PRIVACY POLICY
World
Financial Group, Inc. Legal Statement
World Financial Group, Inc. and its affiliated companies,
World Group Securities, Inc. and World Financial Group Insurance
Agencies, (collectively referred to as “WFG”) are concerned
about the privacy rights of visitors to its Web sites ("Site")
and the security of their data. Accordingly, it has adopted
this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use ("Statement") for this
Site to ensure responsible use of the information you share
with WFG. WFG may, at any time, revise this Statement by updating
the Site. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore
periodically visit this page to review the most current Statement.
Basic
Definitions
"Personal Data" is personal and/or confidential
information that relates to you and your account with WFG.
"Communications" are any non-confidential and
or non-proprietary communications information, except for
Personal Data, that you transmit to the Site by electronic
mail or otherwise, including data, questions, comments and/or
suggestions.
"Personal Information" is any Communication
where you knowingly enter your personal information such as
your name, address, Social Security number, and telephone
number.
"Non-Personal Information" is any Communication
derived from your connection to the Site, such as your Internet
browser, domain name and referring link.
All Communications, except for Personal Data and Personal Information, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, will become the property of WFG, and may be used for the purposes described herein.
World
Financial Group Contact Information:
Marketing Technology Department
World Financial Group, Inc.
11315 Johns Creek Parkway
Duluth, GA 30097
720-453-9300
What
information is collected?
In general, you can visit the Site while remaining anonymous
by not providing any Personal Information. In some cases,
Non-Personal Information may be automatically collected, such
as your Internet browser, computer operating system, domain
name of your Internet service provider and/or the Web site
from which you linked to our Site.
Personal
Information about you (e.g., your name, address, telephone
number, Social Security number, and/or e-mail address) will
not be collected unless you provide it to us voluntarily.
For example, WFG retains e-mail addresses of visitors who
respond to the Site's e-mail forms, online forms, registration
forms, and surveys and contest entries. WFG also retains information
about the frequency of Site visits, length of time of each
visit, and aggregate information on which Site page visitors
access.
WFG sends all Internet visitors "cookies," a small data file
sent by the Site to your browser, which may then be stored
on your hard drive. WFG’s cookie enables the Site to recognize
you if you have an WFG account, or have utilized certain Site
features. In addition, the cookie may recall information so
that you do not have to resubmit it, and also automatically
updates Site information. If available, you may program your
browser software to notify you of attempts to send cookies
and/or you may decline to accept or delete them. When you
perform a search with WFG’s search engine, WFG does not record
information identifying you or linking you to the search performed.
As necessary to provide service, WFG does record limited information
for every search request and uses that information only to
solve technical problems with the Site, to calculate overall
usage statistics and to improve the structure and content
of the Site.
Use
of the Information Collected
WFG will primarily use Communications to respond to your request(s).
WFG may use Personal Information for editorial and feedback
purposes, marketing and promotional purposes, reproduction,
disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast or posting,
and for a statistical analysis of user behavior. Furthermore,
WFG retains the right to use ideas, concepts, know-how or
techniques contained in any Communications you send to the
Site for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited
to developing and marketing products using such information.
Non-Personal Information may be aggregated for internal review
and used to improve the Site's content and structure. This
information will be discarded.
WFG does not distribute Personal Data or Communications to third parties. WFG will not voluntarily share, rent, sell or otherwise disclose information obtained from visitors to the Site (whether Personal Data or Communications) to third parties.
If you choose not to provide a personally identifiable Communication, we may not be able to respond to your request. In such a scenario, you may receive an error message displayed on your browser.
Information
Shared with World Financial Group
WFG will take appropriate steps to protect all information
you share with us. Whenever you provide the Site with Personal
Data, WFG will take commercially reasonable steps to establish
a secure connection with your Web browser.
ALTHOUGH SOME PORTIONS OF THIS SITE ARE SECURE, INHERENT IN THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND INTERNET-RELATED TECHNOLOGIES IS SOME RISK OF DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONAL DATA YOU SUPPLY. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND YOUR ENTRY OF INFORMATION IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. WFG CANNOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE OR INJURY THAT YOU MAY INCUR OR THAT MAY RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR THE INTERCEPTION OF INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONAL DATA, BY A THIRD PARTY.
The effective date of this policy is July 1, 2004.