Background Partners, Inc Privacy Policy

Background Partners, Inc  Privacy Policy

Effective: 07/01/2019

 

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how Background Partners, Inc (“Background Partners” or “BP” or “we” or “our”) treats information collected or provided in connection with an end user’s (“you” or “user”) visit to or use of the web site located at https://www.backgroundpartners.com (“Site”) and Background Partners’ products and services (the “Services”).

 

Consent

The use of the Site constitutes your acceptance of and consent to this Privacy Policy. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us as indicated in the Contact Us section of this Policy.  

 

What Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal information about you including your first name, last name, user name, title, date of birth, gender, billing address, delivery address, email address, telephone numbers, company/employer name(s), bank account details, payment card details, details about payments, details about prior purchases from us, you internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system or platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website, your interests, preferences, feedback, survey responses, information about how you use our website and/or products/services as well your marketing and communication preferences.

 

How We Use Your Information

Our use of your information can be classified as one of the following purposes.

Marketing

Unless specifically noted otherwise, we may use any of your information to form a view on the products, services and offers you may find relevant.  You may update your information or opt-out of our marketing communications at any time by following the opt-out links on marketing communication or emailing support@backgroundpartners.com. We also may utilize the following third-party services for marketing/remarketing.

Google AdWords

Manage how Google advertises to you at https://myadcenter.google.com/

Facebook

Their Data Policy can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Providing Our Services

We may use your information in providing our products and performing our services. Background Partners will not use your information to conduct or create a background check report unless we have been provided the proper certification, authorization and/or disclosure as required by the FCRA and any other applicable law. We use the following third-party service in the process of providing our services.

    TazWorks

    Their Privacy Policy can be found at https://tazworks.com/privacy/

Improving Our Services

We are committed to providing the best possible products and services. We may utilize your information in analyzing how we can improve. We use these third-party services in this effort.

Zoho

Their Privacy Policy can be found at https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html

Google Analytics

Their Privacy Policy can be found at http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

 

When Do We Share Your Information

We may share information about you to employers or customers requesting background reports, consumers you’ve requested a background report on, service providers including researchers, furnishers of data, fulfillment centers, data storage providers, accountants, auditors, attorneys, legal support and other entities as necessary in the normal course of our business.

 

How You Can Access, Modify or Delete Your Information

We retain personally identifiable information as long as reasonably necessary or as otherwise required by legal compliance purposes. You may request access, modify or request deletion of your information by contacting us as indicated in the Contact Us section of this policy. Once a customer, such as an employer, receives a background check report, we do not control their retention of such information.

 

How Do We Protect Your Information

We recognize the importance of our role in handling your information and maintain safeguards to protect the security of the information we maintain. Some of the safeguards we may employ include employee training, data encryption, layered firewalls, password protection, and physical security measures. While we take strict commercially viable security precautions and periodically review/update our safeguards, no security measures are 100% effective. Therefore, we cannot guarantee, ensure or otherwise definitively promise security in connection with your information.  

 

Personal Information Disclosure: United States & Overseas

In the course of performing our services, your personally identifying information may be transmitted outside of the United States if the use of international sources or firms is required. In that scenario, we will take the proper precautions to ensure the entities handling your information are secure as well as provide them with the least amount of information necessary.  

 

Payment Processing

We use third-party services for payment processing who adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council to help ensure secure handling of payment information. The services we use are:

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.authorize.net/about-us/privacy/

Zoho

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html

 

Links to Other Sites

Background Partners’ web site may contain links to third-party web sites. Please be aware that third-party websites are outside of our control and are not covered by this policy. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of those web sites as they may differ from ours.

 

Children Under Age 13

Background Partners does not offer services to children under the age of 13 and this web site is not directed to children under the age of 13. Therefore, Background Partners does not knowingly collect information about children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 and believe we have been provided or have collected their personally identifiable information please contact us immediately as indicated in the Contact Us section of this policy.

 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Background Partners may revise this policy from time to time. If there is a material change to this Privacy Policy we will post the revised policy here. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy for changes.

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to access, review, modify or delete your information, please contact us via the methods provided on our Contact Page at https://backgroundpartners.com/contact#ContactUs or:

Phone:   (866) 880-0702
Email:     legal@backgroundpartners.com
Mail:       Background Partners Inc
                  8080 La Mesa Bvd #210

                  La Mesa, CA 91942