Privacy Policy
We consider our relationship with our customers
as one of our most valuable assets. We are committed to protecting your
privacy and realise that our success depends upon our ability to maintain
your trust. Below is information about The Small Business Funding Centre's
undertaking to protect your privacy and to ensure the integrity of our
organisation.
OUR PLEDGE TO OUR CUSTOMERS
We are committed to protecting your privacy. The information that we collect
is only used to facilitate your transactions on our site and to enhance
your overall experience with us. We may share your information with trusted
third parties, but only if you allow us to do so.
HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?
We are currently engineering secure server software (SSL) solutions, which
encrypt all the information that you input before it is sent to us, and
to encrypt all the information that we send to you.
WHY DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION AND HOW DO WE USE
IT?
When you use our site actively (to order a report, enquire about a report,
or enter a contest), we may need to know your name, address, phone number,
e-mail address and payment information. This allows us to process and
fulfil your transaction and to notify you of the status of your order.
If you ask to be informed of
future services and site enhancements, we will need your e-mail address
in order to send you the information you requested.
When you enter a contest, a
lottery or other promotional feature such as our newsletter, we may ask
for your name, address, e-mail address, and other demographic information
so that we can gather knowledge of who our customers are, what they want,
and administer the contest and notify winners.
We tailor our site to the interest
of our customers by using their orders to shape our recommendations about
services (for example, types of funding available in specific Canadian
locations) that might be of interest to them. We also monitor customer
traffic patterns and site usage to help us develop the design and layout
of the site.
We may also occasionally use
the information we collect to notify you about important changes in the
functioning of our web site, new services and special offers that we think
you will find useful. If you would rather not receive this information,
you can contact us at anytime at unsubscribe@grants-loans.com.
We might occasionally ask you
to tell us about your experience with us. These short surveys will be
completely optional. None of this data is associated with any individual's
name. We then work with this anonymous data to tailor our future offers
to your needs and to the needs of our future customers.
WHAT ABOUT COOKIES?
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser
on your computer's hard drive. Cookies enable us to recognise your logons
and passwords when you return to our site. The use of cookies actually
saves you time because you will not be asked to re-enter information every
time you log onto grants-loans.com. Most web sites use cookies for the
same purpose and most web browsers automatically accept cookies although
you can choose to disable this feature.
WILL THE SMALL BUSINESS FUNDING CENTER DISCLOSE
THE INFORMATION IT COLLECTS TO THIRD PARTIES?
Only if you give us permission to do so, The Small Business Funding Centre
will offer you a number of services that complement your transaction with
us (reports, newsletter, business-related offers, etc.). If you choose
to take advantage of offers from pre-selected and trustworthy third parties,
we will need your specific approval to share information related to the
transaction with those third parties. Again, you are in control of that
process. The exchange of information will be used only to facilitate the
transaction.
YOUR CONSENT
By using our web site, you consent to the collection and use of this information
by us. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect,
how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. This policy
covers only the use and disclosure of information we collect from you.
If you disclose your information to other parties (for example, a business-related
client or service on our web site), different rules may apply. The Small
Business Funding Centre cannot control the privacy policies of third
parties and therefore you should take care when disclosing personally
identifiable information to others.
IMPORTANT
Should you have any concerns about our use of your information please
contact us at privacy@grants-loans.com
and we will do our best to address your concerns, explain our processing
or where requested amend our practices with respect to your personal data.
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