Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy shall specify our practices concerning the gathering and utilising your data when utilizing the Service. It also explains the rights in terms of privacy and legal protections offered to you. We use your Usage Information to enhance and deliver the Service. You accept the gathering and use of your personal and financial data using the Service described in this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Words that start with capitalized letters are defined under specific conditions below. These definitions remain consistent, regardless of whether the terms are presented in singular or plural form.

Definitions

Certain terms set out in this Privacy Policy have certain meanings:

  1. Account sets up for you to use our service or certain parts.
  2. Company refers to buffalorun.org and is also mentioned as “We,” “Us,” or “Our” in this document.
  3. Cookies are small files on a mobile, desktop or any other device that store certain information about access made from a website.
  4. Country refers to Australia for the purposes of this policy.
  5. Device concerns any device that allows the service to be operated.
  6. Service refers to the Website.
  7. Service Provider denotes any person or organization, including public authorities, agencies, or other entities, that process data under the direction of the Company. This encompasses external companies or individuals engaged to support the Company by offering services and executing activities that benefit the Company.
  8. Usage Data is the information that is automatically gathered and produced either through the use of the Service or from the infrastructure of the Service itself (such as the length of time spent on a webpage).
  9. Site is the means by which you access buffalorun.org at https://buffalorun.org/
  10. You refers to someone who accesses or uses the Service for a company or other legal entity.

Collecting and Using Your Data

Types of Data Collected

Usage Data

Usage Data is automatically collected when you utilize the Service. Information that can be gathered from the data may include a device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, type of browser, the version of such browser, the pages of the Service that were visited, date and time of a visit, time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic information.

We automatically gather extra details when you use our Service on a mobile device. This includes information such as the make and model of your mobile device, its unique device ID, the IP address of your device, the operating system your mobile uses, and the type of internet browser on your mobile, along with other unique identifiers and diagnostic information. This information is collected when you visit our Service using a browser or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We employ cookies and comparable tracking methods to monitor activities on the Service and retain specific information. We use various types of monitoring technology in scripts, tags, and beacons to collect and track data, preserve it, or improve and evaluate our Service. The technologies we use:

  1. Web browser cookies. It is a small file on a user’s computer. You have the ability to set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, you cannot use some portions of our Service if you do not accept cookies. Our Service may use cookies unless a browser is configured to set it to refuse them.
  2. Web beacons. Certain areas of our Service and some emails might include tiny electronic files known as web beacons (called single-pixel gifs, pixel tags, or clear gifs). These files enable the Company to, for instance, tally the number of users who have visited specific pages or opened an email, along with gathering other related website data (like measuring the popularity of a specific section and verifying the integrity of systems and servers).

For more information regarding the cookies we use and on your options concerning cookies, see the section “Cookies” within our Privacy Policy.

Retention of Your Usage Data

The Company holds Usage Data for the purposes of internal analysis. The data is normally held for a period, unless the law provides a longer period for security or service enhancement and other similar functions.

Links to Other Websites

Services may contain hyperlinks to other websites’ content or resources. Users will be taken to a third-party site by a hyperlink provided. We recommend carefully reviewing the privacy policies of any websites you visit. We take no responsibility or control over any third-party websites or services’ content, privacy policies, or practices.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do, we will post the changes to the Privacy Policy page on our website. We will also, where appropriate, notify you by email and/or through a notice on the homepage or an important page of our Service of any change to this Privacy Policy, indicated at the top under the “Last Updated” date. You should keep checking this Privacy Policy for updates. Changes become effective the moment they are posted on this page.

Cookies Policy

Please take some time to read the policy to understand the kind of cookies we use, the information we collect using cookies, and how that information is used. Cookies, in general, do not contain personal identification data, but the personal information we gather about you may be linked to the data stored in cookies. More insights on how we manage your data and store them, including the protection of your data overall, can be viewed here. Please note that sensitive personal information like a mailing address or account password is not stored in our cookies.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Definitions of any capitalized words laid out in this Cookies Policy are conditions of those words. Such definitions apply to the words, whether they are singular or plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of the Cookies Policy, the following terms have the following meanings:

  1. Company (also referred to as “We,” “Us,” or “Our”) refers to buffalorun.org.
  2. Cookies means small text files placed on your computer, mobile device, or any other device to record details of your browsing activity on that website, among other functionalities.
  3. Website refers to the buffalorun.org, which is located at https://buffalorun.org/.
  4. You means the visitor or the user of the Website or a company or any legal entity on behalf of which such a person is accessing or using the Website.

The Use of the Cookies

Type of Cookies We Use

They are of two kinds: “Persistent” and “Session” cookies. The first kind stays on the PC or mobile device after you go offline, but the latter is deleted when the web browser is closed.

We utilize both session and persistent cookies for the following reasons:

  • Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Managed by: Us

Purpose: These cookies will keep in mind your preferences while browsing the Website, e.g. your login details, or your preferred language. The aim of these cookies is to give you a more personalized experience and save you the necessity to type in your preferences every time you visit the Website.

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Managed by: Us

Purpose: To allow you to navigate the Website and use its features, including accessing secure areas. These cookies are necessary for delivering the services you have requested. We solely use these cookies to offer the services you’ve asked for.

Your Choices Regarding Cookies

To avoid using cookies, start configuring your web browser to block cookies, then remove any cookies associated with this website already stored in your browser. You have the option to turn off cookie usage at any point. However, unwillingness to accept cookies from our website could thus imply some hardships in using the website and even functionalities not working according to the intended expectations. If you need to delete cookies or have your browser delete or deny them, you should refer to the help of the respective browser.

  1. Chrome users are invited to check the instructions on this Google support page:

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050.

  1. For Internet Explorer users, the Microsoft support page is located at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835.

  1. Mozilla support pages for Firefox users can be found at

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored.

  1. Apple guidance everyone can read at

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac.

For any other browsers, it’s best to check the official support documentation of the browser for instructions.