Privacy Policy of ERGO
Effective July 1, 2011
Last Revised August 1, 2012
The use of this web site (the “Web Site”) constitutes an agreement by you, the user,
that your use is governed by these terms and conditions. In addition, when using particular services,
you will be subject to any guidelines or rules applicable to such services which may
be posted from time to time.
OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets forth the information privacy practices of ERGO Strategic Partners, LLC
and its affiliates (“ERGO”, “we” or “us”) for www.ergocapital.com (the “Site”).
Except where otherwise expressly indicated in this Privacy Policy or on the Site, this
Privacy Policy applies only to information collected on the Site and does not
apply to information collected outside of the Site. This Privacy Policy also
does not apply to content, business information, ideas, concepts or inventions
that you send to ERGO by email. If you want to keep such information private or
proprietary, please do not send it an email or otherwise provide such
information to ERGO.
Before using or submitting information to the Site, please review this
Privacy Policy carefully.
INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
Personal Information: Personally identifiable information (“Personal
Information”) is information that can be used to identify or contact you, such
as your name, email address, telephone number or similar information. We only
collect Personal Information that you choose to share with us, such as when you
send us an email. If you contact us via email, we will use your Personal
Information contained in your email to respond to your specific inquiry or
comments in the email. We may retain your email for a period of time but will
not use any of your Personal Information for any purpose other than responding
to your email.
Aggregate Information: When you visit the Site, we may monitor your activity
on the Site. This information will not be stored in a manner that is personally
identifiable with you. Also, in connection with your visit to the Site, we may
collect various categories of non-personally identifiable information,
including, without limitation, aggregated statistics generated from visitors to
our Site (“Users”).
DISCLOSURE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
We will
not disclose, share, sell or trade your Personal Information to or with any
third party other than as follows:
Compliance with Law and Fraud
Protection: We may disclose any information, including, without limitation,
Personal Information, we deem necessary, in our sole discretion and without your
prior permission, to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process
or governmental request. ERGO reserves the right to disclose Personal
Information of a User who we believe is in violation of these Terms of Use or in
order to protect or defend ERGO's rights or property, even without a subpoena,
warrant or other court order.
Sale or Transfer of Information: In the event
of a sale, merger, liquidation, dissolution, or sale or transfer of
substantially all of the assets of ERGO or the Site, Personal Information and/or
other information collected about you from the Site may be sold, assigned or
transferred to the party acquiring all or substantially all of the equity and/or
assets of ERGO or the Site in order to permit the party to continue the
operation of the Site. By using the Site and submitting your information to us,
you consent to the sale and transfer of your information as described in this
paragraph.
Except as described above, we will not disclose your Personal
Information to other third parties unless you have provided consent.
THIRD PARTY LINKS
We may provide links to third-party web
sites. Please be aware that we cannot control and are not responsible for the
information collection practices of such web sites, which may differ from those
of ERGO. We encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies of
these web sites before providing any information to or through them. You should
be aware that ERGO has no control over the security of other web sites on the
Internet that you might visit even if a link appears to a third party site from
ours.
OUR SITE IS NOT FOR USE BY CHILDREN
The Site is a general
audience site and we do not knowingly market to children under the age of 13.
If a child under age 13 submits information about himself or herself to us via
email or otherwise and we become aware that the person submitting the
information is a child, we will endeavor to delete this information as soon as
possible. We require that only persons 18 years of age or older use our Site.
By using the Site, you hereby represent that you are at least 18 years old.
MODIFICATIONS
We may occasionally update this Privacy
Policy to reflect changes in our practices. When we post modifications to this
Privacy Policy, we will revise the ”Last Revised” at the top of this web page.
If we make any material modification to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you
by prominently posting notice of the modifications on the Site. The modified
Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. We
recommend that you check the Site from time to time to inform yourself of any
change in this Privacy Policy or any of our other policies. Your continued use
of the Site after the posting of the modified Privacy Policy constitutes your
agreement to abide and be bound by it. If you object to any modification, your
sole recourse is to stop using the Site.
OTHER INFORMATION
California Residents. If you are a
resident of California, in addition to the rights set forth in this Privacy
Policy, you have the right to request information from us regarding the manner
in which we share certain categories of personal information with third parties
for their direct marketing purposes. As stated above, however, we do not
collect or share such information.
Visiting Our Site from Outside the United States. Our Site is hosted in the
United States. Our Site is governed by United States law. If you are visiting
the Site from outside the United States, please be aware that information may be
transferred to, stored and processed in the United States where our servers are
located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other
laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as
those in your country. By using our Site, you consent to your information being
transferred to our facilities as described in this Privacy Policy.
No Rights of Third Parties. This Privacy Policy does not create rights
enforceable by third parties.
QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PRIVACY POLICY
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or ERGO generally, please
feel free to contact us.
