Privacy Policy

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and complying with your choices. Both personal and non-personal information collected is safeguarded according to the highest privacy and data protection standards adopted worldwide. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) has put in place a robust and effective data protection program which complies with existing law.

This privacy policy addresses the following questions:

  • How BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) collects personal information about you.
  • The types of personal information BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) collects about you.
  • How BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) uses your personal information.
  • How BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) secures your personal information.
  • How you can manage your personal information collected by BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA).

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ COMMITMENT

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) adheres to worldwide standards and practices for customer privacy and data protection. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) employs the following principles:

  1. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) will only collect your personal information with your consent.
  2. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) will not sell or give away your name, email address, phone number, or any other personal information about you to anyone outside of BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) or its subsidiary companies, unless required to by law.
  3. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) employs strong security measures to protect your information from unauthorized use.
  4. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) gives you the possibility to control the information that you shared with us (opt-out).

1. NOTICE & CONSENT

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) will clearly inform you when information that personally identifies you (“personal information”) is asked for and you will have the choice to provide it or not. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) may ask you for information that personally identifies you, or allows us to contact you, for a variety of purposes pertaining to providing services to you. Generally, personal information about you is requested when you interact with BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ website in the following manners:

  • When you complete an inquiry form.
  • When you sign up to receive email subscriptions or notifications from BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA).
  • When you request to download information such as brochures, whitepapers and other information BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) may publish from time to time.

If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use bcbfa.ca, but you will not be able to access or request information or services which require your personal information.

When you provide your personal information, you consent that it can be used for purposes listed in the “Usage” section of this policy, and that BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) is an authorized holder of such information.

If you decide to provide your personal information to BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA), you will be able to select the kinds of services you wish to receive from us by subscribing to specific services, for example electronic newsletters, product or service updates, information on upcoming events, and other services which BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) may offer from time to time. You can discontinue receiving information from BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) at any time by clicking on “unsubscribe” located at the bottom of all electronic correspondence from BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA).

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) does not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 13 years of age. If BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) learns that personal data from a child under 13 years of age has been collected, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 13 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact us.

2. THE TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) COLLECTS ABOUT YOU

The personal information BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) may request from you when using bcbfa.ca is very limited, and may include:

  • First and Last Name.
  • Email Address.
  • Telephone number.
  • Location.

3. USAGE

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) may use your personal Information for four primary purposes:

  1. To improve and optimize the performance of the BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) website.
  2. To enable you to download specific content from BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) or its subsidiaries.
  3. To provide you with notification services you have chosen to subscribe to.
  4. To facilitate contact with key members of BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ management team or its subsidiaries.

4. ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION

You are entitled to review the personal information you have provided us and ensure that it is accurate and current at all times. To review or update this information, email contact email for inquires and request that BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) send you this information.

5. SECURITY OF INFORMATION

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) is strongly committed to protecting your information and ensuring that your choices are honoured. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) has taken strong security measures to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. All sensitive data is stored behind firewalls on secure servers with restricted employee access.

6. RETENTION OF INFORMATION

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) retains information as long as it is necessary to provide the services requested by you, subject to any legal obligations to further retain such information. Information associated with your account will generally be kept until it is no longer necessary to provide the services or until you ask us to delete it or your account is deleted whichever comes first. Additionally, BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) may retain information from deleted accounts to comply with the law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce the Terms of Use, and take other actions permitted by law. The information BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) retains will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

7. WHAT BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) DOES WITH THE INFORMATION YOU SHARE

Your information is never shared outside of BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) without your permission. Inside the company, data is stored behind firewalls on secure servers with restricted user access.

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) and its subsidiaries, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA), its websites, or the public.

8. HOW TO OPT-OUT

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) provides users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving from us updates on our products, newsletters and other communications. You can opt-out by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided in emails or by contacting us at the address at the bottom of this page.

9. DOES BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ PRIVACY POLICY APPLY TO LINKED WEBSITES?

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ Privacy Policy applies to information collected on the website bcbfa.ca or via Facebook contact form. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’  website may contain links to web sites of third parties. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) is not responsible for the actions of these third parties, including their privacy practices and any content posted on their web sites. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) encourages you to review their privacy policies to learn more about what, why and how they collect and use personal information. BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) adheres to industry recognized standards to secure any personal information in  BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ possession, and to secure it from unauthorized access and tampering.

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) uses third-party website analytic services to understand how BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ website is used in order to better optimize the user experience. These third-party website analytics companies employ cookies to measure and track usage behavior on BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ website.  To do so, these companies may use anonymous information about your visits to BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ website and other websites but will not collect any information which can personally identify you or can be linked to you.

10. USE OF COOKIES

Cookies are small pieces of data which are created by website servers and are either temporarily or permanently stored on your computer.  These cookies allow the issuer to identify your computer and browsing activities when you are visiting a website.

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) does not create or issue cookies on bcbfa.ca, however you may be subject to cookies issued by the following third parties when visiting BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ website, in particular:

FACEBOOK

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) uses a Facebook pixel to serve with your advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests. The information may also be used for frequency capping purposes (i.e., to ensure we do not display the same advertisement to you repeatedly) and to help us regulate the advertisements you receive and measure their effectiveness.

GOOGLE

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) uses Google’s website analytics service to understand how visitors engage with BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ website soBC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) can optimize it for better user experiences. There is no personal information associated with the site visitor cookie.

11. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy as it deems fit for its’ business and website operations. If BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) makes changes to our Privacy Policy, BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) will post these changes here so that you are always aware of what information BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) collects, how BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) uses it and under what circumstances, if any, BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) discloses it. If at any point BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) decides to use your information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) will notify you by email.

12. ENFORCEMENT OF POLICY

If for some reason you believe BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) has not adhered to these principles, please notify us and BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) will do its best to promptly make corrections.

13. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS

If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) at bearvlly@telus.net.

For more information about how to contact BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA) please visit the contact page of BC Breeder and Feeder Association (BCBFA)s’ website.

Effective date: August, 31, 2026.