Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Blair and Associates, LTD collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Blair and Associates, LTD ’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Blair and Associates, LTD ’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Blair and Associates, LTD may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Blair and Associates, LTD also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on Blair and Associates, LTD blogs. Blair and Associates, LTD only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.


Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Blair and Associates, LTD ’s websites choose to interact with Blair and Associates, LTD in ways that require Blair and Associates, LTD to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Blair and Associates, LTD gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a blog at vcientertainment.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Blair and Associates, LTD – by purchasing a lighting fixture, for example – are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Blair and Associates, LTD collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Blair and Associates, LTD . Blair and Associates, LTD does not store or disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.


Aggregated Statistics

Blair and Associates, LTD may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Blair and Associates, LTD may monitor the blogs on the vcientertainment.com site to help identify spam. Blair and Associates, LTD may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Blair and Associates, LTD does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.


Information We Collect from Other Sources

With your authorization, we may also obtain information about you from other sources. For example, if you create or log into your vcientertainment.com account through a social media service (like Facebook), we will receive information from that service (such as your username, basic profile information, and friends list) via the authorization procedures used by that service. The information we receive depends on which services you authorize and any options that are available.


Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Blair and Associates, LTD discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Blair and Associates, LTD ’s behalf or to provide services available at Blair and Associates, LTD ’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Blair and Associates, LTD will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Blair and Associates, LTD discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Blair and Associates, LTD believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Blair and Associates, LTD , third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of the Blair and Associates, LTD website and have supplied your email address, Blair and Associates, LTD may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Blair and Associates, LTD and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Blair and Associates, LTD takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.


Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Blair and Associates, LTD uses cookies to help Blair and Associates, LTD identify and track visitors, their usage of Blair and Associates, LTD website, and their website access preferences. Blair and Associates, LTD visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Blair and Associates, LTD ’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Blair and Associates, LTD ’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.


Business Transfers

If Blair and Associates, LTD , or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Blair and Associates, LTD goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Blair and Associates, LTD may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.


Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Blair and Associates, LTD and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Blair and Associates, LTD may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Blair and Associates, LTD ’s sole discretion. Blair and Associates, LTD encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.