OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY.

BWdB Inc. (“BWdB", "we", "our" or "us") provides advertising, marketing, and creative services enterprise on its www.BWdB.com website.  We recognize the importance of data privacy and security. Privacy is a matter of trust, and we are committed to managing personal data lawfully, fairly and transparently. We want our website users, visitors, current and prospective clients, job seekers, employees and other business partners (collectively, "you" or "your") to understand the ways we collect, use and share personal data about you.

This Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) governs the use of our website, www.BWdB.com (“the Site”), applications, social media channels, other website content, streaming services, products, goods, services, promotions, software, technology and any other materials that we may provide (“Services”) and other services that link to, or contain references to, this document and are published or made available by us and our affiliates as applicable. “Services” as used hereinafter shall include the Site. “Products” as used herein means any products or services we may offer for purchase through the Site.

This Privacy Notice describes the following topics:

• The types of data that we collect
• Ways we collect your personal data
• Ways we use your personal data
• Ways we share your personal data
• Ways we retain and safeguard your personal data
• Your rights and choices about how we collect, use and share your personal data

You can access this Privacy Notice any time in the footer of the Site’s home page, via the menu button or on the Site description screen, or as otherwise indicated depending on the Services you are using.  BY PURCHASING A PRODUCT OR SERVICES FROM US, REGISTERING FOR ANY ASPECT OF OUR SERVICES, INCLUDING OUR SITE, OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING, VISITING OR USING ANY OF OUR SERVICES, YOU CONSENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY NOTICE.  

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY NOTICE, YOU SHOULD NOT ACCESS, VISIT AND/OR USE THE SITE OR SERVICES, COMMUNICATE WITH US OR PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US.  WE ADVISE THAT YOU PRINT OR RETAIN A DIGITAL COPY OF THIS PRIVACY NOTICE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

In addition to reviewing this Privacy Notice, please also review our Terms of Use and any other terms and conditions that may be posted elsewhere in the Site or otherwise communicated to our users, because the Terms of Use and all such terms and conditions are also part of the Agreement between you and us.

THE TYPES OF DATA ACQUIRED ABOUT YOU

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

“Personally Identifiable Information” alone or in combination with other information or in certain contexts can be used to identify, distinguish or trace you or the device(s) (collectively, “Device”) used to access the Site is referred to in this document as “PII”.  PII, together with all other information about you and/or your Device(s) that we acquire is referred to collectively as your “personal data.” “Content” as used herein refers generally to any type of information, including text, images, video, whether sourced from you, us or third parties.

We acquire PII that may include, in certain contexts, your name, postal address, zip code, email address, telephone number.  We also acquire your IP address, User ID, and/or Device ID, which certain jurisdictions consider to be PII because it could be used to identify an individual or Device if it were combined with other identifying information.

Sensitive PII  

In certain circumstances, such as when purchasing a Product or Services, you may provide a credit, debit, or payment account number, or other payment information which we recognize as more sensitive than other PII.  We generally do not request on or through the Site other Data that is often considered “highly sensitive,” such as other financial account information (e.g., credit report information, bank account numbers), personal health information, or government issued identification numbers (e.g., social security number, drivers’ license number, or passport number), However, we will collect such Sensitive PII when necessary to offer you certain services or if you offer contractor services to, or apply for a job with us and/or receive an offer of employment.

Anonymous Data  

Some of the personal data that we acquire cannot identify, distinguish or trace you or your Device, even if combined with other identifying information, and some Personal Data that could be considered PII when combined with other identifying information is not used in a way that identifies, distinguishes or traces you or your Device, but is instead used in an anonymous way, often aggregated with other anonymous Personal Data about other users.

WAYS WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

In General

We collect only personal data that you provide to us voluntarily, and where applicable, with your consent. We take measures to ensure that we collect personal data for specified, explicit and legitimate reasons only — namely, to provide products and Services to you and meet our legal obligations. We also take steps to limit the personal data we collect to only the minimum necessary to carry out our business objectives.

We may collect your personal data when you:

• Contact us by phone or online;
• Create a user account;

• Interact with our social media pages (such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn);
• Sign up for our newsletters or alerts;
• View our content or products;
• Purchase a Product or Services;

• Attend an event that we may host;

• When you apply for a job with us; and/or
• Communicate with us via email or other channels, such as our Contact Us form.

In these instances, we may collect personal data such as: your name, email address, postal address (or other geolocation information), phone number, demographic information and usage data.  If you purchase any Services from us as applicable, we will collect the information necessary to complete that transaction, such as, your name, email address, residential address, and payment information.  

