Privacy Policy

This  policy describes the types of  information we may collect from you or  that you may provide when you  visit the Big Sky DOT website (our “Website”)  and our practices for  collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and  disclosing that  information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

·         On this Website.

·         In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.

·          In email, postal and package services, fax, telephone, and various  written correspondence directed to us. It does not apply to information  collected by:  Us through any other  means, including on any other  website operated by any third party  (including our affiliates and  subsidiaries).

·         Any third  party  (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through  any  application or content (including advertising) that may link to or  be  accessible from or through the Website.

Please  read this policy  carefully to understand our policies and practices  regarding your  information and how we will treat it. If you do not  agree with our  policies and practices, your choice is not to use our  Website. By  accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy  policy. This  policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our  Privacy Policy).  Your continued use of this Website after we make  changes is deemed to  be acceptance of those changes, so please check  the policy periodically  for updates.

  Our   Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one   under age 16 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do  not  knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If  you  are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this  Website, do  not make any payments through the Website, do not use any  of the  interactive features of this Website, and do not provide any  information  about yourself to us, including your name, address,  telephone number,  email address, or any screen name or user name you  may use. If we learn  we have collected or received personal information  from a child under 16  without verification of parental consent, we  will delete that  information. If you believe we might have any  information from or about a  child under 16, please contact us at marilyn@bigskydot.com.

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

·          By which you may be  personally identified, such as name, postal  address, email address,  telephone number, social security number, or  any other identifier by  which you may be contacted online or offline  (“personal information”).  That is about you but individually does not  identify you.

·         About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

·         Directly from you when you provide it to us.

·          Automatically as you  navigate through the Website. Information  collected automatically may  include usage details, IP addresses, and  information collected through  cookies, web beacons, and other tracking  technologies.

·         From third parties, for example, our business partners.

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

·         Information that you  provide by filling in forms on our Website. This  includes information  provided at the time of submitting a message, and  at the time of making a  payment. We may also ask you for information  when you report a problem  with our Website.

·         Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.

·         Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.

·         Your search queries on the Website.

You  also may provide information  to be published or displayed  (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of  the Website, or transmitted  to other users of the Website or third  parties (collectively, “User  Contributions”). Your User Contributions  are posted on and transmitted  to others at your own risk. Additionally,  we cannot control the actions  of other users of the Website with whom  you may choose to share your  User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot  and do not guarantee that your  User Contributions will not be viewed by  unauthorized persons.

As  you navigate through and  interact with our Website, we may use  automatic data collection  technologies to collect certain information  about your equipment,  browsing actions, and patterns, including:

·          Details of your visits  to our Website, including traffic data,  location data, logs, and other  communication data and the resources  that you access and use on the  Website.

·          Information about your  computer and internet connection, including  your IP address, operating  system, and browser type.

The  information we collect  automatically may include personal information,  or we may maintain it or  associate it with personal information we  collect in other ways or  receive from third parties. It helps us to  improve our Website and to  deliver a better and more personalized  service, including by enabling us  to:

·         Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.

·          Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our  Website according to your individual interests.  Speed up your searches.   Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

·         Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You   may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate   setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be   unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have  adjusted  your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our  system will  issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.

·         Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files   known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and   single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users   who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related   website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain   website content and verifying system and server integrity).

·         Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash   cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and   navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed   by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For   information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash   cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

We  do not collect personal  information automatically, but we may tie this  information to personal  information about you that we collect from  other sources or you provide  to us.

Some   content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are   served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and  servers,  content providers, and application providers. These third  parties may  use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or  other tracking  technologies to collect information about you when you  use our website.  The information they collect may be associated with  your personal  information or they may collect information, including  personal  information, about your online activities over time and across  different  websites and other online services. They may use this  information to  provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising  or other  targeted content.

We do  not control these third  parties’ tracking technologies or how they may  be used. If you have any  questions about an advertisement or other  targeted content, you should  contact the responsible provider directly.  For information about how you  can opt out of receiving targeted  advertising from many providers, see  Choices About How We Use and  Disclose Your Information.
 

