SBCA Digital QC Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Introduction

Structural Building Components Association (“SBCA”) products and services are primarily intended for the use and benefit of SBCA members, however the following Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are applicable to any user of SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s).

Please read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use carefully to understand our policies regarding your information and the terms under which you may use SBCA website(s), mobile application(s), or other technology services provided by SBCA.

Any reference to “you” or “your” refers to the individual user of the SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s), as well as the business or organization for which that individual is acting on behalf of.

If you do not agree with our Privacy Policy or do not accept the Terms of Use, your choice is not to use SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s). By accessing or using SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s), you agree to the Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by the Terms of Use.

Privacy Policy

SBCA respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you interact with various SBCA technology services and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect on all SBCA platforms, including but not limited to, any SBCA website, through mobile and desktop applications you download, or to communications between you and SBCA.

Information We May Collect About You

We collect several types of information from and about users of SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s). For instance, we may collect information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline. We may also collect information you provide when filling in forms, using search functions, corresponding with SBCA, placing online orders, or posting publicly on SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s).

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, to optimize the SBCA services and products, to store information about your preferences, to send notices to you about your membership, and for any other purpose that we may describe or to which you consent.

Information We Collect through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s), we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information, such as your Internet service provider, Internet Protocol (IP) address, unique device ID, browser type, operating system, the date and time the website that referred you and the pages you visit while at our site. Your IP Address is used to help identify you and to gather demographic information about our customers as a whole but does not include personally identifiable information. We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking).

When you visit this site, third parties, including advertising partners and analytics providers may collect other information over time about your online activity across websites and the various devices you use.

The technologies we use for automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies).A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s). Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
Flash Cookies.Certain features of SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s) may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our website(s) or application(s). Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.
Web Beacons.Pages of our website(s) or portions of our application(s) may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or for other related website Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about our Web site usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. You may not decline web beacons, however, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or modifying your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.

We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.

We additionally may employ Internet tracking and analytic tools such as Google Analytics to better understand and deliver a user experience. We also use the information that we gather for internal system administration, to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our web site.

How We Share Your Information

We share your information with others as permitted or required by law. This includes within the SBCA organization, with affiliate partners, and with other third parties for many reasons. These reasons can include marketing, to process a transaction, for everyday business purposes, for legal, regulatory or compliance purposes, for security purposes, to prevent fraud, to respond to court orders and legal investigations, and to report to third party organizations such as consumer reporting agencies.

How to Access, Opt-Out, or Modify Your Information

SBCA aims to provide you with access to your personal information. If that information is wrong, we strive to give you ways to update it quickly or to delete it – unless we are required to keep that information for legitimate business or legal purposes. When updating your personal information, we may ask you to verify your identity before we can act on your request.

We retain indefinitely all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use of SBCA website(s) and application(s) more efficient, practical, and relevant. To the extent that we utilize the Google Analytics tools available, you have options with respect to some of those tracking tools or features available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

If you are receiving communications from SBCA and wish to opt-out, you may do so by selecting an appropriate link in those email communications as indicated for the opt out or by sending an email to optout@sbcacomponents.com.

How we Protect Your Information

Protecting your information while you visit our website(s) or use our application(s) is important to us. We have implemented commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. Please be aware that although we make every effort to provide reasonable security for information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.

Children Under the Age of 16

SBCA website(s) and mobile application(s) are not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, please do not provide any information on the SBCA website(s) or application(s).

Changes to Privacy Policy

If we decide to materially change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes through a prominent notice on the web site so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it.

If at any time, you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please feel free to email us at info@sbcacomponents.com.

Contact Information

This platform operates under the control of the Structural Buildings Components Association (SBCA), a Texas Company with its principal place of business at 2701 E. Grauwyler Rd. Building 1, DPT#1026 Irving, TX 75061.

Terms of Use

You must be the age of majority, as that is defined in your jurisdiction, to visit or use SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s). By using these services, you represent and warrant to SBCA that you have reached the age of majority in your jurisdiction, and that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to and abide by these Terms. You also represent and warrant to SBCA that you will use SBCA website(s) and application(s) in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

Use of Content

SBCA authorizes you to view and access a single copy of the content available on or from SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s) solely for your personal and business use. The contents of SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s), such as text, graphics, images, logos, button icons, software and other content (collectively, "Content"), are protected under both United States and foreign copyright, trademark and other laws. All Content is the property of SBCA or its content suppliers or clients.

You further agree to in no other way misuse the Content that appears on SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s), other than those specifically permitted herein or by written agreement with SBCA. The use of the SBCA Content on any other Web site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

SBCA's Ownership Rights

SBCA and its licensors own all right, title and interest, including without limitation all worldwide intellectual property rights in SBCA Products and Services, and all such rights to all derivative works or enhancements of, in and to, or relating to, the SBCA Products and Services. By entering into this Agreement or by using SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s), you will not acquire any intellectual property or similar rights in SBCA Products or Services other than a limited right to use the Products or Services for your personal or business benefit.

