INTERNET PRIVACY STATEMENT
Updated: April 2007
Our Privacy Statement explains how we protect the privacy of your customer
information and manage it carefully to provide financial products and services
to you. Due to the unique nature of the Internet, there is some additional
information you may wish to know. This
section describes the Internet-specific privacy practices and supplements of our corporate Privacy Statement.
How we gather and manage information online
Internet cookies
How cookies are used
Cookies - we want you to know
Do you have to accept cookies?
Children's information
Email from other sources
IP addresses
Third-party content
How we gather and manage information online
When you use our online (Internet) products and services, we may collect
application and/or service offering, site navigation, customer contact,
optional survey and other information. We use this information to respond to
your requests, personalize our online services and improve our site to make it
more responsive to your needs. Refer to the topics below for more detail on the
tools we use to serve you better.
When you visit our site, you do so anonymously unless you specifically
choose to provide us with information that identifies you personally, for
example through emails, requests for site access or by accessing your online
account information. If you do provide us with information that identifies you
personally, your information is protected by the security measures we have
taken to provide for the confidentiality and security of your transactions and
personally identifiable information. Visit our corporate Privacy Statement for
more information on how we keep your information secure.
Internet cookies
An Internet cookie is a small file that stores bits of information. It is
unique to the computer you are using and can only be read by the website that
gave it to you. Cookies are a basic way to identify the computer you happen to
be using at the time, and do not identify you personally. They cannot be used
to obtain data from your hard drive, your email address or personal information
stored on your computer. Cookies do not contain viruses.
How cookies are used
We use cookies for various reasons – these are specified below:
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To facilitate online transactions, we use session cookies. Session
cookies are necessary if you want to login to our online services, navigate
between the different services, and transact using online services. Session
cookies do not remain active after you log off the service which requires their
use. Session cookies are also automatically deleted whenever you close all open
Web browser windows.
- We also use session cookies to help you navigate and interact with the
content on our site more efficiently. These cookies may save you from
having to enter the same information twice during an online session, for
example. These cookies also help us keep track of how you arrived at certain
content, so that we can adapt the presentation of subsequent content to ensure
it is relevant to your situation.
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To personalize your website experience, we may create cookies that
help our site remember your preferences when you return at a later time. Unlike
session cookies, which do not remain active after you log off a site, these
cookies remain on your computer after you log off. You can delete these cookies
from your computer at any time.
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To evaluate our website, we may use cookies to facilitate online
surveys or to track how visitors use our site, such as which pages are viewed
the most or identify the most common navigation paths. This information is used
to improve the content, usability and functionality of our website. Although
these cookies remain on your computer after you log off, you may delete them
from your computer at any time.
Cookies - we want you to know
Although we do not collect any personally identifiable information from, or
store personal information in cookies, Alternative Strategies Group, Inc. will still treat the
information supplied through cookies with the security and privacy protections
as we do with other customer information we receive. We may contract with other
companies to assist us in setting cookies or tracking technology for the
purposes described above, and compiling and analyzing anonymous ad or website
response information. These companies are prohibited by legal agreement from
using the information they gather for their own purposes or from sharing this
information with others.
Do you have to accept cookies?
No, you can disallow cookies by making the appropriate selection from your
browser options to inform you when cookies are set or to prevent cookies from
being set. You should understand, however, that cookies are required to login
and navigate within the Online Services area. Therefore, if you set your
browser options to disallow cookies, you may limit the functionality we can
provide when you visit our site.
Children’s information
We respect the privacy of your children, and we comply with the practices
established under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. We do not
knowingly collect or retain personally identifiable information from consumers
under the age of thirteen.
Email from other sources
Alternative Strategies Group, Inc. takes your email marketing preference seriously and will not send
marketing messages if you tell us you do not want to receive them.
Additionally, we will send you email servicing messages only when necessary or
at your initiation to quickly deliver important product enrollment, account or
service information potentially requiring action on your part. Rest assured,
when you receive such messages, they will be clearly marked as coming from
Alternative Strategies Group, Inc. and will not request confidential information such as a social
security number, permanent login name, and/or access code to be provided and
sent back through unsecured email.
IP addresses
When you enter http://fulfillment.sscfundservices.com, you pass through a
"firewall" we use for security purposes. As you pass through it, we may
identify the Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the device you are
using, such as a personal computer or handheld device. The IP address does not
identify you personally, but it may allow us to identify the device you're
using. We store IP addresses in case we ever need to track a connection to its
point of origin for security reasons.
Third-party content
By clicking on links to third-party Web sites, you will leave the Alternative Strategies Group, Inc.
Web site and enter a privately owned Web site that is not
affiliated with Alternative Strategies Group, Inc. or its affiliates. The information and
opinions found on third-party Web sites have not been verified by our Firm, nor
do we make any representations as to its accuracy and completeness. By linking
to this Web site, Alternative Strategies Group, Inc. is not endorsing the third-party's
products and services, or its privacy and security policies, which may differ
from Alternative Strategies Group, Inc. and/or its affiliates. We recommend that you review
the third-party's policies and terms and conditions to fully understand what
information may be collected and maintained as a result of your visit to this
Web site.
