We Are Committed To Safeguarding Customer Information
In order to better serve your needs now and in the future, we may ask you to provide
us with certain information. We understand that you may be concerned about what
we will do with such information - particularly any personal or financial information.
We agree that you have a right to know how we will utilize the personal information
you provide to us. Therefore, we have adopted this Privacy Policy to govern the
use and handling of your personal information.
Applicability
This Privacy Policy governs our use of the information that you provide to us.
It does not govern the manner in which we may use information we have obtained
from any other source, such as information obtained from a public record or from
another person or entity. Bluefields Capital has also adopted broader guidelines that govern
our use of personal information regardless of its source. Bluefields Capital calls these
guidelines its Fair Information Values.
Types of Information
Depending upon which of our services you are utilizing, the types of nonpublic
personal information that we may collect include: Information we receive from
you on applications, forms and in other communications to us, whether in writing,
in person, by telephone or any other means; Information about your transactions
with us, our affiliated companies, or others; and Information we receive from
a consumer reporting agency.
Use of Information
We request information from you for our own legitimate business purposes and not
for the benefit of any nonaffiliated party. Therefore, we will not release your
information to nonaffiliated parties except: (1) as necessary for us to provide
the product or service you have requested of us; or (2) as permitted by law. We
may, however, store such information indefinitely, including the period after
which any customer relationship has ceased. Such information may be used for any
internal purpose, such as quality control efforts or customer analysis.
Former Customers
Even if you are no longer our customer, our Privacy Policy will continue to apply
to you.
Confidentiality and Security
We will use our best efforts to ensure that no unauthorized parties have access
to any of your information. We restrict access to nonpublic personal information
about you to those individuals and entities who need to know that information
to provide products or services to you. We will use our best efforts to train
and oversee our employees and agents to ensure that your information will be handled
responsibly and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and Bluefields Capital's Fair Information
Values. We currently maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards
that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.
Information Obtained Through Our Website
Bluefields Capital is sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet. We believe it is important
you know how we treat the information about you we receive on the Internet. In
general, you can visit Bluefields Capital’s Web site on the World Wide Web without
telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. Our Web servers
collect the domain names, not the e-mail addresses, of visitors. This information
is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the site,
pages viewed and similar information. Bluefields Capital uses this information to measure
the use of our site and to develop ideas to improve the content of our site.
There are times, however, when we may need information from you, such as your
name and email address. When information is needed, we will use our best efforts
to let you know at the time of collection how we will use the personal information.
Usually, the personal information we collect is used only by us to respond to
your inquiry, process an order or allow you to access specific account/profile
information. If you choose to share any personal information with us, we will
only use it in accordance with the policies outlined above.
Business Relationships
Bluefields Capital’s site may contain links to other Web sites. While we try to link
only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not
responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites.
Fair Information Values
Fairness
We consider consumer expectations about their privacy in all our businesses. We
only offer products and services that assure a favorable balance between consumer
benefits and consumer privacy.
Public Record
We believe that an open public record creates significant value for society, enhances
consumer choice and creates consumer opportunity. We actively support an open
public record and emphasize its importance and contribution to our economy.
Use
We believe we should behave responsibly when we use information about a consumer
in our business. We will obey the laws governing the collection, use and dissemination
of data.
Accuracy
We will take reasonable steps to help assure the accuracy of the data we collect,
use and disseminate. Where possible, we will take reasonable steps to correct
inaccurate information. When, as with the public record, we cannot correct inaccurate
information, we will take all reasonable steps to assist consumers in identifying
the source of the erroneous data so that the consumer can secure the required
corrections.
Education
We endeavor to educate the users of our products and services, our employees and
others in our industry about the importance of consumer privacy. We will instruct
our employees on our fair information values and on the responsible collection
and use of data. We will encourage others in our industry to collect and use information
in a responsible manner.
Security
We will maintain appropriate facilities and systems to protect against unauthorized
access to and corruption of the data we maintain. |
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