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Privacy Policy.

Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc. is committed to protecting our clients personal information. This Statement of our Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our website, products, or services. By using any of our Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc websites, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

 

Information Collection:
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you use our website, products, or services. This information may include your name, email address, phone number, and other contact information. We may collect additional information either personal or non-personal, and/or specific project information that is provided to us by you in the future.

Information Use:

The information we collect is used for several purposes, including providing you with the products and services you have requested, communicating with you about your account and the services you have retained Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc. to accomplish.  We may also use your information for marketing purposes, including sending you newsletters, updates about our products and services, customer appreciation and holiday cards. To facilitate this, we may use an email software service such as a Constant Contact. This software helps us to manage our customer relationships and to provide you with more personalized marketing experiences. If you do not wish to receive communications from us about updates and services, you can opt-out of receiving these communications by following the instructions contained in the messages you receive. Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc. reserves the right to send you communications and announcements relating to the services we provide or have provided to you.

Information Protection:

We take appropriate measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction. This includes technical, physical, and administrative security measures. We will not retain your personal data for longer than is necessary for our business purposes or for legal requirements. We are transparent about the ways in which we collect and use personal data and welcome your questions and concerns. If you have any concern or a complaint about the way we handle your personal data, please contact us immediately. 

 

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies:

Like many commercial websites, our website service analyzes how visitors use our Site through what is known as "cookie" technology. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer when you access the Site and allows us to recognize you each time you visit the Site. We may use cookies to:  1) monitor Site usage; 2) manage the Site; and 3) improve the Site and our services. If you choose, you can set your browser to reject cookies or you can manually delete individual or all of the cookies on your computer by following your browser's help file directions. Our Sites use Google Analytics to analyze your website activity. You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

 

Data Retention:

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with our products and services and to comply with legal requirements.

 

California Privacy Rights

California law permits our customers who are California residents to request certain information about our disclosure of personal data to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. This request is free and may be made once a year.

 

To make such a request, contact our Administration at 510-549-3300 x 105. Please note that Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc. does not sell your personal information or plan to sell it ever. We respect and understand that you may still want us to ensure that we do not sell it so, please either call us or email us at admin@bearinc.com.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have provided us with personal data, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Site. To request removal of such data, you can contact us at admin@bearinc.com. Upon receiving such a request, we will make sure that the data is never available on our sites, but the information may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems and databases.

 

Changes to This Policy:
We may make changes to this privacy policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will update this policy and post the revised policy on our website.

 

Contact Us:
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please contact us at:

Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., 808 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 

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