Log Files

We may use log files to record data about each users’ visit to our Site. When you visit the Site, we may collect the IP (Internet Protocol) address connected to your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the World Wide Web), your computer operating system, the type of browser you are using, browser version, the pages of our Site or Services that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics, mobile device operating system (if you are accessing the Site using a mobile device), as well as the name of your ISP (Internet Service Provider) or your mobile carrier. We may use this information to analyze overall trends to help improve the Site. We do not share log data with third-parties unless required by law to do so.

Telephone Consumer Protection Act

If you enter your telephone number into our Site or app or otherwise share it with us, you expressly agree to receive communications from us, our agents, representatives, affiliates, or business partners, via e-mail, SMS or text messages, phone calls, video calls, and push notifications. You further expressly agree that these communications may be generated using automated technology, such as an automatic telephone dialing system, or artificial or prerecorded voice, even if your telephone number(s) is/are listed on any corporate, state, or federal Do-Not-Call lists.

You represent that for the telephone number(s) that you provide to us, you are the current subscriber or customary user and that you have the authority to provide the consent described above to be contacted at such number(s). You agree to promptly alert us whenever you stop using a particular telephone number. Standard charges may apply to the receipt of these calls or text messages.

Data Acquired Elsewhere

We may also acquire your personal data offline or otherwise outside of the Site.  For example, we may purchase or otherwise acquire such personal data from third-party data suppliers.  We reserve the right to merge or commingle this other personal data with your personal data collected on or through the Site.

Social Network Integration

If you choose to access, visit and/or use any third-party social networking service(s) that may be integrated with the Site, we may receive your personal data that has been made available to those services, including information about your contacts on those services.  For example, some social networking services allow you to push Content from our Site to your contacts or to pull information about your contacts so you can connect with them on or through our Site. Some social networking services also will facilitate your registration for our Site or enhance or personalize your experience on our Site. Your decision to use a social networking service in connection with our Site is voluntary. However, you should make sure you are comfortable with your personal data that the third-party social networking services may make available to us by visiting those services’ privacy policies and/or modifying your privacy settings directly with those services. We reserve the right to use, transfer, assign, sell, share, and provide access to all of your personal data that we receive through third-party social networking services in the same ways as all of your personal data we receive through our Site (as described below).

Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies Use of Cookies on the Site

When you use and access the Services, we may place a number of cookie files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes:

• To enable certain functions of the Services
• To provide analytics
• To store your preferences
• To enable advertisement delivery, including behavioral advertising

We use both persistent and session cookies on the Services and we may use different types of cookies to run the Services. The other types of cookies include:

Essential cookies. We may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.

Necessary cookies. We may use necessary cookies to enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.

Preference cookies. We may use preference cookies to remember information that changes the way the Services behaves or looks, such as the “remember me” functionality of a registered user or a user’s language preference.

Analytics cookies. We may use analytics cookies to track information on how the Services are used so that we can make improvements. We may also use analytics cookies to test new advertisements, pages, features or new functionality of the Application or Services to see how our users react to them.

Advertising cookies. These types of cookies are used to deliver advertisements on and through the Services and track the performance of these advertisements. These cookies may also be used to enable third-party advertising networks to deliver ads that may be relevant to you based on your activities or interests.

Notice and Consent for Use of Cookies

In accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (see below), we may provide you with a clear and conspicuous notice that summarizes our use of cookies, seeks your consent for the use of such cookies, and outlines the ways you can control such cookies when visiting the Site. If no such notice presents itself to users who visit our Site, this means that we do not implement cookies.

What Are Your Choices regarding Cookies

If you want to delete, limit or refuse cookies, please visit the cookies preference page or the help page of your web browser. Note that if you delete, limit or refuse to accept cookies, you may not be able to use all of the offered features or store your preferences. Further, some of our pages may not display properly.

Use of Third-Party Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies on the Site

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Site or Services and deliver advertisements on and through the Site or Services.

Do Not Track Disclosure

We [support/do not support] Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set on mobile application(s), your mobile device privacy setting or web browser to not track your activity across websites and apps.

ANALYTICS AND BEHAVIORAL REMARKETING

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Services or Site, as well as use remarketing services to advertise on third-party websites to you after you visit our Site. We and our third-party service providers use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our Site.

Google Analytics and Google AdWords

We may use Google Maps™ mapping service, Google Analytics, any other analytics service provider to optimize the Site’s service and experience, and Google AdWords, Google Maps, Google Analytics, or any other analytics service provider may use cookies, tags, or other technologies to collect data about a user’s behavior and their mobile devices. We do not use Google Maps mapping service to collect or process data that uniquely identifies an individual except as needed to offer products and services to you, including the hosting of your content. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracts and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our service and may use the collected data to personalize and contextualize the ads of its own advertising network. This data is shared with other Google services. Google AdWords is a remarketing service provided by Google Inc.