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

·         To present our Website and its contents to you.

·         To provide you with information or services that you request from us.

·         To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.

·         To provide you with notices about your account.

·          To carry out our  obligations and enforce our rights arising from any  contracts entered  into between you and us, including for billing and  collection.

·         To notify you about changes to our Website or any services we offer or provide though it.

·         To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.

·         In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

·         For any other purpose with your consent.

For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

We  may disclose aggregated  information about our users, and information  that does not identify any  individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

·         To our subsidiaries and affiliates.

·         To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.

·          To a buyer or other  successor in the event of a merger, divestiture,  restructuring,  reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer  of some or all of  Big Sky's assets, whether as a going concern or as  part of  bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which  personal  information held by Big Sky about our Website users is among  the  assets transferred.

·         To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.

·         For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

·         With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

·         To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

·         To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

·          If we believe disclosure  is necessary or appropriate to protect the  rights, property, or safety  of Big Sky, our customers, or others.

We  strive to provide you with  choices regarding the personal information  you provide to us. You can  set your browser to refuse all or some  browser cookies, or to alert you  when cookies are being sent. To learn  how you can manage your Flash  cookie settings, visit the Flash player  settings page on Adobe’s  website. If you disable or refuse cookies,  please note that some parts  of this site may then be inaccessible or not  function properly.

We  do not control third parties’  collection or use of your information to  serve interest-based  advertising. However these third parties may  provide you with ways to  choose not to have your information collected  or used in this way. You  can opt out of receiving targeted ads from  members of the Network  Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI website.

Residents  of certain states, such  as California, Nevada, Colorado, Connecticut,  Virginia, and Utah may  have additional personal information rights and  choices. Please see Your  State Privacy Rights for more information.

State  consumer privacy laws may  provide their residents with additional  rights regarding our use of  their personal information. Please note that, as it relates to us,  residents of California, Colorado,  Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah do  not have any additional personal  information rights and choices,  pursuant to the statutes of each such  state.

Nevada  provides its residents with  a limited right to opt-out of certain  personal information sales.  Residents who wish to exercise this sale  opt-out rights may submit a  request to this designated address: marilyn@bigskydot.com. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.

We  cannot respond to your request  or provide you with personal  information if we cannot verify your  identity or authority to make the  request/appeal and confirm the  personal information relates to you.  Making a verifiable consumer  request does not require you to create an  account with us. We will only  use personal information provided in a  verifiable consumer request to  verify the requestor identity or  authority to make the request.

We  have implemented commercially  reasonable measures designed to secure  your personal information from  accidental loss and from unauthorized  access, use, alteration, and  disclosure.

The safety and security  of your  information also depends on you. We urge you to be careful  about giving  out information in public areas of the Website like  message boards. The  information you share in public areas may be viewed  by any user of the  Website.

Unfortunately,  the transmission of  information via the internet is not completely  secure. Although we do  our best to protect your personal information,  we cannot guarantee the  security of your personal information  transmitted to our Website. Any  transmission of personal information is  at your own risk. We are not  responsible for circumvention of any  privacy settings or security  measures contained on the Website.

It  is our policy to post any  changes we make to our privacy policy on this  page with a notice that  the privacy policy has been updated on the  Website home page. If we  make material changes to how we treat our  users’ personal information,  we will notify you through a notice on the  Website home page. The date  the privacy policy was last revised is  identified at the bottom of the  page. You are responsible for ensuring  we have an up-to-date active and  deliverable email address for you, and  for periodically visiting our  Website and this privacy policy to check  for any changes.

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, you may contact us via email at marilyn@bigskydot.com

Updated: May 23, 2025

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Big Sky DOT Compliance Inc 

PO Box 1165 

Lewistown, Montana 59457 

Email Address: 

marilyn@bigskydot.com 

Phone Number: 

406-564-1970

Effective as of May 23, 2025