Privacy Policy

Introduction

BMA Advertising (“BMA,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a full-service brand and advertising agency based in Columbus, Ohio. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information of everyone who visits our website, contacts us, or partners with us.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect, how we use and protect it, and the choices available to you. By using our website or communicating with us, you agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the site.

Information We Collect

We collect only the information we need to respond to you and to operate our business responsibly. This may include:

• Information you provide directly — such as your name, company, email address, and the contents of any message you send us when you email us or fill out a contact inquiry.
• Business and project information — details you share with us in the course of evaluating or carrying out a working engagement.
• Technical and usage information — such as your browser type, device, operating system, referring pages, and how you navigate our site, collected automatically through standard web technologies.
• Approximate location data — derived from your IP address, used only in a general, non-identifying way to understand our audience.

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information, and we do not collect information from children under the age of 13.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for legitimate business purposes, including to:

• Respond to your inquiries and communicate with you about your request or engagement.
• Provide, maintain, and improve our services and our website.
• Understand how visitors use our site so we can make it more useful.
• Send you information you have requested or that is relevant to an active working relationship.
• Protect the security and integrity of our website and business, and comply with our legal obligations.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes. Ever.

Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies — small files stored on your device — to help the site function properly, remember your preferences, and understand how the site is used in aggregate.

We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which remain until they expire or you delete them. You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.

We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles of individual visitors across unrelated websites.

Third-Party Services

We rely on a small number of trusted third-party providers to operate our website and business — for example, web hosting, email delivery, and privacy-respecting analytics. These providers may process certain information on our behalf and are permitted to use it only as necessary to deliver their services to us.

Our website may also contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies before sharing any information with them.

Data Retention

We keep personal information only for as long as it is needed for the purposes described in this policy — to respond to your inquiry, to fulfill an engagement, or to meet our legal, accounting, and recordkeeping obligations.

When information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to securely delete it or render it anonymous. We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your information against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.

Your Rights & Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to:

• Request access to the personal information we hold about you.
• Request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request that we delete your personal information, subject to legal limitations.
• Object to or restrict certain processing of your information.
• Opt out of non-essential communications from us at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. When we do, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically so you stay informed about how we protect your information.