You can opt-out of having your activity while on our Site made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript from sharing information with Google Analytics about visit activities. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads. Please see the Google Privacy Policy for more information on Google Maps and Google Analytics services.  Also reference the terms and conditions and privacy policy of any other analytics service provider for more information.  

Facebook 

Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.

You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950

To opt-out from Facebook's interest-based ads follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217

Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.

For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

Use of Pixel Tags, Clear GIFs, Beacons and/or Other Similar Technologies for Email Marketing

We may use beacons (which are like cookies), pixel tags, clear GIFs and other similar technologies in email marketing communications with our clients and other stakeholders to collect data about recipients’ actions (e.g., the number of recipients who open the message or click on a link in the message) such as email marketing communications, measure the success of our marketing campaigns and compile results about the usage of our Services.

WAYS WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

In General

We may use your personal data for our legitimate business purposes. In particular, we may use your personal data to communicate with you and provide you with our products and Services. For example, we may use your personal data for the following reasons:

• Send you newsworthy updates
• Send you invitations to events
• Answer questions you submit to us
• Administer our business processes
• Comply with our legal and contractual obligations
• Send you surveys to improve our Services

If you apply for a job or contractor position with us, we may also use your personal data to process your application, conduct background screening, or check references. Once hired, we may use your personal data to facilitate payment (and benefits, as applicable).

WAYS WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

In General

In the context of the uses of personal data mentioned in the Ways We Use Your Personal Data section above, we may share your personal data with third parties we engage to help provide products and services to you. These third parties include, but are not limited to, organizations that provide the following services:

• Software support
• Customer relationship management (CRM) platform
• Payment and fulfillment
• Website hosting
• Business resilience and disaster recovery
• User authentication
• Auditing platforms and accounting
• Legal advice and counsel
• Collection services
• Management consulting
• Mailing and logistics
• Email marketing
• Marketing research
• Social media channels
• Media partners
• Product vendors

Other Sharing Circumstances

We may also share your personal data in other circumstances, such as the following:

• As required by law, or in response to a subpoena or other government information request
• If we believe that the disclosure is in the interest of your security or our security (including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction)
• If another company acquires or merges with us
• If we go out of business, enter bankruptcy, or experience some other change of control

Sharing Aggregate Information

When we request demographic information collected during an information request or registration, you have the option not to provide this information. However, we encourage you to share your demographic information so that we may gain a better understanding of your needs and so that we can serve you in a more personalized manner.

We may also share aggregate non-personal data with strategic partners. Under these circumstances, we do not disclose information that can uniquely identify you.

Opting-Out Of Sharing Personal Data With Third Parties

You have choices regarding the ways we share your personal data with third parties. In many cases, you must opt out by using the mechanism provided by our third-party service providers. For instance, you may opt out of email communications from us by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the email message. If you wish to opt out of marketing or promotional calls or texts, text back “STOP” to the number you received outreach from, from the mobile device receiving the messages. If you wish to opt out of our sharing of your personal data with third parties, please submit your request to Us via the How to Contact Us section below. As noted above, this may necessitate deletion of your data or your account with us.

PERSONAL DATA RETENTION

We may retain your personal data for at least as long as you transact business with us, as such data retention is necessary to provide you products and Services, and, as applicable, maintain the Site or other Services. we may retain and use your personal data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations and policies, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

DATA TRANSFERS

Data Transfers from EU/EEA to US or Elsewhere

If you are in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA), please be aware that we operate in the United States (US). As such, we may transfer your personal data from the EU/EEA to the US to provide you with products and Services, or otherwise communicate with you. We take measures to adequately safeguard your personal data when transferred to the United States or elsewhere, and aim to comply with applicable data privacy laws and regulations.

When we transfer personal data from the EU/EEA to countries or international organizations based outside the EU/EEA, the transfer takes place on the basis of legally permitted grounds, such as with your informed consent prior to the transfer, or via standard contractual clauses (i.e., pre-defined data protection clauses added to contracts) with those clients for whom we transfer such personal data.

Data Transfers from Australia to the US or Elsewhere

If you are a citizen of Australia, please be aware that we operate in the United States. As such, we may transfer your personal data from Australia to the US to provide you with products and Services, or otherwise communicate with you. We take measures to adequately safeguard your personal data when transferred from Australia to the US or elsewhere.

Data Transfers from China to the US or Elsewhere

If you are in China, please be aware that we operate in the United States. The Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) is an extra-territorial law applicable to entities doing business both within and outside of China that process personal information on natural persons within the territory of China. PIPL requires a lawful bases for the data processing and specific informed consent. We are aware that China does not distinguish between based upon an individuals’ permanent place of residence or citizenship.

Please be informed that we may transfer your personal data from China to the US for the purposes of: (a) providing products or services to individuals in China; (b) assessing or analyzing behavior of individuals in China; or (c) for other purposes to be specified.

