We recognize our obligation to keep information about you secure and confidential. VC Locator has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: vclocator.com.
Summary: Clients of VC Locator
- Unlike many other financial institutions, we do not sell or share Client Information with marketers outside VC Locator who may want to offer you their own products and services.
- We carefully manage information. Understanding your relationship with us allows us to serve you better and offer you more convenience and benefits. Keeping financial information secure is one of our most important responsibilities.
- We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect Client Information. Employees are authorized to access Customer Information only when they need it to provide you with products and services or to maintain your accounts. Our employees are bound by a Secrecy Agreement and ethics statement that requires confidential treatment of Customer Information and are subject to disciplinary action if they fail to follow this code.
- At VC Locator we are committed to safeguard our customer information. Since your privacy is a priority to us, VC Locator will not share nonpublic information about you with third parties outside of the VC Locator corporate family without your consent, except as explained in our Privacy Policy. From time to time, we may communicate to you special offers for products or services of third parties outside of the VC Locator corporate family, which we believe may be of interest to you, as explained below (Opt-in lists). However, we will not provide these third parties with any nonpublic information about you without your consent.
We have created our Privacy Policy to communicate our privacy commitment to you, and to serve your privacy needs.
Privacy Policy
The policy presented below covers how VC Locator uses and protects Customer Information. Customer Information means information personally identifiable with a specific Customer or about a Customer’s current or former relationship with VC Locator. This policy is provided to you in accordance with the Federal Financial Privacy Law, 15 U.S.C. 6801-6810.
Maintaining the security and confidentiality of our Customer Information is a top priority for us at VC Locator. We carefully manage Customer Information in order to give you better service, greater convenience and additional benefits consistent with the nature of your overall business with VC Locator.
Protecting Your Information
VC Locator does not sell Customer Information to anyone. We will only share Customer Information with others as stated in this policy, unless we provide you with additional notice or ask for your permission.
Information Security Is A Priority
One of our most important activities is maintaining the security of Customer Information. We value your trust and carefully handle information we possess about you. All VC Locator employees who have access to your information are bound by policies that require the confidential treatment of Customer Information, and they are subject to disciplinary action if they violate these policies. In addition, VC Locator maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect Customer Information. We continually assess new technology for protecting information and, when appropriate, we upgrade our information security systems.
Information That is Gathered By the Firm
VC Locator gathers and uses various types of information to properly service you, and better understand your needs. We also strive to assist you in learning more about financial products and services that may be of interest to you. The Customer Information we gather generally consists of the following:
-Information gathered from applications, forms and other information you provide us, whether in writing, in person, by telephone, electronically or by any other means, such as your name, address and credit card information.
-Information about your transactions and your account experience with VC Locator, such as your account balances, and payment history.
Sharing Information Within VC Locator
The information we share within the VC Locator corporate family helps us to provide you with greater service. VC Locator may share Customer Information within the VC Locator corporate family, except as limited below. By sharing information about your transactions and relationships, we can save you time and money and make it easier for you to do business with us.
You Can Limit The Information We Share About You Within The VC Locator Corporate Family.
Sharing Customer Information for certain purposes is also subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"). Under FCRA, VC Locator may share with its corporate family any information about its transactions or experiences with you. We may also share information about you other than transactions and experience information with our affiliates unless you advise us that you do not want such other information shared. This includes information you provide to us or that we obtain from third parties.
Sharing Information With Companies That Work For Us
We may share Customer Information with unaffiliated third parties who perform services for VC Locator, or in connection with servicing or processing of the products and services we provide that support our relationship with our clients. We may also share your information with companies we have hired to provide marketing and other services on our behalf. All of these companies are contractually obligated to keep the information that we provide to them confidential, and use this information only for the purpose of providing the services we’ve asked them to perform for us or for you.
Disclosing Information In Other Situations
We may also disclose Customer Information we maintain about you, only when permitted by law. Such shared information may include a disclosure in connection with a subpoena or similar legal process, a fraud investigation, an audit or examination. We may also share information with entities outside VC Locator for services you have requested.
Our Former Customers
Even if you are no longer a VC Locator Customer, our privacy policy will continue to apply to you.
Keeping Up-To-Date With Our Privacy Policy
VC Locator reserves the right to make changes to this policy. You can always review our current policy online at www.VC Locator.com.
If you wish for us to not share information with our affiliates other than about our transactions or experiences with you (such as credit bureau reports), please contact us at
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Online Forms:
Our site's Forms require users to give us contact information (i.e. name and email address). Only when an electronic purchase is initiated do we request financial information (credit card data). The customer's contact information is used to contact the visitor when necessary. Financial information that is collected is used ONLY to bill the user for products and services.
Opt-in Lists
This site provides the option of subscribing to opt-in (permission based) email lists. We provide daily news related to venture capital and private equity. If you sign up for our daily news list and would like to unsubscribe (opt-out), you can easily do so by forwarding any email you receive to
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This site also provides the option of subscribing to opt-in (permission based) email lists, managed by VC Locator. These lists provide offers for new products and services related to your areas of interest. If you signed up for any of these lists and would like to unsubscribe (opt-out), you can easily do so by responding to the unsubscribe link in the email.
Linked Sites
This site contains links to other sites. VC Locator.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
Advertising
We may use an outside ad company to display ads on our site. Ads may contain cookies, and appear to be coming from our site, but in reality they are coming from our partners who are serving ads on our site. Our site does not use cookies. We do not have access to any information about you from cookies you might receive while visiting our site.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Some of our security measures include an IDS (intrusion detection system) which provides network monitoring and alerts security personnel to any attacks on the servers. Security personnel monitor the system 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and access to servers requires multiple levels of authentication.
Contacting Us:
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
