called or e-mailed customer service, reviewed a product, participated in a discussion or chat, completed a questionnaire or a contest or sweepstakes entry form; specified a date reminder, share information with TBNY acquaintances; and employ other
notification services.

Information that could be supplied

As a result of any of the above actions, it is possible that you will supply us with such information as your name, address, phone numbers and email address(es); credit card information; purchase and shipping recipients, including addresses and phone number; people (with addresses and phone numbers) listed in rapid order processing settings; e-mail addresses of site friends, and other people; content of reviews and e-mails to us; personal description and photograph in personal section; and financial information, including driver’s license numbers and payment information.

Automatic Information General

As discussed earlier, our systems collect information that is sent over the internet without your control.

Examples

Some examples of the information we collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; purchase history, which we sometimes aggregate with similar information from other customers to create features such as bestsellers and product suggestions; the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to,
through, and from our website, including date and time; cookie number; products you viewed or searched for; closeout shops you visited; and the phone number
you used to call our toll-free number.

Software Used

During some visits we may use software tools such as JavaScript to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.

Information From Other Sources General

Occasionally, we supplement the information that we receive that has been outlined above with information from other sources and companies. Examples of information we receive from other sources include updated delivery and address information from our carriers or other third parties, which we use to correct our records and deliver your next purchase or communication more easily; account information, purchase or redemption information, and page-view information from some merchants with
which we operate co-branded businesses or for which we provide technical, fulfillment, advertising, or other services; search term and search result information from some searches conducted through the Web search features; search results and links, including paid listings (such as Sponsored Links from Google).

Changes to Privacy Policy

TBNY reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy. TBNY will provide notification of the material changes to this Privacy Policy through TBNY ‘s website at least thirty (30) business days prior to the change taking effect.

Contacting Us

Questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the information practices of TBNY ‘s website should be directed to email privacy@texasbass.org

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code § 1798.83 permits our website visitors who are California residents to request certain information regarding the disclosure of personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.  To make such a request, please send an email to: privacy@texasbass.org.