Site Restrictions

You may not use the SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s) to transmit, post, distribute, store or destroy material, including without limitation, SBCA Content, (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

You agree that you will not use SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s) in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s) or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the same. You may not obtain, use or access, or attempt to obtain, use or access, any materials or information through any means not intentionally made publicly available or provided for through SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s).

Copyright Agent

We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and require that the people who use SBCA’s website(s) and mobile application(s) do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please forward the following information to SBCA, designated as such pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2), named below:

Your address, telephone number, and email address;
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
A description of where the alleged infringing material is located;
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; and
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

SBCA
Attn: Jess Lohse
2701 E. Grauwyler Rd.
Building 1, DPT#1026
Irving, TX 75061
608-274-3328
info@sbcacomponents.com

SBCA’s Liability

SBCA’s website(s) and mobile application(s) are a venue for online association management services portal and guide. SBCA may take any action with respect to Content that it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion if it believes that such Content could create liability for SBCA, damage SBCA's brand or public image, or cause SBCA to lose (in whole or in part) the services of its ISPs or other suppliers. While SBCA reserves the right to remove Content or other material from SBCA’s website(s) or mobile application(s), SBCA does not assume any obligation to do so and disclaims any liability for failing to take any such action.

SBCA’s website(s) and mobile application(s) may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. SBCA makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any the Content. The use of all the Content is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the SBCA’s website(s) and mobile application(s) and may be made at any time. SBCA cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of SBCA’s website(s) and mobile application(s). No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from SBCA’s website(s) and mobile application(s) shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

SBCA WEBSITE(S) AND MOBILE APPLICATION(S), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS AND MATERIALS, IS PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW OR OTHERWISE, FOR INFORMATION, DATA, DATA PROCESSING SERVICES, UPTIME OR UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, USEFULNESS, OR CONTENT OF INFORMATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED. WE DO NOT WARRANT, REPRESENT OR COVENANT THAT SBCA WEBSITE(S) OR MOBILE APPLICATION(S) OR THE SERVICES, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE WEBSITE WILL MEET USERS' REQUIREMENTS. NO ADVICE, RESULTS OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH SBCA WEBSITE(S) OR MOBILE APPLICATION(S) SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN. SBCA ALSO ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN SBCA WEBSITE(S) OR APPLICATION(S) OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO, AUDIO OR SOFTWARE FROM SBCA WEBSITE(S) OR MOBILE APPLICATION(S). IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH SBCA WEBSITE(S) OR MOBILE APPLICATION(S), YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THESE SERVICES.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL SBCA, SBCA’S AFFILIATES OR ANY OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROTECTED ENTITIES") BE LIABLE, WHETHER IN AN ACTION BASED ON A CONTRACT INDEMNIFICATION, OBLIGATION, TORT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION NEGLIGENCE), COLLATERALLY OR ARISING FROM ANY STATUTORY DUTY, PRE-CONTRACT OR OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, OR OTHERWISE, HOWEVER ARISING, FOR ANY ECONOMIC LOSSES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUES, PROFITS, CONTRACTS, BUSINESS, GOODWILL OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS) OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM, OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, SBCA WEBSITE(S) OR MOBILE APPLICATION(S) OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS RELATED THERETO, YOUR PROVISION OF INFORMATION VIA SBCA WEBSITE(S) AND MOBILE APPLICATION(S), LOST BUSINESS OR LOST SALES, EVEN IF SUCH PROTECTED ENTITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Local Standards

We do not represent that materials on SBCA’s website(s) and mobile application(s) are appropriate for use in all locations. Persons who choose to access these services do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

Links to Content and Other Sites

SBCA website(s) and mobile application(s) may contain links to third-party websites, content, sponsors, and social media sites that are not affiliated with SBCA. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by SCBA of the content on such sites. SBCA is not responsible for the content, accuracy of such content, or manner in which such content is provided to these third-party sites. You specifically agree that the use of these sites in conjunction with SBCA is at your own risk.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SBCA, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from (i) any Content or other material you provide to SBCA, or (ii) your breach of these Terms. SBCA shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding.

Miscellaneous

The Terms of Use and the relationship between you and SBCA shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any cause of action that may arise under the Terms of Use shall be commenced and be heard in the appropriate court in the State of Texas, Harris County. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Harris County in the State of Texas. The SBCA’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use by SBCA must be made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of SBCA specifically referencing these Terms of Use and the provision to be waived. Headings used in these Terms of Use are for convenience only and are not to be relied upon. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use remain in full force and effect. These Terms of Use will inure to the benefit of, and are intended to be enforceable by, SBCA’s successors, assigns and licensees.

Legal Disputes

If any dispute arises between you, SBCA, or a third party as it relates to SBCA’s SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s), such dispute shall be submitted and settled in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, in Harris County Texas and the decision of a single English-speaking arbitrator shall be final and binding.

These Terms constitute a binding agreement between you and SBCA, and is accepted by you upon your use of SBCA website(s) or mobile application(s).