This page was last updated on July 11, 2023. Please note that this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) may change from time to time. Such changes are effective upon posting and will be communicated on our website under this Privacy Policy section.
This website https://btacinc.com/ (the “Website”) is operated by Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC), located at 128 Slaton Road, Lubbock, Texas 79404. Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) is committed to respecting its clients and partners privacy and protecting your personal information (“Personal Information”) it collects or maintains. This Privacy Policy should be read carefully and together with our Cookies Policy and Data Request.
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) is certified with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbor Program and adheres to U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework principles for the protection of PII transferred from the EU to Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s data processing locations.
Scope
This privacy policy sets forth the principles that Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) adheres to with regard to the collection, protection and online and offline transfer of Personal Information processed by Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC).
Personal Information means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household, such as your name, address or email address. Personal Information does not include information that has been reported in the aggregate, or publicly available that has not been combined with non-public Personal Information.
Personal Information Collected
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) may collect Personal Information and demographic information from you directly, such as online through your use of our Website (please see the Cookies section below), that you chose to provide us via our Website. Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) also receives, stores and processes Personal Information provided by you both online and offline.
Personal Information Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) collects may be:
Use of Personal Information
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) may use Personal Information collected via the Website for the following purposes:
- To ensure that the Website is presented to you in an effective manner;
- To provide you with information that you have requested from Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC);
- Where you have registered with Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC), to send you electronic and/or paper form marketing and other materials relating to Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s services, unless you would prefer Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) not to do so;
- To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with the Website and to improve the Website and products and services Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) offer; and
- To service your order, where appropriate for, which it was provided or as otherwise required to provide Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s services.
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) uses third party analytics services to help analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and provide statistical information about users of the Website.
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s Disclosure/Transfer of Personal Information with Third Parties
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) does not share, rent, sell or exchange Personal Information submitted via the Website with third parties, except in the following instances:
- You have consented or directedBruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) to share your Personal Information with third parties;
- Sharing Personal Information is ordered by a court, required by law, or is otherwise permitted by applicable law;
- Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) reasonably believes that your actions are inconsistent with Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s agreements or policies or that you have violated the law;
- Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) has a good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such Personal Information is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC), its Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s, partners, Website users or the public;
- Sharing with Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s professional advisors is necessary to obtain advice or otherwise protect and manage Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s business interests; and
- Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC), or substantially all our Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s assets are merged into or acquired by a third party, in which case your personal information may be transferred as part of the merger or acquisition.
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) will only transfer Personal Information to a third party where the third party has provided assurance that it will provide at least the same level of security and protection as prescribed by this privacy policy. When legally required, Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) will provide both notice of Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s intent to process your Personal Information and your choice to opt-out of future processing of such information. Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) also processes Personal Information on behalf of and as instructed by you. Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) does not own, control or have the right to disclose or modify such information. Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) does not disclose Personal Information provided to Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) by you or other clients and partners, except at your or their direction.
Personal Information submitted to Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) is only available to Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) employees or agents Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) has determined reasonably needs access to such Personal Information in order to provide services to you or carry out the purpose(s) for which it was collected.
Cookies
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) may use cookies to track your web use and enable access to various features on the Website and Personal Information may be stored in these cookies. A cookie is a small piece of text sent to your browser by a website you visit. It helps the website to remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings, that can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Most computer users have the option of setting their computer preferences to not accept any cookies. If users select this option, however, they may not be able to access features of the website. Any Personal Information contained within a cookie will be treated with the same level of protection as other Personal Information collected and maintained by Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC).
How does Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) use cookies?
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s use of cookies is explained in detail in Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s Cookie Policy. This Website may use the following types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies – these cookies are necessary for the Website or a particular service or feature you request to function
- Marketing Cookies — these cookies may be set on the Website by advertising partners to understand your interests and help show you relevant advertisements or other content
- Performance Cookies — these cookies help Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) to understand how you interact with Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s site
Information Integrity and Security
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) has implemented physical, procedural, and technical safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to or disclosure of Personal Information, to protect data accuracy, and to ensure appropriate use of such information, whether in electronic or hard copy form.
Information Storage
By providing information via the Website or any Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) service, you consent to the storage and processing of your information, including, but not limited to, Personal Information.
California Privacy Notice Supplement
The CCPA (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.100 et seq.) affords consumers residing in California certain rights with respect to their Personal Information. This Privacy Notice for California Residents supplements the information contained in Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s Privacy Notice and applies solely to individuals who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or “you”).
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) does not sell your personal information.
Personal information Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) collects
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) collects various types of personal information, as explained in the “Personal Information Collected” section above. In particular, during the last 12 months, Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) have collected the following categories of personal information: identifiers (e.g., name and email), professional and employment-related information and education information (e.g., job title or curriculum vitae), commercial information (e.g., products purchased and billing and delivery information where we offer goods for sale), internet or other electronic network activity information (e.g., IP address or browser properties), and inferences Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) derive from other information we collect. Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) collects this information for the business and commercial purposes described in the above section titled “Use of Personal Information.”
Personal information we share
In the preceding 12 months, Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) has disclosed the following categories of personal information for business purposes to the following categories of recipients:
| Category of Personal Information | Categories of Recipients |
| Identifiers | Internet service providers, data analytics providers, and operating systems and platforms |
| Professional and employment-related information | Vendors or service providers we use to help us manage recruitment and employment |
| Commercial information | Vendors and service providers we use to help us bill, ship, and perform other commercial functions |
| Internet and other electronic network activity information | Internet service providers, data analytics providers, and operating systems and platforms |
Your rights
Subject to certain limitations, you, or your appropriately-verified authorized agent, have the right to request the following information from us:
- The categories of personal information we collect about you.
- The categories of sources from which your personal information is collected.
- The business purpose for collecting your personal information.
- The categories of third parties with whom we share your personal information.
- The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
Additionally, subject to certain limitations, you have the right to request deletion of your personal information. Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) will not charge for this service.
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) will not discriminate against you if you choose to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA.
If you wish to exercise your rights under the CCPA, you may contact us via the information listed on the “Contact” page.
Contact Information
If you have any comments, questions, or concerns about our privacy practices or wish to exercise your rights under the CCPA please contact us at info@btacinc.com. Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) may ask you a series of questions to help confirm your identity, such as information related to your recent interactions with Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC), before disclosing any specific information. To the extent that access rights pertain to data that Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) does not own or have the right to disclose or modify, Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) will make a reasonable effort to identify and notify the relevant data owner of your request. If Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) receives your request from an authorized agent, Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) will not disclose any information to such authorized agent until Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) has confirmed said agent’s authority with you. As such, Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) may ask for evidence that you have provided such an agent with a power of attorney or that the agent otherwise has valid written authority to submit requests to exercise rights on your behalf. If you are an authorized agent seeking to make a request, please email Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) at info@btacinc.com.
Children
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) ’s Website is not intended for and should not be used by children under 13 years old. Please inform us if you are aware of any Personal Information associated with a child entered via Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) ’s Website so we may delete it.
Links to Other Websites
Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC)’s Website may present links for access to other websites. Please be aware Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those websites. Bruce Thornton Air Conditioning (BTAC) encourages you to carefully review the privacy policy of each website you visit.