Privacy Policy

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE

BYBS International LLC ("BYBS") is committed to protecting your online privacy while you use www.becomeyourbestself.com (the "Website"). We urge you to read this Privacy Policy in its entirety so you will understand all of the practices and procedures we follow relating to your online privacy. As a visitor to the Website and/or user or participant in BYBS's services (collectively, "User"), you consent to the privacy practices described below.

What This Privacy Policy Covers

The privacy and security of your information is important to us. In this Privacy Policy, BYBS will inform you about the type of information that is collected about you on this Website, how it is collected, what it will be used for, and to whom it will be given. This policy will also tell you how to limit our use of your personal information.

Contact our Website

BYBS has appointed an officer who is accountable for the compliance with these privacy principles. You may contact Kevin King, BYBS's information editor, by e-mail becomebestself@yahoo.com or by writing BYBS International LLC, P.O.Box 271, Willoughby, Ohio, 44096. Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

What Kind of Information BYBS Collects

We take care to protect any information we receive from you when you use this Website. In some cases, you may submit personally identifiable information for example, by registering with the Website, sending a request, or submitting a User contribution. "Contributions" include articles, postings, comments, discussions, links, photos or other submissions to the Website.

In addition, non-personally identifiable information may automatically be transmitted to our servers from your computer, through, for example, log files, and cookies, all of which are described in more detail below.

This policy will explain what happens with both types of information.

How Collected Information is Used and Disclosed

By making your information available to BYBS, you are permitting us to retain and use it. However, we go to great lengths to protect any information we receive from you.

1. Personally Identifiable Information ("PII")

How we obtain personally identifiable information:

• PII you provide directly to BYBS, e.g. in connection with registration or submission of a request (e.g. sending BYBS a request to reprint a posting)
• PII contained in a Contribution.

BYBS may use PII:

• To verify your identity and related registration related purposes.
• For BYBS's internal business and fraud prevention purposes.
• To respond to User questions or requests or otherwise for the specific purpose for which the information was provided (e.g. responding to a request to reprint a posting).
• For advertising, marketing, endorsing and associated activities (e.g. to provide you information about a new BYBS service and request feedback.)
• To provide you information about partner and affiliate products and services.

BYBS may share your PII with third parties only:

• In connection with your Contributions which are posted publicly on the Website.
• To provide services through third party contractors subject to confidentiality obligations (e.g. credit card processor).
• For monitoring, marketing, demographic, and promotional purposes as well as to assist us in customizing the content of the Website.
• When we are required by law to provide your information or we find, in our discretion, that your actions on our Website warrant outside investigation.
• When we sell or otherwise transfer such information to a successor or subsidiary of BYBS, who would be bound by the then-current BYBS Privacy Policy.
• When you specifically consent.

We will never sell your personally identifiable information to a third party.

2. Non-Personally Identifiable Information

As is the case with all websites, some information about your server address, web browser, and computer system are automatically transmitted to our web servers so that we can operate the Website. As part of the Website operation, we reserve the right automatically to collect and track the home server, IP addresses and domain names, type of computer, type of web browser, information regarding what pages of the Website you choose to access, and other non-personally identifiable information.

How we obtain non-personally identifiable information:

• Information you provide directly to BYBS.
• Log files- files associated with the IP address of your computer which contain non-identifiable information about you, your computer, your location, and which parts of the Website you visit.
• Cookies- files sent from BYBS's server to your browser which collects information about your visit to the Website. Cookies are used for security purposes and to help web surfing by saving visitor login information, preferences and other information. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies, but be aware that doing so may limit your access to certain portions of the Website.

BYBS may use non-personally identifiable information in the following ways:

• To improve or enhance your search results.
• For monitoring, marketing, demographic, and promotional purposes as well as for customizing the content of the Website.
• For BYBS's other internal business purposes.

BYBS may share non-personally identifiable information in the following ways:

• To produce statistical and/or demographic data for use by advertisers, potential advertisers, and other business partners.
• To post Contributions on the Internet in whole or part, at BYBS's discretion.
• When we sell or otherwise transfer such information to a successor or subsidiary of BYBS, who would be bound by the then-current BYBS Privacy Policy.
• For monitoring, advertising, marketing, demographic, and promotional purposes as well as to assist us in customizing the content of the Website.

3. Information about Authors

When you become a recognized author of articles for BYBS ("Author"), in addition to posting your articles, we make your profile information available to the public (and Internet searchable), including, without limitation, your name and other information you choose to include in your profile. Except as otherwise agreed in a writing signed by BYBS, Authors assign all to BYBS all rights in and to the articles and other Contributions they submit. BYBS may print selected excerpts (including any PII provided by the Author within any such Contribution), made edits and take other actions in accordance with the Terms of Use.

See "Terms of Use" and any relevant additional written agreements signed by BYBS for more information relating to Authors.

Security

We take the security of all personally identifiable information obtained through the Website seriously. We use a secure server connection and only those who require such information to serve the purposes described above may access it. While the acts of third parties are not within our control and 100% security can never be guaranteed, one can reduce risks by using strong passwords and anti-virus software.

Opting-Out

You may opt-out of having your personal information collected or used by contacting us by e-mail or regular mail using the contact information below. Please note that in order to fulfill certain obligations and provide important information relating to your account or changes to BYBS policies, we may need to continue sending you certain notices. If you decide to delete your BYBS account, BYBS reserves the right to keep your Contributions on the Website. PII and specified Contributions will be removed upon request, but be aware that due to the nature of the Internet, some data may remain accessible, e.g. through searches of cached websites.

Reviewing and Updating Your Personal Information

You may request via e-mail or regular mail that we provide you with the personal information we have concerning you. Once you receive this information, you may request that we modify or remove any of your personal information. We reserve the right to verify your identity before sending you this information, and to securely retain information for law enforcement purposes.

Links to Other Websites

Our Website may contain links to other websites, including our affiliates, partners and advertisers and BYBS may send promotional offers by email on behalf of these parties. We encourage these parties to implement policies and practices that respect your privacy. We are not, however, responsible for other websites' privacy practices or website content.

BYBS AND ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR NATURE, INCURRED BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR NON-USE OF THIRD PARTIES' WEBSITES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WRONGFUL USE OR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION BY ANY THIRD PARTY.

Access to Children

Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using the Website. BYBS does not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this policy at any time without prior notification to Users and will post news of changes on BYBS's homepage. We ask that you review this Privacy Policy from time to time to ensure you are familiar with the most current version of it. By using the Website after we post updates, you are deemed to accept the latest version. Note that the latest version will always be available at the bottom of the BYBS homepage.

Acceptance of This Privacy Policy

By using this Website, you agree to the terms as well as any posted changes of this Privacy Policy. By using this Website, you hereby consent to the collection and use of this information by BYBS. If you do not agree to the terms, DO NOT use the Website.

Date of last update: 9/2/11