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Your Privacy and
Credit Card Security
E-Mail
Privacy
We never, ever sell, trade or otherwise provide your e-mail
address to anyone at any time for any reason. Period. Your e-mail
address is protected from 3rd parties and is used only to communicate with
you.
Credit Card Transactions
Protecting your privacy is very important to us. We use LinkPoint for
all credit card transactions and adhere to the following privacy
statement:
Our Online Privacy Statement is designed to
inform you about our online collection and use of personal information.
From time to time, LinkPoint International, Inc. (referred to in this
policy as "LinkPoint") may modify this Online Privacy Statement. This
online Privacy Statement reflects the LinkPoint policies covering personal
information collected by us, either through this web site, or
otherwise, on or after the effective date shown above.
The Only Personal Information We Collect Online is that Information You
Voluntarily Provide to Us.
The only information we collect about you online is information that you
voluntarily provide to us either because you have requested us to process
financial transactions for you or because you are seeking information or
support from us. We primarily receive personal information as a result of
consumers' financial transactions with LinkPoint or with LinkPoint
business customers. Generally, LinkPoint does not obtain personal
information directly from consumers and we encourage our business
customers, who do obtain personal data from consumers, to provide a timely
and complete privacy notice. However, when LinkPoint collects information
directly from consumers, we will obtain only the information that is
needed to provide our goods or services, to provide customer service and
to fulfill any legal or regulatory requirements. When we obtain
information about consumers from third parties, we use reputable sources,
including public repositories. The information we collect may include, but
is not limited to, your name, account numbers, billing and shipping
address, or e-mail address, and other bankcard information. If you supply
us with personal information on this web site, you will only be contacted
so that we can provide you with the service or information you have
requested or to occasionally send you other information about LinkPoint
and products or services that we believe you would find interesting.
When You Browse the
LinkPoint Web Site, You Do So Without Revealing Your Identity.
Some LinkPoint services use cookies - which are identification
files that track your web browsing activity - only to track your user
session so that you can leave the Web site and return without having to
log in again. This information is erased at the end of your session.
Personal information, such as your e-mail address, is not collected,
unless you provide it to us. LinkPoint does not disclose domain name or
aggregate information to third parties other than vendors who assist us
with our web site and who are under strict confidentiality requirements.
We Are Committed to Protecting the Confidentiality of Your Information.
LinkPoint policies limit access to personal user information that is
collected from this web site to only those employees of LinkPoint and its
affiliates or contractors who need the information to complete the
transaction or otherwise provide the service to you or fulfill their
business responsibilities, such as credit reporting, verification, and
risk management.
We will disclose information in response to a lawful request issued by a
court, government agency or regulatory authority with the jurisdiction to
make that request. Otherwise, we will only disclose information to those
who need to know, as described above, and all communications of your
personal data will either be encrypted at the highest available levels of
security or transmitted over a dedicated, secured lease line. Vendors and
other outside contractors we engage are subject to our contractual
requirements to ensure that sensitive personal information is safeguarded.
Employees must adhere to the LinkPoint Online Privacy Statement in
addition to the First Data Corporation's Privacy Principles described
below. Employees violating the LinkPoint Online Privacy Statement or the
Privacy Principles are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including
dismissal.
We Strive to Give Consumers Choices About How Their Data Will be Used.
If we obtain personal information as part of a direct relationship
with consumers, we will use this information only to provide products and
services; to facilitate and complete consumer-initiated or authorized
transactions and service requests; to comply with federal, state and local
laws, including credit reporting laws and card association rules; to
combat fraud or identity theft; or to offer products and services that
LinkPoint believes may be of interest to its customers. In the event that
LinkPoint expands the scope of its marketing efforts such that it would
like to disclose personal information to third parties for expanded
marketing purposes, we will first give customers an opportunity to opt-out
of these types of disclosures.
We Use Appropriate Security Safeguards.
At LinkPoint, security is a priority. LinkPoint employs appropriate
measures, including advanced technology, to protect personal information
collected online against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or
destruction. These may include, among others, encryption, physical access
security, dedicated lines, computer firewalls and other appropriate
technologies. LinkPoint reviews and enhances its security systems as
necessary.
The LinkPoint Web sites May Be Linked to Other Web sites.
LinkPoint may create links to third-party web sites. LinkPoint is not
responsible for the content or privacy practices employed by web sites
that are linked to our web site.
The LinkPoint Web sites are Not Directed at Children Under
the Age of 18.
Our web site is not directed at children under the age of 18. Children
under the age of 18 are not allowed to use LinkPoint services.
We Hold Ourselves Accountable Under Our Privacy Principles.
LinkPoint is committed to meeting the highest standards for our privacy
program. Our parent company, First Data Corporation, also takes privacy
very seriously. A senior First Data Corporation official serves as the
company-wide privacy officer with responsibility for administering the
First Data Corporation privacy program, including communicating and
enforcing its Privacy Principles with its, and its subsidiaries'
(including LinkPoint), employees and contractors. For more information,
please read First Data Corporation's Privacy Principles.
If you
have any questions or comments about the LinkPoint Online Privacy
Statement or for some reason believe we have not adhered to our statement,
please contact us at LinkPoint Customer Service at
privacyofficer@linkpoint.com
or write to: LinkPoint International, P.O. Box 2048, Simi Valley, CA
93062.
Gene
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A survivor unlocks the
mystery of privacy credit card security.