General principles
Blackstone Gates is committed to your privacy and and will not share your personal information as outlined in this section. We respect your privacy and recognize the need to protect any personally identifiable information (e.g., name, address, etc.) that you share with us.  You have our assurance that Blackstone Gates follows appropriate governance and standards in protecting your privacy on its website.

For the most part, you can visit any page on Blackstone Gates' website without revealing your identity or any other personal information.  Blackstone Gates may track the IP addresses of its visitors' and analyzes this data for trends and statistics.  However, the individual user remains anonymous.

Cookies
Cookies are identifiers that a website sends to your browser and stores on your computer to streamline your next visit to a website. Blackstone Gates does not use cookies to track viewers of our pages.

Collecting information and opting out
The above conditions apply in most circumstances.  However, there may be times when we do wish to collect personal information from you.  On these occasions, we will inform you before gathering this information, as well as explaining how we intend to use this information.

Please note that in these circumstances (and during future visits), you will have the option to refuse to provide any information.  This may make you ineligible for certain options, offers, and services on the Blackstone Gates website. Nevertheless, the site will still be yours to visit.

Preserving confidentiality
Whenever information is collected by Blackstone Gates, strict governance rules apply.   Blackstone Gates will not sell, trade, or disclose to third parties any information derived from the registration for, or use of, any online service (including names and addresses) without the written consent of the user or customer (except as required by legal process or in the case of imminent physical harm to the user or others).