Data Transfers from Other Regulated Countries or Jurisdictions to the US or Elsewhere

If you are a citizen of a country or jurisdiction not specifically mentioned in this Privacy Notice, please be aware that we operate in the United States. As such, we may either transfer your personal data from your home country or jurisdiction to the US or other countries to provide you with products and Services, or otherwise communicate with you. We take measures to adequately safeguard your personal data when transferred from a country or jurisdiction not specifically mentioned in this Privacy Notice to the US or elsewhere. Your usage of our Services along with your submission of your information is considered consent and represents your agreement to that transfer.

YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Your Privacy Rights Under GDPR

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK) or Switzerland, you have certain data privacy rights, as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We further provide additional information for individuals from the European Union, UK and Switzerland, as defined by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. We describe all of these rights in our Supplemental Privacy Notice for Individuals in the European Union, UK and Switzerland.

Your Privacy Rights Under California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah or Virginia Laws

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah or Virginia, you have certain data privacy rights. We describe these rights in our Supplemental Privacy Notice for Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia. On July 1, 2024, the Florida Digital Bill of Rights law (FDBR/SB 262), the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (SB619) and the Texas Data Privacy & Security Act (TDPSA/HB 4), and on October 1, 2024, Montana’s Consumer Data Privacy Act (SB 384) will take effect. These laws shall be incorporated into this Supplemental Privacy Notice on their respective effective dates.

Your Privacy Rights Under Australia Privacy Act

If you are a citizen of Australia, you have certain data privacy rights, as defined by the Australia Privacy Act. We describe these rights in our Supplemental Privacy Notice for Citizens of Australia.

Your Privacy Rights Under Brazil Data Protection Law

If you are a citizen of Brazil, you have certain data privacy rights, as defined by the Brazil Data Protection Law. We describe these rights in our Supplemental Privacy Notice for Citizens of Brazil.

Your Privacy Rights Under Other Regulated Countries or Jurisdictions

If you are a citizen or resident of regulated countries or jurisdictions not specifically mentioned in this Privacy Notice, you may have certain data privacy rights, as defined by the laws and regulations of such regulated countries or jurisdictions. We commit to honor the privacy rights of individuals from such regulated countries or jurisdictions. If you have a question about these rights, please use the information in the How to Contact Us section below.

COLLECTION AND USE OF DATA FROM INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 18

The Site and Services are primarily intended for users who are at least 13 years of age. Users who are ages 13 through 17 must have the permission of, and be directly supervised by, their parent or guardian to use the Site. Persons under the age of 13 may create an account and use the Site or Services only with express electronic consent of a parent or a guardian. This Privacy Notice governs data collection and use for users over the age of 13. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a person under 13 years old without verification of parental consent, then we will take steps to remove that information from our servers. Data associated with users under 13 will be collected and used according to our COPPA Privacy Notice in addition to the terms in Privacy Notice generally to the extent not inconsistent therewith.

USER CONTENT

Our Services may allow our Users to post content, images, graphics, etc. on our Site or Services. Users of our Services or Site are solely responsible for the content of messages they post through our Services. Users should be aware that any personal information they voluntarily disclose (e.g., username, e-mail address, phone number) through our Services can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other people. You are responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these instances.

DATA SECURITY

We constantly strive to align our data security practices with industry-accepted standards for securely handling, transmitting and storing personal data. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and the correct use of information, we implement administrative, physical and technical measures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on the Site. We utilize industry-accepted encryption technologies and strengths to reduce the risk that others can view information passing between our Site and your browser.

Since the Internet is not a completely secure environment, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. We offer no guarantees that information cannot or will not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a breach of any of our administrative, physical or technical measures.

MALWARE/SPYWARE/VIRUSES

We don’t knowingly use or permit the use of malware, spyware, viruses, and/or other similar types of software.

NOTIFICATION IN EVENT OF DATA BREACH

International, federal and state laws and regulations may require us to notify our clients and/or individual victims in the event of a breach of personal data. In such an unfortunate event, we will promptly notify our clients and/or data breach victims, in accordance with notification procedures defined in our internal policies and as required by applicable law.

LINKS

This Site may contain links to and from other third-party sites not operated by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Site and to read the privacy notices of each third-party website that collects your personal data.

HOW TO CONTACT US

You may contact us directly via post, phone or email:

BWdB Inc.

323 North Washington Avenue, #200

Minneapolis, MN 55401

Hello@BWdB.com

(763) 272-7262

If you request to opt out of our marketing communications or those of our partners, there may be a 30-day period before such opt-out will take effect.

UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

We created this Privacy Notice on February 26, 2025. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Notice at any time. Your continued use of the Site following reasonable notice of such modifications constitutes your acceptance of any changes to this Privacy Notice.